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From Graduate Program Director Erin Rand:

Welcome to the CRS Graduate Program site for current graduate students. We are delighted you are with us! At this site, you will find calendars, forms, links to funding and other resources, an anonymous suggestion box (that will be checked periodically), and more. If you would like something added to the site, please let me know. Find full resources on Answers. 

Please come by or email if you have any concerns. We want to make your graduate school experience productive, invigorating, and even fun.

105 Sims Hall
ejrand@syr.edu
315-443-5134

The following Answers section is for the graduate students of the CRS program within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Here you will find internal policies and procedures, forms and applications, and documentation needed during your time as a graduate student within the program.

If you don't find what you need on this page, use the drop-down navigation on the left.

Academic Resources

• Graduate Student Manual
  • General Information for CRS Graduate Studentinformation for CRS graduate students.
• Form A First-year Assessment
  • Form for assessing thestudent’sprogress/achievement.
• Form B Exit Option Declaration Form
  • Form for declaring your a program exit option (Thesis, Comps), and thesis or comps).
• Form C Thesis and Comps Committee
  • Form for listing potential thesis committee members.
• Form D Thesis Proposal Defense
  • Form to fill after successful defense of the thesis proposal.
• Program of Study Form
  
  • Form for organizing and delivering details of study program.
• Request for Examination Form
  • Form for requesting examination in preparation for exiting the program.
• “What You Need to Graduate” Information from SU Graduate School
  • Helpful information from the Graduate School
• CRS Graduation Checklist
  • Complete list of all forms and tasks to be completed for graduation

Additional Resources

• Grad Orientation Presentation 2018 [PowerPoint 2250KB] 
• CRS Consolidated Events Calendar [Google Calendar]
• Schiappa’s “Professional Development During Your Doctoral Education” [PDF 562KB] 
• National Fellowship Opportunities
• CRS Graduate Student Handbook

CRS Travel Forms

Here are CRS Travel Forms and information about the CRS Travel Policy!

• CRS Conference Travel Policy
  • Important things to know before you travel!
• Graduate Student Travel Funding Application [PDF 22KB]
  • Form for requesting travel funding from CRS.

CRS Graduate Student Travel

• VPA and SU Travel Policies
• Travel Pre-Authorization Request Form
  • Prior to traveling, fill out this form to request travel funding from CRS.
  • When you return, submit receipts (for transportation, lodging, and meals) for reimbursement. The department cannot reimburse membership fees, conference registration fees, or alcohol.

Other Travel Funding Opportunities

• VPA Funding Opportunities
• GSO Travel Grant
  • This is a graduate student organization grant for conference travel.

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