Filing a Program

After the formation of your advisement/examination committee, you should design your full graduate program in consultation with your major advisor.  Briefly, the “full graduate program” is a list of all coursework, completed and proposed, that will be offered to fulfill degree requirements.  Additionally, it declares the type of final project (Plan A or Plan B) that the student will complete, and lists the examination committee members.  The Degree Program serves as a template that the student uses to complete the requirements for the MA in Criminology. 

To file a Degree Program, complete the Degree Program Form, which includes a Degree Program Transmittal page and a Degree Program page.  It is the student’s responsibility to have the document signed by the major adviser and the criminology graduate faculty member of the committee (listed as “co-adviser” on the Degree Program page). 

Upon obtaining the signature of adviser and co-adviser, the student should deliver the documents to the Department of Sociology Anthropology, 228 Cina Hall (DO NOT mail them directly to the Twin Cities campus as indicated on the form instructions).  Department staff will then obtain the DGS signature and forward the original to the UMD Graduate School.

Degree Program forms are available at:http://www.grad.umn.edu/current_students/forms/gs89a.pdf

If you find it necessary to revise your program and/or advisement/examination committee, you must obtain the current amendment forms from the University of Minnesota Duluth Graduate School Office (431 Darland Administration Building) and submit them to the DGS. If approved, the DGS will forward the documents to the University of Minnesota Duluth Graduate School Office for final approval. Minor changes require a petition to change. Do not submit a “revised program” unless you have major changes in your program. Please see the DGS if you have any questions regarding changes to your program.