Whereas the
Ph.D. program in Entomology and Applied Ecology was initiated September 1,
2000, after provisional approval by the Faculty Senate in 1999, and
Whereas the
expected time for completing a doctoral degree in this field of study for
fulltime students is three to four years after earning the master’s degree and
five to six years following the bachelor’s degree, and
Whereas the
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, which administers this program,
up to this point has recruited a respectable number of well qualified students
for this program, has four students holding a master’s degree who are making
satisfactory progress in the program, and has 10 out of 30 students in the
department’s two master’s programs who have excellent potential for continuing
in the Ph.D. program, and
Whereas, based
on the need for a program of this nature to have seven years at a minimum to
recruit applicants and reach a point of successfully graduating students, and
the belief that this program is making satisfactory progress, the Committee on
Graduate Studies recommends that the Ph.D. program in Entomology and Applied
Ecology be granted a three-year extension before review for permanent status,
be it therefore
Resolved that
an extension of three years is granted for the provisional status of the
Ph.D. Program in Entomology and Applied Ecology, which will then be reviewed
for permanent status during the 2007 academic year.