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(1) The student’s presentation was professional and well-organized:
(2) The student’s demonstrated mastery of his or her research was:
(3) The student was able to answer questions from the audience:
(4) The student was able to demonstrate professional poise during the presentation:
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Poorly Adequately Well doneLearning Objective #4: A graduate student should be able to write up his or her research in the form of a manuscript for
publication in a scientific journal.
Assessment #4: Thesis is successfully completed. Your committee will evaluate your performance.
(1) The student’s thesis was written:
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Poorly Adequately Very well
(2) The student’s thesis demonstrated mastery of the research:
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Poor Adequate Well done
(3) Based upon its quality, the likelihood of the thesis being published is:
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Assessment for Ph.D. Students:
Learning Outcome #1: A graduate (Ph.D.) student should be able to develop a research plan.
Assessment #1: Dissertation proposal is successfully completed and defended to student’s committee. Your committee will
evaluate your performance.
(1) The student’s dissertation proposal was written:
(2) The student synthesized the literature:
(3) The student’s proposed research projects were defined:
(4) The methods that the student will employ suit the projects:
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Poor Adequate Well doneLearning Outcome #2: A graduate (Ph.D.) student should be able to independently answer questions regarding their
research field.
Assessment #2: Oral comprehensive exams are successfully completed (written if requested by your committee). Your
committee will evaluate your performance.
(1) The student was able to articulate his or her answers in a written format:
(2) The student was able to articulate his or her answers orally:
(3) The student was able to answer a breadth of questions:
(4) The student demonstrated an appropriate depth of knowledge:
(5) The student was able to demonstrate professional poise during the exam: