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Welcome to PhDPrep.BYU.edu An informational website for Ph.D. prep students, graduates, and friends of BYU.

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About the Ph.D. Prep Program BYU's School of Accountancy offers a specialized PhD 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 at BYU. Students in both the five-year integrated program and the two-year graduate program are eligible to apply to the program. The program involves Ph.D.-style seminars to learn about research and academic work, as well as other coursework in mathematics, econometrics, and statistics. However, this track does not require additional credits beyond those required in the MAcc program. Students who have participated in this program have been highly successful in placing at research intensive Ph.D. programs. Those who complete their Ph.D. in accounting are able to enter fields where there is high demand, and it is projected that this will be the case for the foreseeable future. Starting salaries for new professors in accounting range from two to four times higher than starting salaries for MAcc graduates. People One purpose of this website is to improve networking among past Ph.D. prep students, current Ph.D. prep students, and friends of BYU. Please make sure you are included in the website and you keep your information up to date. Current Ph.D. Prep Track Students Current Doctoral Students Current Faculty Also, please see our collective Accomplishments and Successes and News Items. You may also be able to keep up with current and past PhD Prep students through their Blogs. Advice, Suggestions, and Resources This site is meant to provide useful advice and suggestions for all users. Advice and suggestions are separated by topic: Topics For Ph.D. Prep Track Members Topics for Current Doctoral Students Topics for Faculty Members This site also seeks to provide useful resources. These resources include: Ph.D. Prep Track Student Resources Researching Resources Teaching Resources University Information Other Resources External Sites Announcements Compete in the friendly March Madness Bracket See here Please help out! Not sure what to do? See the page Things that need to be done. Not sure how to do it? See the "Getting started" section on this page. To edit these pages please request a user name by emailing phdprep@byu.edu. Please include your desired user name and graduation date. Please make suggestions for next year's BYU Accounting Research Symposium. What else do you want to see on the site? The IAAER will waive the three-year membership fee for doctoral students if you sign up by May 31, 2008. See their website. Quotes "Starting now, you must use your education not to say something impressive but to do something that will lift others and help them be successful. In other words, you must use your education not to distinguish yourself from others but to devote yourself to them--to helping them grow and flourish, even if it seems at the expense of your own prominence and glory. This is the way of our Savior." Elder Robert D. Hales, BYU Spring Commencement 2006 (full text available here) Getting Started Information about editing a wiki page Start here! Wiki Cheatsheet How to edit a page Editing WikiMedia Software MediaWiki FAQ MediaWiki release mailing list Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software. Website Statistics Edits: 24,171 Articles: 68 Pages: 899 Uploaded Files: 66 Registered Users: 1,551