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Recommended timeline

• Take 9 graduate credits per semester 
• Between second and sixth semesters: Complete written qualifying exams in the theory of Mathematical Statistics and one of the following: Probability or Applied Statistics. 
• Second year (third and fourth semesters): Meet with faculty to select potential adviser and make a preliminary selection of the dissertation topic. 
• Beginning of the fourth semester: Secure Graduate Advisory Committee.
• Fifth semester: Complete Ph.D. Program of Study form, confirm with adviser, and secure committee signatures 
• Fifth semester: Start working on the dissertation with adviser. 
• By the end of sixth semester: Complete oral exam in the area of specialty. 
• Seventh semester: Have dissertation draft (first chapter is ready, there is a clear plan for the other chapters). 
• Eighth semester: Complete dissertation draft, discuss with committee, finalize dissertation according to committee recommendations, present the dissertation.

Forms that are required to be submitted to the graduate school

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  • For doctoral and MFA students, completed form must be submitted to Graduate School by the end of the student’s 3rd semester.

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  • For master’s students, completed form must be submitted to Graduate School by
    the end of the student’s third semester
  • For doctoral students, completed form must be submitted to Graduate School by
    the end of the student’s fourth semester

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  • For doctoral students who completed all requirements except for the dissertation

• • Must be submitted to the graduate school several weeks in advance.

• Notice of completion – the completed form should be submitted after all requirements have been met.
  

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Master’s degrees

All course work must be completed within six years preceding the awarding of the degree.