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    Ryerson University, Learning Success Centre, JOR 302B Time Management For Completing Your Graduate Degree

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    This document provides instructions for graduate students to create a time management plan to complete their degree. It instructs students to: 1) List all required activities and commitments; 2) Categorize activities as either successive or concurrent; 3) Estimate time needed for each activity; 4) Create a table to schedule activities across six-month periods until degree completion; 5) Place activities into the table and get advisor feedback; 6) Further schedule the first period into monthly tasks with time goals. The goal is to realistically schedule all degree requirements to stay on track for graduation.

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    This document provides instructions for graduate students to create a time management plan to complete their degree. It instructs students to: 1) List all required activities and commitments; 2) Categorize activities as either successive or concurrent; 3) Estimate time needed for each activity; 4) Create a table to schedule activities across six-month periods until degree completion; 5) Place activities into the table and get advisor feedback; 6) Further schedule the first period into monthly tasks with time goals. The goal is to realistically schedule all degree requirements to stay on track for graduation.

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    This document provides instructions for graduate students to create a time management plan to complete their degree. It instructs students to: 1) List all required activities and commitments; 2) Categorize activities as either successive or concurrent; 3) Estimate time needed for each activity; 4) Create a table to schedule activities across six-month periods until degree completion; 5) Place activities into the table and get advisor feedback; 6) Further schedule the first period into monthly tasks with time goals. The goal is to realistically schedule all degree requirements to stay on track for graduation.

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    Ryerson University, Learning Success Centre, JOR 302B Time Management For Completing Your Graduate Degree

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    Ryerson University, Learning Success Centre, JOR 302B Time Management for Completing Your Graduate Degree The

    following information is taken from the Australian National University website <http://www.anu.edu.au/academicskills/index_image.htm.> 1. List everything you must do to complete your degree. Use the following sample activities as a guide. Courses o attending lectures/seminars o completing papers, projects, exams Acquiring new skills o word-processing skills o using new computer software o computer research skills o learning a foreign language Comprehensive/Field/General Exams o completing readings in your reading list o studying for exams o taking exams Thesis Part 1 o finding an advisor o choosing a topic o writing the thesis/dissertation proposal Research o literature review (finding sources, taking notes, summarizing findings) o archival research o scheduling and conducting interviews o designing and distributing questionnaires o processing questionnaire data o keeping lab notebooks o designing experimental protocols and procedures o conducting experiments o organizing and undertaking field trip activities (specify) Thesis Part 2 o writing thesis (how many chapters? how many drafts?) o meetings with supervisor to discuss work in progress o editing and proofreading thesis o making photocopies for defence committee o preparing for oral defence o oral defence of thesis o making necessary revisions o photocopying and binding and final submission

    Related academic activities o attending or presenting at seminars, workshops, or conferences o writing papers for publication in journals Other commitments o employment commitments o home and child care o fun, relaxation, exercise, holidays

    2. Make two columns on a piece of paper with the headings successive activities and concurrent activities. If you havent already done so, put the activities from above in chronological order. List the activities under the appropriate columns. For example, list attending lectures and completing assignments and exams under concurrent activities. If you are using questionnaires, list designing and distributing questionnaires and processing questionnaire data under the successive column. 3. Estimate the time needed to complete all the activities. Rough estimates are adequate. You want to get a general overview of everything you must do to complete your degree. If you know any deadlines for specific activities, set goals for beginning them by counting backwards from the deadline. 4. Take a large sheet of cardboard and draw a table divided into periods of six months each. For instance, if you are taking three years to complete the degree, divide the table into four periods of six months each. Label the sections with dates. 1st period Sept. Feb. 2nd period March Aug. 3rd period Sept. Feb.

    4th period March Aug.

    5th period Sept. Feb.

    6th period March Aug.

    5. Place the ordered activities into different periods as best you can, using pencil. Be realistic; dont plan on the basis that you will be able to work 12 hours a day. You are trying to work out where you will be at the end of each 6-month period. Ask your advisor for feedback on your schedule and make adjustments as necessary. 6. On a separate piece of cardboard, divide the first 6-month period into monthly blocks. Identify specific tasks you want to complete in each month and set time goals for each. 7. Highlight times when crucial assignments are due as a visual prompt to keep up. 8. Monitor your plan and adjust it as needed.

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