Timelines

Second-Year Timeline

                                                                                                                              (Not official - see the Dept. grad program site for official version)

Date Task(s) Details
Start of Year Declare supervisor Note, initial supervisor arrangement can be altered as you make plans for your thesis. However we need someone on record at the start of year.
Mid-Dec Form Supervisory Committee*
*advisor should be the one to do this		 Committee will help to oversee progress, deal with difficulties and issues of strategy as they arise.
March - April First Supervisory Committee meeting*
*advisor should arrange this		 Discuss thesis ideas and plans with committee. Provide a short (3-4p) Thesis Proposal, go over plan and timeline in detail with committee. Discuss "composition of Thesis Qualifier quorum", which means: which two other profs will be invited to assess the Thesis Qualifier?
April- May General/Literature Qualifiers
Tied to courses offered this semester.
June+ Thesis qualifier*
*committee, venue should be organized by advisor 		Distribute proposal at least 4 days in advance Include detailed (initial) timeline showing all understood tasks, all the way to graduation.
October Supervisory Committee meeting First of your bi-yearly meetings on thesis progress.
Write a 2-3 page summary of progress and difficulties.
Include (1) your original timeline. (2) a revised timeline with notes on alterations.
Meetings should start with 5-10min for discussion without the supervisor present, so you can discuss any difficulties with supervision.
They end with a discussion among faculty in which the grade is determined.