Graduate Program

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Degrees Offered

• Master of Plant Prot. Pest Mgmt.
• Crop Soil Sci., Entomology, Plant Path.
• 33 h, internship
• Master of Crop and Soil Sciences
• 33 h, internship
• Master of Science in Agronomy
• 30 h, thesis
• Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy
• 30 h, dissertation

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Admission Process
Accepted
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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Required Courses

• At least one course in Statistics
• CRSS 8100 Graduate Seminar (1 h)
• Guided teaching experience
• CRSS 7990/9990 or Education course
• Mandatory for Ph.D. students
• Suggested for M.S. students

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Educational Experience

• Graduate Student Orientation (each semester)
• Mentoring by faculty
• Participation in departmental Poster Competition
• Cost-sharing for travel to scientific meetings
• Business cards
• Agronomy Graduate Student Association

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Monitoring Progress
Advisory Committee Program of Study Research Proposal
M.S. Students 1st semester 2nd semester
Ph.D. Students 2nd semester 2nd semester
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ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT EVALUATION Department of
Crop and Soil Sciences Due May 30 Student Name

Degree Objective
Major Professor
No of Semesters in Degree
Program ______ 1. PROGRESS TOWARDS
DEGREE (to be completed for all students by
Advisory Committee) Advisory Committee
selected, approved Program
of Study approved
Research Proposal submitted, approved
This student is making satisfactory
progress towards degree. YES NO (please circle
one) If NO above, please write a detailed
description of why and/or how this student is NOT
progressing, and suggest actions to be taken to
remedy this situation during the following
semester __________ ____________
____________ _____________ _____________
Major Prof. Comm. Member Comm. Member
Comm. Member Comm. Member
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2. COMPLETION OF GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP DUTIES
(to be completed by Major Professor for GRA and
by supervising instructor for GTA) This student
is a GRA GTA (please circle one). Name of
Supervising Instructor (if GTA)

Brief
description of specific assigned duties This
student is satisfactorily completing all duties
assigned as part of assistantship. YES NO. If
NO above, please write a detailed description why
and/or how this student is NOT completing all
duties assigned as part of assistantship, and
suggest actions to be taken to remedy this
situation during the following semester. For GTA,
please attach copies of student evaluations
completed for the course taught. _________________
________ Supervisor Signature

I have reviewed
this evaluation. My signature below does not
necessarily signify concurrence.
_________________________
Student Signature

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Graduate Enrollment
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GRE of Admitted Students
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GPA of Admitted Students
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Graduate Population
Category Number
Female 12 (30)
International 13 (32)
M.S 21 (52)
Ph.D 16 (40)
MPPPM, MCSS, ND 3 (8)
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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Graduate Assistantships

• Priorities
• Assistant Professors (100 - 3 years)
• Faculty without technicians (100 )
• Cost-sharing with faculty (50)
• Stipends
• M.S. - 15,500 (4 increase in January)
• Ph.D. - 16,500 (4 increase in January)
• 40 time

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Graduate Program

• Degrees Offered
• Admission Process
• Required Courses
• Educational Experience
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Graduate Enrollment
• Assistantships
• Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

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Graduate Learning Assessment

• Student performance evaluation form at
  comprehensive exams and defenses
• Written record of exit interviews with Dept. Head
• Survey of supervisors one year after graduation
• Survey of graduate students one year after
  graduation
• Report issued every 3 years