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Advising The advising process in the Linguistics program is designed to assist graduate students in designing and pursuing their course of graduate study. It is the responsibility of each student to be aware of and understand University regulations as published in the University of Georgia Graduate Bulletin, and students have the responsibility for keeping themselves apprised of current graduation requirements. New Students New students will be advised by the Director until they establish an Advisory Committee. Advisory Committee Each student will select an Advisory Committee no later than the end of the second term in residence. Students will normally choose an initial committee with the help of the Director when they are advised about registration for their second term's courses. M.A. Advisory Committees are composed of a major professor plus two other faculty members. Ph.D. Advisory Committee are composed of a major professor plus a minimum of two other faculty members. While the major professor need not be a member of the Linguistics faculty, a majority of the members of any Advisory Committee must be members of the Linguistics faculty. Students may change the membership of their Advisory Committee at any time, subject to the agreement of the faculty to be included on the committee and the approval of the program Director; however, students would be well advised to adjust their initial committee before beginning M.A. and Ph.D. examinations and before embarking on a thesis or dissertation, and to alter their committee only with careful deliberation after the examination and writing processes have started. The major professor, with assistance from the other members of the Advisory Committee, will advise the student about course work each term; students are responsible for getting written or email notice of their advisement to the Linguistics Program office each term so that they can obtain computer clearance for registration. The major professor and Advisory Committee are responsible for consultation with each student to plan the student's Program of Study, to approve the final Program of Study, to administer M.A. and Ph.D. exams as appropriate, and to read and approve the thesis or dissertation. Program of Study Each student must complete a Program of Study which constitutes a logical whole. An official Program of Study form should be submitted to the program office by the end of the second term in residence; it may be revised later. The courses of the curricular track chosen by the student will constitute for bulk of courses in the Program of Study. At least half of the courses on the Program of Study should be for graduate students only (8000-level seminars and some 6000-level courses). No course may count towards more than one degree. Courses used to satisfy the research skills requirement may not be used in the Program of Study. No more than two units of LING 9010 Directed Readings (6 semester hours) may be included in the Program of Study. Directed Readings In order to register for LING 9010 Directed Readings, a student must prepare both a rationale, which indicates the justification for the Directed Reading and specifies the work to be performed to complete it, and a reading list. The faculty director of the Directed Reading and the student's major professor must sign the document. The student should turn in the signed rationale and reading list to the program Director at least one week before registering for the course. The Director may approve the rationale and reading list, or return it to the student for modification and resubmission. Directed Readings are not a replacement for the regularly scheduled courses of the program, and they will not be approved if they substantially duplicate a regular course. Directed Readings should normally be used to explore topics that are not covered in detail in regularly scheduled courses, or to develop lines of inquiry initiated in a regular course. Annual Review Annually before March 1 the Linguistics faculty conducts a review of student progress. In January of each year the program office will request that the major professor of each student will report the student's progress toward the degree to the Director as "Satisfactory" or "Unsatisfactory." Records of students with unsatisfactory reports will be taken up by the Linguistics faculty, which will recommend actions appropriate to the situation of the student, up to and including recommendation of nonrenewal of assistantships or dismissal from the program. Satisfactory progress means successful completion of course work towards the Program of Study; resolution of incomplete grades; planning and execution of the Program of Study, examinations, and thesis or dissertation in accordance with the published time schedule; or conduct of significant research towards the thesis or dissertation. For advanced students, satisfactory progress should include professional accomplishments beyond course and program requirements, such as publications and presentations at linguistics conferences. Advanced students are also strongly encouraged to present the results of their thesis and dissertation research at public gatherings of the Linguistics faculty and students. Those enrolled in the doctoral program must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. Deadlines Excluding summer terms, students are normally expected to complete the following tasks at the following times:
Graduate students have mail boxes in Gilbert Hall, next to room 140, and should check them regularly. All graduate students are also expected to obtain an electronic mail address as soon as possible. You do not need a computer of your own to send and receive mail; there are many campus computer labs for this purpose. The faculty will use this medium for regular contact with all students as part of the regular advising and instructional process. Through e-mail students will regularly receive announcements of interest.
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