Zoology Graduate Forms

See the Zoology Graduate Program Handbook for details.

Internal Zoology Graduate Program Forms

Annual Graduate Review Checklist

Fill-out and use as the first page for your 2021-22 academic year annual review packet, due to Graduate Instruction Committee Chair Dr. Rob Cowie (cowie@hawaii.edu) by Monday, September 18, 2023.  First year students are exempt.

Annual Graduate Committee Meeting Report Form

Submit to the Zoology Graduate Program office annually (after your first year), excluding years when Form II and Form III submitted.

Interim Committee Report Form

Submit to the Zoology Graduate Chair when completing Form 1.

Doctorate Form 2a – Dissertation Committee Approval

As soon as PhD students form their committees, and before their comprehensive exams, they must fill-out this form and submit it to the Zoology Graduate Chair.

Graduate Assessment Form

Submit to the Zoology Graduate Chair when completing Form 2 and Form 3.

Personal Leave Form for TAs

Submit this form to the Zoology Graduate Chair for sick leave and other personal matters requiring a brief time off.  If you wish to take a leave of absence for an entire semester, then you must petition the Graduate Division in advance (see below).

Graduate Division Forms

The following forms are either digital or downloadable pdfs, so click here to access all Graduate Division forms on-line.  Be sure to follow instructions carefully as the Graduate Division is less forgiving than the Zoology Graduate Program.

Master’s Plan A Thesis Forms

   Master’s Plan A Form 1 – Pre-Candidacy Progress

   Master’s Plan A Form 2 – Advance to Candidacy

   Master’s Plan A Form 3 – Thesis Evaluation

   Master’s Plan A Form 4 – Thesis Submission

   Master’s Petition to Enroll in GRAD 700F

   Master’s Petition to Revise Thesis Committee

   Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations (PDF)

Master’s Non-UH Committee Members

Non-UH Committee members who do not have a UH email address must use the following forms to indicate decisions for Form 2, Form 3 and Form 4. Submit the completed form to the dissertation/thesis committee chair.

   Master’s Non-UH Committee Member – Form 2

   Master’s Non-UH Committee Member – Form 3

   Master’s Non-UH Committee Member – Form 4

   Master’s Non-UH Committee Member – Petition to Revise Thesis Committee


Doctorate PhD Forms

   Doctorate Form 1 – Pre-Candidacy Progress

   Doctorate Form 2 – Advance to Candidacy

   Doctorate Form 3 – Dissertation Evaluation

   Doctorate Form 4 – Dissertation Submission

   Final Oral Examination for Doctoral Dissertation Defense

   Doctoral Petition to Revise Dissertation Committee

   Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations (PDF)

Doctorate Non-UH Committee Members

Non-UH Committee members who do not have a UH email address must use the following forms to indicate decisions for Form 2, Form 3 and Form 4. Submit the completed form to the dissertation/thesis committee chair.

   Doctorate Non-UH Committee Member – Form 2

   Doctorate Non-UH Committee Member – Form 3

   Doctorate Non-UH Committee Member – Form 4

   Doctorate Non-UH Committee Member- Petition to Revise Dissertation Committee 


Graduation

   Graduate Application for Degree (PDF format – Email as an attachment to gradss@hawaii.edu

   Graduation Checklist for PhD Doctoral candidates (PDF)

   Graduation Checklist for Masters Plan A Thesis (PDF)

   Graduation Checklist for Master Plan B (PDF)


Graduate Assistant Forms

   Graduate Assistant Tuition Exemption Request Form

   Graduate Assistant Petition to Enroll in More than 9 Credits

   Graduate Assistant Petition to Work More than 20 Hours


Miscellaneous

   Petition for Leave of Absence (PDF)

   Petition to Transfer Credits

   Petition to Substitute or Waive Courses

   Petition for Submission of Undergraduate Excess Credits Toward a Master’s Degree (PDF)