Year 1:

• Form Ph.D. Advisory Committee
• Remedy basic coursework requirements/deficiencies
• Submit Doctoral Transfer Credit Approval Form (Departmental)
• Identify secondary area of concentration
• Submit Annual Progress Report (Departmental)

Year 2:

• Complete coursework
• Begin Dissertation Research Proposal
• Submit Annual Progress Report (Departmental)

Year 3:

• Complete Dissertation Research Proposal
• Submit Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Hearing Form (Milestones)
• Submit Application for the Doctoral Preliminary Examination(s) (Milestones)
• Complete Preliminary Examination/Defense of Dissertation Research Proposal
• Submit Doctoral Preliminary Examination Warrant (Departmental)
• Submit Application for Doctoral Dissertator Status (Milestones)
• Submit Annual Progress Report (Departmental)

Year 4:

• Dissertation Research
• Prepare manuscript for publication
• Submit Annual Progress Report (Departmental)

Year 5:

• Submit Application for Graduation (PAWS)
• Submit manuscript for publication
• Present departmental Colloquium
• Dissertation Defense
• Graduation