| Time | Actions & Milestones |
| Year 1 | Attend ATLE TA Training (Before Classes Begin) |
| Take Required Common Core Courses: PHC 7149 (Fall), PHC 7982 (Fall), PHC 7154 (Spring), PHC 7103 (Summer) | |
| Meet w/ Faculty Advisor to create a Plan of Study (Fall, Spring) | |
| Attend Fall Institute (September) | |
| Conference Abstracts & Presentations (Year Round) | |
| Work w/ Faculty Advisor to form Doctoral Committee (Fall & Spring) | |
| Submit signed Committee Appointment form to Doctoral Training Office (by end of Summer) | |
| Submit signed Plan of Study form to Doctoral Training Office (by end of Summer) | |
| Grant Preparation Experience (Year Round) | |
| Be a Teaching Assistant (Spring & Summer) | |
| Year 2 | Take Required Common Core Courses: PHC 7934 (Spring), HSC 7268 (Summer) |
| Be a Teaching Assistant (Any Terms) | |
| Complete ATLE Preparing for College Teaching Course (Fall or Spring) | |
| Conference Abstracts & Presentations (Year Round) | |
| Take Qualifying Exam (Summer if eligible) Submit Application for Qualifying Exam & Successful Completion Forms | |
| Grant Preparation Experience (Year Round) | |
| Submit 1st Authored & Co-Authored Publications (Year Round) | |
| Year 3 | Take Qualifying Exam (Any Terms) |
| Submit Admission to Candidacy Paperwork to Doctoral Training Office (After Completion of QE) | |
| Be Instructor of Record in UG Course (Any Terms) | |
| Defense of Dissertation Proposal (When Eligible) Submit Defense Request, Annoucement, & Completion Forms to Doctoral Training Office | |
| Submit 1st Authored & Co-Authored Publications (Year Round) | |
| Grant Preparation Experience (Year Round) | |
| Completion of Student Research Awards (Year Round) | |
| Conference Abstracts & Presentations (Year Round) | |
| Year 4+ | Defense of Dissertation Proposal (When Eligible) Submit Defense Request, Annoucement, & Completion Forms to Doctoral Training Office |
| Be Instructor of Record in UG Course (Any Terms) | |
| Conference Abstracts & Presentations (Year Round) | |
| Completion of Student Research Awards (Year Round) | |
| Submit 1st Authored & Co-Authored Publications (Year Round) | |
| Attend ETD Workshop (Semester Prior to Graduation) | |
| Submit Application to Graduate (Final Semester - by Published Deadline) Application through Oasis Account | |
| Complete ETD Online Registration Process (Final Semester - by Published Deadline) | |
| Defense of Doctoral Dissertation (Final Semester) Submit Defense, Annoucement, & Completion Forms to Doctoral Training Office | |
| Submit ETD Certificate of Approval (Final Semester - by Published Deadline) Submit Documents Directly to Office of Graduate Studies |