SLU Department of American Studies Graduate Student Self Evaluation Form MA Students
SLU Department of American Studies Graduate Student Self Evaluation Form – MA Students
Each graduate student is required to complete a self evaluation every year, and submit it electronically to Terri Foster (), department secretary, by January 31. The student will then meet with their advisor to go over this self evaluation and their progress in general. This form, along with a signed copy of a meeting report, will be filed with the department.
This is an opportunity to provide the department with information about your areas of academic progress during the year, and to talk about plans for the coming year.
Please note that the sections below are meant to jog your memory. You are not expected to have something to add to each section.
DATE:
NAME:
ADVISOR:
I. COURSEWORK
Please complete if you have taken any courses in the past year.
w Please list each course you have taken since your last self evaluation. Include semester, professor’s name, and grade (if applicable).
w Reading assigned texts
How comfortable do you feel identifying and evaluating the scholarly thesis, intervention, methodology, use of evidence, etc. in each text? How well are you able to discuss the shape and direction of the fields you have studied?
w Writing
Have you completed assignments on time and fulfilled the requirements for each assignment? How do you feel your writing has improved over the past year, and how would you like it to improve in the coming year? How often do you revise your written coursework?
w Original Research for Coursework
Please discuss any original research you completed for your courses, including the primary sources you used, the method or theory that you employed, and the intervention(s) you made in existing scholarly debates.
III. GRADUATE ASSISTANT WORK
Please complete if you have held a Graduate Assistantship over the past year.
w Please list the professor(s) with whom you worked and very briefly summarize the work you did.
IV. TEACHING
Please complete if you have prepared a course or taught/TA’d a course over the past year.
w TA work
w Other Teaching/Teaching Preparation
Please list any teaching you have done this year, and any teaching preparation, including syllabus design, course proposals, pedagogical workshops, etc.
V. INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Please complete if you have done any academic research, writing, or presenting outside of coursework during the past year. This includes, but is not limited to, portfolio papers and dissertation research.
w Have you chosen to do a portfolio paper or a thesis?
w Portfolio paper/Thesis progress
If you have worked on your portfolio paper or thesis in the past year, please give the title and describe the work you have done.
w Please list the chair and readers on your portfolio paper/thesis committee. (For portfolio papers, there should be 1 chair and 1 reader; for theses, 1 chair and 2 readers).
w Publications
Please include anything you have submitted to a publisher. For things that have not yet been published, describe where you are in the process.
w Conferences/Presentations/Invited Talks
Please give the title and location of the conference/presentation/talk.
VI. Other
Everyone should complete the “Progress to Degree” and “Goals” sections of this category, and any other section applicable to them.
w Progress to Degree
Please note the rate of your progress to degree: have there been any delays? Will you have your degree completed in the time allotted by the university?
w Goals
Please list your main goals for the coming year.
w Departmental/University Involvement
Please list any work you have done for the department and/or university outside of your GA or TA duties. This may include mentoring, event planning, etc.
w Scholarships/Fellowships
Please list any scholarships/fellowships you applied for or have received this year.
w Awards and Honors
Please list any awards and honors you received this year.
w Context
Please use this section to list any major events or responsibilities in your life from the past year that you would like the department to take note of.
Last updated: 10/25/16
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