Human Development and Family Sciences

Graduate Policies and Handbook

Policies

• Travel Procedures

Handbook

• HDFS Graduate Handbook 2025-2026

Assistantship Forms

• TA Contract
• TA Mid-Semester Report
• RA Contract
• RA Mid-Semester Report

Current M.S. Student Forms

All forms should be filled out, saved to your computer, and emailed to HDFS Graduate Program Coordinator Jeremiah Ramirez at Jeremiah.Ramirez@ttu.edu.

Comprehensive Exam Forms

• • Comprehensive Exam Checklist
• Candidacy Exam Forms
  • Master's Degree Plan of Study
  • Master's Course Sequence Chart
  • Consent for Student Evaluation for Candidacy
  • Master’s Report of Candidacy Exam
• Master's Thesis Forms
  
  • Thesis Proposal Checklist
  • Thesis Defense Checklist
  • Defense Notification

Current Ph.D. Student Forms

All forms should be filled out, saved to your computer, and emailed to HDFS Graduate Program Coordinator Jeremiah Ramirez at Jeremiah.Ramirez@ttu.edu.

• Teaching Practicum & GPTI Forms
  • Teaching Practicum Intent
  • Teaching Practicum I Report 
  • Teaching Practicum II - GPTI Report
  • GPTI Teaching Evaluation Form 
• Preliminary Exam Forms
  • Ph.D. Degree Plan of Study
  • Ph.D. Course Sequence Chart
  • Consent for Student Evaluation for Preliminary Exam
  • Report of Preliminary Exam
• 7000 Project Forms
  • 7000 Project Contract
  • Approval of 7000 Project
• Qualifying Exam Forms
  • Student Intent Qualifying Exam Form
  • Qualifying Exam FAQs
  • Doctoral Program Qualifying Exam Report
  Doctoral Dissertation Forms
  • Dissertation Proposal Checklist
  • Defense Notification
  • Dissertation Defense Checklist
  • Defense Notification