Course Forms
Students wishing to enroll in an Independent Study (COMM666) must print and complete the form linked above. Form is to be submitted, with a completed Independent Study proposal, to the Communication Department Main Office. Students can only be enrolled in COMM666 by the Communication Department staff.
MA students must print and complete the internship contract linked above. All instructions are included with the contract. Contract is to be submitted, with a completed written statement (as outlined in the instructions), to the Communication Department Main Office. Students can only be enrolled in COMM664 by the Communication Department staff.
Curricular Forms
The application linked above must be completed by all graduate students in the semester they plan to graduate. The deadlines are as follow: September 15 for December degree conferral, December 2 for Winter degree conferral, February 15 for May degree conferral, and May 15 for August degree conferral. Upon completion of this form, with all the required signatures, the original must go to the Office of Graduate & Professional Education (234 Hullihen Hall).
Prior to the completion of the form linked above the student must be in contact with the Department of Communication's Director of Graduate Studies about the possibility that a course could transfer to UD. A copy of the course to be transfer's syllabus must be provided in order to be considered. If the Director of Graduate Studies agrees to the transfer the student must complete the attached form, acquire the necessary signatures, a copy given to the Director of Graduate Studies, and the original must go to the Office of Graduate & Professional Education (234 Hullihen Hall).
MA Degree Forms
MA students must use the form linked above to establish who will make up the members of their comprehensive exams committee. Once all required signatures from committee members and the Director of Graduate Studies are acquired this form must be submitted to the Communication Department main office.
Students must bring the form linked above to the oral defense of their comprehensive exams. The committee chair and members must sign this form once the student's oral defense is assessed. Upon completion of the oral defense this form must be submitted to the Communication Department main office.
This manual lays out the guidelines of the Office of Graduate and Professional Education as to how an MA thesis or a Doctoral Dissertation must be formatted and written.
MA students must use the form linked above to establish who will make up the members of their thesis committee. Once all required signatures from committee members and the Director of Graduate Studies are acquired this form must be submitted to the Communication Department main office.
MA students must bring the form linked above to their pre-proposal meeting. Once a decision is made by committee members about the pre-proposal and all required signatures from committee members are acquired this form must be submitted to the Communication Department main office.
MA students must bring the form linked above to their proposal meeting. Once a decision is made by committee members about the proposal and all required signatures from committee members are acquired this form must be submitted to the Communication Department main office.
MA students must bring the form linked above to the oral defense of their thesis. The committee chair and members must sign this form once the student's oral defense is assessed, indicating if in their opinion the student passed, passed with conditions, or failed. Upon completion of the oral defense the student must submit a copy of the form to the Communication Department main office.