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Policies & Expectations for Graduate Students
Overview
The goal of the program is obviously to develop the skills & expertise
of the student such that they can become
both
active & internationally-renowned within the research community in
their chosen (sub)field of research,
and
effective teachers of the next generation.
More specifically the overall goal is to demonstrate that
the student has earnt (& deserves) the title
Dr. and/or the letters Ph.D. after their name.
Upon graduation, the new-PhD is expected (& often required)
to be able to teach "Astrophysics" at any level, and
(at research-universities) is
expected to be able to bring in sufficient research grants that
they are able to cover their 3-month
summer-salary plus one or more students and/or Post-Docs.
Below are the current
Entry Requirements for the APPH/Astro program at UMBC,
links to the Rules & Expectations Pre-PhD Candidacy
(basically those of the APPH program at UMBC),
links to the Rules & Expectations once a student becomes
a PhD Candidate,
(including some notes/links for
students "writing-up"),
and
some notes/links useful for
newly-awarded PhDs.
However we start with
why you might want to consider UMBC in the first place....
Why UMBC?!?
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APPH/Astro Entry Requirements
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Pre-Candidacy
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APPH/Astro Post-Candidacy
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Post-PhD Expectations
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