- 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 DMus 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
Winter
- Additional required courses
- Composition tutorial
- 1-2 seminars
Summer
- Thesis research

Fall
- 1-2 seminars
- Composition tutorial
Winter
Summer
- Thesis research

Fall
- Thesis research


Fall
- Thesis research
- Final thesis submission
- December submission for Spring graduation

Candidates for doctoral degrees must complete the degree by the end of D.Mus. 7. Please note that students admitted after a master’s degree are normally considered to be D.Mus. 2 and not D.Mus. 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