PhD students are required to complete the following milestones. Additional details and links to forms can be found at the bottom of the page.
- Register each semester. Please see section on听registration for full details
- Review the Department of Psychiatry听
Letter of understanding听with your supervisor. This letter is designed to promote dialogue between the supervisor(s) and the graduate student, to define expectations, and to increase awareness of department and faculty policies and procedures.听Fill out the expectations section on pages 5 and 6, and sign on page 7. An in-person meeting is recommended but not required. Once signed, the letter can be uploaded directly to听. See听丑别谤别听for further instructions. Letters of understanding are due 30 days after the program starts. - By the end of your first semester, you must have constituted an advisory committee (see below) and submitted your first听Research Progress Tracking form.听This first progress tracking step is meant to ensure that the research objectives have been clearly outlined, and the form must only be signed by the student and supervisor (the advisory committee does not need to be present). Once signed, this form can be uploaded directly to听.听
- By the end of your first year in the program, you must hold an advisory committee (all members) meeting and then submit a听Research Progress Tracking form. You must also complete and submit the听 PhD Advisory Committee Form. Once signed, both听forms can be uploaded directly to听. Advisory committee meetings are mandatory, and must be held at the end of each year in the program.听All committee members of the advisory committee must attend these meetings.
Students should submit their progress reports according to the following timelines:听
- September admission: Objectives by December 31; Progress reports by August 31
- January admission: Objectives by April 30, Progress reports by December 31
- Advisory committee: This committee, selected together with the supervisor, will consist of the thesis supervisor and other professors who will advise the student about his/her research program. For PhD students, the committee will be composed of the supervisor and two other professors in the department.听听
- All PhD students must complete a comprehensive exam by the end of their second year and register for the course PSYT 701:听Comprehensive Exam Mental Health. 听Please see the comprehensive exam section for more details.
Forms |
| Letter of understanding |
| PhD Advisory Committee Form |
| GPS Graduate Student Research Progress Tracking Form听 |
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