{"id":9732,"date":"2017-12-19T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?page_id=9732"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:21:07","slug":"roadmap-master-cognitive-science-students-thesis-stream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/roadmap-master-cognitive-science-students-thesis-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadmap for Master of Cognitive Science Students (Thesis Stream)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Banner-pic.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Roadmap for Master of Cognitive Science Students (Thesis Stream)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Activity<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Due Date<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Meet with your Thesis Advisor<\/td><td>As soon as you begin the program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Consult with your Thesis Advisor <strong>and<\/strong> the Graduate Supervisor about course selection<\/td><td>As soon as you begin the program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Complete majority of course work:<p><\/p>\n<p>(this means 2-3 courses per term in your 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;year)<\/p><\/td><td>By end of Winter term in 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Annual Review of Graduate Students (ARGS); this an evaluation of your progress in the program (CV required)<\/td><td>End of Winter term in 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Work on thesis prospectus (proposal) in consultation with Thesis Advisor<\/td><td>Summer between 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;and 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year and early Fall of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Selection of a Thesis Committee (form required: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/M.Cog_.Sc_.-Supervisory-Committee-Approval-Form-Thesis.pdf\">M.Cog.Sc. Supervisory Committee Approval Form)<\/a><\/td><td>No later than end of October in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Defend thesis prospectus (proposal) form by Graduate Administrator 2 weeks beforehand; form <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/M.Cog_.Sc_.-Prospectus-Defense-Approval-Form.pdf\">M.Cog.Sc. Prospectus Defence Approval Form)<\/a><\/td><td>No later than end of October of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Complete any remaining coursework<\/td><td>By April of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indicate intention to graduate<\/td><td>By February of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year if intending to defend before May of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year (June graduation) or by September if intending to defend before end of Summer Term of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year (November graduation). Specific dates are set by FGPA.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inform Graduate Administrator of intention to defend thesis (form required <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/M.Cog_.SC-Thesis-Defence-Examination-Approval-Form.pdf\">Thesis Defense Examination Approval Form<\/a>)<\/td><td>5 weeks prior to defence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Defend thesis (forms &amp; thesis required 3 weeks beforehand; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/M.Cog_.SC-Thesis-Defence-Examination-Approval-Form.pdf\">Thesis Defense Examination Approval Form<\/a>)<\/td><td>No later than end of Summer Term in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year. Specific date is set by FGPA and is usually in the early part of September.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Upload final pdf version of thesis to Graduate Studies<\/td><td>By last registration day in term following your final registration term.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Completed forms to be submitted to the <a href=\"mailto:graduate.supervisor.cogsci@carleton.ca\" type=\"mailto\" id=\"mailto:graduate.supervisor.cogsci@carleton.ca\">Graduate Administrator<\/a>, DT 2202A)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity Due Date Meet with your Thesis Advisor As soon as you begin the program Consult with your Thesis Advisor and the Graduate Supervisor about course selection As soon as you begin the program Complete majority of course work: (this means 2-3 courses per term in your 1st&nbsp;year) By end of Winter term in 1st&nbsp;year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[112],"class_list":["post-9732","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-ma-only"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9732"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17400,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9732\/revisions\/17400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=9732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}