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1. What is the Advisor/Advisee Ratio?
- A hallmark of CDFS graduate programs involves individual attention
- Graduate students work one-on-one with their advisors.
- Advisors typically have from 1 to 5 graduate students
- Incoming students benefit from working with one another and with more senior graduate students
Graduate students work with a variety of CDFS faculty through independent study credits.
2. What are the average years for a graduate student to earn a PhD in CDFS?
- Graduate students who enter with a Master's Degree typically take 4 years to earn a PhD
- Graduate students who enter with a Bachelor's Degree typically take 5 years to earn a PhD
3. What are the criteria for admissions to CDFS graduate programs?
An applicant must have:
- a good academic record
- strong letters of recommendation from faculty members
- demonstrated ability to pursue graduate research training
- results of the Graduate Record Examination Verbal and Quantitative tests
- research interests consistent with faculty expertise in CDFS
Students for whom English is a Second Language also must:
- submit official results of TOEFL iBT : A minimum score of 20 is required on each section (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of the test, as well as a minimum total of 100 is required .
- participate in a telephone interview
4. What types of funding opportunities are available do graduate student typically receive?
- Graduate students typically receive funding that covers their tuition and fees and also pays a stipend or monthly salary.
- Graduate students who work at least 20 hours a week are also eligible for health insurance
- Funding is usually awarded in the form of assistantships
- CDFS has a wide range of assistantships, including research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and special opportunity assistantships to work in the child development laboratories, center for families, or the college diversity office.
- Fellowships may be available to eligible students.
http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/funding/Fellowships_index.cfm#fellowship
5. Which professional associations do faculty and graduate students belong to and participate in?
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
- International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Council of Family Relations (NCFR)
- Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)
- Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD)
- Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD)
6. What can incoming students expect in the first year?
First-year graduate students usually take 9 credit hours (2 graduate classes, research credits, and weekly research seminar), including to those that have fellowships/assistantships (20 hrs/week).
In addition, CDFS provides:
- A temporary advisor to guide you through decisions and courses the first year
- A graduate student mentor to provide peer support
- The ability to select a permanent advisor from the CDFS faculty
- Seminars in theory of individual development and family development
- World class training in statistical and research methodologies
- Opportunities to commence a research project of your own
- Research seminars and lectures across Purdue's campus
- MFT students also experience training specialized to their degree Marriage and Family Therapy
http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cdfs/pages/research/index.html
7. What activities are available for graduate students outside of school?
- Opportunities to interact with other graduate students in CDFS' other program areas (CDFS Graduate Student Association) including multiple social events
- Over 350 campus student organizations to fulfill anyone's interests
- Access to major cities and airports (Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati)
Email the CDFS Graduate Program
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