Note: many due dates are not set by the department, so all dates below should be understood as approximate.
Year 1:
- July/August: sign up for fall graduate courses; consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- Early November: sign up for spring graduate courses; consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- January 15: return signed teaching apprenticeship contract to the DGS office. Sign up to audit this class by January 19
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due.
- Early April: sign up for fall graduate courses; consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- (usually) May: sign and return summer fellowship contract
Year 2:
- Early November: sign up for spring graduate courses; consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- January 15: return signed teaching apprenticeship contract to DGS office. Sign up to audit this class by January 19
- TBA (late January/early February): Thompson Writing Program applications due
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due.
- Early April: sign up for fall graduate courses (if applicable); consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- By the end of spring semester: send in initial reading lists for preliminary exams
- (usually) May: sign and return summer fellowship contract
Year 3:
- October 16, 2020 at Noon: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships) due to DGS office.
- November 13, 2020: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- November 23, 2020: Students submit two English 90S course descriptions to DGS office for the following year
- By early spring semester: finalize exam committee
- March: return summer fellowship contract (if applicable)
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
- By the end of spring semester: take exams
Year 4:
- October 2 (2020 deadline TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- October 16, 2020 at noon: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office.
- November 13, 2020: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- By December: chapter meeting completed
- TBA (early January): Students will be notified if their spring 90S (or other) class makes enrollment and will be taught
- March: return summer fellowship contract (if applicable)
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
Year 5:
- October 2 (2020 deadline TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- October 16, 2020 at noon: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- November 13, 2020: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- March: return summer fellowship contract (if applicable)
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
- Late spring: initial job placement meeting (if you're going on the market next year)
Year 6:
- October 2 (2020 deadline TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- October 23, 2020: Deadline to apply for December graduation. See additional graduations deadlines
- October 16, 2020: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- October 28, 2020: Mellon/ACLS applications are due
- November 13, 2020: Duke internship applications and misc. fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based system
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
- By April 1, 2021: PhD defense