Graduate Student Resources

The Department of English at Western Michigan University offers a number of resources for graduate students.

Registering for courses

• WMU catalog course descriptions
• Permission to Elect Form (for 7000-level courses)

Department graduate student handbook

• Handbook (2020-21)
• Handbook (2019-20)
• Handbook (2018-19)
• Handbook (2017-18)
• Handbook (2016-17)

Assistantships

Graduate appointee information (Graduate College)

MFA thesis

• Thesis committee form
• Thesis hours form
• Thesis approval form

Dissertation

• Defense deadline calendar
• Graduate College doctoral flowchart
• Graduate College forms (committee appointment, defense scheduling, dissertation approval, dissertation and thesis check-in)
• Committee appointment (for appointing faculty members to a dissertation committee)
• Doctoral Dissertation Project Approval Form
• Formatting Requirements for Dissertation

Graduation

• Applying to graduate

Other

• Extending completion of degree
• Readmission