Forms for Graduate Students
Vital Note to Graduate Students
As you can see from the directions below, you will be responsible for initiating many of the forms required by the college and university. The University and College are moving toward web-based form completion and submission systems, but we are not there yet.
Wherever indicated, you will be responsible for downloading, filling out -- by typing names and information in the appropriate text boxes, and printing -- and then circulating these forms for signatures. No longer will handwritten forms be allowed. For the most part, the only entries that will be handwritten will be signatures and dates (and university policy requires signatures to be written in blue ink only). In conjunction with your advisor, you need to make certain that the information is complete and accurate.
The forms will require you to identify yourself in several ways: your name, your PID, your program name, and your program code. It is essential that you provide this information accurately. If you have any question about the name of your program, or your active program code, go to your STUINFO page and select “Major(s) by Term.” You will see your current program name and code. Do not bother your program staff with this question; it is your responsibility to know this information. If you thought that you were in a different program than what you see in STUINFO, you should immediately contact the Registrar to straighten this out.
For advanced (Ph.D. and Ed.D.) graduate students, you and your advisor need to make certain that your Guidance and Dissertation Committees include at least four faculty members who are eligible to serve, per University policy (https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.aspx?Section=111#s394), before entering names into the text boxes and printing the document for signatures or entering them in electronic systems. Submitting forms with ineligible committee members will significantly delay the processing of your program paperwork, and in the most extreme cases, can hold up graduation.
Before printing, you should also do everything to ensure that the form consists of a single page, with all relevant information included; you may reduce font size if necessary and use page reduction features, but leave the form in the same structure as you find it on this website.
The following forms have been placed in sequential order -- by program level -- and reflect a typical student's progress through the degree program. Some of the forms will not be used by all students, such as the Project Agreement Form.
Forms for Master's Students
Changes in Advisor: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Changes in Advisor: Student Initiated form
Program Plan: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Program Plan: Student Initiated form
View the Student Affairs Administration - Program Plan: Student Initiated form
View the MAED - Program Plan: Student Initiated form
View the MATC - Program Plan: Student Initiated form
View the MAET - Program Plan: Student Initiated form
Changes in Program Plan: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Changes in Program Plan: Student Initiated form
Record of Final Certifying Examination for Master's Degree Candidates: Program Initiated
Department completes this form and files it.
View the Record of Final Certifying Examination for Master's Degree Candidates: Program Initiated form
Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirement: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirement: Student and Advisor Initiated form
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student and Advisor Initiated form
Forms for Ph.D. Students
Change of Advisor (prior to formation of Guidance Committee and entry into GradPlan)
Doctoral students who want to change their temporary advisor prior to the formation of a Guidance Committee, can do so with the acknowledgement of both the outgoing and new advisor, using this form. Students are required by the end of their second year of doctoral study, to form a guidance committee and enter a program plan into the GradPlan system. If a student is close to guidance committee formation, this form is not required. Use GradPlan to enter committee and program plan.
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Change of Advisor: Student Initiated form
GradPlan: Guidance Committee membership & Ph.D. Degree Plan (program plan)
GradPlan (gradplan.msu.edu) is the portal for PhD students to submit for approval their Guidance Committee Membership roster and their PhD degree plan. GradPlan usage is mandatory for all PhD students. Students who previously submitted paper Report of the Guidance Committee (Program Plan) and Guidance Committee Membership forms, must now create a GradPlan. Components of this system are used by the University to confer degrees. Schedule an appointment with your program secretary prior to your Guidance Committee meeting, for a worksheet to guide you through the process.
Guidance Committee Membership
Planning a Doctoral Program and the Appointment of a Guidance Committee must follow the University rules according the Academic Programs catalog: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.aspx?Section=111#s394
To verify the eligibility of each prospective committee member, a student can log into the GradPlan system and attempt to add them in the committee section. If it is discovered that the system does not recognize an MSU faculty member, a request can be submitted for a non-approved or external faculty member to serve. Contact your Program Secretary to assist with the process for requesting permission for approval of a non-regular or external committee member.
