An example Time-Line for an M.Sc. whose duration is 21 months, about the mean at UWO .
STEP 1 | STEP 2 | STEP 3 |
What you need to do to meet these deadlines.
Year 1 | ||||
Month | Thesis deadlines | Meeting deadlines | Other deadlines | |
2 | Oct | Draft Research Project (see note 1) | ||
3 | Nov | 1st Adv Com Meeting | ||
4 | Dec | Start experiments | ||
6 | Feb | Analyze experiments | ||
7 | Mar | Write up and distribute to Adv Com. | ||
8 | April | 2nd Adv Com Meeting get advice on abstract #1 before deadline |
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9 | May | Abstract deadline | ||
Year 2 | ||||
13 | Sept | Prepare figures for paper | Start thinking of your next position | |
14 | Oct | Prepare poster (re-use figures from paper) | Apply for scholarship (see note 3) |
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15 | Nov | Go to Meeting #1 | ||
16 | Dec | Write draft of paper (incorporate feedback from meeting). Submit to Supervisor | ||
17 | Jan | Re-write draft of paper. Sub to Supervisor | ||
18 | Feb | Write 3rd
draft of paper. Submit to colleagues. Revise paper. Submit to publisher. |
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19 | Mar | Change
paper(s) into thesis Distribute Thesis 3rd Adv. Com. meeting (see note 2) Revise thesis |
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20 | April | Distribute thesis
Final Adv. Com. meeting to approve thesis Final Thesis revisions Distribute final thesis |
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21 | May | Prepare for
defense Defend thesis Hand in thesis |
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June | Thesis deadline |
Notes
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Created 28 Sept 1995 |