MSc students are required to complete the following milestones. Additional details and links to forms can be found at the bottom of the page.
- Register each semester. 听Please see more details in the registration section.
- Review the Department of Psychiatry听
Letter of understandingwith your supervisor. This letter is designed to promote dialogue between the supervisor(s) and the graduate student, to define expectations, and to increase awareness of department and faculty policies and procedures.听Fill out the expectations section on pages 5 and 6, and sign on page 7. An in-person meeting is recommended but not required. Once signed, the letter can be uploaded directly to听. See听丑别谤别听for further instructions.听Letters of understanding are due 30 days after the program starts.听 - By the end of your first semester, you must have constituted an advisory committee (see below) and submitted your first听Research Progress Tracking form.听This first progress tracking step is meant to ensure that the research objectives have been clearly outlined, and the form must only be signed by the student and supervisor (the advisory committee does not need to be present). 听You must also complete and submit the听 MSc Advisory Committee form听Once signed, these forms can be uploaded directly to听.听
- By the end of your first year in the program, you must hold an advisory committee meeting (all members) and then submit a听Research Progress Tracking form. Once signed, this form听can be uploaded directly to听. Advisory committee meetings are mandatory, and must be held at the end of each year in the program. All committee members of the advisory committee听must attend these meetings.听
Students should submit their progress reports according to the following timelines:听
- September admission: Objectives by December 31; Progress reports by August 31
- January admission: Objectives by April 30, Progress reports by December 31
- Advisory committee: This committee, selected together with the supervisor, will consist of the thesis supervisor and other professors who will advise the student about his/her research program. For MSc students, the committee will be composed of the supervisor (and co-supervisor, if applicable), as well as two other professors in the department.听听
Forms |
| Letter of understanding |
| MSc Advisory Committee form |
| GPS Graduate Student Research Progress Tracking Form听 |
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