NEW PROCESS FOR GRADUATION APPLICATIONS [M4/G10] IS LIVE!
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- All forms must be submitted from your UMSL email address. Forms or student specific information coming from any other email address [ex: yahoo, gmail, etc.] will be disregarded. This is the only way we can confirm your identity.
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- Forms MUST be downloaded and opened with Adobe Reader DC, opening a file within the browser will not allow it to be fillable. Check your browser's download settings to ensure the proper procedure.
- If you are unable to get the electronic signature to work, print the typewritten form - sign and scan the form to your advisor, via UMSL email.
- Please send your signed form via UMSL email, as an attachment. Do not use Adobe "Collect Signatures/Send for Signatures" feature.
- You must obtain signatures from your Advisor, Committee Members, and Graduate Program Director as indicated on the forms before submission to the Graduate School - any forms submitted without these signatures, will be discarded.
- Your academic unit may have internal deadlines you need to meet and other forms that need to be completed before your paperwork is forwarded to the Graduate School
- Please send all forms, after appropriate signatures have been obtained, to GradSchoolForms@umsl.edu for faster processing. Incomplete forms will not be evaluated.
Course Related Forms / General Student Forms / Master's and Ed. Specialist Level Forms / Doctoral Level Forms / Faculty Forms
Have you met the requirements for your degree? Find forms and deadlines here!
Course Related Forms
| Form | Description | Submission Timeline |
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| C1 | Admission of Undergrads to Graduate Level Courses |
During enrollment period **Limited to 6 credit hours** |
| Inter-University Graduate Enrollment Request [ found on Registrar's Office forms page] |
Enrollment Period | |
| C4 | UM System Visiting Student Application |
Enrollment Period |
| C5 | Request for Course Replacement | By the last day to add a course in the semester of replacement course |
General Student Forms
| Form | Description | Submission Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| AM1 | Accelerated Masters Provisional Application |
After completing at least 60 undergraduate credit hours and conferring with your undergraduate advisor and Graduate Program Director AM Student Instructions |
| TwoPlusThree [2+3] Information and Application |
Work with your faculty advisor for specifics about this program option | |
| Advising Form | No submission, for student reference only | |
| Late Drop Form If you are withdrawing from UMSL: Complete Registration Survey Must be submitted by the last date to drop classes in a semester |
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| G2 | Application for Teaching or Research Assistantship |
After Application to Graduate School; Submit to School or Dept where you wish to apply for assistantship |
| G3 | Transfer Credit Form | At the beginning of your program, as soon as you begin coursework at UMSL |
| G6 | Incorporation of Non-Matriculated, Post-Bac Work at UMSL |
Students in Non-Degree Status ONLY |
| G7 | Petition for Course Overload |
PRIOR to Registration period |
| G9 | Petition for Waiver of Residence Requirement |
PRIOR to last 2/3rds of degree program |
| G10 | Application for Graduate Certificate |
See Graduation Deadlines for specific dates |
| G11 | Request for Tuition Scholarship for GRA/GTA/Fellows |
Submit request through the GATS app. Paper requests no longer accepted. |
| G14 | Request for Equivalency Hours |
After student has enrolled, req. forms have been approved, etc. |
Master's and Ed. Specialist Level Forms
Master's and Educational Specialist Degrees have a completion time limit of 6 years.
| Form | Description | Submission Timelines |
|---|---|---|
| M2 | Appointment of Thesis, Examination, Paper or Project Committee |
Part A must be submitted and approved PRIOR to Part B See Graduation Deadlines for more information |
| M3 | Preliminary Approval of Thesis | Submitted at least 6 weeks prior to graduation |
| M4 | Application for Graduation Master's and Ed. Specialist Degrees |
See Graduation Deadlines for more information |
Doctoral Level Forms
Doctoral degrees have a completion time limit of 8 years - based on this time limit, we have compiled this table with links to forms. Download a PDF with the form timeline and general submission timelines.
| Form | Description |
|---|---|
| D1 | Appointment of Comp. Exam Committee and Report of Results |
| D3 | Application for Candidacy |
| D4 | Appointment of Dissertation Committee |
| D5 | Doctoral Dissertation Proposal The D5 must be submitted for approval by the close of the term preceding the semester in which the student wishes to graduate (e.g., 17 December 2016 for May 2017 grad; 13 May 2017 for August 2017 grad; 5 August 2017 for December 2017 grad, etc.). These dates can be found on the Academic Calendar. Any D5 that is denied approval by the Graduate Program Director or the Graduate School must be re-submitted by the candidate and the re-submission date and subsequent approvals will determine the term in which the student is eligible to graduate. |
| D6 | Prelim. Approval of Dissertation and Oral Defense [Submit with D9 and prelim. dissertation] |
| D7 | Dissertation Committee Report of Defense and Final Approval of Dissertation |
| D9 | Oral Defense Announcement [Submit with D6 and prelim. dissertation] |
Faculty Forms
| Form | Description | Submission Timelines |
|---|---|---|
| Advising Form |
Degree Planning Tool | Student Record ONLY No Submission |
| Add/Drop Form |
Add/Drop Class within the 1st FOUR weeks of a semester | No later than the 4th week of a semester |
| Late Drop Form |
Drop class after the 4th week of a semester | Prior to the final day to drop a class in a semester |
| C2 | Request to Approve Institute, Workshop or Grad Course through Continuing Ed | Must obtain approval 3 weeks prior to course announcement **UMSL Faculty use only** |
| G4 | Request for Change from Provisional to Regular or Restricted Status [GPD removes through MyView, no form required.] |
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| G5 | Petition for Transfer from Restricted to Regular Status [GPD removes through MyView, no form required.] |
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| G15 | Request for Exemption from ITA Seminar | |
| TwoPlusThree [2+3] Information and Application |
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