Year 1
- Take graduate level courses
- Identify a research advisor
- Join a research group
Year 2
- Take more grad-level courses
- Take PhD Exams
- Complete First Mentored Research & Paper
- Complete Masters degree
Year 3
- Identity Specific PhD Topic
- Complete Preliminary PhD Research & Paper
- Draft PhD Proposal
Year 4
- Defend Proposal
- Complete More Research
- Write Research Papers
Year 5/6
- Complete More Research
- Write Research Papers
- Write and Defend Dissertation