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Measuring Graduate Student Progress

Official Graduate Catalog Entry: go to Catalog index

The progress of each graduate student will be evaluated annually by the student's adviser and/or director of graduate studies.

Defining “Satisfactory Progress”

The definition of “satisfactory progress” and procedures for verifying that satisfactory progress is being made may vary among departments/programs, but each department/program should have a written definition on file in the Graduate School and this policy should be communicated to graduate students during their first semester.

In the event that a definition of progress has not been filed by the department/program, satisfactory progress will be judged on the basis of the general provisions of the Graduate School listed under Master's Degrees and Doctoral Degrees in the Graduate Catalog.