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Courses completed

Core Comp: Subject (Micro, Macro, PE)____________, Date (Month & Year): __________

Second Comp: Subject ____________________, Date (Month & Year): __________

Field 1 Name: ____________________

Field 2 Name: ____________________

Pre-Prospectus Presentation. Date (Month & Year): __________

Prospectus Writing

Prospectus Completed. Date (Month & Year): __________

Dissertation writing

Economics Graduate Program Progress Report - Fourth Year and Later

This form is to be completed by all fourth-year and older students by December 1 in the fall semester, and by May 1 in the spring semester. On completion and submission, students will receive an evaluation of their progress and the milestones they will have to complete to remain eligible for Tier-1 after their sixth year.

The formal doctoral program requirements may be found at:

http://www.umass.edu/economics/sites/default/files/DoctoralProgramRequirements.pdf

Student: ______________________________

Advisor: ______________________________

Years in Program: _______

Where a question does not apply to you please indicate with N/A.

1. At what stage in the program are you? Please check all that apply.

2. Do you have any incompletes? Do you have outstanding required coursework? Please list all incomplete and outstanding courses and your plans to complete them.

4. If you have not completed your fields please provide a plan, including timeline and names ofcourses, for how you intend to complete them.

3. If you have not completed your comprehensive exams, how do you intend to complete them? When(month & year)? With permission, you may write a paper for your second comp. If you choosethe comp paper option, in what field or on what subject will you be writing? Which faculty willserve on your comps committee?

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__________________________________ _________________ Student Date

After signing, please forward this form to your advisor.

Economics Department Fourth-Year Graduate Progress Report (Version date: October 30, 2018)

Please answer ONE of the three questions below:

5a. If you have not begun writing your prospectus, please describe the obstacles that have impeded your progress. Please provide a plan for the progress you aim to make over the next semester.

5b. If you are working on your prospectus, please give a detailed plan (including timeline) of when you expect to complete your prospectus.

5c. If you are working on your dissertation, please give a detailed plan (including timeline) of when you expect to complete your dissertation.

6. List other significant program-related activities or events that have advanced or hindered yourprogress toward your degree: teaching, research, conferences, publications, grants, awards,Graduate School activities, etc.

Advisor's Comments and Evaluation Is the student making adequate progress towards completion of their degree?

Please evaluate the student's progress and the feasibility of the student's plans and time-line. If you answered "No" above, are there extenuating circumstances that explain the slower-than-expected progress?

Do you expect the student to have completed their dissertation by the end of their 6th year?

If No, please provide a date of expected completion and a justification:

_________________ __________________________________ Advisor Date

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