Advising

The Department of Physics is committed to providing academic advising in support of graduate student scholarly and professional development. When most effective, this advising relationship entails collaborative and sustained engagement by the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. The department has created resources to facilitate annual advisor/advisee conversations that can be found here. opens in a new tab The advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity. Physics Ph.D. students are expected to identify their research advisor by the Fall of their 2nd year in the program, and submit the advisor declaration form opens in a new tabto the department, identifying their primary research advisor, co-advisor (if applicable), and advisor of record (if applicable) .

Faculty advisors guide students in critical areas such as selecting courses, designing and conducting research, developing teaching pedagogy, navigating policies and degree requirements, and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways.

Graduate students are active contributors to the advising relationship, proactively seeking academic and professional guidance and taking responsibility for informing themselves of policies and degree requirements for their graduate program.