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 Ph.D. 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
- Additional required courses
- Required courses
- Colloquium attendance
- Select and meet with supervisor(s)
- By December 15:
Progress Report, Letter of Understanding and Study Plan
Winter
- Additional required courses
- Required seminars
- Colloquium attendance
- Progress Report
Summer
- Draft of comprehensive bibliography
Fall
- Complete coursework
- Colloquium attendance
- Complete comprehensive bibliography
- Notification of intention to take comprehensive exam in Winter (Nov. 1)
- Submit comprehensive bibliography (Dec. 1)
Winter
- Colloquium attendance
- Comps written exam (Apr. 1)
- Comps Oral exam (May)
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research (e.g., research design and ethics application preparation)
Fall
- Thesis Proposal & oral presentation
- Thesis Research (e.g., Ethics approval, data collection)
Winter
- Thesis Research (e.g., data collection and analysis)
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research (e.g., data collection and analysis, write-up)
Fall
- Thesis research
Winter
- Thesis research
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Thesis research
- Final thesis submission
- December submission for Spring graduation
Winter
By end of PhD 6
- Thesis submission if not yet done, for Fall defense, Winter 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
