Forms For Use By Matriculated Students

Here are the  various forms for use in the Doctoral Program in Learning and Teaching. Click on the title of the form to download it.

• Use this form, in collaboration with your Adviser, to set up a plan for your doctoral studies. As you move through the program, add to this plan and revise it as necessary.

Form B: Adviser Assignment Form

• Use this form to designate a School of Education faculty member as your Adviser.  These assignments require the approval of the Program Director and the Adviser. Submit this form to the Program Director once it has been signed.

Form C: Declaration of Area of Specialization

• Use this form to formally declare your area of specialization, pending approval of the Program Director and the Adviser. Submit this form to the Program Director once it has been signed.

Form D: Request for Transfer Credit  (optional)

• Submit this form to the Program Director if you have graduate credits you’d like to submit for possible transfer into the program. 
• Up to 12 s.h. may be transferred with approval of your Adviser and the Program Director. 
• Note: Once this form has been completed and approved, students and their advisers must complete the University’s Transfer Form and submit it to the Chair of the Department of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership; no transfers are official until the Transfer Form has been approved by Hofstra administration.  The Transfer Form can be procured in 128 Hagedorn Hall.

Form E: Change of Adviser Form  (optional)

• Use this form if you wish to switch to a new Adviser.  Such changes require the approval of the Program Director and the new Adviser. Submit this form to the Program Director once it has been signed.

Form F: Dissertation Committee Appointment Form

• When you have met the requirements necessary to enter into the program’s Qualifying Procedures, use this form to appoint two additional faculty members to serve on your three-person Dissertation Committee.  (The Adviser is the first member and Chair.)  Dissertation Committee appointments require the approval of the Adviser and the Program Director. Submit this form to the Program Director once it has been signed.

Form H: Qualifying Paper Proposal Approval Form

• Once your Adviser has approved your Qualifying Paper Proposal, have him/her sign and date this form and forward it to the Program Director.

Form I: Qualifying Paper Approval Form

• Once your Adviser and the other Dissertation Committee Members have approved your Qualifying Paper, have them sign and date this form and forward it to the Program Director.

Form J: Examiner Appointment Form

• After you have completed the Qualifying Procedures, use this form to appoint two faculty members to serve as Examiners (additional Dissertation reviewers).  All Examiner appointments require the approval of the Adviser and the Program Director.  Submit this form to the Program Director once it has been signed.

Form K: Dissertation Proposal Approval Form

• Once your Adviser, the other Dissertation Committee Members, and the Examiners have approved your Dissertation Proposal (final draft), have them sign and date Form K and forward it to the Program Director.

Form L: Dissertation and Oral Examination Approval Form

• Once your Adviser, the other Dissertation Committee Members, and the Examiners have approved your Dissertation and Oral Examination, have them sign and date Form L and forward it to the Program Director.

Additional Forms:

• Waiver and Substitution Form