Your Program, Department, and the College must first endorse the petition before it will be forwarded to the Graduate School for final approval. Not all committee members need to be tenure-stream MSU faculty members, but those from outside the current MSU tenure system must be approved to serve. This includes faculty members employed elsewhere, previous MSU faculty members who have moved to other institutions, retired MSU faculty (non-emeritus), and fixed-term faculty members at MSU. Graduate School approval is necessary to enable non-regular tenure-stream committee members to access the GradPlan system, through which they review, comment upon, and approve changes or benchmarks in their students’ programs.
There are four categories of potential committee members not currently on the MSU tenure-stream faculty. The petition process varies depending on the individual’s status.
- External Committee Member
- Departed MSU Tenure Stream Faculty Member (to another institution or exiting the academic workforce)
- Retired, non-emeritus Faculty
- Fixed-Term MSU Faculty Member
1. External Committee Member Approval
Faculty members external to MSU require a full formal review and approval. This is the most complicated in terms of process, but final approvals go smoothly.
The Graduate School's procedure for seeking permission for this group is as follows:
- Obtain a copy of the non-approved faculty member's Vita (must be attached to an e-mail).
- Obtain a letter from the non-approved faculty member summarizing his/her background and qualifications to serve as a member of a graduate student committee.
- Obtain two letters of reference for the non-approved faculty member that speak to the individual’s qualifications to serve on graduate student committees. One letter may be from an MSU faculty member, but at least one letter must be from an external source.
- Craft an e-mail to your Guidance Committee Chairperson requesting permission for the non-approved faculty member to serve. The message must include a brief summary outlining what the additional member has to offer in terms of knowledge and expertise that warrants the addition of an external member. Be sure to attach his/her Vita and both reference letters to the e-mail request.
- Your Guidance Committee Chairperson evaluates your request to ensure that the outside member is the best fit for your academic program. The e-mail needs to address why this person is a good fit for the student's committee and forwards the e-mail to your Program Coordinator, for program approval.
- Your Program Coordinator adds their support and a second, internal, very brief, reference statement for the person to serve. They need to include whether the external faculty member will only serve the student submitting the request or whether they should be allowed to serve on other students' committees in the program. They need to forward the complete e-mail chain on to the Department Chair, for department approval.
- The Department Chair should further determine whether the faculty member should be allowed to serve on department-wide doctoral committees. The Chair needs to add their very brief statement of support and forward the entire e-mail chain, with vita and reference letters still attached to Associate Dean Michael Sedlak.
- Associate Dean Sedlak will review the entire chain and add the College's support, before forwarding the request on to the Graduate School Dean for final approval. When approved, the prospective committee member's name will be added to the "eligible" list in GradInfo, and the new member must create a CommunityID to gain access to the proper systems.
2. Departing MSU Tenure Stream Faculty Member Approval (non-retired, non-emeritus)
Faculty members who have already left MSU go through an abbreviated approval process. The student initiates the request, as they do for external potential members. But the email request needs to define which role the departed MSU faculty member will serve on the committee (Chairperson, Dissertation Director, or Member) and should be accompanied only by an updated version of the faculty member’s Vita. The third-party reference letter is not required.
The email request should go first to the Chairperson of the student’s Guidance Committee, who reviews and approves the request and forwards the complete chain to the Program Coordinator, who approves the request but adds a statement indicating whether the proposed faculty member would be eligible to serve only on the initiating student’s committee, or whether the Program wants the individual to serve on other program committees as well.
The Coordinator then forwards the entire endorsed email to the Department Chair, who approves the request and stipulates further about the areas in which the new member can serve. The Chair forwards everything to Associate Dean Michael Sedlak, who sends the entire chain with the College’s endorsement to the Dean of the Graduate School for final approval.
When approved, the prospective committee member's name will be added to the "eligible" list in GradInfo, and the new member must create a CommunityID to gain access to the proper systems.
For current faculty members who are getting ready to depart MSU, it is beneficial for them to be approved in advance to continue on with current student committees. The process is simple. The Program Coordinator emails the Department Chairperson with a list of the faculty member’s committee memberships with roles identified and asks that he/she be allowed to continue serving on those committees. It is preferable to include a projected completion date. No updated Vita or third-party letter is required. The Chair endorses the request and forwards the email to Associate Dean Michael Sedlak, who sends the endorsed email on to the Dean of the Graduate School.
