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    The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) is the focal point of the collaborative research activities of the Graduate Center. It promotes interdisciplinary research, partners with GC Research Centers, Institutes and Interdisciplinary Committees, connects the research activities of CUNY faculty at the Colleges to GC research programs and seminars, and provides a home for outstanding visiting scholars to collaborate with faculty and students. ARC offers support to GC doctoral students pursuing research as well as to postdoctoral students who have completed their initial projects.
 

Sample Schedule

SAMPLE SCHEDULES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE Ph.D. IN ENGLISH

The Graduate Center requires all students in CUNY doctoral programs to obtain the Ph.D. degree within eight years from the time of their first registration if they enter with a baccalaureate degree alone, or within seven years from the time of their first registration if they matriculate with 30 credits of accepted academic work. The following two charts give suggested plans of action for completing these requirements before the limitation of time expires; the first is for students entering with a baccalaureate, the second for students entering with graduate credits. Students' actual progress will vary, but these schedules provide useful guidelines for most students.


STUDENT ENTERING WITH A B.A. DEGREE (ONLY)

Academic Year One

  • take four to six seminars (16-24 credits), including courses that will fill in general gaps in knowledge and that promise to be especially useful in preparing for the Comps

  • prepare abstract for paper to deliver at ESA-sponsored Student Conference

  • consider ways to pass one of the two required foreign languages

  • form a study group by Spring Semester to prepare for Comps

Academic Year Two

  • take (and pass) the Comps in August

  • take four to six more seminars (16-24 credits), including the required course (ENG 79500)

  • show proficiency in at least one of the two foreign languages required for the degree

  • prepare abstract for paper to deliver at ESA-sponsored Student Conference

Academic Year Three

  • move to Level II tuition status

  • complete remaining course requirements

  • identify potential field areas for Orals; discuss reading lists with potential Committee chair and examiners

  • send abstract to a program committee to present a paper at a non-CUNY conference

  • show proficiency in a second foreign language

Academic Year Four

  • submit Orals reading lists for approval; when lists are officially approved, set Orals date

  • take (and pass) Orals (within one year after completing all course work)

  • submit an approved dissertation prospectus to Executive Officer within six months of passing Orals

  • present paper at a conference

Academic Year Five

  • submit final, revised (if necessary) dissertation prospectus no later than end of Fall Semester

  • within one month of the prospectus's approval, establish dissertation committee

  • submit a first chapter of dissertation, first to supervisor and then to the two other readers

  • consider sending article based on revised seminar paper or other work to journal for publication

  • present paper at a conference

  • apply for dissertation-year fellowship

  • during summer begin to assemble letters, CVs, and other material for job search

Academic Year Six

  • meet with Placement Officer about job search early in Fall Semester

  • apply for jobs, beginning with listings in ADE Job Information List (available in September)

  • plan to attend MLA convention

  • complete dissertation

  • send dissertation chapter(s) to journal(s) for publication

  • deposit dissertation and attend Commencement in June


STUDENT ENTERING WITH GRADUATE SCHOOL CREDITS

Academic Year One

  • take four to six seminars (16-24 credits), including courses that will fill in general gaps in knowledge and that promise to be especially useful in preparing for the Comps

  • make sure that transfer credit for M.A. degree (or graduate-level work) is in order

  • prepare abstract for paper to deliver at ESA-sponsored Student Conference

  • show proficiency in at least one of the two foreign languages required for the degree

  • form a study group by Spring Semester to prepare for Comps

Academic Year Two

  • take (and pass) the Comps in August and (if appropriate) move to Level II tuition status

  • take remaining seminars-for around 12 or more credits-in order to meet the 60-credit requirement (including transfer credit)

  • identify potential field areas for Orals; discuss reading lists with potential Committee chair and examiners

  • show proficiency in a second foreign language

  • send abstract to a program committee to present a paper at a non-CUNY conference

Academic Year Three

  • submit Orals reading lists for approval; when lists are officially approved, set Orals date

  • take (and pass) Orals (within one year after completing all course work)

  • submit an approved dissertation prospectus to Executive Officer within six months of passing Orals

  • present paper at a conference

Academic Year Four

  • submit final, revised (if necessary) dissertation prospectus no later than end of Fall Semester

  • within one month of the prospectus's approval, establish dissertation committee

  • submit a first chapter of dissertation, first to supervisor and then to the two other readers

  • consider sending article based on revised seminar paper or other work to journal for publication

  • present paper at a conference

  • apply for dissertation-year fellowship

  • during summer begin to assemble letters, CVs, and other material for job search

Academic Year Five

  • meet with Placement Officer about job search early in Fall Semester

  • apply for jobs, beginning with listings in ADE Job Information List (available in September)

  • plan to attend MLA convention

  • complete dissertation

  • send dissertation chapter(s) to journal(s) for publication

  • deposit dissertation and attend Commencement in June