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) 577-2945 or comm.grad@wayne.edu.

PHD FORMS

Students applying to the PhD Program:

Application Materials

About PhD program (flyer)

Dual PhD in Communciation and Urban Sustainability

PhD Handbook

Apply now (WSU graduate application)

Assistantship application materials

Graduate Assistantship application for new students (Currently enrolled students seeking to apply for a GA position should use this form).

GA Work Rules and Policy

COM Department list of graduate funding opportunities

Documents used throughout the program:

Annual Review/Individual Development Plan (due annually):
Form

Course Rotation (coming soon)

Change of Advisor

Petition for a Directed Study course

Conference Travel Support application:
Travel Application
Travel Reimbursement Instructions

Rumble Dissertation Completion Fellowship Application

Incomplete Course Contract

Petition to Repeat a Graduate Course

My Forms Dashboard (Where all pending and completed online forms with Graduate School are located).

Change to committee form

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).

Change to Plan of Work Form

Qualifying Examination forms:

Exam Committee Form

Exam Procedures for Student and Advisors

Schedule Form

Committee evaluation form (for committee members/advisor)

Oral Defense Report form

Recommendation for Candidacy Status form

Dissertation Prospectus Forms:

Graduate School Dissertation Format Guidelines

Prospectus Defense Form

Conflict of Interest Form

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

Dissertation Forms:

Dissertation Research Support Funding Applications:

COM Department's application

Graduation School's application

Summer Dissertation support

Defense/Graduation Forms

Dissertation Defense Final Report

Conflict of Interest Form

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

Graduate School Final Requirements (Scroll to bottom of linked page to see the "Final Requirement Forms; these are required to graduate)

M.A. FORMS

Application & Graduate Assistantship application materials:

About the MA Program (flyer)

MA Handbook

Apply now (WSU graduate application)

Petition for Transfer of Graduate Credit

Graduate Assistantship application for new students

Graduate Assistantship application for current students

*Please note that most GTA positions are reserved for PhD students. We do have specialized positions in television production and coaching for the speech/debate teams that are sometimes available for MA applicants. Please check with the Director of Graduate Studies about those positions.

GA Work Rules and Policy

MA Funding and Scholarship opportunities

Graduate School funding options

COM Department list of graduate funding opportunities

COM Department Scholarships:

Loepp Family Endowed Scholarship

Winifred Clephane Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Communication (Information available in Academic Works ((wayne.academicworks.com)) when the scholarship application period is open)