Student Forms
To use these forms, download the form to your computer and fill out as much as possible on the screen. Print the form so that signatures may be obtained. After the form is signed by all parties, it should be submitted to the Office of Student Affairs where it will be scanned. The original signed form will be placed in the student file, and electronic copies will be sent via email to the student and relevant faculty.
Miscellaneous SPH FORMS
MPH Forms
MS Forms
DrPH Forms
Ph.D. Forms
Instructions for Add/Drop Form
The Add/Drop form is only required after the initial add/drop period in a semester and for those students who wish to completely withdraw from their current classes. For specific add/drop dates, log on to http://registrar.uth.tmc.edu/registrn/index.html. The student is required to get signatures from the instructor(s) and their Advisor before submitting the form to the Office of Student Affairs, E-201.
UTHSC-Houston Students who wish to audit an SPH course may also use this form.
More information on auditing courses
Add/Drop Audit Form
Instructions for Change in Major or Division
This form is for those students who wish to remain in the same degree program, but wish to change their major. A statement of goals should accompany this form. The Division Director of the proposed major/division will make the final decision on this approval.
Request a Change of Major or Division
Please submit the completed form and goal statement to the Office of Student Affairs for final approval. Students will receive notification of approval via email.
Instructions for Petition for Admission to a Doctoral Program
This form is ONLY available to those students who were admitted into the School of Public Health with a 'right to petition' to change from a master's level program into the matching doctoral level program. If you were admitted with the 'right to petition,' this should be stated in your admission letter to the master's program . There is a copy of your admission letter available in your student folder in the Office of Student Affairs at RAS E-201.
Your acceptance into the doctoral program through petition is not guaranteed and is subject to the following:
- Satisfactory completion of equivalency courses
- Approval of your Advisory Committee
- Review and approval by the Admissions Committee
In order to petition to the doctoral level program, please take note that grades must be in hand when students submit a completed form and a new goal statement to the Office of Admissions, E-219. Therefore, petition requests should not be submitted until at least one full semester of course work has been completed. In addition, students should request that reference letters be submitted to the Office of Admissions. Typically, the student's advisor should serve as one of the references.
Petition for Admission to a Doctoral Program
The student will be notified by mail following review by the Admissions Committee.
Instructions for a Thesis and Dissertation Approval
If your thesis or dissertation is in its final stages of completion, meaning that there will not be any major changes in its content, you are ready to have your thesis/dissertation format reviewed by the Office of Student Affairs. In order to assure your advisor and committee members are in agreement that your paper is ready for format review you will need to have your advisor sign this form. Deadlines for format review are posted on the Student Affairs website as well as in the class schedule.
Thesis and Dissertation Approval
Please bring the completed form along with your thesis/dissertation to the first appointment you make for format review.
Instructions for Activating Your SPH ID Card
If you need your ID card activated or modified in any way so that you have the appropriate access to facilities at the School of Public Health please complete this form.
SPH ID Card
Please submit the completed form to Robin Baker located in RAS W-218 on the second floor.
Instructions for Requesting Enrollment Verification
If you need a letter from the Office of Student Affairs to verify your enrollment for the following reasons: to verify the term you graduated; to verify your current enrollment in the School of Public or to verify your enrollment in PH 9997, Practicum, a requirement for all MPH students; please complete this form.
Enrollment Verification
Please submit the completed form to the Office of Student Affairs, RAS E-201, and allow 2 to 3 days for processing.
