First Year Students |
Fall |
- Attend RCR Orientation, which takes place week before classes start to complete 6 of the required 12 RCR credits
- Register for continuation, Chem 701, and 12 credits of graduate science classes
- Complete 3 lab rotations
- Register for any English courses deemed necessary for international students (if student can register for only one, Oral English course recommended first)
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Spring |
- Chair’s office will finalize formal affiliation with Primary Investigator
- Register for Continuation, Chem 701 and 8-12 credits of graduate science classes
- Register for any English course deemed necessary for international students
- Attend RCR Forums when available, each worth 2 credits towards required 12
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Summer |
- Register for continuation
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Second Year Students |
Fall |
- Register for continuation
- Register for remaining courses necessary to achieve 22 graduate science credits
- Register for Chem 801 Research, 6 credits
- Complete all required English courses for international students by end of this semester
- PI submits recommendation for supervisory committee. PI may consult with student or make the decision alone. Supervisory committees finalized by DGS office in December
- Attend RCR Forums when available, each worth 2 credits towards required 12
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Spring |
- Register for continuation
- Register for Chem 801 Research, 6 credits
- Turn in preliminary examination document to DGS office with copies for all supervisory committee members in early March
- Supervisory committee members return preliminary examination document, with comments and evaluation, to DGS office to be passed back to students for revision of document. Mid-March
- Submit finalized prelim document to supervisory committee at least one week in advance of the prelim exam
- Attend RCR Forums when available, each worth 2 credits towards required 12
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Summer |
- Register for continuation
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Third Year Students |
Fall |
- Register for continuation
- Work towards meeting Oral Presentation requirements by this point
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Spring |
- Register for continuation
- Turn in to DGS office your Annual Progress Report summing up academic milestones and research completed during that academic year in mid-May
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Summer |
- Register for continuation
- Propositional abstract due to Assistant DGS office by August 1
- Prop committee will return approved or unapproved prop abstracts with comments and evaluation to Assistant DGS to return to students in mid-August
- Submit revised abstract for review by Prop committee by September 1
- All RCR requirements should be completed by this time
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Fourth Year Students |
Fall |
- Register for continuation
- All propositional abstracts approved by committee by September 15
- Submit finalized written version of the research proposal to be provided to the examinign panel by October 15
- Sit propositional exame during first 2 weeks of November
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Spring |
- Register for continuation
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Summer |
- Register for continuation
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Fifth Year and Beyond Students |
- By this time, students have presented often enough to have fulfilled 2 Oral presentation requirements
- Turn in to the DGS office the Annual Progress Report summing up academic milestones and research completed during that academic year in Mid-May
- Students should be working towards completing dissertation in the next year
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