Faculty of Arts and Sciences requirements for the PhD also apply. Advising and Supervision . A temporary faculty advisor is assigned to each incoming student. Until the student selects an advisor, the graduate secretary and the temporary faculty advisor will help to provide general advice and to register the student for courses.
Students are free to change their advisors at any time.
Advisors consult with the students on their course selections and on their research and career plans, and monitor their advisees' progress in the graduate program. They are also responsible for formally approving their advisees' course programs semester by semester. Student progress is also monitored by the Graduate Studies Committee and the graduate secretary. Progress of all active graduate students is systematically reviewed by the faculty in each subdiscipline annually early in the Spring Semester. After review by the full faculty, students receive written response to their petitions from the Graduate Studies Committee.