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
- Study plan: Complete and approve plan for degree, including timing of courses and academic milestones (e.g., comprehensive examination, progress tracking).
- Additional required courses
- 2 seminars
- Colloquium attendance
Winter
- Additional required courses
- 2 seminars
- Colloquium attendance
- Progress report
Summer
Draft of comprehensive bibliography and topics
Fall
- Complete coursework
- Colloquium attendance
- Complete comprehensive bibliography & topics
Winter
- Colloquium attendance
- Comprehensive examinations
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
Fall
- Ethics approval (if required)
- Thesis proposal and oral presentation
- Language requirement examination
Winter
- Thesis research
- Progress report
Summer
- Thesis research
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
- 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 on the grad and postdoc website
