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Forms Required to Complete your Graduate Degree

Basic Set of Forms that must be submitted in chronological order

These are the basic set of forms you will need to fill out in order to successfully navigate your graduate experience.  Some are paper and some are electronic.  They are available either on the History Department’s or the Graduate College’s web page.  You must keep copies of all forms.  There are other specialized forms but those are filled out on a case by case basis if necessary.

  • Program Development Form  — This is an history department paper form and will be filled out in concert with the History Department Graduate Coordinator (Prof. Walker) before – or during the first two weeks – of your first semester.
  • Appointment of Supervisory Committee  — This is a graduate school electronic form to be filled out during your second semester (generally as part of History 501).  This establishes your Masters committee including the committee chair who will become your chief advisor.
  • Thesis/Project/Portfolio Proposal Application and Defense.  This form is an history department form that will document that your committee has approved your proposal for a Thesis, Portfolio, or Project and you have the green light to move forward.  You will prepare the proposal during your second semester during History 501 and defend the proposal soon after when your committee chair decides the proposal is ready to defend in front of the full committee.
  • Application for Admission to Candidacy – This form is a Graduate College electronic form checking to see you are on course.  It is filled out after you have completed at least 18 credits of graduate work.  We recommend you fill it out as soon as you have the 18 credits which should be after one year of full time graduate work.
  • Defense Notification  — This is a Graduate College electronic form that must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of your thesis defense (it’s only for MA thesis students).  Portfolio and Public History students do not need to do this.
  • Graduate Student Graduation Application – This form must be filled out at the beginning of the semester you plan to graduate. This form is submitted electronically.  Certificate Students do not need further forms.
  • Defense Committee Approval  — This paper form will be signed by your full committee after successfully (We all hope) defending your Thesis, Project, or Portfolio.   If you defended a Thesis this form is turned in to the Graduate College (in person or via electronic upload) – with a copy to the History Department.  If you defended a Project or Portfolio this form is turned in only to the History Department.

Depending on what you are MA Thesis, Public History, or Educator the following forms are submitted:

THESIS STUDENTS:  upload your thesis and supporting documents to the Graduate College.

You will submit them to the Graduate College through their portal ProQuest ETD located at the Graduate Student Success Center

Go to the tab “Thesis and Dissertation Information”

You will see two links: 1) “Submission Information” and 2) “Thesis and Dissertation Required Supporting Documents List.”

  • “Submission Information” is the link to the portal where all your uploading occurs. It gives you “Initial Document Upload Instructions.” In those instructions they will ask you to fill out some information, upload your thesis and defense committee approval form, (Even if you already sent it to them earlier) and then submit further supporting documents.
  • Look at the second link to see the list of further supporting documents under the section: “Forms to Include at the Time You Upload the Advisor-Approved Copy of Your Thesis or Dissertation.”

Public History Students:

  1. Defense Committee Approval Form — This form will be signed by your Committee Chair after you have made final corrections to your Project.  Turn this form into the History Department.
  2. ScholarWorks Authorization for a Selected Graduate Project. This form allows for the written portion of your project to be made public through ScholarWorks (administered through Albertson’s Library). Turn this form in to the Albertsons Library

Educator Students:

Defense Committee Approval Form  — This form will be signed by your Committee Chair after you have made final corrections to your Portfolio.  Turn this form into the History Department.