CDS orientation
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- Introductions
- Overview of the PhD program
- Year 1: courses + qualifying exam + choose an advisor; summer research
- Year 2: courses + candidacy exam (research based)
- Years 3-5: research + thesis defense
- Overview of courses
- First year courses: give main tracks + dependencies
- Advanced and intermittent courses
- The focus requirement: 27 units outside of CDS/math
- Funding
- GTA funding: 12 hours/week + GRA augment
- After first year, funding is up to your advisor (Template:Implies you better have one -:)
- Honor system
- Additional procedures and activities
- English language requirement
- CDS department activities:
- CDS tea: Wednesday, 3 pm
- CDS seminars: cds-mailer announcments
- cds-mailer: should get set up automatically
- Computer accounts: CDS, CMS, IMSS
- CDS laptops + CMS desktops
- Annenberg facilities
- Keys
- Safety orientation
- Questions