Student Annual Review Process

Annual reviews are formative and are performed at the end of each Spring semester a student is enrolled in the program.

Reviews are performed by the advisor in partnership with the student and include:

Review of academic performance in class
Details of involvement in research projects
Student feed-back on their perception of the progress they are making in the program.
Advisor’s assessment of the student’s progress.
Advisor-generated decision on whether or not the student is making “adequate progress” towards completion of the degree.

The information generated is then reviewed by the departmental GRD Committee for a final decision on whether or not a student is making adequate progress towards the degree.

After review of the information supplied by the advisor and student by the GRD committee, there are three potential outcomes of the annual review process that can be arrived at.

These are:

Adequate progress (student continues in the program)
Academic probation (student continues in the program with remedial action determined by the GRD committee).
Termination from the program (after failure of probationary period)