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Requirements for Ph.D. Program
First Year
Fall Classes: 601, 603, 610, 791ASpring Classes: 604, 606, 791A, two electives
Second Year
Fall Classes: 791A, 3rd year seminar, seminars and proseminars- Choose first Doctoral Guidance Committee (DGC) with GPD by end of November
- Attend DGC meeting
Spring Classes: 791A, 2nd Year Seminar, seminars/proseminars
- Submit first Generals to DGC by end of November
- Defend first Generals before end of classes
- Choose second DGC with GPD by end of November
- Attend DGC meeting
Third Year
Fall Classes: 791A, 3rd year seminar, seminars and proseminars- File first Generals by first day of classes
- Submit second Generals by end of November
- Defend second Generals before end of classes
- Attend DGC meeting
Spring Classes: 791A, 3-unit course and 6 units of independent study
- File second Generals by first day of classes
- Notify Graduate Program Secretary of Breadth paper
- Ask Graduate Program Secretary to prepare D-2 memo
- Attend DGC meeting
Fourth Year
Fall Classes: seminar and/or Dissertation Credits- Write dissertation prospectus
- By Doctoral Guidance Day, submit prospectus to Graduate Program Secretary
- Attend DGC meeting
Spring Classes: seminar and/or Dissertation Credits
- Form a dissertation committee
- Ask Graduate Program Secretary to prepare D-3 memo
- Submit approved dissertation Prospectus by May
- Prepare D-4 memo
Fifth Year
Fall Classes: program fee or Dissertation Credits- Check to see if your statute of limitations has expired
Spring Classes: Dissertation Credits or program fee
- Set up defense by middle of April
- Ask Graduate Program Secretary to prepare a D-5 memo
- Defend dissertation by end of May
- Submit a D-6 “defense results” memo