PORTFOLIO FOR DOCTORATE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE
Checklist
Must submit checklist in PDF form to advisor by the end of March.
Describe your research efforts to date and research plans for the future: In one to two pages, (1) what research projects you have worked on or are planning, (2) the extent to which you were the driving force behind those projects, and (3) how your work uniquely contributes to your field.
Curriculum Vitae: Include relevant details about your publications and presentations (authors, author order, venue)and whether submitted or accepted.
Evidence of Research Ability/Achievement: Please attach complete copies (with authorship) of published or submitted papers. Rejectedpapers/reports that will be submitted for publication in the near future, or substantive papersprepared for class may also be included. Be sure to explain your contribution to the work in yourstatement of purpose.
Other material: Please attach any other relevant material. If you have won competitive fellowships, represented yourlabs at conferences,reviewed papers for conferences and journals, sit on campus-wide committees, or represent yourpeers at faculty meetings please include this information.
All forms attached:
- Student Progress/Status Form
- Advisor Summary/Recommendation Form
- Current DegreeWorks printout
- Annual Progress Evaluation Form (From student and advisor)
Self-Evaluation (Attach to Annual Progress Evaluation Form):You are to complete a self-evaluation of your progress and performance during the year. The report will include your vita, current and future educational and professional goals, and a self-evaluation of personal and professional growth. The report should be submitted to your advisor prior to the end of March. Contact your advisor at the time you submit the report and arrange a meeting.
Advisor Evaluation (Attach to Annual Progress Evaluation Form):You and your advisor will meet to review the student report and the advisor/instructor evaluation forms. Together, you will discuss the year’s work, progress, and performance, and establish goals and objectives for the next year.
STUDENT PROGRESS/STATUS FORM
(Completed by the student, after Portfolio Checklist)
PROGRESS IN PROGRAM
- What were your academic (scholarship & degree completion) and professional (career objectives) goals in the past year?
- Evaluate your progress in meeting your goals.
- Explain any special circumstances affecting your progress that should be taken into account in conducting this evaluation.
- If you have been involved in research this year other than your dissertation, please explain the project and your role in it. If not, would you like to be involved in research?
- If applicable, describe any teaching activities or assistance in teaching activities in which you have engaged in the last year. Check if not applicable_____.
- Describe any professional or service activities in which you have participated in the last year. Indicate whether each was a local, regional, or national activity.
- List your academic (scholarship & degree completion) and professional (career objectives) goals for the upcoming academic year.
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STUDENT PROGRESS/STATUS FORM
(Completed by the student, after Portfolio Checklist)
CURRENT STATUS IN PROGRAM
Attach DegreeWorksprintout to this form.
- If you are currently in the dissertation process, please indicate what stage you are in and when youexpect to complete the remaining stages:
Working on your proposal
Preparing for your Oral Exam
Writing/submitting your IRB Proposal
Completing your Candidacy Papers
Collecting your data
Analyzing your data
Writing & revising the dissertation for submission
Completing your oral defense of your dissertation
- When do you expect to complete your Ph.D.?
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ADVISOR SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION FORM
(Completed by the advisor, after Portfolio Checklist)
NAME:STUDENT ID:
TRACK:ADVISOR:
DATE:
Summary of Meeting:
Advisor’s Recommendations:
Goals & Objectives:
(Attach an additional sheet if necessary):
We have read and understand the evaluation, summary, recommendations, and goals:
Advisor: ______Date: ______
Student: ______Date: ______
Ph.D. ANNUAL PROGRESS EVALUATION
STUDENT FORM
NAME:STUDENT ID:
DATE:ADVISOR:
On each of the items below, please evaluate your progress and performance during the current academicyear using the scale below. Then a) list the qualities you have and activities you have completed -OR- writea brief description of your progress/performance to demonstrate the score you gave yourself. At the end ofthe form, please discuss your progress in any other area you choose.
Scale: 1= no progress 2= minimal progress 3 = adequate progress 4 = exemplary progress
CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRACK/EXERCISE SCIENCE
Score:_____ Rationale for score:
LABORATORY SKILLS
Score: _____ Rationale for score:
RESEARCH WRITING SKILLS
Score: _____ Rationale for score
OTHER AREAS:
Student Signature:______
Ph.D. ANNUAL PROGRESS EVALUATION
ADVISOR FORM
NAME:STUDENT ID:
DATE:ADVISOR:
On each of the items below, please evaluate the student’s progress and performance during the current academicyear using the scale below. Then a) list the qualities they have and activities they have completed -OR- writea brief description of your progress/performance to demonstrate the score you gave yourself. At the end ofthe form, please discuss the progress in any other area you choose.
Scale: 1= no progress 2= minimal progress 3 = fair progress 4 = exemplary progress
CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRACK/EXERCISE SCIENCE
Score:_____ Rationale for score:
LABORATORY SKILLS
Score: _____ Rationale for score:
RESEARCH WRITING SKILLS
Score: _____ Rationale for score
OTHER AREAS:
Student Signature:______