Ph.D. Program Guidebook - The University of Chicago Booth School ...

Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
• The student must be in residence and work during his or her first summer in the
Program.
• The student must submit an outline (see below) of the proposed paper to the Ph.D.
Office by the last day of spring quarter of the first year.
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Students writing an original research paper must submit an outline of the
proposed study or a copy of an existing paper the student is extending to the two
finance faculty members with whom the student would like to work.
Students working as a junior co-author with a finance faculty member must
submit an outline of the proposed joint project.
• The outline should be accompanied by the appropriate CRSP application form,
signed by two finance faculty sponsors.
• A draft of the paper or research project must be submitted to the Ph.D. Office by the
first day of autumn quarter.
• The paper or research project will be evaluated by a committee of three finance
faculty members. If it is approved, the student will receive a grant of $5,000 before
the end of the autumn quarter.
Here is an example of a four-year course schedule for a Ph.D. student writing a dissertation in
finance with economics as a support area and econometrics/statistics as a coordinated
sequence.
Year 1 in the Program:
Description Autumn Winter Spring Summer
Finance B35901 B35902 B35903 Optional 1 st -year paper
Microeconomics (at least 2
Price Theory courses)
E30100 E30200 B30300
Econometrics/Statistics B41901 B41902 B41903
Year 2 in the Program:
Description Autumn Winter Spring Summer
Finance
Macroeconomics (at least 1 or 2
Theory of Income courses)
Empirical Analysis (at least 1 or
2 courses )
B35904
B35906
or
B35132
B35907
or
B35908
E33000 E33100 XXX
E31000 E31100 XXX
Area Workshop B35600 B35600 B35600
2 nd year/Curriculum Paper Begin Complete
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