Contact the NAU Office of Graduate & Professional Studies
NAU Office of Graduate & Professional Studies
Forms index
The forms listed here are specific to NAU graduate students and faculty. Please find the list of forms and documents that best suits your needs.
Some forms and documents listed here may be housed on the Registrar’s website. For those, the links will redirect the user to the Registrar’s webpage.
A to Z Office of Graduate & Professional Studies Resource Guide – A comprehensive list of common topics related to the Office of Graduate & Professional Studies and the contact for each topic.
Forms for all NAU graduate students
Checklists
- Checklist for master’s non-thesis students
- Checklist for master’s thesis-track students
- Checklist for doctoral students dissertation programs
Petitions
- Academic Improvement Plan
- Add a class after the deadline
- Change a drop date or term withdrawal date
- Change a course to pass/fail after deadline
- Extension of Time – please submit this petition if your program is still using a Program of Study for degree tracking and graduation. If your program is using the Graduate Academic Advisement Report (Graduate AAR), please work with your advisor to have exceptions processed directly on your Graduate AAR. For more information, visit the OGPS Degree Tracking page.
- Graduate course repeat
- Incomplete contract, graduate
- Leave of Absence
- Out of Career Form for students using up to 6 hours of 400-level courses toward a graduate degree.
- Residency
- Transfer credit
- Unit load override approval
- Voluntary Withdrawal from a Graduate Program
- How to: Withdraw from a class or term after the deadline
Policies
Programs of Study
Graduate Assistantships
- Graduate Assistantship Handbook, AY 2025-26
- Graduate Assistantship & Tuition Waiver (GATW) Important dates, AY 2025-26
- Letter of appointment template
- Tax information for graduate assistants
- Graduate Assistant Performance Evaluations
Tuition Waivers
- Department Tuition Waiver Allocation (DTWA) form, AY 2025-26 (open in Microsoft Edge for best results)
- Graduate Assistantship & Tuition Waiver (GATW) Important dates, AY 2025-26
- Tuition Waiver Flowchart
Thesis and Dissertation
- Dissertation Writing Survey
- Oral Defense Part 1 Form
- Oral Defense Part 2 Form
- UGC Representative Checklist
- Dissertation Defense Report to the Vice Provost of OGPS
- ETD Format Checklist Guide
- Master’s Steps to Success Guide
- 699/799 Guidelines & Contract
Forms for Doctoral Students
- Candidacy Application
- Dissertation Committee Recommendation Form
- Dissertation Defense Scheduling Form
- Doctoral Pathway Guide
Presidential Fellowship Program (PFP)
Forms and Resources for Faculty
Academic
- Department dismissal templates
- Dismissal Workflow communication
- Master’s (non-thesis) oral defense template
Admissions and program
- Accelerated program request
- Accelerated program planning considerations
- Accelerated progression plan worksheet
- Accelerated and Internal Transfer Credit form
- Checklist for new or changing graduate programs (update in progress)
- Graduate Admissions recommendation guide
- Master’s in Passing / Fall Back Request Form
- Program change request form
Graduate coordinator resources
- Graduate Assistantship Process Manual, AY 2025-26
- Graduate Assistantship Handbook, AY 2025-26
- Graduate Assistant Processing Quick Start Guide, AY 2025-26
- Tech Summit 2025 Recording: Graduate Assistant Appointment Essentials
- Letter of appointment template
- Graduate Assistantship & Tuition Waiver (GATW) Important dates, AY 2025-26
- Conditions of Graduate Assistantship Appointment, AY 2025-26 (appointing unit internal use, optional)
- Graduate Assistant Performance Evaluations
- Department Tuition Waiver Allocation (DTWA) form, AY 2025-26 (open in Microsoft Edge for best results)
- Request for Additional Work form, AY 2025-26 (open in Microsoft Edge for best results)