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 (January 19).
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due.
- (usually) May: sign and return summer fellowship contract
Year 2:
- March 30 - April 7: register for fall 2022 graduate courses (drop/add period is April 8 - September 9). 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 DGS office. Submit request to audit this class before the end of spring drop/add period (January 19).
- 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:
- March 30 - April 7: if applicable, register for fall 2022 graduate courses (drop/add period is April 8 - September 9)
- Mid October (TBA): Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships) due to DGS office.
- Mid November (TBA): Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- Mid-late November (TBA): 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:
- March 30 - April 7: if applicable, register for fall 2022 graduate courses (drop/add period is April 8 - September 9)
- Early October (TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- Mid October (TBA): Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office.
- Mid November (TBA): Revised Graduate School fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based fellowship system
- By December: chapter meeting completed
- Early January (TBA): 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:
- March 30 - April 7: if applicable, register for fall 2022 graduate courses (drop/add period is April 8 - September 9)
- Early October (TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- Mid October (TBA): Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- Mid November (TBA): 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:
- March 30 - April 7: if applicable, register for fall 2022 graduate courses (drop/add period is April 8 - September 9)
- Early October (TBA): summer teaching application due (if applying)
- October 15, 2022: Deadline to apply for December 2022 graduation. See additional graduation deadlines
- Mid October (TBA): Graduate School fellowship applications (including summer fellowships for years 3+) due to DGS office
- Late October (TBA): Mellon/ACLS applications are due
- Mid November (TBA): Duke internship applications and misc. fellowship applications due in Graduate School's web-based system
- Early February (TBA): Deadline to apply for May 2023 graduation. See additional graduation deadlines.
- March 31: annual reports and CVs are due
- Late March - Early April (TBA): PhD defense deadline for May 2023 graduation