GRADUATE POLICY HANDBOOK Department of English Academic Requirements TIMELINE FOR PH.D. STUDENTS Required Timetable for Full-time Ph.D. Students entering Fall 2011 or later In order to remain in Academic Good Standing during the Ph.D. program, you must meet the deadlines in this chart. This chart assumes that all deadlines are met (i.e., no probationary semesters). See the Graduate Handbook, Good to calculate deadlines when “Academic Standing” there have been probationary semesters. Note that there are other requirements for maintaining good standing (e.g., maintaining a cumulative B average) that are also detailed in the Academic Good Standing section of the Graduate Handbook. The of will normally show “Plan Work” the dissertation being completed in a way that allows the student to go on the market in Semester 11 (e.g., the major content chapters done by Oct. 1 of Semester 11 and remaining chapters completed and defended by the end of Semester 12). Coursework Years 1 & 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (post MA)* Sem 4: Sem 5: Sem 6: Sem 7: Sem 8: Sem 9 & 10: Sem 11 & 12 Sem 13 & 14 Coursework Sem Coursework Sem Coursework. Exam All other Dissertation Dissertation Dissertation Dissertation Dissertation proposal requirements Prospectus chapters chapters chapters completed. 1 3: Presentation must be for candidacy approved by completed completed completed & 2: of public approved must be dissertation according to according to according to the Defense and paper by the and exams completed by committee the Plan of the Plan of Plan of Work certification by end of this must be the end of by end of Work Work approved with end of Spring semester passed by semester (no semester. approved approved the prospectus. semester. (Rhetoric end of incompletes, See with the with the students). semester. two prospectus. prospectus “Prospectus semesters of Development Draft Exam teaching & and Initial Plan Proposal in internship, of Work Submission” Directed language for specific must be Readings requirement deadlines. approved by (76-911). for LCS ABD status the Graduate students). must be Committee. attained. *Students entering with a BA have an additional year of classwork. Rather than being due Semester 4, the draft exam proposal is due Semester 6, followed by the same progression over 5 years as shown above, for a total of 8 years. Carnegie Mellon University Page 20
Coursework Years 1 & 2 (post MA)* Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Sem 1 & 2: Coursework Sem 3: Coursework Sem 4: Coursework. Presentation of public paper by the end of this semester (Rhetoric students). Draft Exam Proposal in Directed Readings (76-911). Sem 5: Exam proposal must be approved and exams must be passed by end of semester. Sem 6: All other requirements for candidacy must be completed by the end of semester (no incompletes, two semesters of teaching & internship, language requirement for LCS students). Sem 7: Dissertation Prospectus approved by dissertation committee by end of semester. See “Prospectus Development and Submission” for specific deadlines. ABD status must be attained. Sem 8: Dissertation chapters completed according to the Plan of Work approved with the prospectus. Initial Plan of Work must be approved by the Graduate Committee. Sem 9 & 10: Dissertation chapters completed according to the Plan of Work approved with the prospectus Sem 11 & 12 Dissertation chapters completed according to the Plan of Work approved with the prospectus. Sem 13 & 14 Dissertation completed. Defense and certification by end of Spring semester. GRADUATE POLICY HANDBOOK Department of English Academic Requirements TIMELINE FOR PH.D. STUDENTS Required Timetable for Full-time Ph.D. Students entering Fall 2011 or later In order to remain in Academic Good Standing during the Ph.D. program, you must meet the deadlines in this chart. This chart assumes that all deadlines are met (i.e., no probationary semesters). See the Graduate Handbook, “Academic Good Standing” to calculate deadlines when there have been probationary semesters. Note that there are other requirements for maintaining good standing (e.g., maintaining a cumulative B average) that are also detailed in the Academic Good Standing section of the Graduate Handbook. The “Plan of Work” will normally show the dissertation being completed in a way that allows the student to go on the market in Semester 11 (e.g., the major content chapters done by Oct. 1 of Semester 11 and remaining chapters completed and defended by the end of Semester 12). *Students entering with a BA have an additional year of classwork. Rather than being due Semester 4, the draft exam proposal is due Semester 6, followed by the same progression over 5 years as shown above, for a total of 8 years. Carnegie Mellon University Page 20