PhD Forms and Resources

Forms and additional information about the graduate programs in the Department of Communication are below. For any information not listed here, please contact the Graduate Office at (313) 577-2953 or email the graduate director, Dr. Kelly Young at kelly.young@wayne.edu.

Course Rotation (W2021-S/S2025)
My Forms Dashboard (Where all pending and completed online forms with Graduate School are located).
Annual Review/Individual Development Plan

Course Add or directed study requests:

Change advisor/committee membership forms:

Change of Advisor
Change to Committee (needed only after a prospectus defense; changes before then do not require the form)

Conference Travel/Professional Development Funding:

Incomplete/Repeat a Course forms:

Rumble Fellowship:

Plan of Work materials

Plan of Work Worksheet (This requires department approval before you complete the Transfer of Credit and Graduate School Plan of Work documents).
Graduate School official Plan of Work
Transfer of Credit form. When completing this form, you must note WSU courses that are equivalent to the courses you are transferring. If no equivalent course exists, put a course level equivalent instead (e.g., 6xxx or 7xxx). If you are transferring WSU MA credits, you do not need to use this form. List the WSU courses on the Plan of Work and insert (MA) after each course title.
Change to Plan of Work Form

Qualifying Examination/PhD Candidacy forms

Pre-Exam Resources

Committee Evaluation Materials

Committee evaluation form (for committee members/advisor)

Forms to be initiated for the Oral Defense

Dissertation Prospectus Forms

Forms to be initated for the defense:

Advisor Materials:

Assessment Rubric for Prospectus (for Faculty Advisor to complete at time of successful defense, for departmental assessment)

Dissertation Research Funding: The department provides $1000 in dissertation research funding for approved expenses and the graduate school matches those funds. Use both of these forms to apply for funding.

Dissertation Forms & Research Funding

Request Override COM 9990-9995 (Doctoral Candidacy/Exam & Dissertation Credits)

Dissertation Research Support Funding Applications:

The department provides $1000 in dissertation research funding for approved expenses and the graduate school matches those funds. Use both of these forms to apply for funding. Summer dissertation fellowships are available through the graduate school. You may receive both forms of support.

Final defense/Graduation forms:

Dissertation Defense Final Report (REQUIRED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE DEFENSE DATE)
Conflict of Interest Form
Graduate School Final Requirements (SOME ITEMS REQUIRED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE DEFENSE DATE. Scroll to bottom of linked page to see the "Final Requirement Forms; these are required to graduate)

Advisor/committee Materials:

Assessment of Dissertation for Department Assessment (for Faculty Advisor to complete at time of successful defense)

Career Resources

Graduate Advising

Email ac3055@wayne.edu to schedule an appointment.

Graduate Advising Location:

555 Manoogian Hall (5th floor)
906 W. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Detroit, MI 48201

Office location map.