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Documents and Forms for Current Students

The Edition (Year) for documents (such as the Graduate Handbook), which apply primarily to students entering in a particular cohort, are shown immediately after the title. Although students must usually follow the rules in operation at the time of their matriculation, there are some exceptions. Thus — if in doubt — it's better to ask than assume.

Graduate Handbook

Due to unusual circumstances, there were no 2006 or 2007 updates to the Handbook. Described rules affect all three incoming classes (F-06 through F-08), unless otherwise indicated.

Program Handbooks and Other Documents

TA Handbook: Teaching Psychology at NCSU (2007)

Distribution is limited to TAs and faculty only. Please contact the Director of the Graduate Program for a copy. Note: for the first two weeks of the fall semester the handook is available online.

General Forms

Graduate Enrollment and Benefits Status — Supplementary Information

Some students need the DGP to sign-off on the Graduate Enrollment and Benefits Status form, in order to complete their applications for student loans. After completing your section of the form, bring it to the main office (640 Poe) and leave it in my mailbox. Within a day or two of when it arrives, the form will be signed and then FAXed to the Office of Financial Aid. The original will be filed in my 640-C office. In case there is any problem, it is an easy matter to re-send the information; however, this is not usually necessary.

NOTE: In order to complete and sign the Enrollment and Benefits Status Form, the DGP is expected to have some additional information. Although the status of Teaching Assistants within our department is automatically known to the DGP, the employment / assistantship status of Psychology students who work as Research Assistants or who work on campus, but outside the Psychology Department, is not. Thus, if you wish your form completed accurately, please attach a note which tells me if you (1) work anywhere on campus, and if so, then (2) do you qualify for any of the GSSP benefits (such as tuition, health insurance and, possibly, fees)? Without this information, it is possible that you will be offered an incorrect amount of loan and may be asked unexpectedly to return some portion of it.

Special Course Enrollment Form

This form is required for enrollment in any course in which students working with many different faculty members are registered collectively in a single class section. The forms that students submit when they register (or pre-register) are later used to obtain/record the correct grades at the end of the semester. Special Courses include: PSY 680, 685, 693, 699, 880 (except for the fixed-credit sections, such as sections 002 and 003 that are reserved for the quantitative-methods classes), 885, 890, 893 and 899. To register for a Special Course, download/complete and sign the form, have it signed by your faculty supervisor and then turn it in to the Graduate Student Services Assistant in Poe 640-B.

The regular Thesis Research (PSY 695) and Dissertation Research (PSY 895) courses are always offered in multiple sections and it is possible to register directly through PackTracks for work with a particular faculty member.

Application Forms for Cook Fellowship and Emeritus Research Award

The forms available here are updated each year and will be current ONLY after the annual competition has been announced.

Request Forms to Schedule Proposal Presentations, Preliminary Examinations, or Defenses

Request to Special Permissions, Exceptions, Waivers or Substitutions

Annual Report on Graduate Student Progress

Forms Related to Plans of Work

Before beginning, please see the FAQ for avoiding a variety of unnecessary errors.

Plan of Work Form

The basic form for submitting a Plan of Work (including the identification of one's Graduate Advisory Committee, the topic of the thesis or dissertation, and the courses which need to be taken) is a university document. Hence, to avoid having an out-of-date version available here, those needing that form are directed to the web page maintained by the Graduate School.

Checklists for Submission with Plans of Work

To submit a POW for approval by the Director of Graduate Programs, students must also provide a properly completed and signed Checklist. These checklists are intended to confirm that both the student and his/her Committee Chair have determined that all departmental requirements have been met. The DGP will assume that the signatures of all Committee members on the POW certifies that any/all program-specific requirements have been met.

Request for Change in Plan of Work

Preparing an accurate Plan of Work is important, but such documents are not intended to become rigid and inflexible. There are many reasons why a POW might need to be modified. For example, a faculty member may retire or leave the university. A student's interests may change. A particular course may not be offered within the expected time-frame. For such reasons, it is usually possible to modify the POW to meet changing situations. Any Request-to-Change Form must be signed by ALL Committee members (including any faculty member being removed from a given Committee).

The primary exception to this flexibility occurs during the period of the Preliminary Qualifying Exam. Except under extraordinary circumstances, no changes are permitted in the composition of a Graduate Advisory Committee between the start of the written and oral exam process and its successful completion.

If the requested change is minor (e.g., same course will be taken, but in a different semester; or an independent study is being switched from PSY 880.001 to PSY 893; or some other relative trivial adjustment), then the Graduate Student Services Assistant or DGP will accept a form signed only by the student and his/her Chair.

Forms for Teaching Assistants

TA and Supervisor Checklist

The first of the following forms is used by TAs and their faculty supervisors to record the completion of various actions/events expected of all TAs by the university or department. Each TA is expected to submit a completed "Checklist" at the end of each regular semester; Most Importantly, and to be complete, a Checklist must include BOTH the signature of AND an overall summative evaluation by the faculty supervisor. The second form is an optional tool for assisting in the required classroom observations. Although observation(s) of TA must be submittred each semester, faculty are free to use whatever format is most convenient for them. All observation reports should be stapled behind the associated Checklist (two observations for TAs teaching for the first time; one observation otherwise).