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Each spring semester the department conducts assesses the graduate program. This assessment process includes gathering data from our students via an annual review of all graduate students. The annual review is designed to facilitate students’ progress by providing timely feedback regarding their overall performance. This includes any clarification of program requirements and expectations, as well as early identification of concerns or deficiencies. The Annual Review provides faculty with information regarding the student’s The process allows graduate students and faculty to discuss student achievements and to address programmatic questions or concerns. The online Annual Review form allows students to highlight information regarding their academic progress and accomplishments (career goal, honors and awards, conference presentations, publications, research experience, teaching experience, etc.). ) and to share their plans for upcoming year.

• In preparation for the review, all graduate students are required to complete
the Annual Review
• the Annual Review for Graduate Students form,
  along with your current Curriculum Vitae
• and attach your current Curriculum Vitae (C.V).
   Before submitting the form you
•   Note that you will be able to
upload
• attach your
Curriculum Vitae (
• C.V
). 
• . at the end of the online form. Both of these documents will be forwarded to your advisor.
 
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• NOTE:
The deadline
• The deadline for completion is on or before April 15th. 

Annual Review Process: 

• Faculty will review each of their advisee’s information and provide a summary of their progress to the faculty. Department faculty may provide additional information regarding student progress and performance. 
Students will meet with their advisors to discuss the outcome of the evaluation. 
• Students complete the online Annual Review form and attach their C.V. by April 15th.
• Faculty advisors contact students to schedule a meeting to discuss their annual review and evaluation by May 1st.
• A summary of the evaluation will be sent to the student and placed in the student’s file. 
• An email along with an electronic letter and copy of the review will be sent to the student.

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• The faculty will also share information about the student’s progress at the department’s annual graduate assessment meeting in early May.

Academic Standards

Minimum Requirements 

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After the faculty advisor has given his/her approval, the thesis is to be submitted to the thesis committee members for their feedback and suggestions. Committee members should be given at least four weeks to provide feedback. At the end of this period, committee members may require students to make changes to the thesis. Only after all committee members have given their approval should a thesis defense date be scheduled. Students should include a faculty member (other than the 3 committee members) to chair the committee. At the Masters level the chair can be from within the Human Development and Family Science Department or from other departments/colleges throughout the University. This person will act as the representative of the Graduate School and will moderate the thesis defense. Read up on the procedures for graduate students defending theses or dissertations found at the Graduate School graduation requirements page.  All M.S. students must complete a Request for Examination form, at least three weeks prior to your defense date.

Defenses may only be scheduled during the fall and spring semesters. All thesis defenses are open to the public and students are expected to provide the departmental administrative assistant with an abstract of their thesis two weeks prior to the defense. One copy of the thesis should be made available in the departmental office for public reading two weeks prior to the defense. 

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