- identifies your graduate committee and committee chair
- identifies any transfer credits from other institutions, as approved by your faculty advisor/major professor
- identifies any course substitutions or exceptions to your program/degree requirements, as discussed and approved by your faculty advisor
- begins the process for admission to candidacy (doctoral students only)
Students can submit the CTEC form after one semester of study but no later than the term prior to expected graduation. Please check the graduation timeline and use the Master’s/EdS or Doctoral completion checklist to determine the right time to submit this form along your graduate journey.
The CTEC form is required to be submitted and approved before students apply for graduation, which should occur the semester before you plan to graduate. Completing all tasks ahead of time allows ample time for faculty and graduate school approvals so a student can graduate on time.
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Note: As of January 1, 2020, a Plan of Study is no longer required by the Graduate School.
Complete and submit the Committee, Transfers, Exceptions and Candidacy (CTEC) form. The committee section identifies student, committee chair/major professor, and members. The CTEC Form will require all committee members’ Auburn University email address and the CVs and full email addresses of any outside committee members. The form includes some helpful tips about the validation process.
When submitting the CTEC form, you will be prompted to include any transfer courses or curriculum exceptions/substitutions. For doctoral students only, submission and approval of the CTEC form is required to access the application for the General Oral Exam.
The Graduate School will be notified when the form is submitted, and the approval process begins. Complete information is required to initiate the process.
Further information regarding the committee selection form can be found on the CTEC form FAQ page.
Once the student submits the CTEC form, the Graduate School is notified. If the student lists transfer courses and/or exceptions, a workflow process will route the CTEC form to the student’s committee chair/major professor.
When approval is needed, the committee chair/major professor will receive an email with a link to sign in, review the transfers and/or exceptions, and the faculty may either "Approve" or "Roll Back." Once the approval or roll back has been received, or if the student has no exceptions or transfer work, the Graduate School will review and notify the student and committee members accordingly.
