College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Community Sustainability

Students are responsible for filling out forms prior to the relevant meeting or defense so that they are ready for faculty signatures and other information that must be completed by a faculty member. Take the form to the relevant meeting or event so all can see it, and send digitally to your advisor, who will circulate electronically (in order of listing) to all committee members.  

Page 2 for all Program Plan forms is in “Other Forms”
Use only if needed: if you need more lines for program plan courses; if you are pursuing a certificate or specialization.

All forms are fillable, including signature blocks. Use digital signatures except when there are extenuating circumstances that prevent it. (If any person in the sequence of signators signs by hand and/or scans the file before forwarding to the next signator, the form is no longer “digitally signable” by subsequent signators.)

To use forms effectively:

• Download form to your computer, then open form with Adobe Reader DC or Adobe Acrobat Pro (available on all CSUS computers).
• If your submission requires pages in addition to the “form” page (descriptions, essays, letters, of support, explanations, budgets, etc.), create a PDF of each document first; combine all the PDF files (including the “form” page) into a SINGLE PDF file BEFORE beginning any of the digital signatures. (Pages cannot be combined after signing.) If you need help, contact Graduate Secretary and/or Graduate Program Coordinator for help with combining the files.
• BEFORE working on the form, save it onto your computer, being sure to give it a new name by adding your “lastname, firstname” at the beginning of the file title.

MS-A

• CSUS MS-A Program Plan Form
• STPAM MS-A Program Plan Form
• Thesis Proposal Approval Form
• MS-A Final Defense & Exam Report Form
• Thesis Approval & IRB Approval Form (MSU final)

MS-B

• CSUS MS-B Program Plan Form
• STPAM MS-B Program Plan Form
• MS-B Project Proposal Approval Form
• MS-B Project Final Exam Report Form

PhD

After completing and submitting the Program Planning form below, PhD students should enter program plan information on GradPlan, which then will be circulated electronically for digital signatures.
Faculty will receive a link via email from "FTU". (These email messages are sent to faculty only once.)

• CSUS PhD Program Planing Form
• STPAM PhD Program Planing Form
• CSUS Comprehensive Program Statement (CPS) Approval Form (with comp exam scheduling aid fields)
• MSU Record of Comprehensive Exam
• Dissertation Proposal Approval Form
• MSU Record of Dissertation & Oral Exam Form
• MSU Theses & Dissertations & IRB Final Approval Form (MSU final)

Other Forms

• Page 2 - Program Plan & Specializations Form
• Change in Program Plan Form
• Graduate Assistantship Review & Discussion Form
• Graduate Assistantship Information Form - For Faculty
• Independent Study Form & Instructions
• Graduate Annual Self-Assessment Form
• Extension Request 
• RCR Guidelines and Forms (calendar year training; documentation due December 31 each year)
  • RCR Guidelines 2018
  • RCR Tracking Form:  Year 1 Students
  • RCR Tracking Form: Year 2 Students
  • RCR Tracking Form: Year 3-and-beyond Students
• Request for ESPP dual Majors PhD Degree
• Leave of Absence Checklist & Form
• Change of Major Form (department to department)
  • NOTE:  Students wanting to change to CSUS Department must apply following the regular application process and deadlines (but do not need to reapply to MSU or re-submit transcripts from previous universities and degrees)