Graduate Student Annual Review

Graduate students are ranked every year with respect to awarding departmental assistantships according to the following four criteria:

1. Progress in the program
2. Grade point ratio
3. Teaching/research assistant evaluation
4. Professional activity (research and teaching)

These annual evaluations:

• Measure progress and guides conversations between graduate students and their mentors
• Collect information about performance in the program
• Provide information to the Sociology Department to distribute assistantships
• Guide committees to nominate students for fellowships
• Supply students with letters of guaranteed funding an overview of their progress

This overview of the Graduate Student Annual Review provides a summary about the required evaluation of graduate students on their progress in the program, teaching/research assistant performance, and professional activity (research and teaching).