PRELIM EXAM FORMS & RESOURCES

All forms located on department website are to be submitted to ‘department’ graduate office. All forms located on GradSpace (Blackboard) are to be submitted to ‘The Graduate School’.

Informational Documents

· Guidelines for the Operation of the Graduate Program (rules of the Department of Psychology) are located at: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Guidelin.htm

· For eligibility of faculty to serve on doctoral committee see Blackboard (students use the GradSpace site and faculty/staff use the Graduate School-Faculty/Staff site) see the section titled Graduate Faculty Status.

· See Enrollment Instructions for information concerning university requirements. – Enrollment Information

Prelim Paperwork Requirements:

· Two weeks prior to defense submit Defense Announcement Form http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Defense_Announcement.htm Note it is not necessary to send a copy to The Graduate School because the department will send a copy. The Preliminary Doctoral Exam will not be submitted to The Graduate School.

· After the committee has been formed complete the Doctoral Supervisory Committee Form http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Doctoral_Supervisory_Committee.htm. Clinical and Social students must submit this form by the date of dissertation prospectus. Otherwise have signed no later than Prelim Defense.

o See Guidelines Section III B (mentioned above) for composition of doctoral supervisory committee.

At conclusion of defense:

· Have committee sign the Defense Report Form http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Defense_Report.htm

· Have committee sign Doctoral Program of Studies form http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Doctoral_Program_Studies.htm (complete and attach to this form the appropriate Program Area Checklist; see below) Clinical and Social students must submit this by date of dissertation prospectus. Otherwise have signed no later than at Prelim defense.

Program Area Curriculum Checklists (to be completed and attached to the Doctoral Program of Studies)

· Clinical Psychology http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Clinical_Checklist.htm

· Cognitive Psychology http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Cognitive_Checklist.htm

· Developmental Psychology http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Developmental_Checklist.htm

· Neuroscience http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Neuroscience_Checklist.htm

· Social Psychology http://www.psy.fsu.edu/grad.prog/docs/Social_Checklist.htm