This December the Department will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary with a banquet to be held at the Renissance Hotel downtown, join us for a night of more...
Each year the department offers a variety of topics under the course numbed 360B. This year we are offering courses in Modern Japanese Literature, Cultures of Manga and Anime More...
Graduate
Normative Guidelines for Progress to Ph.D. Degree
| Note: FoGS guidelines have established 6 years as the maximum time to Ph.D.; the 5-year program outlined below assumes students will also take a year abroad at some point in their studies for language training or dissertation research |
| Upon Arrival |
| Establish language requirements with advisor |
| Choose courses, bearing in mind PhD requirements regarding "theory/methodology" courses both inside and outside the department |
| Year 1 |
| Course work, including Asia 570 |
| Work toward language requirements |
| Year 2 |
| Complete course work requirements |
| Constitute comprehensive exam committee |
| Compose and finalize comprehensive exam list |
| Read for comprehensive exam |
| Year 3 |
| Complete language requirements (either through challenge exam or coursework at the 300-level, as established with advisor) |
| Read for comprehensive exam |
| Late Year 3 / Summer before Year 4 |
| Write comprehensive exams* |
| Defend comprehensive exam* |
| Year 4 |
| Form dissertation committee |
| Defend dissertation prospectus |
| Begin writing dissertation |
| Year 5 |
| Finish writing dissertation |
| Oral Defense (bearing in mind that the final draft of the dissertation, approved by all committee members, must be filed with FoGS 2 months before the date of the oral defense) |
| * Note: According to FoGS guidelines, students are expected to complete their comprehensive examination within 24 months from the date of initial registration. The department usually files for an extension of this period during the students third year, if necessary. A student who is not admitted to candidacy within 36 months from date of initial registration must withdraw from the program. Extension of this period may be permitted by the Dean of Graduate Studies in exceptional circumstances. |