3. Retired, non-emeritus Committee Member Approval
Retired faculty who retire without emeritus status also must to go through a brief approval process. It should be initiated by the retiring faculty member, who submits a list of students with whom he/she intends to continue to work, the students’ programs, the anticipated duration of their service, and in what role they will serve (i.e. Dissertation Director, Guidance Committee Chair, Committee Member). The request should be sent to Associate Dean Sedlak for College level endorsement. If a department requests, the faculty member can be made available to all students in that department, but there should to be a limitation on the duration of membership (no more than two years is preferred). Retired faculty who do not intend to retain their MSU e-mail account, must request a CommunityID in order to access their students’ records. Note that faculty who retire with Emeritus status do not require approval to continue to serve. The College requests that continuation not exceed two years past retirement. If it will, a request must be initiated which includes how long they plan to continue their service on the student's committee and in what capacity.
4. Fixed-Term MSU Faculty Member Approval
Individuals serving in fixed-term faculty appointments at MSU must go through the full approval process, as is required of prospective committee members external to MSU. Please follow all of the directions found in #1 with the exception of the creating of the CommunityID.
For all of the above actions
Once the Graduate School approves an external to MSU member to serve on a guidance committee, an e-mail is sent to that individual asking them to create a CommunityID (in those cases where they have no current MSU NetID). The external member has roughly two weeks to create their CommunityID. An external member’s CommunityID is typically their e-mail address at their primary institution. As a student, you are unable to add an external member to your committee in GradPlan until the external member has created their CommunityID.
The procedures listed above are College of Education procedures and need to be followed for the College's students. For additional information on committee member approval review the following Graduate School information: https://grad.msu.edu/non-regular-faculty-committees. Be sure the College procedure is followed, versus what the Graduate School site requires. The College handles requests via email, not in letter form.
Please use the link below to enter your Ph.D. Guidance Committee Members into the GradPlan system. Utilize the MSU NetID search feature for committee members internal to MSU and utilize the search by name feature for external committee members.
Dual Ph.D. Major Requests
Students wishing to pursue Dual Ph.D. majors must receive prior approval from both programs, the college(s), and the Graduate School within one semester following the development of a student's Program Plan/GradPlan, and within the first two years of the student's enrollment at MSU (https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.aspx?Section=111#s407). Approval is necessary before entering or amending your GradPlan to include the new courses and/or committee members. Use this form as a template for your dual major request: Dual-PhD-Request-Letter-Template.
Entering Your Program Plan/Report of the Guidance Committee into GradPlan
The Ph.D. Degree Plan should be filed the first semester of your second year of Ph.D. study and no later than one semester after the Guidance Committee is formed. Please use the link below to enter your Ph.D. Degree Plan into GradPlan.
Visit the GradPlan login.
Record of Comprehensive Examinations for Ph.D students: Program Initiated
Ph.D. comprehensive exam form: the student must be enrolled for semester of exam date for at least one credit. Must be taken within 5 years of admission to Ph.D. program. After the student takes the final part of the examination, the program/department completes and files this form.
View the Record of Comprehensive Examinations for Ph.D students form
View the Dual Major Comp Exam form
Request for Extension of the Five-Year Time Limit to Pass Comprehensive Exams: Student and Advisor Initiated
Ph.D. students must successfully pass all parts of comprehensive exams within their first five years in the program. The clock starts with the first course being counted toward the student's degree, even if taken in a semester before being admitted to their current Ph.D. program (https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.aspx?Section=111#s398). Students need to refer to their program's Handbook, if they are unclear of their program's comprehensive exam policy. When a student does not pass all parts of their comprehensive exams within the first five years of their program, they must request a time extension before they can take their exam.
