Graduate Student Forms

First Year Forms

• 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 prior to your 2^nd semester review.  
• Second Semester Review 
  This is the preliminary Program of Study form to include in your 2^nd Semester Review Packet. PhD students must submit the 2^nd semester review form directly following the meeting.   

Second Year Forms 

• Program of Study  
  PhD students must submit a Program of Study Form (G138) for approval by the dean of Graduate School. It must be approved by the time the notification of the preliminary oral comprehensive examination is given. The form will be reviewed by the Grad School and they may request revisions. Please make the initial submission with this in mind. 

• Comprehensive Exam Announcement 
  This form will be submitted by the Graduate Coordinator Assistant. Please note that it must be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled oral exam. Inform the GCA of the time and date of the exam with sufficient time for the form to be submitted. 

Third Year Forms 

• Prospectus Defense Approval Form 
  Students are responsible for ensuring that committee members sign the form and for submitting it to the Graduate Coordinator Assistant. Please also submit a pdf of your prospectus.  

• Application for Admission to Candidacy 
  This form (G162) must be signed by your Major Professor and the Graduate Coordinator and filed with the Graduate School. You need to initiate this form through GradStatus. 

Dissertation and Graduation Forms 

Dates and deadlines for all these forms can be found on the Graduate School Website. 

• 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 (G164) must be submitted a week prior to your doctoral dissertation defense. You need to initiate this form through GradStatus.

• Dissertation Defense Announcement 
  This form will be submitted by the Graduate Coordinator Assistant. Please note that it must be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled oral defense. Inform the GCA of the time and date of the exam with sufficient time for the form to be submitted.