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

Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
• A course sequence through the Department of Sociology could be the two
foundation courses required of all sociology Ph.D. students, Statistical Methods
of Research I & II (Soc. 30004 & 30005), followed by a specialty course such
as:
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Soc. 40109 – Log-Linear Analysis,
Soc. 40103 – Event-history Analysis,
Soc. 40800 – Formal Methods for Sequence Narrative Data, or
Soc. 30308 and 30309 – Applied Regression Analysis I and II.
• A course sequence through the GSB could be the two statistics foundation
courses, B41901 – Probability and Statistics and B41902 – Statistical Inference,
followed by a specialty course such as:
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B41903 – Applied Econometrics,
B41912 – Applied Multivariate Analysis,
B41910 – Time Series Analysis for Forecasting & Model Bldg., or
B41914 – Multivariate Time-Series Analysis.
Students interested in experimental design should consider a specialty course on the
topic in Psychology.
5) Successful completion of the workshop participation requirement.
A. The Ph.D. Program workshop requirement to reach candidacy is met by
registering and receiving a passing grade in the Workshop in Organizations and
Markets (B39600) during each quarter of the 2 nd and 3 rd years. To receive a
passing grade you must turn in write-ups for two of the papers presented that
quarter. These must be turned in to the faculty member responsible for the
workshop that quarter.
B. When taught, students are expected to attend and participate in the Argument and
Evidence Workshop led by Prof. Ron Burt. Intended to improve student
reasoning, provide a context for meeting the curriculum paper requirement, and
prepare students for the job market, this is a non-credit workshop that meets
every other week during one quarter of the year. Students make arguments and
present evidence in a Chicago workshop fashion, subject to peer and faculty
critique.
6) Successful completion of the applications course requirement as determined by
the Ph.D. Student Area Advisor in O&M. All students are expected to be skilled
in applying social organization theory to practical issues in business. This
requirement can be met by working as a Teaching Assistant in one of three
discipline-based core M.B.A. courses as determined by the Ph.D. Area Advisor for
Organizations and Markets:
• B39001 – Strategy and Structure: Markets and Organizations, for students
interested in macro issues.
• B39002 – Network Structures of Effective Management
• B39101 – Technology Strategy
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