Forms and Procedures for Educational Studies Graduate Degree Programs

These procedures provide information about how to navigate the various degree requirements. Links on this page will open in new windows. Press the "Close this window link" to return to this page.

For the Master's Degree:

Academic Funding Options
Change of Advisor Form (11 KB Adobe PDF): A student is assigned a temporary advisor upon admission. However, a student might later decide to change advisors to best support his or her interests. A change of advisor is negotiated between the student and the faculty member, requiring both members to agree on the arrangement.
Should a situation arise that requires a student to change advisors (by necessity, rather than by choice), it is the student’s responsibility to locate another advisor and obtain his/her agreement.
Changing Specialization Procedures - Educational Studies Policy regarding switching specializations
Course Substitution - Educational Studies Request for Approval of Course Substitution (Adobe PDF)
Faculty-Promoted Courses

MA Degree Requirements (Course planning sheets)

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Instructions for Applying to Graduate with a Master's or Doctoral Degree
Guidelines for Handling Complaints: Guidelines on what to do if you have a dispute.
Permissions for Independent Study Courses - electronic permission form that allows graduate students to request permission to register for an independent study course.
Student Petition, Grievance, and Discipline Procedures (120 KB Adobe PDF)
Policies for Students (U-M Division of Student Affairs Site)
Student Life

For the Doctoral Degree:

Miscellaneous Forms and Procedures

Instructions for Applying to Graduate with a Master's or Doctoral Degree
ES Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA) and Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Application Instructions (85 KB Adobe PDF)
Academic Funding Options:
Graduate Student Handbook (Rackham's Web page)
Change of Advisor Form (11 KB Adobe PDF): A student is assigned a temporary advisor upon admission. However, a student might later decide to change advisors to best support his or her interests. A change of advisor is negotiated between the student and the faculty member, requiring both members to agree on the arrangement.
Should a situation arise that requires a student to change advisors (by necessity, rather than by choice), it is the student’s responsibility to locate another advisor and obtain his/her agreement.
Changing Specialization Procedures - Educational Studies Policy Regarding Switching Specializations
Course Substitution - Educational Studies Request for Approval of Course Substitution (Adobe PDF)
Faculty-Promoted Courses

Grad Tools: Grad Tools is a collaborative tool to assist the graduate student in navigating the steps along the way to the PhD. Grad Tools is a part of the CTools environment which showcases an interactive checklist containing all of the required Rackham steps to degree conferral. We have added program information to the Rackham steps to create a more complete checklist for your use. You may also add your own individualized steps to make the checklist most useful for tracking your progress. To access Grad Tools, log into the CTools environment (https://ctools.umich.edu/portal ) and choose Grad Tools from the list of workspaces.

Guidelines for Handling Complaints: Guidelines on what to do if you have a dispute.
Permissions for Independent Study Courses - electronic permission form that allows graduate students to request permission to register for an independent study course.
Student Petition, Grievance, and Discipline Procedures (120 KB Adobe PDF)
Policies for Students (U-M Division of Student Affairs Site)
Time to Degree Policy Statement: The Rackham Graduate School strongly encourages the student to achieve candidacy within four years and requires completion of all requirements within seven years from the date of first enrollment.
Most students in the School of Education complete their degrees in less than seven years—usually in five, and sometimes in four.
Readmission Instructions (135 KB Adobe PDF): In the event there is a break in your enrollment you will need to reapply for admission.
Petition Extension of Time Instructions (157 KB Adobe PDF): In the event you need to extend the seven year deadline you will need to apply for an extension of time to complete your degree.
Extension of Time and Readmissions combined form (157 KB Adobe PDF).

PhD Degree Requirements (Course planning sheets)

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Student Life
Dean's Office Student Travel Funds (Adobe PDF)
Candidacy
Becoming a Candidate
Doctoral Candidacy Deadlines (SOE)
Preliminary Examination Procedures and Forms
Preliminary Examination Process
Required Preliminary Applications forms: Preliminary exams in Educational Studies consist of two parts that may be taken at different points in time. There are two applications:Part A application (79 KB Adobe PDF), Scholarly Paper; and Part B application (83 KB Adobe PDF), Written Exam.

Dissertation Procedures, Guidelines, and Forms

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