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The following procedure for satisfying the Residency Requirement
in essence involves designing,
participating in, and documenting your residency activities.
This procedure stands in lieu of more
traditional requirements which involve employment restrictions,
maximum distance from campus
to home address, and number of hours of minimum enrollment
during particular semesters.
Before the Advisory Conference: As part of your
preparation for the Advisory Conference, you
will prepare a statement (with Advisor’s assistance)
of the type and amount of activities which
you expect to engage in for completion of residency (Residency
Plan Report). The nature of
documentation which you will employ will also be determined
at this time.
Advisory Conference:
As part of the Advisory Conference, your plan of residency
will be
reviewed and, upon agreement, will be signed by the Advisory
Committee. Generally, the
Advisory Conference should be completed by the end of the
first year of study. These will usually
be held during spring semesters, since committee meetings
are not usually offered during
summers.
Pursuit of Residency Plan: Residency activities
will be engaged in throughout your program of
study. Feedback on progress in attaining residency goals should
be a regular part of on-going
advisement.
General Examination: As part of the General Examination,
you will make a brief written progress
report on attainment of goals for the residency to your chair.
Not later than the time of the
General Examination Orals, feedback will be obtained from
the Doctoral Committee with regard
to that progress, and the appropriateness of planned activities.
If adjustments need to be made in
the plan, they may be made at this time. Generally, all required
courses should be completed prior
to general exams, however program requirements may vary.
Final Orals (Dissertation
Defense): Prior to the Final Oral Examination, at
the time of submission
of the reading copy of your dissertation, you will provide
evidence of accomplishment of
residence activities. At the time of the Final Oral Examination,
the doctoral committee will sign
the completion part of the residency form if it is satisfied
that residency has been completed.
The residency activities selected should be clearly relevant
to your post-graduation career plans.
Thus, the type and percentage of activities under the suggested
categories will differ depending on
your background, academic interests, and career goals. For
example, students wishing to work in
an academic setting may well select different types of activities
than students seeking positions in
business or industry.
The application of review criteria requires the use of professional
judgement; each student is to be
considered on an individual basis within the general normative
framework of all DEP doctoral
students - there are no magic numbers or formulae. As in the
past, you would be expected to
accomplish these activities as opportunities arise out of
class work; teaching or research
assistantships; departmental, school, and university activities;
outside projects; and your own
initiative. It is to your advantage to participate in as many
of these activities as possible within the
constraints of other considerations. It is the faculty’s
responsibility to provide guidance,
supervision, review, and certification of the departmental
residency requirement. Because these
activities provide strong evidence of professional preparation
and are especially useful in securing
your post-graduation employment, the departmental residency
requirement is ultimately the
responsibility of the individual student. |
