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Plant Pathology PhD ProgramLearning Outcomes/Goals:Activities in Support of Goal:Assessment Methods:Assessment Results:Action Taken:Future Plans:Plant Pathology PhD ProgramLearning Outcomes/Goals: 1. “is to provide a high quality plant pathology graduate experience to equip students with the skills necessary for research, teaching, and extension, or other agriculture-related positions that require the Ph.D. degree.” Activities in Support of Goal:1. We have a rigorous admission process for Ph. D. Students. 2. Once admitted, students must complete at least two graduate-level seminar courses in the biological sciences, pass a preliminary examination, and acquire teaching experience by assisting in two courses offered by the department.3. The students also have to complete a series of courses in the field of Plant Pathology along with other courses as determined by their guidance committee.4. When they are finished taking the required coursework they take a Ph. D. Qualifying Exam. 5. As research is a critical part of the PhD, students begin research at the time they are accepted into a research program. When they are ready to defend their Ph. D. Thesis Research they must present their research to the Department and pass Ph. D. defense examination. 6. Throughout the Ph. D. process students are encouraged to publish their research as first authors with their major professor and others if so desired as junior authors.7. The Department also encourages and supports participation of students at national and international meetings where they can present their research, gain valuable feedback from others in the discipline, and begin to make contacts with other researchers in the discipline.8. We constantly revise the requirements for the Ph. D. Degree in our Department depending on how our Ph.D. candidates do on these job interviews and progress in their careers. . For examples, we hire new faculty members, revise the responsibilities of current faculty, and change Ph D. requirements (including coursework) based on the successes of our students. We have been quite successful in placing our graduating Ph. D. Students in University, government and private corporate settings both in the past and present. Hopefully, we will continue to do so. Assessment Methods:1. Evaluation Sheet: for the 2 seminars, an evaluation sheet passed out to each person attending the seminars. The student reacts to the evaluations and uses themfor succeeding seminar presentations.2. Evaluation of Student Participation: Evaluations of student participation are also provided by the professors involved in the courses that students assist in. These evaluations are read by the students, . In the student’s next teaching experience, the student takes into account the evaluations for the previous experience.3. Course Work: Evaluations of student course work are provided by the professors involved in the courses. If the students progress satisfactorily, according to University Guidelines, they are allowed to take their Ph.D. Comprehensive exams.4. PhD Comprehensive Exams: These exams are conducted and evaluated by facultymembers chosen by the major professor and the student.5. Research: They present this research to the Department personnel in a formal seminar and defend this research in a Ph. D. Defense Examination. If they pass this examination they next publish the results of the Ph.D. research which have not already been published in refereed journals. Assessment Results: 1. All of our graduating Ph. D. students have found gainful employment in a field requiring the Ph. D. Degree.Action Taken: 1. We are too new a Department to have changed any of our procedures, thus far. Future Plans:1. We continually asses our procedures and the students employers to see if changes are


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