Graduate Student Forms

Master's Students

• Advisory Committee Form
  You must submit an Advisory Committee Form during your first year of graduate work. This form should be filed before the end of your first year of course work. 
• Program of Study
  You must submit a Program of Study Form for approval by the dean of Graduate School  before defending your thesis. 
• Format Check
  Before defending your master’s thesis, you must submit one complete copy of your thesis or dissertation for a format check with Graduate School. 
• Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Submission Approval Form
• Approval Form for Master’s Thesis and Final Oral Examination 
  This form must be ready at the time when you take your final oral examination, that is, your thesis defense. On this form, your advisory committee must approve your thesis for the defense and record the result of your defense. 

Ph.D. Students

• Advisory Committee Form
  You must submit an Advisory Committee Form during your first year of graduate work. This form should be filed before the end of your first year of course work. 
• Preliminary Program of Study Form
  You should submit a Preliminary Program of Study to the Graduate Coordinator by the end of your third semester of course work. You should prepare this form with your Major Professor. The preliminary program of study should list all the courses included in your program of study. 
• Program of Study
  PhD students must submit a Program of Study Form for approval by the dean of Graduate School by the time the notification of the preliminary oral comprehensive examination is given. You have to make sure that this form is approved before your oral comprehensive examination is scheduled. 
• Format Check
  Before defending your doctoral dissertation, you must submit one complete copy of your thesis or dissertation for a format check with Graduate School. 
• Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Submission Approval Form
  Before scheduling your doctoral dissertation defense, you must submit the final ETD Approval Form and a corrected copy of thesis/dissertation. 
• Approval Form for Doctoral Dissertation and Final Oral Examination
  This form must be ready at the time when you take your final oral examination, that is, your thesis defense. On this form, your advisory committee must approve your thesis or dissertation for the defense and record the result of your defense.
• Application for Admission to Candidacy
  This form must be signed by your Major Professor and the Graduate Coordinator and filed with the Graduate School. 
• Comprehensive Exam Announcement
  This form must be filed by the Graduate Coordinator. After completion of the written comprehensive examination, that is, after passing your two qualifying papers, the oral examination is announced to the Graduate School and posted on the Graduate School website. The graduate coordinator will file this form through the Grad Status website.
• Dissertation Defense Announcement
  This form must be filed by the Graduate Coordinator at least two weeks before the date of your defense. The Graduate Coordinator will file this form through the Grad Status website.