Annual Update for Graduate Students

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY Annual Update for Graduate Students

The purpose of this document is to update your committee on your academic progress, achievements, and any other relevant professional activities or during the past year. Please attach your updated cv and any additional supporting documents or statements you want to share with your committee. This form must be signed by your advisor and distributed to your committee members at least one week prior to the annual update meeting.

Name: ______Program: PhD ______

Current semester: ______MA ______

I. Committee

Advisor: ______

Committee members (MA & PhD): (1) ______(must be internal to department)

(2) ______

PhD students only: (3) ______(must be internal to department)

(4) ______

II. Coursework List all courses completed or in progress toward degree:

Course number Course name Semester Credits GEO 602 Research Design 3 GEO 603 Development of Geographic Thought 3

Total credits: ______1 How will/did you meet the department’s “breadth requirements?”

1. Human Geography ______3. Environmental Geography ______

4. Geo-spatial Analysis ______2. Physical Geography ______

III. Funding

What is the status of your departmental funding? ______

Do you have funding for the upcoming summer? ______Do you have funding for next academic year? _____

Have you secured external funding for your research? (if so, what is it?) ______

Do you plan to apply for (additional) external funding? (if so, which sources?) ______

IV. Research

Title (or working title) of your thesis, papers or dissertation: ______

PhD students: Have you defended your dissertation proposal? ______If so, when? ______

Have you passed your qualifying exams? ______If so, when? ______

MA students: Has your thesis proposal been approved by your advisor? ______

Anticipated date of thesis or dissertation defense: ______

Briefly discuss (a) the progress you have made so far toward completing your degree; and (b) your anticipated timeline for completion; and (c) any concerns or questions you would like to address in the meeting. Please attach your updated cv to this report.

Student’s signature: ______Date: ______

Advisor’s signature: ______Date: ______2 Research Summary

Provide a brief (no more than one page) description of your research topic, including your research questions and proposed research methods.