The following forms, guidelines, packets et al. are available for download from the College of Education Forms page.
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Required Forms and Documents
GradPlan: Guidance Committee membership & Ph.D. Degree Plan (program plan)
Research Practicum: 995
Dissertation Proposal Approval
Dissertation proposal is heard by student’s guidance committee. Must have included date proposal was sent to UCRIHS office if involving human subject.
Dissertation Director Approval
Students set up dissertation committee after successfully defending their dissertation proposal.
Notice of Doctoral Dissertation Oral Examination
Filed when student is ready to defend. No deadline but ideally 1-2 weeks before defense date.
Record of Dissertation and Oral Examination Requirements for Doctoral Degree Candidate
Defense of orals form. Completed by committee at student’s defense. Student must be enrolled for at least 1 (one) credit during semester of defense.
Request for Extension of Time to Complete Degree Requirements
Extension must be applied for and approved if student fails to meet final Ph.D. requirements within 8 years.
Measurement and Quantitative Methods Course Waiver Form
- You may request that a doctoral-level course offered by the MQM program be waived because you have completed recently a commensurate course.
A syllabus and official transcript for each course asked to be waived is necessary. A passing grade (i.e., C or above) should be reported in the official transcript for the specific course (or courses) that the student asks to waive. - If the course waiver is granted, you will not receive course credits for the course waived, but will be allowed to enroll in courses for which the waived course is a prerequisite. The credit hours of waived courses do not contribute to your earned credit hours required for graduation.
Examination-Evaluation Forms
The following forms pertain to examination and evaluation procedures and are available for download. Please select the appropriate format and click on the link.
Credit Evaluation For Graduate Programs
Form to be used for evaluation of graduate credit completed at another accredited institution.
Preliminary Examination Application
Form to be completed a few months prior to the examination.
Preliminary Examination Policies & Procedures for PhD degree
Complete and submit with application.
To be signed by apprenticeship committee members, after presentation. Most students perform additional tasks to improve the quality of the final paper.
Comprehensive Examination Application Form
Annual Review Form
An annual review of each student’s academic/professional development. The annual review gives the student and the program an opportunity to reflect upon the student’s strengths, weaknesses, and needed areas for professional growth. Conducted by the MQM faculty.Click Here.
Policy and Guidelines
The following documents help to familiarize yourself with the examination, evaluation and graduation procedures. Most are available for download from the department website.
Preliminary Examination Guidelines
To familiarize yourself with the examination and the examination process. This Word document contains an FAQ about the Preliminary Examination policies, the questions for which you will write answers, and the scoring criteria.
Details regarding the Research Apprenticeship Project.
Comprehensive Examination Policy
Details and Guidelines regarding the Comprehensive Examinations.
Academic Honesty and Ethical Principles and Practices
Comprehensive Examination Ethical Principles.Word | PDF
Example Papers-Scoring Rubrics
The following documents are examples of past papers and scoring rubrics available for download. Please select the appropriate format and click on the link.
Scoring Rubric
The faculty creates a rubric for scoring examination responses to the article chosen each year. Word | PDF
Keogh Rubric
Keogh Response
Guthrie Rubric
Another Rubric Example. Word | PDF
Guthrie Response
Another Response Example. Word | PDF
Practicum Paper Example
Example student papers: Linda Chard. Word | PDF
Practicum Paper Example
Example student papers: Kevin Joldersma. Word | PDF
Suggested Reading List
Suggested Reading List
Comprehensive Exams-Past Years
The following documents are examples of comprehensive exams from past years available for download. Please select the appropriate format and click on the link.
Measurement Major:
Example 1
Measurement Major Days 1 & 2 Word | PDF
Example 2
Measurement Major Days 1 & 2 Word | PDF
Statistics Major:
Example 1
Statistics Major Days 1 & 2 Word | PDF
Example 2
Statistics Major Days 1 & 2 Word | PDF
Measurement Minor:
Example 1
Example 2
Statistics Minor:
Example 1
Example 2
Packets-Handbooks
The following documents and links are IMPORTANT in the doctoral process. Please click on the appropriate format to download the document, OR click on the appropriate link to be re-directed to the appropriate website.