Approved by the Information Studies Faculty, 8 November 2002. As amended 5/8/06, 4/15/11, 4/13/2012, 3/24/17, 1/19/18, 7/31/20, 9/1/22
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- Prepare and make available to all members of the committee a portfolio consisting of a copy of any important papers or projects competed since the previous evaluation meeting.
- Prepare and distribute to all meeting attendees a written statement including at a minimum:
- Brief biographical background including previous education, degrees, institutions, and dates.
- A listing of all graduate-level courses relevant to the Ph.D. program including course title, instructor, date and grade. If the course title is not informative, a short description should be given.
- A list of all presentations made and publications submitted.
- A description of all practicum experiences.
- Plans for the future, including for instance courses, research ideas and timetables.
- A self-assessment of what skills and knowledge have been learned or acquired and what still needs to be pursued.
- Confirm that all participants have been informed of the meeting and will either attend or submit letters.
8.6 The following people will take part in a student’s evaluation:
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- No attempt is made to spell out the exact standards that the student must meet. Each faculty member must apply standards he/she believes to be appropriate to ensure that only high-quality researchers and teachers will be awarded Ph.D.s in this program.
- The following criteria should be considered minimal:
The student must be doing well in doctoral-level coursework. He or she must maintain a 3.0 grade point average
The student should have no more than three credits (one course) incomplete over six months old. (Incomplete in this context refers to work not completed in the time originally specified for the course or project and includes both courses and other non-course activities).
The student must be able to work productively with faculty and other students in coursework, research and teaching.
- In his/her first year a student must demonstrate:
- The ability to understand the methods and substance of the field of information studies.
- The ability to communicate his/her understanding to other people.
- The ability to do research under supervision.
- After the first year, the student must proceed at a reasonable pace in demonstrating:
- An accomplished mastery of the basic methods and substance of the field of information studies (culminating in an official ending of his/her program of study);
- The ability to synthesize productively diverse data, theories, and methods (culminating in his/her own dissertation proposal);
- The conceptual ability to develop and defend an original research proposal (also culminating in his/her own dissertation proposal);
- The ability to carry out all stages of the research process independently (culminating in his/her own dissertation).
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Section 23: Auditing a Course
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