Meet with your supervisor regularly and complete progress reports each year.
- See course and program requirements for your McGill degree
- Monitor your progress towards your degree
- Receive reminders of upcoming or missed academic milestones in thesis graduate programs
Fall & Winter
Students in PhD 1 have been accepted into the program without a Master's Degree, or with a Master's Degree in an unrelated field, and complete a series of additional preparatory courses during this year.
Fall
- By December 15:
. Progress Report, Letter of Understanding and Study Plan - Additional required courses
- 1-2 seminars
- Colloquium attendance
Winter
- Additional required courses
- 1-3 seminars
- Colloquium attendance
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Additional required courses
- 1-2 seminars
- Colloquium attendance
Winter
- Complete coursework
- Comprehensive exam
- Colloquium attendance
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Thesis research
- General Examinations MUTH 711
Winter
- Thesis research
- Thesis Proposal and Presentation
- 1st language exam
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Thesis research
Winter
- Thesis research
- Colloquium presentation (must be completed prior to dissertation submission)
- Teaching Practicum MUTH 710
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Thesis research
- December submission for Spring graduation
Winter
By end of PhD 6
- April thesis submission for Fall graduation
Candidates for doctoral degrees must complete the degree by the end of Ph.D. 7. Please note that students admitted after a master’s degree are normally considered to be Ph.D. 2 and not Ph.D. D1 (direct entry). Information about Time Limitation is available here.
Progress Reports and Degree Audit Forms
Graduate Progress Report Guidelines, Graduate Student Progress Tracking Report and Audit Forms can be found HERE
