What is the nature of the research requirements of the PhD Program?
Research is carried out while students are taking formal coursework and during summers. As research assistants, students are involved with faculty in joint research activities and pursue their own research objectives under faculty supervision. These activities should be directed toward authoring or co-authoring papers to be presented at academic meetings and submitted to research publications by the time the student is ready for dissertation research. To compete successfully in the academic job market, students should place a high priority on the development of a research agenda yielding tangible outcomes, such as meeting papers and publications. Q: Are PhD students required to teach?PhD students are not formally required to teach, but some teaching experience is highly desirable for anyone expecting to pursue an academic career. Students serve initially as faculty research assistants but also are called on to assist faculty members in teaching certain courses. Students are usually abl
