PhD Student Resources

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PhD First-Year Advising

The Guidelines for First-Year Advising document contains multiple items designed to assist doctoral students and their first-year advisers in planning for the student’s doctoral coursework. Contents include a program overview, course listings, a schedule for CCI doctoral classes, a list of theory and method intensive courses, and a program planning guide.

PhD Program Forms

• Doctoral Program Planning Form
• Doctoral Student Annual Report
• Dissertation Proposal Form
• Dissertation Adviser Agreement
• CCI PhD Comprehensive Exam Checklist

College-wide graduate scholarship and assistantship forms

• Application for College-wide Graduate Scholarships
• Graduate Assistant or Graduate Teaching Assistant/Associate Application

Travel Forms

• Graduate Student Travel Support Policies and Forms (Updated March 2007)

Research Forms

• IRB Procedures

Other Forms

• Other required forms are available from the UT Graduate Studies Office.