Biology Forms and Instructions
Undergraduate students | Graduate students | Faculty/Staff | Everybody
Forms and instructions for undergraduate students
- BIOTA research student semester report form (PDF)
- BIOTA research student application for an hourly wage (PDF)
- BIOTA research student application for travel funding (PDF)
- Prerequisite course flow charts
- Four-year plans to graduation
- Application for the co-curricular transcript option
Forms and instructions for graduate students
Be sure to check the Graduate Student Survival page for more information.
General graduate student forms and instructions
- Annual progress report form (PDF format)
- Exit interview form (PDF)
- Graduate Advisor Assignment (Word)
- Recommendation form for application to the graduate programs (PDF)
- Teaching assistant teaching preference form (PDF)
- Research proposal page requirements and general guidelines:
- NIH format (PDF format)
- NSF format (PDF format)
- Page requirements (PDF format)
Doctoral student forms and instructions
- Report of Doctoral Written Comprehensive Exams (Word)
- Plan of Study -- Ph.D. (Word)
- Doctoral student committee forms at the Graduate School Web Site
- Flow chart to graduation: Ph.D. (PDF)
Masters student forms and instructions
Thesis option
- Selection of Master's Graduate Committee (Word)
- Plan of Study -- Master's Thesis (Word)
- Request to Schedule Master's Defense (Word)
- Defense of Thesis or Project in Lieu of Written Comprehensive Exam (Word)
- Flow chart to graduation: M.S. -- thesis (PDF)
Non-thesis option
- Plan of Study -- Master's Non-Thesis (Word)
- Defense of Thesis or Project in Lieu of Written Comprehensive Exam (Word)
- Flow chart to graduation: M.S. -- non-thesis (PDF)
Forms for faculty and staff
- BIOTA advisor report form (PDF)
- BIOTA mentor report form (PDF)
- Part-time faculty teaching schedule preference form (PDF)
- Information and Forms for Faculty from the Academic VP (Provost)
- Faculty Resources at the College of Natural and Health Sciences
- Forms from the Graduate School
- Biology Request for Purchase form
Forms for everybody
- User application for core biology equipment and Imaging Suite instruments (PDF)


