| First Year |
| Winter Term |
Form D-1: Plan of Study (PDF) Replace page 2 with the one of these templates: Neuro (PDF), Health (PDF), Forensic (PDF), CBT (PDF), General |
| Spring Term |
Form D-2: Appointment of a Supervising Professor (PDF) |
| Comprehensive Exams |
Winter Term [Enter estimated date of comps orals as date] |
Form D-3: Doctoral Candidacy Committee Appointment & Exam Schedule (PDF) |
Summer Term [Not completed by students] |
Forms D-4 and D-4a: Reports on Candidacy Examination (PDF) Completed by comps committee post-comps |
| Master’s Thesis |
Following Masters thesis proposal [Should be brought to proposal meeting] |
Master's Thesis Approval Form (PDF) (Internal) |
Following Masters thesis defense [Should be brought to defense meeting] |
Thesis Approval Form (PDF); Chair withholds signature, pending revisions |
| Following completion of thesis revisions |
Thesis Approval Form (PDF); Chair signs Completion Form (PDF)/Submission of thesis to Library Application for M.S. Degree (PDF) |
| Dissertation |
| One month prior to dissertation proposal |
Form D-5: Appointment of the Thesis Advisory Committee (PDF) |
Following dissertation proposal [Should be brought to proposal meeting] |
Doctoral Dissertation Approval Form (PDF) (Internal) |
| Schedule several weeks in advance of dissertation submission deadline |
Dissertation Defense |
| One month prior to dissertation defense |
Form D-6: Appointment of the Final Oral Defense Committee (PDF) |
| Two weeks before graduation |
Submission of Finalized Dissertation Defense Form D-7: Report of the Final Oral Defense Committee (PDF) |
Following dissertation defense [Should be brought to defense] |
Thesis Approval Form (PDF); Chair withholds signature, pending revisions |
Following completion of dissertation revisions Due: Two weeks before graduation |
Thesis Approval Form (PDF); Chair signs |
| Internship |
| During and after internship, if completed all requirements except for dissertation defense |
Form D-5a (PDF) [Provisional] Annual Review of Doctoral Students (for Students on Internship and Beyond) |
| Graduation |
| Due Mid-February for June graduation |
Application for Degree (PDF) |
| Week 10 of term in which graduating |
Completion Form (PDF)/Submission of Dissertation to Library |
| Two weeks prior to graduation |
Drexel Ph.D. Exit Survey (PDF) Survey of Earned Doctorates (PDF) |