Advising Overview
Advising of chemistry graduate students is generally a departmental responsibility.
- For students who have not passed the candidacy examination, advising responsibilities fall to the Advisory Committee or Graduate Program Director (GPD).
- For those who have passed the candidacy examinations, the Dissertation Committee has the responsibility of advising individual graduate students and of monitoring their progress towards the desired graduate degree.
Note: Within the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, formal paperwork and general advice concerning course work, along with processing and approval of financial aid documents and forms has traditionally been the responsibility of the GPD.
The Student's Responsibility
It is ultimately the responsibility of each student to ensure that the necessary requirements for a degree are satisfied. All deviations or waivers from these requirements must be requested in writing from the Graduate Committee through the GPD
It is suggested that all Ph.D. Graduate Students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry keep a record of their progress toward the degree. This can be easily accomplished by keeping the following progress record form up to date.
