Doctoral Timelines text description

Doctoral Timelines

Included are doctoral timelines for three different students.

Student #1

• Traditional thesis
• Faculty of Science
• Full-time

Year 1

• September to December: Coursework (one course taken at the University of Waterloo)
• January to August: Comprehensive exam #1

Year 2

• September to December: Research
• January to April: Comprehensive exam #2

Year 3

• Data collection

Year 4

• Wrote thesis

Year 5

• September to July: Wrote/revised thesis
• August: Defend

Student #2

• Sandwich thesis
• Faculty of Engineering
• Full-time

Year 1

• September to April: Coursework
• January to August: Comprehensive exams

Year 2

• September to December: Failed comprehensive exams; took medical leave

Year 3

• June to October: Defended proposal
• November to August: Lab work; published three joint-authored articles

Year 4

• September to March: Wrote introduction and chapter introductions for sandwich thesis
• June: Defend

Student #3

• Traditional thesis
• Faculty of Business
• Part-time

Year 1

• Coursework (one course per semester)

Year 2

• Parental leave

Year 3

• Coursework (one course per semester)

Years 4 to 5

• Comprehensive exams

Year 6

• Research

Years 7 to 8

• Write

Year 8

• August: Defend