Here's an excerpt from the 2nd-year project instructions that were sent
out last fall. Briefly, your 2nd-year project written paper is due to
your readers MAY 1. Readers will be asked to send their assessments of
your written project and oral presentation to the CHD for its last
meeting on May 24, where final grades will be assigned for the project.
If you have an application in for a June master's degree, you project
MUST be completed and approved or the Department will not approve the
degree.
Celia
The Graduate Office will schedule oral presentations to be given
Tuesday, May 16. The two readers will grade the oral presentations
(Ph.D. pass, M.A. pass, fail) and report this to the CHD on forms
provided by the Graduate Office.
Copies of the final written report must be submitted to your readers no
later than Monday, May 1, 2006. If this date is not met, there is no
assurance your readers will be able to evaluate the paper in time for
the CHD to assign a grade by the end of the term. The readers will
grade both the oral and written paper (Ph.D. pass, M.A. pass, fail), and
report to the Graduate Office prior to the final CHD meeting. Students
are expected to submit early drafts of the paper to the supervisor and
the reader in order to receive feedback that can be incorporated into
the final draft. Either reader may require changes before the paper is
deemed Ph.D. pass.
In order to present at the May 16 program, students must have data and
must submit a paper. You will not be allowed to present in May if you
have no data and if you have not submitted the written paper to your
readers, even if it is a preliminary version.
At its last meeting in May [May 24], the CHD will determine whether the
student has passed the second year research requirement at the Ph.D. or
M.A. level or has failed it. The evaluation will be based on the
readers' assigned grades for the oral presentation and the written
paper. If the student has failed, his or her entire record will be
reviewed, and termination will be considered. If the student has passed
at the M.A. level, the CHD will decide whether to postpone the
completion of the requirement and specify what additional work is
required to fulfill this. Alternatively, the CHD may recommend
termination. In the latter case, the M.A. degree may be recommended by
the Department. In some cases the grade may be deferred to the Fall
pending the completion of required modifications.
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Celia Raia 210 William James Hall phone: 617/495-3810
Psychology Department 33 Kirkland Street fax: 617/496-8279
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 cir(a)wjh.harvard.edu
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