MS Student Final Exam Checklist

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky

Import from MS Plan of Study

Load a JSON file exported from the MS Plan of Study tool to auto-populate student info, committee, courses, and plan details.

I. Advisory Committee
Minimum of 3 "core" members. All must be members of the graduate faculty. 2 members must be full members of the graduate faculty.
# Committee Member Email
1
2
3
4
5
II. Courses
All course work should be approved by the student's Advisory Committee.
a. Core Courses (Must complete 3 of the 5 core courses with a grade of B or higher)
EE 611: Semester Grade
EE 661: Semester Grade
EE 621: Semester Grade
EE 685: Semester Grade
EE 640: Semester Grade
EE 641: Semester Grade
b. Advanced or Specialty Courses (Exclude EE 783 not contributing to pre-qualifying credit)
CourseSemesterGradeCredits CourseSemesterGradeCredits
III. Publications and Patents

Import from ORCID

Refereed Journal Articles
Format: AuthorLastName, First, "Title," Journal Name, vol. #, pp. 1-4, Month, Year.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Refereed Conference Publications
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Other Publications (including Patents)
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
IV. Awards & Activities
List any awards received, or significant activities, such as NSF ethics training.
V. Final Defense
See Rubrics for quantitative scoring.
? Quality of Writing (Thesis/Project):
? Quality of Oral Presentation:
? Quality of the Research:
? Ability to Field Technical Questions:
? Ability to Perform Creative Research:
Committee Recommendation:
Chair Signature

Scoring Rubric

Scoring should be between 1 – 4, with 4 being Exceptional and 1 being Unsatisfactory. Each committee member should provide an independent score. The average score of all committee members is to be entered on the checklist.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · University of Kentucky · 453 F. Paul Anderson Tower · Lexington, KY 40506 · (859) 257-1687
Last updated: 2026-02-23