All OSU graduate students must develop an official program of study and file it with the OSU Graduate School using the appropriate version of the Graduate School's Program of Study (POS) form.  

The contents of your program of study must fulfill all coursework and credit requirements of your program in a coherently sequenced way. Your major professor and the CCE Graduate Program Coordinator can advise and assist you in preparing this document, but you are responsible for completing and filing it.

Areas of Concentration 

Coursework and Credit Requirements

Master's Students
  • Approval Process: Your program of study must be approved and signed by your major professor and all of your committee members, then submitted to the CCE Graduate Student Services Office in Kearney 111. The program of study will be reviewed by the CCE Graduate Coordinator and the CCE Associate Head for Graduate Affairs and forwarded on your behalf to the Graduate School for final submission. 
  • Graduate School Filing Deadline: Before completing 18 credits.
Ph.D. Students
  • Approval process: Present your program of study to your graduate committee at your Ph.D. Program Meeting. After all of your committee members sign the form, submit it to CCE Graduate Student Services Office in Kearney 111. The program of study will be reviewed by the CCE Graduate Program Coordinator and the CCE Associate Head for Graduate Affairs and forwarded on your behalf to the Graduate School for final submission. 
  • Filing deadline: Before completing 2 terms (if you already have a master's degree) or 5 terms (if you do not have a master's).