1.Ph.D. Qualifications Examination and admission to Candidacy.

2. Twenty course units, with a 700-level seminar course every semester, and participation in the Colloquium in the first year.

3. Major Field and Distribution requirements.

4. Four Semesters of Teaching.

5. Dissertation Proposal.

6. Ph.D. Preliminary Examination.

7. Dissertation Colloquium.

8. Dissertation.

9. Dissertation Defense.