School of Education Forms

General School of Education and University Forms

 

  • Add/Drop/Change Units/Change Section Forms This link takes you to the registrar's office online forms.  There are four forms on this site:
    1. The add form will allow you to request to add a course to your schedule after the last day to add online. 
    2. The drop form will allow you to request to drop a course from your schedule after the last day to drop online.
    3. The request to change units form will allow you to change the number of units for a variable unit course (such as a directed study course or 729/790/791).
    4. The request to change section form will allow you to move from one section of a course to another section of the same course.
  • Remote Course Request  (On-line registration starts on November 4th for Intersession, Spring, Summer 2026)
  • Change of Course Units (This form is to request a units change after the course's Census Date. You may use this form only to increase the number of registered units for one of your courses. This form can only be used for courses with variable units.)
  • Change of Academic Program (Please note this link takes you to the Registrar's office list of forms.)
  • Directed Study Registration Form (This online form can only be used by School of Education students and faculty.) Please note: Plan to register with more time to account for the multi-review/approval. It will take 3 weeks from the date of submission to be processed.

    Deadlines to submit the Directed Study form are below:
  • Intersession 2026:  November 28, 2025
  • Spring 2026: January 23, 2026
  • Fall 2026: August 24, 2026
  • Intersession 2027: November 27, 2026
  • Spring 2027: January 22, 2027
  • Fall 2027: August 23, 2027
  • Intersession 2028: November 26, 2027
  • Spring 2028: January 21, 2028
  • Fall 2028: August 21, 2028
  • Intersession 2029: November 24, 2028
  • Spring 2029: January 19, 2029
  • Fall 2029: August 20, 2029
  • Intersession 2030: November 23, 2029
  • Spring 2030: January 21, 2030
     
  • Incomplete Grade Form (This online form can only be used by School of Education students and faculty.  Faculty, please note: Starting Fall 2021, you will receive an email from the registrar's office reminding you that incomplete grades will turn into F grades without action on your part after one semester.) 
  • Leave of Absence (Please note this link takes you to the Registrar's office list of forms.  You will select "Leave of Absence" and complete the new ONLINE form.  The registrar's office is no longer collecting paper Leave of Absence forms.)
  • Petition to Enroll at Another Institution (The pdf of this form is no longer accepted by USF. Please note this link takes you to the registrar's office online form to complete)
  • Petition for Transfer of Credit (The pdf of this form is no longer accepted by USF.  Please work with your advisor.  Your advisor must submit the substitution/waiver laserfiche form online.)
  • Petition to Withdraw (Please note this link takes you to the registrar's office list of forms.)
  • Certificate of Clearance Information
  • Request for Live Scan Service
  • Transcript Request
  • Visiting Student Application

School of Education Doctoral Student Forms

Please note: Plan to register with more time to account for the multi-review/approval. It will take 3 weeks from the date of submission to be processed.

Deadlines to submit 709, 790, or 791 are below:

Deadlines for Final Procedure Deadlines

Degrees are posted when all requirements have been fulfilled. The date of the defense of a dissertation has no bearing on the degree posting. Candidates must submit all required documents with all of the proper signatures by the deadlines below. 

Fall 2025:

  • October 29: Deadline to schedule dissertation defenses and provide dissertation titles to your Program Assistant.
  • December 3: Deadline to defend dissertations without explicit approval from the Dean’s Office.
  • December 31: Last day to submit your revised and approved dissertation by your dissertation chair and committee members for a Fall 2025 degree.
  • December 31: Last day to submit all required documents with all of the proper signatures to the Program Assistant of your Department for Fall 2025 degree.

Spring 2026 and Summer 2026:

  • March 24: Deadline to schedule dissertation defenses and provide dissertation titles to your Program Assistant.
  • May 15: Deadline to defend dissertations without explicit approval from the Dean’s Office.
  • May 31: Last day to submit your revised and approved dissertation by your dissertation chair and committee members for a Spring 2026 degree.
  • May 31: Last day to submit all required documents with all of the proper signatures to the Program Assistant of your Department for Spring 2026 degree.
  • August 31: Last day to submit your revised and approved dissertation by your dissertation chair and committee members for a Summer 2026 degree.
  • August 31: Last day to submit all required documents with all of the proper signatures to the Program Assistant of your Department for Summer 2026 degree.

    Failure to complete these procedures by the above dates requires that candidates register for 1 more unit of 791 in the following semester. Failure to complete the Final Procedures in the following semester will require candidates to register for 3 more units of 791 and re-defend the dissertation at the chairperson’s discretion in the subsequent semester. Candidates must be registered in the semester that the degree is posted.