Student schedules an appointment with their advisor who downloads the form, together it is completed electronically. After completion, the advisor prints the form and both the student and advisor sign in blue ink. The form must be completed without handwriting, with the exception of signatures, which must be in blue. The advisor or student submits the signed form to their program secretary for processing. The form requires department, college and graduate school approval. The student and advisor will be notified via email when a decision is reached. If approved, the student can schedule their exam. If disapproved, the student will be excused from the program for failure to make academic progress.
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Comprehensive Exam: Student and Advisor Initiated form
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Comprehensive Exam: Student and Advisor Initiated form
Research Practicum: 995: Student Initiated
Doctoral students must complete a Research Practicum. There are several ways of meeting this requirement, all spelled out in your program’s Handbook. This form must be filed when you are completing this experience, typically through a course numbered 995. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Research Practicum: 995: Student Initiated form
University Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects (UCRIHS/IRB) Application
If appropriate, you must file these forms with the university before undertaking any research for your dissertation or other course that involves human subjects.
Dissertation Proposal and Director Approval: Student Initiate.
Dissertation proposals and directors are approved at a meeting of a student’s dissertation committee. If human subjects are to be part of the dissertation research, the UCRIHS/IRB approval date must be included on the form. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, dates and IRB numbers, in blue ink only. Student also needs to go into GradPlan and add their Dissertation Director and IRB number (if applicable).
View the Dissertation Proposal and Director Approval: Student Initiated form
View the Dual Major Dissertation Proposal and Director Approval: Student Initiated form
Notice of Doctoral Dissertation Oral Examination: Student Initiated
Students are expected to notify anyone they wish to attend their oral defense. If they would also like to have thier defense information included on the College of Education calendar on the College's website, the student can complete a request to Submit an Event to the Calendar, ideally one to two weeks before the defense date. Under Event Title, put: “Oral Dissertation Defense: [Dissertation Title].” Under Event Cost enter $0, in the Event Summary and Event Description boxes, copy the event title and paste it into these fields.
Record of Dissertation and Oral Examination Requirements for Doctoral Degree Candidate: Student Initiated
Defense of dissertation oral examination form. Completed by the dissertation committee at student's defense or shortly thereafter. Student must be enrolled for at least one credit during semester of the defense.
View the Record of Dissertation and Oral Examination Requirements for Doctoral Degree Candidate form
View the Dual Major Dissertation Oral Defense form
Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated
If a student fails to meet final Ph.D. requirements within eight years, an extension to meet degree requirements must be applied for and approved. Student should complete this form in collaboration with the advisor. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated form
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated form.
View the Dual Major Request for Time Extension: Student Initated form
Dissertation Credit Limit Waiver: Student Initiated
If a student reaches the 30 credit maximum for Dissertation credits and must enroll in additional Dissertation credits, a waiver must be applied for and approved. A student should complete this form in collaboration with their guidance committee chairperson. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints this form before securing signatures; no handwritten forms will be accepted: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Dissertation Credit Limit Waiver: Student Initiated form
Request for Waiver of Program Required Educational Inquiry and/or Research Methods Course: Student Initiated
All PhD programs in the College of Education require their students to complete Educational Inquiry and/or Research Methods courses (i.e. CEP930, CEP932, etc.). It might be possible to have an alternative course (or set of courses) substituted for one the required courses. The form below must be typed and signed by the student's advisor in order to request a waiver/substitution. Please follow the instructions on the form to initiate a request. The completed, signed form must be submitted to the Graduate Records Office, 205 Erickson Hall for processing. After requests are reviewed, the applicant will be informed of the decision via e-mail. If the course is being waived in order to take a higher level course, where the course is a prerequisite, the department who must issue the override will be copied on the decision email. The student is responsible for contacting that department contact to formally request an override.
View the Request for Waiver of Program Required Educational Inquiry or Research Course: Student Initiated form
Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral Convocation Ceremony (Ph.D. Degree)
Students wishing to participate in the College's Doctoral Hooding Ceremony must complete and return the Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral Convocation Ceremony form no later than one month prior to the ceremony. Students who orally defend their dissertation between July 1 and December 31 are required to participate in the fall (December) ceremony. Students who orally defend between January 1 and June 30 are required to participate in the spring (May) ceremony. Students do not have the option to participate in a semester other than the one for which they qualify.
