Changes in the Planned Program
A course substitution form, found on the Office of the Registrar forms page, must be completed whenever a student wants to modify degree requirements or apply a course not previously included in an approved planned program toward requirements. This form must be signed by the student's advisor and submitted to the Office of the Registrar. Requests to change program requirements, which are initiated after the student has started a thesis or attempted after the comprehensive examination, must be approved by the student's academic department chair as well as by Graduate Studies.