Timeline

First Year

  • English 396L, Laboratory in Pedagogy
  • MTL 334A/B, Introductory Seminar in The Modern Tradition
  • Coursework over next 2 years includes 9 courses in modern literary studies, 8 in non-literature departments
  • Qualifying paper
  • Competency in first language certified.
  • One quarter Teaching Assistantship (TA) in English

 

Second Year

  • Coursework continues
  • One quarter as TA (Apprenticeship)
  • Two quarters as TF
  • Application for Ph.D. Minor, if appropriate
  • File for Ph.D. candidacy / file Interdisciplinary statement

 

Third Year

  • Required coursework completed (all incompletes cleared)
  • One quarter as TA in English or other department
  • Competency in 2nd language certified
  • Oral Exam passed
  • Dissertation Colloquium completed
  • Develop preliminary dissertation title

 

Fourth/Fifth Year

  • Dissertation - no teaching obligations
  • File for TGR status