Required Paperwork

Please review the guidelines below to ensure you submit the appropriate paperwork for your research. If you have further questions, please contact us at msuetds.approval@grd.msu.edu.

Approval Form (Required)

• All Plan A Master’s and all Doctoral students must turn in the Approval form.
• The Approval form is taken as evidence that the document has been examined and approved by the major professor or thesis/dissertation director. It also serves to document compliance with the appropriate Institutional Review Board for the use of human and vertebrate animals for research.
• Supplemental files may be included with the electronic submission of the thesis or dissertation in the student’s ProQuest account ONLY if the files have been approved by the faulty advisor/committee on the Approval Form.

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