Graduate Requirements Timeline

Year	Semester	Classes	beginning of semester	by end of semester
I	1	first-year classes
	2	first-year classes (incl. indep. study)
	summer	generals paper research
II	3	Workshop 1 (or wait until Spring) (other classes) some students TA
	4	Workshop 1 (if not completed in Fall) (other classes)		defend Generals 1
	summer	generals paper research
III	5	Workshop 2 (or wait until Spring) (other classes)	declare Area of Specialization		department warning if no Generals 1
	6	Workshop 2 (if not completed in Fall) (other classes)		defend Generals 2	Vice Chancellor's warning if no Generals 1
	summer
IV	7				registration denial if no Generals 1 department warning if no Generals 2
	8	dissertation	form dissertation committee	submit dissertation prospectus	Vice Chancellor's warning if no Generals 2
	summer
V	9	dissertation			registration denial if no Generals 2
	10	dissertation
	summer			defend dissertation