Your semester opens with orientation and your first set of materials, so you can find your footing before the pace picks up.

• Release of Coursera courses
• Bridge courses
• Unit 1 learning materials
• Course orientation & student handbook
• Introduction videos

A new unit means new material to study, lectures to watch, and participation in discussion forms

• Study Unit 2
• Watch recorded lectures
• Complete quizzes
• Join discussion forums
• Submit assignments before deadlines

Learning expands/Proliferates. Real-time classes and faculty interaction enables you to ask questions, the moment they come up.

• Live online classes
• Faculty interaction
• Discussion forums
• Doubt-clearing sessions
• Weekly activities

You'll move forward with new material while circling back to reinforce what you've already covered.

• Complete Unit 4
• Review Units 1–3
• Attempt mock quizzes
• Join revision sessions

The final unit lands alongside your first internal assessment, a checkpoint to see where you stand.

• Finish Unit 5
• Attempt CIA 1
• Review feedback
• Improve weak areas before the next assessment

A second assessment window, plus a chance to make up any earlier gaps before the semester closes.

• CIA 2
• Repeat CIA, if applicable
• Assignment completion
• Course revision

The semester's final milestone. Everything up to this point has been preparation for the ESE.

• Complete all learning modules
• Submit pending assignments
• Revise all units
• Take mock tests
• Review faculty feedback