Policies and Procedures
Student Policies and Procedures
POLICY
The USF Department of Psychology strives to provide a work and study environment for faculty, staff and students that is free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, marital status, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, or genetic information, as provided by law.
- Conflict of Interest/Outside Activity Reports
- Consolidated Psychology Academic Integrity Violation Referral Process
- Integrity Flowchart
- Graduate Student Handbooks
- Graduate Assistant Handbook
- International Teaching Assistant Handbook
- Policy on Student Grievances
- USF Graduate Studies Catalog
- USF Insurance Policy Information
| Tampa campus students should have their advisor/committee sign via DocuSign, then send to Brittany Vojnovic for further routing. |
GENERAL ACADEMIC FORMS
- General Graduate Studies Forms
- Graduate Assistant Application
- Registrar Office Forms
- SG's Conference Presentation Grant Program
- Certification of Teaching Credentials Form
- Request for Approval of Greater than 9 Credits Form
- Paid Extra Employment Application (Departmental Form)
- Unpaid Extra Hours Application for Clinical Students
EVALUATION and PROGRESS
- Clinical Progress Checklist
- Clinical Self-Study Student Evaluation - 1st Year
- Clinical Self-Study Student Evaluation
- CNS Progress Checklist
- IO Student Evaluation Form
COMMITTEE and DEFENSE (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
- Thesis and Dissertation
- Graduate Studies Deadlines
- New Master's Thesis/Dissertation Committee Form (College)
- Submit at the same time as the department committee form
- Master's Thesis Committee Form (Departmental Form)
- Submit at the same time as the college thesis committee form
- M.A. Qualifying Exam (Thesis Proposal Defense) Passed Form
- Dissertation Committee Form (Departmental Form)
- Submit at the same time as the college dissertation committee form
- Changes to Committee Form (College)
- Changes to Committee Form (Departmental Form)
- Request for Dissertation Defense form
- Dissertation Defense Announcement template
- Successful Defense form (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Thesis Defense Announcement template
- Successful Defense form (Master's Thesis)
COURSES
- Specialization Form (CNS Students)
- Petition to Substitute Directed Research for Thesis or Dissertation Hours
- Course Waiver Form
- Tools of Research Form
CLINICAL AREA
- Clinical Competence, Progress, and Pre-Internship Evaluation DOC | PDF
- Clinical Placements Policy and Procedures
- Request to Sit for Comp Exams Form
- Clinical Comprehensive Examination Rules
- Clinical Comprehensive Examination Guidelines
CNS AREA
- Approval of the Plan for the CNS Comprehensive Exam/Major Area Paper
- Certification that the CNS Comprehensive Exam/Major Area Paper Has Been Passed
I-O AREA
M.A. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Graduate Internship Information and Guidelines
- Graduate Internship Application
- Paid Extra Employment Application Form
- Thesis Intention Form
- Thesis Proposal Form
RESEARCH
GRADUATION
- Apply to Graduate
- Master’s Along the Way (Master’s degree only)
- Plan of Study from 2024-25 Graduate Catalog (Master’s degree)
- Plan of Study from 2024-25 Graduate Catalog (Doctoral degree)