Appendix C Department Forms and Checklists

Appendix C Department Forms and Checklists

C-1 Petition for Substitution/Waiver of Graduate Degree Requirement

C-3 Written English Competency

C-4 PhD Course Requirements Checklist

Petition for Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Degree Requirements

Degree sought Arrival semester

Expected graduation semester

Request for graduate degree requirement waiver or substitution:

Student signature Date
Faculty advisor approval: Y / N
Signature Date
Associate Department Head approval: Y / N
Signature Date
(Copies of completed petition to student, advisor, and student file)

Assessment of English Competency: Oral

Dear Faculty Member:

Thank you for agreeing to help in the assessment of competency in oral English, mandated by the Graduate School for students entering in or after Fall 1992. As approved by the Graduate School, our assessment will be based on a short talk by the student, using the checklist below. Our standard of adequacy should be close to the level demonstrated by (average to good) speakers in our own field, giving prepared talks. This assessment is not about the content of the talk, per se, or about the choice of subject matter.
We expect that the great majority of our students will be graded adequate or above, with no more than one category rated deficient. This oral assessment, and a similar assessment of written English together provide the basis for an overall assessment of Pass/Fail. A failing assessment requires appropriate remedial action and reassessment prior to scheduling the comprehensive examination.

Please return your assessment to Nina Bumgarner or Michael Eracleous

Date of Presentation

Topic

Clear pronunciation ☐ ☐ ☐

Mastery of spoken grammar ☐ ☐ ☐

Mastery of everyday ☐ ☐ ☐

and technical vocabulary

Exposition appropriate to subject ☐ ☐ ☐

Conversational give-and-take; ☐ ☐ ☐

dealing with questions

REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 

Faculty Member Signature:

Assessment of English Competency: Written

Dear Faculty Member:

Thank you for agreeing to help in the assessment of competency in written English, mandated by the Graduate School for students entering in or after Fall 1992. As approved by the Graduate School, our assessment will be based on a piece of original writing by the student, using the checklist below. Our standard of adequacy should be close to the level demonstrated by (average to good) writers in our own field. This assessment is not based on paper content or choice of subject matter.

We expect that the great majority of our students will be graded adequate or above, with no more than one category rated deficient. This written assessment, and a similar assessment of oral English, provide the basis for an overall assessment of Pass/Fail. A failing assessment requires appropriate remedial action and reassessment prior to scheduling the comprehensive examination.

Please return your assessment to me Nina Bumgarner or Michael Eracleous

Date of Paper

Topic

Deficient Adequate Exemplary

Vocabulary ☐ ☐ ☐

Grammar - Mastery of everyday ☐ ☐ ☐

and technical vocabulary

Style ☐ ☐ ☐

Reasoning ☐ ☐ ☐

Faculty Member Signature:

Ph.D. Course Requirements Checklist
Student Name:					Year:
A.	Ten 3-credit courses				Semester		Grade
ASTRO	501		Fundamental Astronomy
ASTRO	502		Fundamental Astrophysics
ASTRO
ASTRO
ASTRO
ASTRO
PHYS
PHYS
GPA for 3-credit courses (>3.20)
B.	Five 1-credit courses
ASTRO	589		Seminar
ASTRO	589		Seminar
ASTRO	589		Seminar
ASTRO	590		Colloquium
ASTRO	602		Supervised Teaching
C.	2nd year research project
Advisor:
Title:
D.	Waiver/substitution petitions
Student’s and advisor’s signatures indicating the above Ph.D. course requirements have been met:
					Date:
					Date:
(Copies of completed checklist to student, advisor and student file)

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