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Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
INTRODUCTION
This guidebook provides general and specific information for Ph.D. students at the
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) who matriculate during the 2007-
08 academic year. The general procedures and rules (not associated with dissertation
area requirements) in this Guidebook apply to all Ph.D. students, regardless of year of
matriculation.
Ph.D. students should refer to this guidebook for information regarding the general and
specific Ph.D. degree requirements and for information regarding other Ph.D. Program
procedures and rules. The Ph.D. degree requirements described in this Guidebook apply to
students matriculating in the 2007-08 academic year for their entire tenure as Ph.D.
students in the Graduate School of Business, except for those students who change
dissertation areas. Specific dissertation and support area requirements for a student who
changes dissertation areas will be determined by the area to which the student transfers at
the time of the transfer.
Please refer any questions, comments, or suggestions to the Director of the Ph.D. Program.
You may access this Guidebook and other information about the University of Chicago and
the Graduate School of Business at the following internet addresses:
Chicago GSB Ph.D. Program – http://ChicagoGSB.edu/phd (external site)
Chicago GSB Ph.D. Program internal website – available by login through the GSB Portal
(http://portal.chicagogsb.edu or directly at
http://programs.chicagogsb.edu/phd/
This Guidebook complements the University’s Student Manual of University Policies and
Regulations. Knowledge of policies outlined in both is every student’s responsibility.
AREA ADVISORS
A student chooses a dissertation area before entering the Ph.D. Program. Dissertation areas
include: Accounting, Econometrics and Statistics, Economics, Finance, Managerial and
Organizational Behavior, Management Science/Operations Management, Marketing or
Organizations and Markets. Each of these areas is supervised by a faculty advisor, a member
of the faculty specializing in that area. These area advisors supervise the evaluation of
applications to their respective areas, counsel new students on the curriculum in that area and
how to plan their 5-year course of study, and serve as advisors to all the students in their
respective areas throughout their course of study.
For the academic year 2007-08 these area advisors are the following GSB faculty members:
Accounting – Douglas J. Skinner, John P. and Lillian A. Gould Professor of Accounting
Econometrics and Statistics – Ruey S. Tsay, H.G.B. Alexander Professor of Econometrics
and Statistics
Economics – Robert H. Topel, Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Professor in Urban and
Labor Economics
Finance – Pietro Veronesi, Professor of Finance
Management Science/Operations Management – Dan Adelman, Professor of Operations
Management
Managerial and Organizational Behavior – Reid Hastie, Robert S. Hamada Professor of
Behavioral Science
Marketing – Jean-Pierre Dube, Professor of Marketing and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow
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