PhD Timeline and deadlines
Year 1
Fall term
- Fellowship
- (3) seminars
spring term
- Fellowship
- (3) seminars
- First-year review by faculty and DGS
Year 2
fall term
- Teach (1) course
- (2) seminars
spring term
- Teach (1) course
- (2) seminar
- Summer Fellowship
Year 3
fall term
- Teach (1) course
- (2) seminars
- PhD Project committee formed by December
spring term
- Teach (1) course
- (1) seminar
- Project proposal reviewed by Graduate Procedures Committee by April
- Summer teaching support
Year 4
fall term
- Teach (1) course
- Independent study for project paper and exams
- Project exams by December (Language requirements fulfilled)
spring term
- Teach (1) course
- Dissertation research credits
- Form dissertation committee
- Dissertation prospectus approved
Year 5
fall term
- Teach (1) course or dissertation fellowship
- Dissertation research credits
spring term
- Teach (1) course or dissertation fellowship
- Dissertation research credits
Year 6*
fall term
- Teach (1) course
- Dissertation research credits
- Job application process
spring term
- Teach (1) course
- Dissertation research credits
- Dissertation defense by end of April
* A sixth year of funding as a Teaching Fellow can be applied for but is not guaranteed. The award of a sixth year of funding as a Teaching Fellow is contingent upon the student's satisfactory progress toward the degree and his or her teaching record as evidenced in the application for a sixth year of funding, as well as the department's staffing needs and allocation of Teaching Fellowships.
