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
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).
COM Department list of graduate funding opportunities
Documents used throughout the program:
Annual Review/Individual Development Plan (due annually):
Form
Course Rotation (coming soon)
Petition for a Directed Study course
Conference Travel Support application:
Travel Application
Travel Reimbursement Instructions
Rumble Dissertation Completion Fellowship Application
Petition to Repeat a Graduate Course
My Forms Dashboard (Where all pending and completed online forms with Graduate School are located).
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).
Qualifying Examination forms:
Exam Procedures for Student and Advisors
Committee evaluation form (for committee members/advisor)
Recommendation for Candidacy Status form
Dissertation Prospectus Forms:
Graduate School Dissertation Format Guidelines
Assessment Rubric for Prospectus (for Department Assessment) (for Faculty Advisor to complete at time of successful defense)
Dissertation Forms:
Dissertation Research Support Funding Applications:
Graduation School's application
Defense/Graduation Forms
Dissertation Defense Final Report
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)
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.
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)
Documents used throughout the program:
Course Rotation (coming soon)
Petition for a Directed Study Course
Conference Travel Financial Support application
Conference Travel Reimbursement Instructions
Petition to Repeat a Graduate Course
Plan of Work Forms:
MA Essay/Thesis Information and Forms:
Guidelines for the Masters Essay
Guidelines for the Masters Thesis & approval form
Graduate School MA Thesis Information
Graduate School format requirements for MA thesis
Department funding for MA thesis research
Graduate School funding for MA research
Coursework Requirement Checklists
Public Relations & Organizational Communication
Graduate Certificates:
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
313-577-2943