Milestones for Graduate Students
First Year
Q1 - Fall
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Take most required courses
- LING 519 - RCR training course
Q2 - Winter
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Continue taking most required courses
- LING 519 - RCR training course
Q3 - Spring
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Complete the most required courses
- LING 519 - RCR training course
- Identify Qualifying Paper (QP) advisor (must be a core faculty in the Linguistics Department):
- In GSTS send an invitation to the research/QP advisor
- Once the invitation is accepted, mark committee as complete in GSTS
- DGS approves QP advisor in GSTS
Q4 - Summer
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Complete the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training – LING 519
- Identify a Qualifying Paper second reader (can be someone outside the Linguistics Department):
- In GSTS send an invitation to the second research/QP advisor
- Once the invitation is accepted, mark committee as complete in GSTS
- DGS approves QP committee in GSTS
Second Year
Q5 - Fall
Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
Q6 - Winter
Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
Q7 - Spring
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Presentation of Qualifying Paper research to the Department:
- Present QP research at QP fest (DGS announces the date in the beginning of the Spring Quarter)
- The Qualifying Paper should address any comments that are received during the QP fest
Q8 - Summer
- Full-time enrollment (3-4 units of coursework or LING590)
- Qualifying Paper must be completed and approved by Qualifying Paper committee*:
- QP committee read and sign off the QP
- Send email with attached final copy of the Qualifying Paper to DGS and Graduate Program Assistant (GPA) cc-ing QP advisor and the second QP reader; that confirms that the QP has been approved
- GPA saves the QP and approval email in student’s file
- DGS updates GSTS to complete Qualifying Paper milestone
*This can be used to satisfy the requirements for an MA Thesis. Student needs to contact the Department office to apply for MA degree.
- Identification of dissertation advisor:
- In GSTS send an invitation to the dissertation advisor (must be a core faculty in the Linguistics Department)
- Once the invitation is accepted, mark committee as complete in GSTS
- DGS approves the dissertation advisor in GSTS.
Third Year
Q9 - Fall
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500 and/or coursework)
Q10 - Winter
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500 and/or coursework)
Q11 - Spring
- Full-time enrollment (TGS 500 and/or coursework)
- Identification of complete dissertation committee (consists of the dissertation advisor as a chair and at least two other committee members*):
- In GSTS send invitation to the dissertation committee members
- Once the invitations are accepted, mark committee as complete in GSTS
- DGS approves the dissertation committee in GSTS
Q12 - Summer
- Full-time enrollment (TGS 500 and/or coursework)
- Satisfaction of Foreign Language requirement
- Using Plan of Study in GSTS confirm with DGS that all coursework requeirement have been completed
- Complete and successfully defend (in a closed oral defense) a Dissertation Prospectus and advance to candidacy:
- Write up a dissertation prospectus and distributes it to the dissertation committee members; the dissertation committee read and comment on the prospectus
- Call for a meeting and defend the prospectus
- Once the prospectus is approved, submit Qualifying Exam and Prospectus forms in GSTS
- GPA approves Qualifying Exam and Prospectus forms in GSTS
- TGS advances the student to candidacy
Fourth Year
Q13 - Fall
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q14 - Winter
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q15 - Spring
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q16 - Summer
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Fifth Year
Q17 - Fall
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q18 - Winter
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q19 - Spring
Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
Q20 - Summer
- Full-time enrollment (TGS 500)
- Successful oral defense of approved dissertation and graduation by 08/31:
- Send out the draft of the dissertation to the dissertation committee and set up a private defense with the dissertation committee
- The dissertation committee reads, attends the private defense and evaluates the dissertation
- The dissertation committee approves the draft of the dissertation for public defense
- Contact GPA to reserve a room for public defense and distribute a dissertation defense flyer
- Fill out Final Exam form in GSTS
- After the public defense, revise the dissertation (if required).
- The dissertation committee approves the revised dissertation in GSTS
- Submit the final copy of your dissertation to TGS and send the same copy to GPA
- GPA approves Final Exam form in GSTS
- PDF of dissertation is kept for records and posted on the Linguistics department website