Student Resources
Ecological Sciences and Engineering
Current Student Resources
Here you will find key tools, links, and information to help you navigate your graduate experience in the ESE program.
- Complete the ESE Graduate Student Committee Meeting Report Form or comparable Departmental form for each committee meeting you hold. A committee meeting should be at the minimum held once a year.
- During the semester that you are registered to graduate, an electronic Form 7 must be completed. The ESE Graduate Program Specialist will generate the Form 7, and the committee members will record their responses. The committee or department may require a meeting with or without the students to discuss their work and determine whether they recommend the student receive their degree. Check with your degree granting department to see if they have any specific requirements needed to complete for a MS Non-Thesis degree.
- At least 3 weeks before your exam date, submit the electronic Form 8 (Request for Appointment of Examining Committee). Fully approved Form 8’s must be received by OGSPS at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date. Once the Form 8 is approved by OGSPS, a Form 7 will be created for your committee members. After your exam, your committee will electronically record the results of your exam for OGSPS.
- Following your exam, you should follow the Thesis/Dissertation Deposit Process and submit your Electronic Thesis Acceptance Form, ETAF Form 9, to deposit your Thesis.
- Preliminary Exam – At least 3 weeks before your exam date, submit the electronic Form 8 (Request for Appointment of Examining Committee). Fully approved Form 8’s must be received by OGSPS at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date. Once the Form 8 is approved by OGSPS, a Form 10 will be created for your committee members. After your exam, your committee will electronically record the results of your exam for OGSPS.
- Final Exam – At least 3 weeks before your exam date, submit the electronic Form 8 (Request for Appointment of Examining Committee). Fully approved Form 8’s must be received by the OGSPS at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date. Once the Form 8 is approved by OGSPS, a Form 11 will be created for your committee members. After your exam, your committee will electronically record the results of your exam for OGSPS.
- Following your exam, you should follow the Thesis/Dissertation Deposit Process and submit your Electronic Thesis Acceptance Form, ETAF Form 9, to deposit your Dissertation.
- Plan of Study Instructions and Checklist
- Deadlines for Plan of Study
- MS Non-Thesis Students: Draft due by end of first semester, December 1st and submitted for final approval due in second semester, March 1st
- MS Thesis Students: Draft due by end of first semester, December 1st and submitted for final approval by end of second semester, May 1st
- PhD Students: Draft due by end of second semester, May 1st and submitted for final approval before beginning of second year, August 1st
- Required in your Plan of Study is your associated department, degree type, coursework required for ESE and your department, semester with grade for each course, and committee members.
- Do not include any research credits, excess coursework, and courses with Pass/Not Pass or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grades.
- Final Exam – At least 3 weeks before your exam date, submit the electronic Form 8 (Request for Appointment of Examining Committee). Fully approved Form 8’s must be received by the OGSPS at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date. Once the Form 8 is approved by OGSPS, a Form 11 will be created for your committee members. After your exam, your committee will electronically record the results of your exam for OGSPS.
- Following your exam, you should follow the Thesis/Dissertation Deposit Process and submit your Electronic Thesis Acceptance Form, ETAF Form 9, to deposit your Dissertation.
- Students enrolled in a Master’s Degree within Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, who would like to continue on for a Ph.D., are required to complete a Request for Change of Degree Objective Form before completing your Master’s Degree.
