
The Ph.D. Process
A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences
Published on 25. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-19-511900-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Graduate school . . . is the only established route to advanced study of the nature of the universe. It culminates in the award of a doctoral degree but requires some advanced and very specialized courses, an 'independent research project,' a thesis or dissertation, passing very intense exams or other requirements, and, last but not least, interactions with other students, faculty, both on and off campus at conferences and other relevant sites. Bloom, Karp,and Cohen have gone into considerable and realistic detail about this 'life experience' and have taken a viewpoint as an advocate of the student. No graduate school catalog I have ever seen has given a
list of disclaimers, disclosures, hidden hurdles, barriers, possibilities for disaster, the culture of science and the sociology of scientists, and stress generators, let alone any hints on how to over come any of these problems. This book goes a very long way to helping to fill in those gaps and omissions."--scientistlifeboat.com
"[T]he most comprehensive guide to date about graduate school in the sciences. . . . The Ph.D. Process marches through all aspects of the grad school experience, from application through dissertation defense, and includes some excellent topics not covered in other books, such as advice to foreign students. . . . In addition, the book includes the voices of graduate students themselves, discussing, and in some cases qualifying, the authors' advice. The
combination of authoritative summaries along with anecdotes from students themselves help lend substance to what otherwise might be a daunting litany of do's and don'ts about grad school. The book is organized
in a more or less chronological sequence of major events and issues in the grad school process. Interspersed with these subjects are chapters on more strategic and issues-related subjects . . . Together the chapters work both to explain how things work and also how to make things work well for you."--Science's Next Wave
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511900-8 (9780195119008)
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Additional editions

Dale F. Bloom | Jonathan D. Karp | Nicholas Cohen
The Ph.D. Process
A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences
E-Book
02/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€8.49
Available for download

Dale F. Bloom | Jonathan D. Karp | Nicholas Cohen
Ph.D. Process
A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences
E-Book
12/1998
1st Edition
Oxford University Press, USA
€7.49
Available for download
Persons
Dale F. Bloom, PhD, received her graduate degree from the Behavioral Neuroscience division of the Department of Psychology at UCLA, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at the University of Rochester, and is a full-time author.
Jonathan D. Karp, PhD, received his doctorate in Psychology from Vanderbilt University and his postdoctoral training in Psychoneuroimmunology at the University of Rochester. He is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Rider University.
Nicholas Cohen, PhD, received his doctorate in Biology from the University of Rochester, and his postdoctoral training in Immunology from UCLA. He is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Psychiatry, and Oncology at the University of Rochester.
Jonathan D. Karp, PhD, received his doctorate in Psychology from Vanderbilt University and his postdoctoral training in Psychoneuroimmunology at the University of Rochester. He is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Rider University.
Nicholas Cohen, PhD, received his doctorate in Biology from the University of Rochester, and his postdoctoral training in Immunology from UCLA. He is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Psychiatry, and Oncology at the University of Rochester.
Content
1. Deciding to go to Graduate School ; 2. Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab is Right for Me? ; 3. Stages of Graduate School ; 4. Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, Seminars ; 5. The Absent Professor ; 6. How You Learn ; 7. Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation ; 8. Networking ; 9. The Scientists as a Specialist ; 10. Picking a Dissertation Committee/Defending the Proposal (The Preliminary Oral Exam) ; 11. The Life of a Graduate Student ; 12. Lab Notebooks ; 13. Lab Etiquette ; 14. Competition ; 15. The Role of Luck ; 16. Do I Belong Here? Insecurity and Stress ; 17. Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses ; 18. On the Art of Scientific Writing ; 19. What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School? ; 20. Times They Are a'Changing ; 21. The End's in Sight: Writing the Dissertation