It is the students’ responsibility to stay up to date on all forms and deadlines related to their thesis/SRP. Due dates for the final thesis submission to the graduate school are typically mid-semester. This means that the thesis must be defended with final draft approval by the major professor before the middle of the semester they intend to graduate.

Thesis Forms and Deadlines*

*Pay special attention to the deadlines to submit your intent to graduate forms and your final thesis draft.

Thesis Proposal Paperwork

Faculty Committee Appointment Form
Proposal Defense Form
Milestone Rating Form*

Thesis Defense Paperwork

Final Faculty Committee Approval Form
Thesis Final Defense Results
Milestone Rating Form*

Specialty Review Paper Proposal Paperwork

Milestone Rating Form*

Specialty Revew Paper Defense Paperwork

Milestone Rating Form*
Comprehensive Examination Results Form

*Students need to email this form to all thesis committee members after both the proposal defense AND the final thesis defense.

Graduation Information

To graduate, students will need to:

Apply/submit an Intent to Graduate
Complete the Degree Candidacy Form
Complete the Course Substitution Form (if required)

**The link to these forms and associated deadlines can be found here.**

Student Highlights

We want to recognize the achievements of our MSGP students as they progress through our program. There are too many to list, but here are some recent highlights!

	Marthea Vann-Scott showing off her thesis project at the Student Research Forum! Marthea was elected as the MSGP representative for the Psychology Graduate Student Association!
	Bethany Cart is in her 2nd year of the MSGP program as well as the Higher Education Instruction Certificate program. She also serves as the Wellness and Service Coordinator on the PGSA! In her free time, she creates a semesterly newsletter with amazing news about the department, tips for students, finding food in our great city, and so much more.
	Destinee Cruthird received the 2025 Craig Brown Memorial MSGP Program Director Award for her scholarly achievements, hard work, and dedication to her research! Congratulations, Destinee!
	Rachel Stobbe was the ’23 – ’24 MSGP representative on the psychology graduate student association. We will miss her as she joins the School Psychology PhD program at UMASS: Boston!

	Corey Jackson and Rachel Stobbe each received the 2024 Craig Brown MSGP Program Director Award for their outstanding scholarly achievements and service to the department! Congratulations Corey and Rachel! We are proud to recognize many of our 2024 recent graduates who were accepted into doctoral programs in both clinical and school psychology! Our current class of MSGP students maintains a high level of excellence with an average GPA of 3.74.
	Randy Smith was awarded a Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference Student Travel Award! Randy also WON the Society of Pediatric Psychology Three-Minute Thesis Competition in April! His Presentation title was: The Relations between Cost Delay Discounting, Delay Reward Discounting, and Diabetes-Specific Microaggressions among Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. Randy is working under Dr. Kris Berlin in the Child Health and Illness lab.
	Chance Dow was awarded a $5000 research fellowship from ESPN to explore different experiences with sports betting and the effect of responsible gambling messages for sports media among college students. Chance is a busy member of the Gambling Clinic working under Dr. Rory Pfund.