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| + | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#001E4D;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #258;text-align:left;color:#fff;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">About the Ph.D. Prep Program</h2> | ||
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| + | BYU's [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/soa School of Accountancy] offers a specialized Ph.D. Prep Track as part of the Masters of Accountancy (MAcc) degree. The program is designed to prepare students to enroll in a Ph.D. program in accounting at another university after finishing their master’s degree. Students in both the five-year integrated program and the two-year graduate program are eligible to apply to the PhD Prep Track. The program involves Ph.D.-style seminars to learn about research and academic work, as well as coursework in mathematics, econometrics, and statistics. <div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Infocircle.jpg|alt=Info|Info]]</div> Students who participated in this program have been highly successful in placing at research intensive Ph.D. programs. Those who complete their Ph.D. in accounting enter a field where there is [http://aaahq.org/temp/phd/AccountingFacultyUSCollegesUniv.pdf high demand], and it is projected that this will be the case for the foreseeable future. [[Life as a Professor#What do Accounting Professors get Paid?|Starting salaries]] for new professors in accounting are two to four times higher than starting salaries for MAcc graduates. | ||
| + | Learn more about the Prep Track by reading the [[History of the Prep Track]]. | ||
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| − | + | |You can now see a list of BYU Ph.D. Prep students, current accounting doctoral students, current BYU accounting faculty, and current accounting faculty of other institutions who have ties to BYU by going to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NnQOJmLHoHsMJvMnft7YQcaolAdiMoqdreB53FqKito/edit?usp=sharing. | |
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| − | + | '''* Check out the new website [https://www.techhub.training/ TechHub.training] to improve your data analytic skills. | |
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| + | |style="color:#000;text-align:left" colspan="2"|If you've decided to pursue a Ph.D., it is important to know what is ahead of you. In accounting, and many other disciplines, a doctoral degree is required to work as a university professor. Professors split their time between doing research and teaching students. They enjoy flexibility and satisfaction while striving to make a difference in the world. The following links will help you understand a career in academia and what to expect. | ||
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| + | |[[Image:DoctoralStudents.jpg|none|100px|center|link=Life as a Doctoral Student|Life as a Doctoral Student]]||[[Image:Professor1.jpg|none|100px|center|link=Life as a Professor|Life as a Professor]] | ||
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| + | |[[Image:Application.jpg|none|100px|center|link=Applying to a Ph.D. Program|Applying to a Ph.D. Program]]||[[Image:Preparetosucceed.jpg|none|100px|center|link=Preparing for a Doctoral Program|Preparing for a Doctoral Program]] | ||
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| + | |[[Image:Research1.jpg|none|100px|center|link=What is accounting research?|What is Accounting Research?]]||[[Image:GMAT.jpg|none|100px|center|link=The GMAT|The GMAT]] | ||
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| + | |[[What is accounting research?|What is Accounting Research?]]||[[The GMAT]] | ||
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| + | |style="color:#000;text-align:left" colspan="2"|This site is meant to provide useful advice, suggestions, and resources for all users, whether interested in a Ph.D. or already in a doctoral program. Information is separated by topical area: | ||
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