Student Resources

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Important Forms

PhD Program Requirements

Please refer to our PhD Program Requirements Page for detailed information on the use of these forms.

Major Paper

• Major Paper Approval Page

Oral Examination

• PhD Qualifying Orals Exam Form

Dissertation Prospectus

• Dissertation Prospectus Approval Page

Dissertation Defense

• Dissertation Defense Abstract Approval Form
• Schedule of the Final Oral Exam Form

Continuing Study Registration Forms

Please refer to the Graduate School’s website for detailed information on the registration process.

For students who have completed their coursework

• Full-Time Continuing Study Form
• Part-Time Continuing Study Form

For students taking less than 12 credits but more than zero

• Full-Time Participation Form

Student Handbooks

• American Studies PhD Student Handbook
  A basic How-To guide for the PhD Program.
• Preservation Studies Student Handbook
  A Basic How-To guide for the MA Program.

Useful University Contacts

• The University Service Center
  The University’s best kept secret for questions or problems that don’t seem to “fit”
• The Student Link
  The main navigation page for students.
• Blackboard
  The hub for course management.
• BU Campus Maps
  The University’s google-run map. Has helpful tabs showing up-to-date shuttle locations, local restaurants, bike racks, WiFi service, et cetera.
• The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
  CAS Advising Office phone: 617.353.2400
  GRS office phone: 617.353.2696
• Student Health Services
  Main office phone: 617.353.3575

Professor & Teaching Fellow Info and Office Hours

Note: All offices are at 226 Bay State Rd unless otherwise noted.

Room B05

phone: 617-353-4186

• Michael D’Alessandro (Fall)/Patricia Stuelke (Spring)
  
• Eric Jarvis
• Neal Knapp (Fall)/Niki Lefebvre (Spring)
  

Room B08

phone: 617-353-3403

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Room 101

phone: 617-353-9912

• Kim Sichel
  office hours: Wed 2:00pm-4:00pm in Room 101, 226 BSR
  Thurs 10:30am-12:30pm in Room 202, 725 Comm Ave.

Room 104

phone: 617-353-9910

• Claire Dempsey
  office hours: Tues 3:00pm to 5:00pm; Thurs 10:00am to 12:00pm; and by appointment

Room 108

phone: 617-353-2948

• Marilyn Halter
  office hours: by appointment
  
• Anita Patterson
  office hours: by appointment
  

Room 207

phone: 617-353-9913

• William D. Moore
  office hours: TBD
  Will also holds office hours at Art History in CAS, Rm 215B
  

Room 210

phone: 617-353-9916

• Sarah Leventer
• Olivia Morgan (Fall only)
• Clare Ploucha
• George Schwartz