Convocation participation information is sent out via the student listservs each semester. If you are not enrolled, you will not get the message. You may only participate if you meet the criteria listed above and have not previously participated in a College hooding ceremony.
Only use the most recent version of the form, past forms will not be accepted. Late forms will not be considered. After a student submits a request form, the Graduate Records Office evaluates the student's record to be sure that all required paperwork was received, especially the Dissertation Proposal and Director Approval Form and that a fully approved GradPlan is in the GradPlan system. Students with record deficits only have until one month before the ceremony to rectify the deficit. If you need assistance to determine if all required paperwork is on file, schedule a meeting with your program secretary to review your paperwork.
Following the paperwork review, students approved to participate in the College's convocation ceremony will be contacted by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Office for additional participation information. It is imperative that students wishing to participate respond to the request in a timely fashion. Lack of response may result in participation denial.
View the Ph.D. Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral Convocation (Hooding) Ceremony: Student Initiated form for the Fall 2018 ceremony only.
Note that once you download the document you may need to click on "Highlight Fields" in Acrobat to be able to see where to type on the document. No handwritten forms please.
Forms for Ed.D. Students
Capstone Proposal
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Capstone Proposal Form: Student Initiated
Capstone Director
View the Capstone Director Form: Student Initiated
Capstone Oral Defense
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Capstone Oral Defense Form: Student Initiated
Changes in Advisor or Guidance Committee Membership
View the Changes in Advisor or Guidance Committee Membership Form: Student Initiated
Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated
If a student fails to meet final Ed.D. requirements within six years, an extension to meet degree requirements must be applied for and approved. Student should complete this form in collaboration with the advisor. Student downloads with advisor, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated form
Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony (Ed.S. and Ed.D. Degrees)
Students wishing to participate in the College's Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony must complete and return the Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony (Ed.S. and Ed.D. Degrees) form no later than one month prior to the ceremony. Students who complete all program requirements between July 1 and December 31 are required to participate in the fall (December) ceremony. Students who complete all program requirements between January 1 and June 30 are required to participate in the spring (May) ceremony. Students do not have the option to participate in a semester other than the one for which they qualify.
Convocation participation information is sent out via the student listservs each semester. If you are not enrolled, you will not get the message. You may only participate if you meet the criteria listed above and have not previously participated in a College hooding ceremony.
Only use the most recent version of the form, past forms will not be accepted. Late forms will not be considered. After a student submits a request form, the Graduate Records Office evaluates the student's record to be sure that all required documents were received. Students with record deficits only have until one month before the ceremony to rectify the deficit. If you need assistance to determine if all required paperwork is on file, schedule a meeting with your program secretary to review your paperwork.
Following the paperwork review, students approved to participate in the College's convocation ceremony will be contacted by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Office for additional participation information. It is imperative that students wishing to participate respond to the request in a timely fashion. Lack of response may result in participation denial.
View the Ed.S. and Ed.D. Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral Convocation (Hooding) Ceremony: Student Initiated form for the Fall 2018 ceremony only.
Note that once you download the document you may need to click on "Highlight Fields" in Acrobat to be able to see where to type on the document. No handwritten forms please.
Forms for Ed.S. Students
Report of the Guidance Committee (Program Plan): Student Initiated
Should typically be filed early in second year of the Ed.S. program. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Report of the Guidance Committee (Program Plan): Student Initiated
Record of Comprehensive Examination for School Psychology Ed.S. students: Program Initiated
Ed.S. comprehensive exam form: the student must be enrolled for semester of exam date for at least one credit. After the student takes the final part of the examination, the program/department completes and files this form.
