Coursework and an Academic Timeline

My graduate level coursework at the University of Michigan (along with time-stamped academic milestones to make this a little more interesting, and put things in perspective) include:

Winter 2007:
- ME 995 — Dissertation/Candidate
[Satisfy requirements for and earn my MS in Mathematics in December 2006]
Fall 2006:
- MA 556 — Methods of applied math – I: Fourier Analysis
- ME 995 — Dissertation/Candidate
[My first ever stint as a GSI (for ME 382, in September 2006) is well received]
Winter 2006:
- MA 710 — Topics in modern analysis – II: General relativity
- ME 995 — Dissertation/Candidate
[Officially admitted into the Mathematics Department to work on a master's degree in March 2006]
Fall 2005:
- MA 671 — Analysis of numerical methods – I: Level set methods
- ME 995 — Dissertation/Candidate
[Get my dissertation committee approved by my programs' coordinators and Rackham graduate school]
[Successfully defend my preliminary research proposal and advance to candidacy in September 2005]
Winter 2005:
- AE 514 — Foundations of solid and structural mechanics – II
- ME 605 — Advanced finite element methods in mechanics
- ME 990 — Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
Fall 2004:
- EE 587 — Parallel Computing
- MA 671 — Analysis of numerical methods – I: Finite element and multigrid methods
- ME 990 — Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
[Pass the qualifying examination toward my doctoral degree in April 2004]
Winter 2004:
- MA 572 — Numerical methods for scientific computing – II: Finite difference and spectral methods
- ME 990 — Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
- PH 507 — Theoretical mechanics
[Satisfy requirements for and earn my MSE in Mechanical Engineering in December 2003]
Fall 2003:
- MA 571 — Numerical methods for scientific computing – I: Numerical linear algebra
- MA 596 — Analysis I (Complex)
- ME 590 — Research in selected mechanical engineering topics
- ME 599 — Multiphysics phenomena at microscales
[I was offered and politely declined appointment as a GSI in September 2003]
[Begin my first ever (terribly exciting) series of talks starting with one at M.I.T in June 2003]
Winter 2003:
- ME 505 — Finite element methods in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics
- ME 512 — Theory of elasticity
- ME 590 — Research in selected mechanical engineering topics
- ME 617 — Mechanics of polymers – II
[Appointed as a GSRA in the Mechanical Engineering Department in January 2003]
Fall 2002:
- ME 502 — Methods of differential equations in mechanics
- ME 506 — Computational modelling of biological tissues
- ME 511 — Theory of solid continua (Continuum mechanics)
- ME 541 — Mechanical vibrations
[Enter graduate school at the University of Michigan in September 2002]

N.B. Courses I have (officially) audited have been italicized.