IOF Graduate Student Handbook
- IOF’s Graduate Student Handbook
The guidebook for your IOF/OCF journey
General OCF Forms
- Letter of understanding & agreement between graduate students & supervisors (Word)
This template can be completed by the graduate student and their supervisor (Voluntary but recommended). - Supervisory Committee Meeting Form (Word)
Selection of members of Supervisory Committee - OCF Graduate Student Committee Meeting Form (Word)
To be filled out when a Committee meeting is held - Registration/Change of Registration (PDF)
This form is used for adding, dropping, auditing courses after the online registration deadline
Masters (M.Sc.)
- Masters Thesis Approval (PDF)
To get M.Sc. thesis approved
Doctoral (Ph.D.)
Comprehensive Examination
- Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Report (PDF)
To be completed by Committee Chair after comprehensive exam has been taken - Recommendation for Advancement of Candidacy form (PDF)
To be completed after a successful Comprehensive Exam and submitted to the Graduate Program Officer.
Ph.D. Thesis (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Nominations for External Examiners for Doctoral Dissertation (PDF)
To be sent to G+PS 8 weeks prior to the intended date of submission of the dissertation for external examination - Approval of University Examiners for Doctoral Dissertation (PDF)
Selection of University Examiners. Must be sent to G+PS a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the scheduled final doctoral oral examination - Graduate Program approval of doctoral Dissertation for external examination form (Word)
Approval of dissertation for transmission to external examiners - Doctoral Dissertation Exam checklist (Word)
A handy tool for graduate students who are preparing for their dissertation examination - Chair’s Report on the Final Doctoral Examination (Word)
The Chair of the Committee submit this after examination - Doctoral Dissertation Approval Form Instructions (PDF)
To be completed by Committee Chair after dissertation has been approved by Committee