View the Record of Comprehensive Examination for School Psychology Ed.S. students
Changes in Ed.S. Program Plan: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Changes in Ed.S. Program Plan: Student Initiated form
Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated
If a student fails to meet final Ed.S. requirements within five years, an extension to meet degree requirements must be requested and approved. Student completes this form in collaboration with the advisor. Student downloads with advisor, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements: Student Initiated form
Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony (Ed.S. and Ed.D. Degrees)
Students wishing to participate in the College's Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony must complete and return the "Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral and Educational Specialist Convocation Ceremony (Ed.S. and Ed.D. Degrees)" form no later than one month prior to the ceremony. Students who complete all program requirements between July 1 and December 31 are required to participate in the fall (December) ceremony. Students who complete all program requirements between January 1 and June 30 are required to participate in the spring (May) ceremony. Students do not have the option to participate in a semester other than the one for which they qualify.
Convocation participation information is sent out via the student listservs each semester. If you are not enrolled, you will not get the message. You may only participate if you meet the criteria listed above and have not previously participated in a College hooding ceremony.
Only use the most recent version of the form, past forms will not be accepted. Late forms will not be considered. After a student submits a request form, the Graduate Records Office evaluates the student's record to be sure that all required documents were received. Students with record deficits only have until one month before the ceremony to rectify the deficit. If you need assistance to determine if all required paperwork is on file, schedule a meeting with your program secretary to review your paperwork.
Following the paperwork review, students approved to participate in the College's convocation ceremony will be contacted by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Office for additional participation information. It is imperative that students wishing to participate respond to the request in a timely fashion. Lack of response may result in participation denial.
View the Ed.S. and Ed.D. Request to Participate in the College of Education Doctoral Convocation (Hooding) Ceremony: Student Initiated form for the Fall 2018 ceremony only.
Note that once you download the document you may need to click on "Highlight Fields" in Acrobat to be able to see where to type on the document. No handwritten forms please.
Forms for all Graduate Levels, Department Initiated
Change from Provisional to Regular Status
Student must clear "Provisional" status (if so admitted) before degree can be conferred. Should be cleared as soon as conditions have been met. Department completes this form and files it.
View the Change from Provisional to Regular Status form
Forms for all Graduate Levels, Student Initiated
College of Education Graduate Application Conviction Disclosure Form: Student Initiated
Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms.
View the College of Education Graduate Application Conviction Disclosure Form: Student Initiated form
Application for Change of Program and Status: Student Initiated
The Change of Program and Status application may only be used by graduate students in programs inside the College of Education. It should only be used for the following action: to add another degree or major inside the College of Education (both programs must be located in the College of Education). Examples of use: If a doctoral student in Educational Policy wants to add a second PhD degree in MQM, this form will be used; or if a master’s student in Kinesiology wants to add a second MA degree in Educational Technology this form will be used. In order to add a second College of Education graduate degree or major, the student downloads the Application for Change of Program and Status form, completes it electronically, and prints it before securing signatures (in blue ink only); no handwritten forms permitted.
View the Application for Change of Program and Status: Student Initiated form
If the graduate student has their primary major or degree inside the College of Education, and they want to add a second degree from another college at MSU, or the student is from another college at MSU and they want to add a second degree from the College of Education, the student must apply to the program using the University’s online Graduate Application system.
Project Agreement Form: Student Initiated
Student must file this form with their Program Secretary and register for Independent Study credit(s) with the appropriate department. Student downloads, completes electronically, and prints before securing signatures; no handwritten forms: handwritten signatures, in blue ink only.
View the Project Agreement Form: Student Initiated form
Application for Graduation: Student Initiated
Students must apply for graduation.
View the Application for Graduation: Student Initiated form
Application for Readmission: Student Initiated
Students must apply for readmission if not enrolled for 3 consecutive semesters (including summers). The readmission application is only to be used for readmission into your current program.
View the Application for Readmission: Student Initiated form
If you wish to apply to a new program, you must complete a new Graduate School online application.
Application for Readmission to an ended College of Education program code: Student Initiated
Students who have not taken courses for three consecutive semesters, must complete a readmission application to be considered for readmission to their program. This hard copy readmission application is only to be used if the College of Education graduate program you are admitted to cannot be found in the pull-down menu of the Registrars Office on-line readmission application (see Application for Readmission form above), because the program code has ended.
Note: If readmission to a terminated program is approved, you must be able to complete all program requirements and graduate by the program end date.
View the Application for Readmission to an ended College of Education program code: Student Initiated form
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