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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloom, Dale F., 1949-

Contributor:

Karp, Jonathan D., 1964-

Cohen, Nicholas, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Graduate).

Science.

Biology--Study and teaching (Graduate).

Biology.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Graduate students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Doctor of philosophy process

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

This guide is a chronicle of the graduate school years that describe the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a Ph.D. in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect, how to prepare for oral exams and dissertation writing, reap the long-term benefits and acquire strategies for survival and success.

This guide is a lively chronicle of the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a Ph.D. in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect from professors and advisers, and how to prepare for oral exams, simplify the dissertation writing, reap the long-term benefits of the Ph.D. process and acquire strategies for survival and success. Tips on applying, and information for foreign students, are included.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 Deciding to Go to Graduate School

2 Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab Is Right for Me?

3 The Stages of Graduate School

4 Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, and Seminars

5 The Absent Professor

6 How You Learn

7 Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation

8 Networking

9 Picking a Dissertation Committee, and Defending the Proposal at the Preliminary Oral Exam

10 The Life of a Graduate Student

11 Some Additional Aspects of Graduate School Life: Lab Notebooks, Etiquette, Competition, Luck

12 Do I Belong Here?: Insecurity and Stress

13 Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses

14 On the Art of Scientific Writing

15 What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School?

16 Times They Are A-Changing

17 The End Is in Sight: Writing the Dissertation

18 The Final Oral Exam (The Defense)

References and Additional Reading

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-11342-2

9786613113429

0-19-977482-X

OCLC:

726734927