Graduate
Advising & Forms
Forms
Please note: all signed forms should be submitted to the graduate program specialist upon completion. The graduate program specialist will retrieve any required college
or graduate studies signature on your behalf. Do not send forms to the dean directly.
| MA directed study contract | Request a permit for directed study, or portfolio hours. |
| MFA directed research contract | Request a permit for directed research. |
| PhD directed study contract | Request a permit for directed study, dissertation, or doctoral seminar hours. |
| Thesis/dissertation committee form | Identify your finalized committee. |
| Thesis/dissertation change of committee form | Request a committee change. |
| MA R/C portfolio committee form | MA R/C students completing a portfolio. |
| MA portfolio committee form | Submit before your final semester. |
| MA portfolio development title page | Rhet/comp students only. |
| MA portfolio defense request form | |
| MA portfolio completion form |
| MA thesis proposal title page form | Submit after successful thesis proposal defense. |
| MA thesis defense request form | |
| MA thesis successful defense form | |
| MFA thesis hours contract | Request a permit for thesis hours. |
| PhD portfolio committee form | LIT students. Submitted once portfolio committee has been finalized. |
| PhD check in form: pre-candidacy | LIT students. Submitted semesterly. |
| PhD check in form: candidacy | LIT students. Submitted semesterly. |
| PhD portfolio completion form | LIT students. Submit immediately upon successful portfolio defense. |
| PhD exam application form | Rhet/comp students. |
| PhD exam manuscript submission form | Rhet/comp students. |
| PhD admission to candidacy form | Submit ASAP after successfully defending your portfolio/passing your exam. You must also submit a committee form. |
| Dissertation prospectus approval form | |
| Dissertation defense request form | Submit at least three weeks prior to the defense. |
| Dissertation defense assessment form | |
| ETD certificate of approval form | Submit to the Office of Graduate Studies upon successful dissertation defense. |
For additional forms, please visit the Graduate Studies forms page, the CAS graduate resources page, or the Registrar's Office forms page.
Handbooks
MA, MFA, and PhD handbooks are located in the graduate student Canvas course. They
are also available upon request. Contact the graduate program specialist for information or to place a request.
Program Checklists
For a program checklist, see the graduate student Canvas page resources or contact
the graduate program specialist for more information.
Teaching Resources
- First-year composition (FYC) @ USF
- USF: use of copyrighted materials
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
- Annotated bibliography for teaching literature: This bibliography references many articles, books, websites and other teaching tools that address the teaching of literature. It has been written by members of the Teaching Literature Practicum over the past several years. It is divided into four sections: 1) pedagogical articles and books, 2) websites, 3) textbooks and 4) a brief list of journals related to the practice of teaching literature.