Graduate Forms & Policies

Refer to Office of Graduate Services Milestones Page for the following Non-Course Milestone forms. Milestones will not be reflected as satisfied on your student record until the correlating milestone form is submitted so therefore these forms must be submitted as soon as the milestone is complete. Once you specify your degree program in the form, the applicable milestones for your degree will populate.

• Foreign Language/Research Skill Requirement
• Report for Comprehensive Examination
• Appointment of Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis Committee
• Proposal/Prospectus Approval for Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis

Faculty Only 

• Certification of the Outcome of the Written Portion of the Comprehensive Exam
• Certification of the Outcome of the Oral Defense of the Comprehensive Exam

Status Selection Forms 

• Master’s Thesis and Non-Thesis Status Selection
• Change of Concentration

Policies & Procedures 

• Request to Transfer Credit
• Request to Substitute Courses
• Request for Authorization: COMM Independent Studies
  • This form is to request an independent study with an instructor. This form replaces the application for COMM 6910, COMM 6915, & COMM 8980.
• ARCHE Cross Registration Program Application

 Final Project Forms & Graduation Resources

• Graduation Deadlines & Calendar 
• Non-Thesis Capstone Project/Paper Review
  • This form is for Non-Thesis Communication MA students to submit their paper/project for Graduate Director and Department Chair review once Faculty Reviewer approval has been obtained.
• Thesis/Dissertation Formatting Guidelines 

Use these forms to record completion of your Final Project immediately upon approval:

• Non-Thesis Master’s Capstone Project Approval
• Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis Approval

Graduate Assistant Resources 

• GA Application 
• GA Reference Guide 
• GTA Manual 
• Reimbursement Request Forms