Student Activity Report

Doctoral students in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society are required to complete an annual Student Activity Report (SAR). The SAR helps the department track students' degree progress and professional accomplishments, and helps students identify and set goals and prepare for their future career. The SAR is modeled after the activity report that CLS faculty complete every year.

The annual reporting period for the SAR is from June 1 to May 31. The online SAR survey opens in May/June, and is due by July 15. PhD students are also required to submit an updated CV and Program of Study form to the Director of Graduate Programs along with their completed SAR.   

The SAR survey gathers data about degree progress, research activities, teaching and mentoring activities, service, and department or university events attended. Students also have the opportunity to share any challenges they faced and their plans for the upcoming year.

The Student Performance Committee (comprised of three members of the CLS graduate faculty) reviews submitted SARs and provides brief feedback to students. Students who fail to submit a SAR by the deadline will be marked as unsatisfactory; this may have implications for students (e.g. lack of department support for timeline extension requests, denials of special funding requests, etc.).