1. Curriculum
  2. Sample Program Timeline for an Incoming Student

Sample Program Timeline for an Incoming Student

Year / Semester Funding Source Milestones Courses/ Credits Taken Teaching Responsibility
1/ Fall Research Fellowship  

Literary/Cultural Theory Course
2 additonal Seminars

  • One "EU Core Course"
  • One field-specific course

1 language course

 None
1/ Spring Research Fellowship   Theory of Europe Course
2 additional Seminars
1 language course		 None
1/ Summer Fellowship   Language Study Abroad / Fieldwork  
2/ Fall Teaching Fellowship Preliminary Exam

Pedagogy Seminar (Language or Advanced Pedagogy)
2 additional Seminars

  • 1 in field
  • 1 transferable skill or methodology (i.e. ethnography, oral history, digital humanities, translation studies, etc)

Preliminary exam (synthesis of knowledge based on past work)

 Introdutory Language (L1) or European Culture / History Course
2/ Spring Teaching Fellowship Comprehensive Examinations 2 additional Seminars
Prepare for Comprehensive Examinations		 Introdutory Language (L1) or European Culture / History Course
2/ Summer     Language Study Abroad / Fieldwork  
3/ Fall Teaching Fellowship Defend Dissertation Prospectus Dissertation Work Intermediate Language (L1) or European Culture / History Course
3/ Spring Teaching Fellowship   Dissertation Work Intermediate Language (L1) or European Culture / History Course
3/ Summer        
4/ Fall Research Fellowship   Dissertation Work None
4/ Spring Research Fellowship Defend Dissertation Dissertation Work None