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Home > Graduate Program > PhD > Timeline

Time Line for Ph.D. Students

By the End of Semester
  Milestones
1
  Define an Independent Study Course Topic and Choose a Faculty Advisor
2
  Submit A Paper Summarizing The Independent Study By The Last Day Of Finals
2+one month
  Make An Oral Presentation of The Independent Study Paper
2+2 months
  Submit and Obtain Approval for a Course Plan
2
  Register for First Teaching Practicum
3
  Choose a Topic for a Thesis
3
  Register for Second Teaching Practicum
4
  Register for Third Teaching Practicum
5
  Present and Obtain Approval for a Thesis Approval
8
  Present a Departmental Seminar
  Submit a Dissertation Draft to your Advisor
  Submit a Revised Dissertation Draft to Your Dissertation Committee
TD-3weeks
  Publicize for Thesis Presentation
TD
  Defend Thesis
  Make Corrections and Modifications to Thesis
GD-4weeks
  Submit a Copy of the Thesis to the Graduate Group Chair for Approval
GD
  Submit Final Thesis to the Graduate School
GD
  Graduate

 

TD = thesis-defense date
GD = graduation date

   
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