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Graduate Program Forms & Documentation

This area of the Aero-Astro Web site is home to forms and documents you'll need for application to and studies within our department. If you have questions about any of these documents, we suggest you visit the Graduate Admissions FAQs, the Graduate Degree Requirements, or contact the Aero-Astro Academic Programs Office.

DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Doctoral Program Guide

The doctoral program guide is a comprehensive manual of the doctoral process including program requirements, field exam and thesis proposal defense guidelines, thesis defense information, and more. These guidelines apply to you if you have taken/will take the Field Exam, or have petitioned into the new program.
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Field Exam Descriptions

This document describes the field exams that will be offered in January. A student seeking entrance into the Doctoral Program in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics must take one of these field exams.
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Field Exam Application

This form must be completed and submitted to Aero-Astro Student Services in order to apply to take the Aero-Astro Field Exam.
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Doctoral Minor Proposal Form

This form must be used by all doctoral candidates to organize and make official their required doctoral minor. It must be kept filed with the Doctoral Record Card in the Aero-Astro Student Services Office.
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Authorization to Defend Thesis Proposal

This form must be completed and submitted in order to begin scheduling the Thesis Proposal Defense, required of all doctoral students. It must be submitted 10 working days (2 weeks) prior to the intended defense date.
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Authorization to Proceed with Thesis Defense

This form must be signed by the parties indicated, and delivered to the Aero-Astro Academic Programs Office no later than 20 working days prior to a thesis defense.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR OLD DOCTORAL PROGRAM

The following forms and documents are to be used only by students who have taken the old Qualifying Exams and have not petitioned into the new doctoral program.

Old Doctoral Program Guide

Old Doctoral Program Guide (General and Qual Exams)
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Doctoral General Exam Application

Doctoral candidates taking the General Exam must complete this form and delivered to the Aero-Astro Academic Programs office at least 10 days prior to the exam.
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ADMISSIONS

Graduate Admission Field of Study Selection Form

The Field of Study Form requires you to select 1 or 2 of our 11 Graduate Fields of Study. These fields should be those you are most interested in focusing your studies and research on, should you be accepted to our program. By making these selections, our graduate admissions committee will know better which faculty members should review your application, and who should be named your initial advisor in the event of your acceptance. This form is a required part of our graduate application.
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NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS

Technical Writing Examination

All incoming graduate students are required to take the Technical Writing Exam during the first week of classes. Please see this document for more information.
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Graduate Math Requirement

All graduate students must fulfill the Graduate Math Requirement as part of the 66 units necessary to complete the Masters Degree.
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ADVISING

Graduate Advising Policy

The Graduate Advising Policy describes different roles in the advising of doctoral and master's level students, describes the attributes of these roles, and defines those individuals who are eligible to fulfill the roles. While this is a document primarily for faculty, students will find it useful in the development of, and interaction with, committees and advisors.
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