Use these forms to assist you on the path to degree completion
Form instructions, descriptions and samples are provided on this page to assist you with degree completion. Please thoroughly review the instructions and contact your department with questions. You may also reference the Graduate and Professional Bulletin for additional details and policies.
You will access all forms through RAMweb unless otherwise noted. Visit our Deadline Dates page to learn about important deadlines for your degree completion.
The GS6 Program of Study outlines your path to degree completion and keeps expectations between you and your department clear. This form must be submitted prior to the completion of other graduation requirements; it is to your benefit to complete it as early as possible. The form documents all required courses (taken and planned) for degree completion.
The GS6 Program of Study must be received by the Graduate School during or prior to the third semester. If the Graduate School does not receive the GS6 Program of Study, a registration hold will be placed on the student record prior to fourth semester registration which occurs in October and April of the third semester.
This form is used to change from one department to another or from one degree to another (such as doctoral to master’s). You may or may not complete the degree program from which you are changing. If you completed all coursework for the first degree, are working on research only, and wish to gain admission to a new department or degree, it is appropriate to fill out this form. You may use this form for degree programs but not certificate programs. A link to program codes is below.
Use this form to make changes to your committee after your GS6 Program of Study has been approved by the Graduate School. Your committee must be up-to-date at the time of the preliminary examination (doctoral students), final examination/defense, and thesis/dissertation submission.
If you take coursework abroad as part of your program and want the coursework to be officially transferred to CSU, use the GS11 Form.
Upon request, the Graduate School will file the results of departmental examinations with University records. This service is provided for those departments who wish to establish a more complete and more formal indication of student completion of degree requirements. Your department processes this form.
A preliminary examination is administered at least two terms before the final examination/defense to determine whether the student is qualified to continue toward the doctorate. The completed and signed form must be submitted to the Graduate School within two working days after the results of the examination are known.
All doctoral students and Master’s Plan A and Plan B students are required to complete and pass a final examination/defense. The examination must be held by the published deadline of the student’s graduating term. The completed and signed form must be submitted to the Graduate School Office within two working days after the results of the examination are known.
You must apply or reapply to graduate by the published deadline of the term you intend to graduate. Start the process using the “Apply or Reapply to Graduate” link in RAMWeb.
Departmental requirements listed in the GS25 Application for Graduation may be cleared by completing this form. This form must be signed and submitted to the Graduate School when these requirements have been met and by the published deadline of the student’s graduating term.
Prior to your degree being recorded on your official transcripts, a letter may be requested confirming that all of your degree requirements have been met. The letter is released only after the final graduation approval has been cleared on the Graduate Degree Plan record in RAMWeb.
All Master’s Plan A students and doctoral students submit this form after your final thesis or dissertation has been reviewed and approved by your committee.
The completed and signed form must be submitted to the Graduate School Office by the published deadline date of the student’s graduating term and before the electronic submission of the thesis or dissertation. This form includes an embargo restriction request section to delay the public release of your thesis or dissertation.
This form is used by your advisor to indicate how to resolve course discrepancies (if applicable) that were not addressed on your GS25 Application for Graduation. A memo or email directly from your advisor can also be submitted to resolve these course discrepancies.
Credit overloads allow you to register for more than the university maximum credit load for your student level (Graduate – 15).
Credit overloads above 18 credits must be directed to the Graduate School for approval. Your advisor must send an e-mail to gradschool@colostate.edu and provide the following information: student’s name, student’s CSU ID, the semester that the overload will be applied to, the maximum credit load that the student will be allowed to register for, and justification for the overload.
This form is required if you want to:
Visit our Drop and Withdrawal FAQs page for policy and procedure details. Add, drop and withdraw dates are available on your My Weekly Schedule under Registered Courses, via RAMweb.
NOTE: You will get this form from your department (the department downloads the form from by navigating from ARIESweb >ARIES A-Z >L> Late Registration Request).
This form is required if you experience extenuating circumstances and want to:
Failure to academically perform due to factors such as the following would not generally qualify as extenuating circumstances:
Visit our Drop and Withdrawal FAQs page for policy and procedure details. Drop and withdraw dates are available on your My Weekly Schedule under Registered Courses, via RAMweb.
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Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) students wishing to double count 500-level courses from their Bachelor’s Degree should use this form. This form must be submitted once admitted into the Graduate School and prior to completing your undergraduate degree.
