EDDD Doctoral Planning Tool Instructions
If you have not watched the “How to Use the Doctoral Planning Tool” video, please do so now.
Use this Planning Tool to set personal completion goals for each milestone of the doctoral program. This is not a contract. This is only a planning tool that neither promises nor predicts the rate of student progress or time to degree completion. The dates generated are based on the median time for completion of previous students. You may progress faster or slower depending on your life circumstances. The times listed in green in each milestone represent the median time it has taken to complete the doctorate program.
Time to completion will vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call an enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.
To use this tool, enter a beginning date in the first milestone block, “Doctoral Committee Assignment Form submitted”. The tool will generate the remaining dates. You can then make decisions based on the dates generated and adjust milestone dates in the planning tool. The subsequent dates will adjust to your changes.
If you have not watched the “How to Use the Doctoral Planning Tool” video, please do so now.
View the Key Doctoral Process Resources.
Doctoral Committee Assignment Form (DCAF) Submitted
Date:
Insert your target date for completion of the DCAF
Median Time FrameURR Approval
Date:
21 mo.IRB Approval
Date:
22 mo.Collect & Analyze Data, write up all findings
Date:
24 mo.Complete 1st draft of completed Capstone Study
Date:
29 mo.URR Approval
Date:
33 mo.Final Study Approved by CAO
Date:
36 mo.