Timings assume full-time degree pacing. It is expected that full-time students complete their program of study within four years. Part-time degree pacing assumes up to double time from these benchmark timelines. Any request for a time limit extension must be made formally to the Program Director and the Dean of Graduate Studies.
The project should be designed at the outset to meet these estimated deadlines:
Year 1
- Meet with Supervisor (1 week)
- Form and meet with Supervisory Committee (8-12 months)
- Begin coursework (12-16 months)
Year 2
- Complete coursework. Draft and revise Learning Plan (16-20 months)
- Meet with Supervisory Committee (At least every 6 months with reporting at 12-month intervals)
- Submit and defend Qualifying Examination Dossier (20-24 months)
Year 3
- Meet with Supervisory Committee (At least every 6 months with reporting at 12-month intervals)
- Research and write (24-40 months)
Year 4
- Dissertation draft to Supervisor (40 months)
- Dissertation draft to Examining Committee (45 months)
- Give 30-minute talk on dissertation research - arrange with IDSR Program Office
- Defend dissertation (47 months)
- Submit successfully defended version of dissertation to School of Graduate Studies (48 months)