Monday, May 18, 2009

Facing up to Ph.D. Oral exams

Ace! Resource Article

An Orals Survival Kit


Eric Hallstein, Michael Kiparsky, and Anne Short are doctoral candidates in the energy and resources group, an interdisciplinary graduate program at the University of California at Berkeley.

"... a Ph.D. oral exam can be the most terrifying hurdle in graduate school, it can also be a positive and rewarding experience. Truly. For many students, the stress associated with preparing for orals is largely because they will experience the exam format for the first, and last, time. Too often, no one explains what to expect or how to prepare.

We know because we've been there. We're all doctoral students in the sciences and social sciences who have successfully passed our oral exams. And we are about to let you in on the real secret of orals: The outcome can be determined, in large part, in advance of the actual test. Your performance is the end product of a much longer process of collaborative learning and demonstration of knowledge that starts when you first meet the members of your exam committee."

See their full set of tips here http://tr.im/lCOU


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