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by jvano on Fri Feb 13, 2004 at 04:15:48 PM PDT

What is the structure of exams that students need to pass as they work toward their degree (e.g. preliminary exams, subject exams, oral exams, qualifiers, etc)?
Do students automaticaly get a masters after passing so many exams on the way to their PhD or do they need to write a seperate masters report or thesis? (I know at UT-Austin you do have to do this, so I didn't get a masters, just my PhD. This is also useful to know on the off chance you decide at some point to either simply get a masters or change to a different PhD program [in which case you will probably want to try and leave with a masters if possible].)
You also want to be thinking about choosing an advisor at some point (see a related story on Choosing an Advisor). I know this seems really premature, but I think its a good idea to look into how many "active" PhD advisors there are and how many students they have recently graduated. For that matter look into what fields recent PhD students are in and try to determine if you would be interested in working in this field. (I know from experience that this is difficult for students who are at smaller liberal arts institutions and don't have access to advanced classes in a broad range of subjects.)

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