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UPDATED GRADUATE ASSISTANTS: Policies, Procedures, and Best Practices


If circumstances prevent graduation, a “Master’s Application for Degree UPDATE” form must be submitted to the Graduate School by the designated application for degree deadline for the next semester in which the student plans to graduate. Please attach form to this request.


A student who is not listed as first author of a previously published, jointly written article used as part of his or her dissertation must submit this form to the LSU Graduate School prior to uploading the dissertation to Digital Commons. Please attach form to this request.


Request to defer semester of entry for admitted students. Department must support the deferral for all admitted students.


Deferral request which requires approval.


This form must be submitted to The Graduate School no later than the last day to add courses for the semester in which graduate credit is requested and student’s last semester of enrollment as an undergraduate. Please attach form to this request.


Form filled out by faculty to academic renewal.


Form to be filled out by graduate faculty to have graduate students master course re-validated.


This form is for a student to petition scholastic reinstatement.


Form to be filled out by graduate faculty for defense results.


Form to be submitted if departments with approved concentrations are responsible for verifying concentration requirements for their students. Please attach form to this request.


Online portal where feedback in the form of the survey where students who have earned doctorate degrees from LSU can submit feedback about their experience over their LSU academic career.


Verification by the appropriate faculty and department concentration coordinator, must be submitted whenever the student has met concentration requirements. Please attach form to this request.


This form must be submitted to The Graduate School three weeks prior to the defense date or by current semester deadline for graduation.


This form is to Request for Degree Candidate Deletion or Title Change Form.


Students must have earned 9 hours of graduate residence credit in a degree program at LSU and be in academic good standing before submitting this form. Please attach form to this request.


Credit for individual courses taken at LSU more than five years before the termination of a program may be revalidated by the student’s graduate committee through an examination. Please attach form to this request.


Form to request a defense date change.