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| =====The Mechanics of Attending a PhD Program===== | =====The Mechanics of Attending a PhD Program===== | ||
| - | Each department at most business schools will typically admit 2-3 students every year and provide them full financial support. This includes a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend approximately equal to $2800-3700, though this figure might vary to a certain extent. The first two years consist of course work where students gain expertise in the application of research techniques. Students are also exposed to seminal research in their area. At the end of approximately two years students take qualifying exams which marks their progression to PhD candidature. Qualifying exams typically consist of a reading list of papers (decided upon in collaboration with faculty) which the student is expected to master. There is also an attempt made by various departments to provide hands-on experience and students often work with professors as research assistants(RA) or teaching assistants(TA). Many programs will require such RA/TA commitments as a part of the student’s funding and such experience is usually extremely helpful in an academic’s training. | + | Each department at most business schools will typically admit 2-3 students every year and provide them full financial support. This includes a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend approximately equal to $2800-3700, though this figure might vary to a certain extent. The first two years consist of course work where students gain expertise in the application of research techniques. Students are also exposed to seminal research in their area. At the end of approximately two years students take qualifying exams which marks their progression to PhD candidature. Qualifying exams typically consist of a reading list of papers (decided upon in collaboration with faculty) which the student is expected to master. There is also an attempt made by various departments to provide hands-on experience and students often work with professors as research assistants (RA) or teaching assistants (TA). Many programs will require such RA/TA commitments as a part of the student’s funding and such experience is usually extremely helpful in an academic’s training. |
| Once students have taken their set of required classes and passed their qualifying exams, they will often work seriously on finding and pursuing a dissertation topic. Often the final choice of advisor is made at this point. The advisor will now guide the PhD candidate through writing a dissertation proposal, finding a dissertation committee (more on this later) and ultimately writing the dissertation itself. Students will also work on independent articles for submission to journals during the course of their PhD, which may or may not be a part of their final dissertation. | Once students have taken their set of required classes and passed their qualifying exams, they will often work seriously on finding and pursuing a dissertation topic. Often the final choice of advisor is made at this point. The advisor will now guide the PhD candidate through writing a dissertation proposal, finding a dissertation committee (more on this later) and ultimately writing the dissertation itself. Students will also work on independent articles for submission to journals during the course of their PhD, which may or may not be a part of their final dissertation. | ||