The Graduate School at ESF
Important Forms and Documents

• Everything You Need to Know About Forms (PowerPoint)
• Everything You Need to Know to Defend (PowerPoint)
• Information about Grad Forms and Processes for new (and not-so-new) Faculty

General

• FORM 2A — Appointment of Major Professor/Steering Committee (PDF)
• FORM 4 — Revising an Existing 3B Program of Study (PDF)
• FORM 5B — Chair Request for MS and PhD Students (PDF)
• Full-Time Status Form (PDF)
• Signature Page (Form 8a) (PDF)
• Final Thesis or Dissertation Submission
• Thesis Processing Fee (PDF)
• Graduate Diploma Record and Key Return Form (PDF)
• Graduate Program Re-enrollment Form- This form is to be completed by ESF graduate students who were not enrolled during the immediate past 1 or 2 semesters and who wish to continue in the program(s) in which they were last registered.
• Petition for Extension of Time Limit for Degree Completion (PDF)
• State-Funded Graduate Assistantship Resignation Form (PDF)
• Petition for General Procedure (PDF)
• Thesis or Dissertation Research Proposal Approval Form (PDF)

Form 3B

Master of Science

• GPES MS Form 3B (PDF)
• EB MS Form 3B (PDF)
• All other departments MS Form 3B (PDF)
  • Instructions (PDF)

Master of Landscape Architecture

• MLA Form 3B (PDF)
  • Instructions (PDF)

Master of Professional Studies

• EB MPS
  • Coursework Option MPS Form 3B (PDF) 
  • Plant Biotechnology MPS Form 3B (PDF)
  • Professional Experience MPS Form 3B (PDF)
• GPES MPS Form 3B (PDF)
• All other departments MPS Form 3B (PDF)
  • Instructions (Word)

Master of Forestry

• MF Form 3B (PDF)
  • Instructions (PDF)

Doctor of Philosophy

• Instruction (PhD)
• EB PhD Form 3B (PDF)
• GPES PhD Form 3B (PDF)
• All other departments PhD Form 3B (Word)

Other Degree-Specific Forms

Master of Science

• Policies and Requirements
• Research Proposal Approval Form (PDF)
• Chair Request (Form 5B) (PDF)
• Instructions and Guidelines for Formatting a Dissertation (updated 11/22/2022)
• Thesis Defense
• Thesis Processing Fee

Master of Landscape Architecture

• Policies and Requirements

Master of Professional Studies

• Policies and Requirements
• Other MPS 3B

Master of Forestry

• Policies and Requirements

Doctor of Philosophy

• Policies and Requirements
• Research Proposal Approval Form (PDF)
• Form 6B
  • Doctoral Candidacy Examination Instructions
• Instructions and Guidelines for Formatting a Dissertation (updated 11/22/2022)
• Dissertation Defense Information, including 5B
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (for PhD candidates only)
• Thesis Processing Fee