Annual Reporting Requirement

All Ph.D. students must submit an annual report on their progress toward the degree to the Director of Graduate Studies Assistant (DGSA). There is no form for this report. It is just a written report. The DGSA will provide you with the format and content requirements for the report.

For students who have not completed all their coursework or their Portfolio examination, this report should identify the likely schedule of courses still to be taken, and the likely dates at which the student will set for the Portfolio examination.

For students who have passed the the Portfolio examination or the Dissertation Prospectus Workshop, the report should specify annually the progress of their dissertation research, identify any portions of completed written work, establish a clear time-line for completion of any remaining chapters of the dissertation, and set a target date for final defense.

Failure to submit this annual progress report will jeopardize a student's continuation in the graduate program.

It will be up to the Director of Graduate Studies to determine whether or not the progress indicated in this report is sufficient or whether the report should be forwarded to the student’s advisor and/or doctoral committee.