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Each first-year student will be advised by a two-person committee composed of the Vice Chair for Graduate Studies and another faculty member. One of these faculty members, either the Vice Chair or the other member, will be as close as possible to the student's stated field(s) of interest; the other may be from an allied or more distant field, insofar as such diversity in perspective may be useful. Normally, the second member will be selected from the Graduate Committee; but, depending on the student's interests and needs, it may be appropriate to assign a member not from the Graduate Committee. The Vice Chair will make the assignments. The purpose of this two-person committee is to begin, and to provide an ongoing venue for, a critical discussion of the aims and methods of the student's program—a discussion which will continue in other forms until completion of the doctorate. The student will meet at least quarterly with these faculty in order to discuss coursework, language exams, and related matters, and to outline a path to the degree. The faculty will monitor the student’s progress and also, at the end of the first year, evaluate the student and make a recommendation to the Vice Chair (and the Graduate Committee) about the student's progress and continuation in the program. The evaluation will be based on performance in coursework, the accumulation of Incompletes, and satisfaction of the language requirement to date. The Vice Chair and the Graduate Committee will make the final determination about whether the student should continue in the program. ADVISING IN THE SECOND YEAR THROUGH THE PART I EXAM: By the end of the first year (and no later than the beginning of the second year), each student will form a three-person Mentoring Committee, whose members will have three principal duties: continued advising about coursework, language exams, and other matters; oversight of the student's composition of reading lists for the Part I exam (see below); and a more focused discussion of the student's individual aims and critical ambitions. Near the end of the first year, students will be advised by the Vice Chair about identifying and approaching prospective members of the Mentoring Committee, whose membership will be approved by the Vice Chair. There is no expectation that the second member of the Advising Committee will also be a member of the Mentoring Committee. The chair of the Mentoring Committee will be from the student's prospective field of specialization, but other members need not be. The student will consult at least quarterly with members of the committee in order to discuss progress toward the degree and related professional issues. As the student's interests evolve and gain focus, it may be appropriate to alter the membership of the committee. Likewise, sabbaticals and other interruptions on the part of faculty members will sometimes make it necessary to alter the membership. There is no requirement that all members of the Mentoring Committee serve on the student's Part I exam, but it will be normal for some, if not all, members to do so, and the membership of the Part I exam committee must be finalized in advance of the exam reading lists being approved. The Part I committee will be approved by the Vice Chair after consultation with the student and (if necessary) the Mentoring Committee. In composing the Mentoring Committee, students should bear in mind that not all faculty teach graduate courses each year (some even less often) but that such faculty may well be the most appropriate committee members. |
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Guide to Graduate Study
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