How to complete an individual graduate student plan

The curriculum is the main form of reporting for the graduate student throughout his studies. It is filled annually and must be approved at the university department. The plan helps to streamline the scientific activities of the graduate student, to reveal the direction of his research, the content of theoretical and practical work, and also to fully evaluate its success.

Instruction manual

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Make a cover page of an individual curriculum. By the time of its filling, you should decide on your scientific adviser and coordinate with him the topic of future dissertation research. In the future, the topic is approved at a meeting of the department, and then at the educational council of the university. All this should be reflected on the cover page of the individual plan in the appropriate columns immediately after the name and your specialty. In the upper right corner, the faculty and department that you entered is traditionally indicated.

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Write an explanatory note on the choice of the topic of scientific work. It does not apply to the officially approved part of the plan, is exclusively informative in nature and allows a certain creative freedom in the preparation. The explanatory note should reflect the essence of the scientific problem to which the dissertation will be devoted, its relevance from a theoretical and practical point of view is justified. Tell us about the level of research of this problem at the present time, what exactly is the innovation of your approach. Make a prediction regarding the results. The explanatory note must be signed by the supervisor.

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Complete the general postgraduate curriculum. In the first section "Academic work" indicate the approximate deadlines for passing all the candidate exams. Typical is the passing of non-core examinations in the first year of study, and examinations in the specialty in the second year. Deadlines depend on the time of the autumn and spring sessions at a particular university. In the second section, “Scientific work, ” reveal its theoretical and experimental aspect. The experimental part may mean a scientific experiment itself, an analysis of its results, calculations or a comparison of theory and practice. In the section "Pedagogical practice" usually indicated lectures and seminars.

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Do not forget to make a plan for each year of graduate school. The annual plan differs from the general one mainly in more precise elaboration of details and an indication of specific dates. The section "Publication of articles" is very important, since a specific number of printed scientific studies are required to defend any dissertation. “Work approbation” provides for participation in university conferences and presentation at a department meeting, where work was discussed by the scientific community. The statement sheet attached to the plan indicates what was planned, what was not, and why.

Useful advice

Do not delay completing the curriculum. In most universities, it must be approved at the department no later than a month after enrollment in graduate school.