Performance Review (PhD & MS) Performance Review (PhD & MS) If you are human, leave this field blank. Student Information The Graduate Advisor will correspond with you at your University email address. First Name * Last Name * uNID * U1234567 University email * xxxxxxxxxx@utah.edu Faculty advisor's university email address * xxxxxxxxxx@utah.edu Degree program * Masters Doctoral Area of Emphasis * Environmental Water Resources Geotechnical Structures Materials Transportation Nuclear Program start term * Fall Spring Program start year * 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Evaluation Term This will be the term that is concluding, or has recently concluded. The term you are evaluating your own performance. * Fall Spring Summer The year (of the term) you are evaluating your own performance. * 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 + Masters Year One Semester 1: Establish research topic/ project with faculty advisor. * Completed. Not yet completed. Semester 1: Complete and submit Curriculum Development Plan (CDP). * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Semester 1: Establish committee and submit on CDP document. * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Semester 2: Attend a Thesis Office Formatting workshop. (OPTIONAL) Completed. No plans to attend. Not yet completed. Planned date of attendance:Not yet completed. Planned date of attendance: Formatting workshop dates are posted here at: gradschool.utah.edu/thesis/events/ + Masters Year Two Identify Thesis Office submission deadlines following your defense. This will help to set the timeline for defending in the final semester. Remember, following the defense, you may need to make corrections to the manuscript before submitting to the Thesis Office. Deadlines posted here: https://gradschool.utah.edu/thesis/calendar/ Semester 3: Submit a portion of the manuscript for preliminary review. Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Editors examine manuscript formatting for obvious errors. Semester 3: Apply to graduate * Completed. Not yet completed. Instructions here. Copy and paste URL: https://registrar.utah.edu/handbook/graduategraduation.php Semester 4: After the thesis has been approved by committee, submit to the Thesis Office Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated Date of Future Completion:Not yet completed. Estimated Date of Future Completion: Semester 4: Fill out the Defense Announcement form. Completed. Not yet completed. Semester 4: Schedule final defense. Completed. Not yet completed. Semester 4: Complete the MS Final Curriculum Review. Completed. Not yet completed. Semester 4: Complete the MS Report of Final Defense Completed. Not yet completed. + Year One Tasks Response required of all students. Sit for preliminary exam. (Target date: complete by end of the second semester.) * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: This test regularly occurs on the Friday following Fall and Spring break. Please communicate with your faculty advisor for best guidance on how to prepare Submit curriculum development plan to graduate advisor. (Target date: complete by end of the second semester.) Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Committee established and first committee meeting held. (Target date: complete by end of the second semester.) * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: + Year Two Tasks Response required of all students. If you are early on in your program and these dates are unknown. Estimates are fine. Submit curriculum development plan to graduate advisor. (Target date: complete by end of the second semester.) * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Complete qualifying exam (QE)/ research proposal, AT LEAST, one semester after the preliminary exam. (Target date: end of second year or when MOST coursework complete.) * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: Submit first article to peer reviewed journal. (Target date: submission by end of the second year.) * Completed. Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission:Not yet completed. Estimated date of submission: + Subsequent Tasks Submit second article to peer reviewed journal. (Target date: submission by end of the third year.) Completed. Not yet completed. Discuss changes to curriculum development plan with committee, and submit to graduate advisor. (Target date: semester before planned graduation, and prior to final defense.) Completed. Not yet completed. Apply to graduate through the student homepage in CIS. (Target date: December graduation; apply by September 4th. May graduation; apply by January 17th. August graduation; apply by May 20th.) Completed. Scheduled date of defense:Completed. Scheduled date of defense: Not yet complete. Schedule final defense. (Target date: Identify the time frame you plan to defend, roughly 1 semester ahead of time.) Completed. Not yet completed. Submit corrected manuscript to the Thesis Office. (Target date: submission deadlines posted here https://gradschool.utah.edu/thesis/calendar .) Submitted. Not yet submitted. Approximate submission date:Not yet submitted. Approximate submission date: + Please describe your progress Provide a brief description of your research topic. * Describe progress on coursework, and provide an estimated timeline for completion. * What were your goals from the prior semester? Were they completed? If not, why? * What are your goals for the upcoming semester? How will you measure if the task is complete? *
