Current Student Resources

Graduate program forms must be signed by yourself and your advisor (or instructor in the case of drop/add forms) and submitted to the Graduate Program Administrator in EV3 3211.

Supervisor Change, Change of Enrolment Status/Withdrawal, Course Drop/Add, Petition for Extension, and Intention to Graduate forms can be found on the Graduate Studies Office forms page.

Master's

Academic Probation Procedure

Audit Contract

Internship/Work Experience Proposal

MA-MES Thesis Completion Form

Reading Course Contract - PLAN 675

School of Planning Thesis Guide

TA Time Form

PhD

Academic Probation Procedure

Article-Format Doctoral Theses

Audit Contract

Comprehensive Examination Policy

Comprehensive Examination Worksheet

PhD Thesis Examining Committee Approval Form

Reading Course Contract - PLAN 675

TA Time Form

Further Reading

These links connect you to resources that may be useful in completing your program. These links are for information only and are not officially adopted by the School of Planning.

Professional Development Opportunities

• https://uwaterloo.ca/career-action/resources-library/gps-graduate-professional-skills

• https://strobe.uwaterloo.ca/cecs/cs/index.php?page=Public.Workshops&tab=2&PHPSESSID=ue96p2mh5ka3bjg9r7njoscjq0

• https://uwaterloo.ca/student-success/slp

Career considerations

• https://www.cip-icu.ca/Careers-in-Planning
• https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo19503047.html
• http://www.apprise.ox.ac.uk/academic_career_paths/
• http://www.academiccareer.manchester.ac.uk/foryou/postdoc/stay/

Writing a thesis

• https://www.amazon.ca/Writing-Your-Dissertation-Fifteen-Minutes/dp/080504891X
• http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674135864
• http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674135864

Life of a PhD

• https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo16468782.html
• https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-phd-s-guide-to-a/143715