Sample
Timeline to Completion |
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| Year | Semester | Full-time | Part-time |
| 1st | Fall |
9 hrs core/field/elective | 3 hrs core/field/elective |
| Spring | 9 hrs | 3 hrs | |
| Summer | 3 hrs | 6 hrs | |
| 2nd | Fall | 9 hrs | 3 hrs |
| Spring | 6 hrs | 3 hrs | |
| Summer | Study | 6 hrs | |
| 3rd | Fall | 3 hrs Dissertation Seminar Candidacy exams |
3 hrs |
| Spring | 3 hrs Dissertation | 3 hrs | |
| Summer | 1 hr Dissertation | 6 hrs | |
| 4th | Fall | 3 hrs Dissertation | 3 hrs Dissertation Seminar Candidacy exams |
| Spring | 2 hrs Dissertation Oral Defense/Graduate |
2 hrs Dissertation | |
| Summer | 2 hrs Dissertation | ||
| 5th | Fall | 2 hrs Dissertation | |
| Spring | 1 hr Dissertation | ||
| Summer | 1 hr Dissertation | ||
| 6th | Fall | 1 hr Dissertation Oral Defense/Graduate |
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These samples represent extremes of fast-track, full-time plus summer or part-time at close to the minimum rate of progress. Many students will likely fall somewhere in between, while a few may take an additional semester or year.
Please note: Once a student has passed candidacy examinations, she/he need only take 1 hour of dissertation credit to be classified as a full-time student. The program requires 9 hours of dissertation; therefore, the charts above reflect an apportionment of those hours over the likely amount of time required to write a dissertation.