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Research Education in USA

Research Education in USA. Goran Mustapic. About schools. Schools colleges and universities Private and public Accreditations Institutional and professional Ranking lists E.g. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm. Types of education. Undergraduate B.S. (4 years) Graduate

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Research Education in USA

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  1. Research Education in USA Goran Mustapic

  2. About schools • Schools • colleges and universities • Private and public • Accreditations • Institutional and professional • Ranking lists • E.g. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm

  3. Types of education • Undergraduate • B.S. (4 years) • Graduate • M.S. (~2 years) • PhD (~4years after M.S.) • 1999 statistics, the median number of years for new Ph.D.s: • 8.9 for arts and humanities • 7.5 for social science, • 7.0 for in the life sciences, • 6.8 physical sciences.

  4. M.S. • The Master's CandidateAs a master's candidate, you'll spend about two years at graduate school. The purpose of this program, in the university's eyes, is to give you a solid education in a specialized field of scholarship. You may study part-time at many universities, while working to support yourself. You'll receive less financial help than declared doctoral candidates do; in many cases, you may receive none at all. • Your First Year: You'll take courses much as you did in college, fulfilling the coursework requirements of your degree. The workload is heavier, the course topics are more specific, and much more is expected than was in college. You'll either be assigned or choose an advisor at the beginning of your program. With your advisor's help, you'll begin to develop an academic focus. A number of professors will supervise the work you do. • Your Second Year: You may take further courses to complete your degree requirements. Deciding on your research focus, you'll direct more and more energy toward your concentration. Taking one semester or an entire year, depending on the program, you complete your master's thesis. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate mastery in your field. If you show promise, you may be encouraged to continue toward the doctorate.

  5. PhD • The doctoral candidate spends five or six years at graduate school. The purpose of the program, in the university's eyes is, to give you an extensive knowledge of your field; train you to do original and meaningful research; and prepare you to function as a member of a teaching faculty. • Your First Three Years: You'll take courses to satisfy your degree requirements and gain a broad knowledge of the field. If you're fortunate, you'll gain valuable experience by snagging a research or teaching assistantship. (Most appointments are filled with fourth- to sixth-year grad students.) You'll gradually focus your research interests, working with an advisor usually appointed at the beginning of the program, and you'll develop your working relationships with professors prominent in your areas of interest. At the end of your second or third year, you'll complete a thesis or take comprehensive exams, or both. The thesis or exams will help demonstrate your qualification to continue with doctoral work. • The Last Three Years: Coursework becomes a much smaller part of your academic work, and may end altogether as you work at conceptualizing your doctoral dissertation. Your dissertation must constitute a new and meaningful contribution to knowledge in your field. You'll teach more and more classes, and may even teach a course of your own design. You'll collaborate increasingly with faculty members, who may rely on you for research and who will inform your of their own work. You will probably become closely associated with a single professor who will become your dissertation director. You'll devote more and more energy to your own research. Your program culminates in the completion of your dissertation, which may include an oral defense of your work before a faculty committee.

  6. Admission to PhD program • Admission decisions are based on: • a review of the applicant's previous academic record, • letters of recommendation, • GRE scores, and • subject test scores for the Ph.D. program, and • a TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) score for students whose native language is not English. • The applicant must indicate the degree (M.S. or PhD) for which he/she is applying. • Graduate Record Examination (GRE), a standardized tests geared toward graduate school

  7. Top Universities in Software E. and Computer Science () • (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology • (3) Stanford University (CA) • (4) University of California–Berkeley • (1) Carnegie Mellon University (PA) • (5) University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

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