1. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

2. Degrees Offered • Master of Plant Prot. & Pest Mgmt. • Crop & Soil Sci., Entomology, Plant Path. • 33 h, internship • Master of Crop and Soil Sciences • 33 h, internship • Master of Science in Agronomy • 30 h, thesis • Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy • 30 h, dissertation

3. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

4. Admission Process Student application 3 Athens 1 Griffin 1 Tifton Not acceptable Graduate Committee Non-degree student? Acceptable Not accepted Major Professor ? Major Professor Funds Not accepted Graduate School Accepted Accepted

5. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

6. Required Courses • At least one course in Statistics • CRSS 8100 Graduate Seminar (1 h) • Guided teaching experience • CRSS 7990/9990 or Education course • Mandatory for Ph.D. students • Suggested for M.S. students

7. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

8. Educational Experience • Graduate Student Orientation (each semester) • Mentoring by faculty • Participation in departmental Poster Competition • Cost-sharing for travel to scientific meetings • Business cards • Agronomy Graduate Student Association

9. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

10. Monitoring Progress

11. ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT EVALUATION Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Due May 30 Student Name Degree Objective Major Professor No of Semesters in Degree Program ______ 1. PROGRESS TOWARDS DEGREE (to be completed for all students by Advisory Committee) Advisory Committee selected, approved Program of Study approved Research Proposal submitted, approved This student is making satisfactory progress towards degree. YES NO (please circle one) If NO above, please write a detailed description of why and/or how this student is NOT progressing, and suggest actions to be taken to remedy this situation during the following semester: __________ ____________ ____________ _____________ _____________ Major Prof. Comm. Member Comm. Member Comm. Member Comm. Member

12. 2. COMPLETION OF GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP DUTIES (to be completed by Major Professor for GRA and by supervising instructor for GTA) This student is a GRA GTA (please circle one). Name of Supervising Instructor (if GTA): Brief description of specific assigned duties: This student is satisfactorily completing all duties assigned as part of assistantship. YES NO. If NO above, please write a detailed description why and/or how this student is NOT completing all duties assigned as part of assistantship, and suggest actions to be taken to remedy this situation during the following semester. For GTA, please attach copies of student evaluations completed for the course taught. _________________________ Supervisor Signature I have reviewed this evaluation. My signature below does not necessarily signify concurrence. _________________________ Student Signature

13. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

14. Graduate Enrollment

15. GRE of Admitted Students

16. GPA of Admitted Students

17. Graduate Population

18. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

19. Graduate Assistantships • Priorities • Assistant Professors (100% - 3 years) • Faculty without technicians (100 %) • Cost-sharing with faculty (50%) • Stipends • M.S. - $15,500 (+4% increase in January) • Ph.D. - $16,500 (+4% increase in January) • 40% time

20. Graduate Program • Degrees Offered • Admission Process • Required Courses • Educational Experience • Monitoring Student Progress • Graduate Enrollment • Assistantships • Graduate Learning Assessment Plan

21. Graduate Learning Assessment • Student performance evaluation form at comprehensive exams and defenses • Written record of exit interviews with Dept. Head • Survey of supervisors one year after graduation • Survey of graduate students one year after graduation • Report issued every 3 years