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. Submit request to audit this class before the end of spring drop/add period.
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due.
- (usually) May: sign and return summer fellowship contract
Year 2:
- Late March/early April: register for fall graduate courses. Consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities
- October: Select prospective readers for your portfolio meeting in the Spring, and consult with the DGSA for assistance with scheduling.
- Early November: sign up for spring graduate courses; consult departmental undergraduate listings for teaching apprenticeship (TAP) possibilities.
- December 15: Submit three paper portfolio and evaluative statement to DGS office.
- January 15: return signed teaching apprenticeship contract to DGS office. Submit request to audit this class before the end of spring drop/add period.
- Early February: Thompson Writing Program applications due (department/DGS deadline)
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due.
- By the end of spring semester: send in initial reading lists for preliminary exams
- (usually) May: sign and return summer fellowship contract
Year 3:
- Late March/ early April: if applicable, register for fall graduate courses
- Mid-August: Writing Program Training
- Late August: begin attending pedagogy workshop
- Mid-October: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships) due to DGS office.
- Mid-November: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- Mid-late November: Students submit two English 90S course descriptions to DGS office for the following year. For credit for the pedagogy workshop, enroll in Spring pedagogy tutorial.
- January and February: Internship and Department Summer fellowship applications due
- 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:
- Late March/early April: if applicable, register for fall graduate courses. Sign up for Fall Dissertation Workshop.
- Early October: summer teaching application due (if applying)
- Mid-October: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office.
- Mid-November: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- By December: chapter meeting completed
- January and February: applications for summer internships and internal summer funding due
- March: return summer fellowship contract (if applicable)
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
Year 5:
- Late March/EarlyApril: if applicable, register for fall graduate courses. Sign up for Dissertation Workshop.
- Early October: summer teaching application due (if applying)
- Mid-October: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- Mid-November: Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- November: Sign up for article publication workshop
- January and February: applications for summer internships and internal summer funding due
- 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:
- Late March/Early April: if applicable, register for fall graduate courses. Sign up for Dissertation Workshop and Jobs workshop
- Early October: summer teaching application due (if applying)
- October: Deadline to apply for December graduation. See additional graduation deadlines
- Mid-October: Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- Mid-November: Duke internship applications and misc. fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based system
- Early February: Deadline to apply for May graduation. See additional graduation deadlines.
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
- Late March - Early April: PhD defense deadline for May graduation