REQUEST TO WAIVE DISSERTATION OR THESIS REGISTRATION
RGR-488 -0220
Graduate students should use this form to request a waiver of the registration requirement for dissertation/thesis research in
accordance with graduate policy quoted below. Students should review the complete policy to avoid delays in graduating.
STUDENT NAME ______________________________________________________________________ STUDENT I.D. NO. ________________________________
Last First
DEPARTMENT _______________________________________________________ EXPECTED GRADUATION TERM _____________________________________
DEGREE LEVEL ______________________________________ MAJOR ________________________________________________________________________________________
(M.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Psy.D., etc.)
WAIVER REQUESTED FOR _______________________________________FINAL PROGRAM/COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULED ___________________________
Date/Term Date/Term
DISTRIBUTION
Original – Graduation Oce
Copy – Graduate Programs
This waiver will only be processed with the required signatures below. Students should ll out and sign this form before
forwarding to the department for signing and submission to the Oce of Graduate Programs
MAJOR ADVISER _________________________________________________________________________ DATE ___________________________________________
DEPARTMENT HEAD _______________________________________________________________________________ DATE ___________________________________________
DIRECTOR, GRADUATE PROGRAMS __________________________________________________________ DATE ___________________________________________
By signing and submitting this form, I am verifying that I will not use university facilities or faculty time during the indicated term.
I acknowledge that I am responsible for meeting all deadlines associated with completing and submitting my dissertation
and/or thesis, and to avoid paying an additional examination fee, I must be ocially registered for the term during
which my nal program or comprehensive examination is scheduled.
STUDENT SIGNATURE______________________________________________________________ DATE _____________________________________________
Graduate Policy states: “Subsequent to the initial registration, the [thesis] student must continue to register for
at least three hours of thesis each academic term, including summer, until the thesis is defended and accepted ...
A doctoral student who has been admitted to candidacy must normally register each academic term thereafter
for three or more credit hours of dissertation throughout the remainder of his or her program.” A waiver may
only be granted if no university facilities or faculty time will be used by the student during the term for which the
waiver is requested.
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