If your thesis includes any experiments, testing or other uses of animals, you must get approval from the SJSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Information concerning animal care is available from the University Animal Care office, DH 435, 408-924-4924 and online at http://uac.sjsu.edu.
Animal care approval must be obtained prior to data collection from SJSU regardless of whether you are doing your research in conjunction with another institution and animal care approval has been sought there. Once approval has been obtained, you should include the permission letter with the submission of your thesis. Federal law prohibits retroactive approval of animal research.
If it is departmental policy or format to include the letter as an appendix to the thesis, that is permitted. Otherwise, a copy of the letter must be submitted as a separate document with the thesis. Failure to obtain the necessary approval and submit the appropriate documentation can result in a delay of thesis approval by Graduate Studies and Research.
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