PhD Courses & Milestones

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Fall - Year 1

Spring - Year 1
10-715 Adv. Intro to Machine Learning (required core)10-716 Statistical Machine Learning (required core)
36-705 Intermediate Statistics (required core)Menu Core Course
10-920 Reading & Research10-920 Reading & Research
Fall - Year 2Spring - Year 2
Menu Core CourseElective Course*
10718 ML in Practice (required core)10-920 Reading & Research
10-920 Reading & ResearchMILESTONE - Speaking Skills should be complete
*Depending on when your chosen elective course is offered, take in either fall or spring.
Fall - Year 3Spring - Year 3
Complete 1st TA RequirementComplete 2nd TA Requirement
10-920 Reading & Research10-920 Reading & Research
MILESTONE - Courses CompleteMILESTONE - TA Requirement Complete by end of semester
MILESTONE - Request MS in Research if complete
Fall - Year 4Spring - Year 4
Thesis Proposal10-930 Dissertation Research
10-920 Reading & Research
Fall - Year 5Spring - Year 5
10-930 Dissertation Research10-930 Dissertation Research
Thesis Defense
MILESTONE - GRADUATE!