General Procedure
The Program of Study form must be completed near the end of the PhD student's first semester of study.
The sample form in LaTeX form or MS Word form can be edited and completed by the student. The completed form is then printed and signed by the student's Coursework Committee. The completed form is then submitted to the Academic Office and appears in the student's file.
The form may be changed at any time. If the Required Coursework part is changed, then the Coursework Committee must sign the new form. Other parts may be changed and resubmitted without requiring signatures.
Required Coursework
In this part of the form, the student lists courses that will be required. This essentially becomes a contact between the student and the Coursework Committee. The student should propose courses that demonstate sufficient
depth, breadth, and preparation for the PhD Qualifying Exam. Note that this part of the form usually does NOT include all course that the student plans to take. Instead, the list represents core requirements that must be satisfied at some point by the student.
Strategy
The purpose of this part is to help the Coursework Committee and other faculty during annual progress evalations to determine the motivation for selecting the particular required coursework. This will help them in giving
helpful suggestions and in deciding whether to approve the Program of Study. In most cases, the Strategy
part will be no more than a couple of sentences.
Intended Coursework
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- [PhD Program Guidelines | ^ http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/graduate/phdcoursework2007.php]