Year 3 guide

To Do Before School Starts:

Update your contact information, reporting new mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses to your Graduate Student Affairs Officer.

Talk to your Graduate Student Affairs Officer about getting your Oral Written Qualifying Exam scheduled for the Fall.

Fall Quarter:

You must be enrolled in 12 units by the end of Week 2. Make sure you are enrolled in MCDB 296 and 596.

You will complete your Oral Written Qualifying Exam this quarter. This requires a 10-15 page paper and a presentation to your Doctoral Committee. Please see the Graduate Handbook for details. When you complete this exam you will be Advanced to Candidacy.

Winter Quarter:

You must be enrolled in 12 units by the end of Week 2. Make sure you are enrolled in MCDB 296 and 599 (596 if you have not Advanced to Candidacy).

Spring quarter:

You must be enrolled in 12 units by the end of Week 2. Make sure you are enrolled in MCDB 296 and 599 (596 if you have not Advanced to Candidacy).

Other:

You will TA your second course sometime this year. Make sure to discuss with your mentor the best time for this requirement to be satisfied.

Check your BAR account every month. Pay bills by the 20th of the month to avoid holds.

Once you have Advanced to Candidacy, you can petition the department to pay for travel to a conference where you are presenting a poster. Send an email to Courtney with this request.

Notify your Graduate Student Affairs Officer immediately if you decide to reconstitute your graduate committee so that she can begin processing the paperwork.