Graduate Forms & Deadlines
Below is a listing of the most commonly used forms. Please check the Sociology Department graduate degree requirements page and Graduate Studies forms page for a complete list of all applicable forms for your personal program. Contact the Coordinator of Graduate Academic Advisement with any questions. Please note that of all forms will be submitted to Graduate Studies by the Coordinator.
Form name | MA or PhD | What's it for? | Due | Where |
| Applicant Demographic Survey | Use to apply to the PhD Program | N/A | N/A | |
| MA and PhD Requirements | Both | MA/PhD Requirements for Graduate Students | N/A | N/A |
| MA Course Requirements | MA | Helps students keep track of their own progress in the department | N/A | N/A |
| PhD | Helps students keep track of their own progress in the department | N/A | N/A | |
| MA/PHD Checklist | Both | Use to track coursework. | N/A | N/A |
| Appointment of Faculty Advisor | Both | Providing documented mentorship for all graduate students. | End of second semester in the program | Sociology Office |
| Change of Faculty Advisor | Both | Providing documented mentorship for all graduate students. | N/A | Sociology Office |
| Program of Study for the Master’s Degree (POS) | MA | Allows Graduate Studies personnel to confirm that the correct courses are being used toward the degree | After the completion of 12 hours of graduate-level coursework & at least 1 semester prior to expected graduation | Graduate Studies Office |
| Departmental Thesis Prospectus Approval Form | MA | Allows Sociology faculty and graduate committee to guide student toward a viable thesis | 2 semesters prior to expected graduation | Sociology Office |
| Request to Continue in Ph.D. Program Post-MA Form | Both | Post-MA Students must formally request to continue on to the Ph.D. program after successfully defending their MA thesis. | Sociology Office | |
| Proposal to take Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams | PhD | Used to approve student's reading lists in their two exam areas | At least 4 months prior to anticipated date of exam | Sociology Office |
| Application for Candidacy | PhD | Used to promote PhD students to ABD status | After comprehensive exams are complete and approved | Graduate Studies Office |
| Dissertation Prospectus Approval form | PhD | Used by dissertation committee to approve the topic of a student's dissertation | Consensus of committee | Sociology Office |
| Appointment of Dissertation Committee form | PhD | Used to inform Graduate Studies of dissertation committee membership/confirm eligibility of members to be on committee | No later than first semester of enrollment in Soc. 699 -- dissertation hours | Graduate Studies Office |
| Announcement of Examination | Both | Used to announce thesis defenses, dissertation defenses, and doctoral comprehensive exams (comps) | At least 2 weeks before scheduled defense | Graduate Studies Office |
| Report of Examination | Both | Used to inform Graduate Studies of the results of a thesis defense, dissertation defense, or comps defense | No later than 2 weeks after the defense has occurred | Graduate Studies Office |
