Research Catalog

Title

The Ph.D. process : a student's guide to graduate school in the sciences / Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, and Nicholas Cohen.

Author

Bloom, Dale F., 1949-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Cohen, Nicholas, 1938-
• Karp, Jonathan D., 1964-

Description

xiv, 209 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Ph.D. Process" offers the essential guidance that students in the biological and physical sciences need to get the most out of their years in graduate school. Drawing upon the insights of numerous current and former graduate students, this book presents a rich portrayal of the intellectual and emotional challenges inherent in becoming a scientist, and offers the informed, practical advice a "best friend" would give about each stage of the graduate school experience. What are the best strategies for applying to a graduate program? How are classes conducted? How should I choose an advisor and a research project? What steps can I take now to make myself more "employable" when I get my degree? What goes on at the oral defense? Through a balanced, thorough examination of issues ranging from lab etiquette to research stress, the authors--each a Ph.D. in the sciences--provide the vital information that will allow students to make informed decisions all along the way to the degree. Headlined sections within each chapter make it fast and easy to look up any subject, while dozens of quotes describing personal experiences in graduate programs from people in diverse scientific fields contribute invaluable real-life expertise. Special attention is also given to the needs of international students.

Uniform Title

ebrary.

Alternative Title

Doctor of philosophy process

Subject

• Biology > Study and teaching (Graduate)
• Doctor of philosophy degree
• Education, Graduate
• Graduate students
• Science > Study and teaching (Graduate)
• Science > education

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Deciding to go to graduate school -- Selecting an advisor : whose lab is right for me? -- The stages of graduate school -- Classes, journal clubs, lab meetings, and seminars -- The absent professor -- How you learn -- Deciding on research projects for your dissertation -- Networking -- Picking a dissertation committee, and defending the proposal at the preliminary oral exam -- The life of a graduate student -- Some additional aspects of graduate school life : lab notebooks, etiquette, competition, luck -- Do I belong here? : insecurity and stress -- Foreign students : unique problems and stresses -- On the art of scientific writing -- What should your goals be while in graduate school? -- Times they are a-changing -- The end is in sight : writing the dissertation -- The final oral exam (the defense).

ISBN

• 0195118898 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0195119002 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97037159^

OCLC

37546790

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library