What is your purpose? What are your career aspirations? What type of research do you want to conduct? What topics and methods are you intending to pursue? I am applying for admission to the Ph.D. program in accounting because I want a career in the research and teaching of accounting. I have wanted to pursue a PhD in accounting since I was a college sophomore about 25 years ago. A PhD in accounting would provide me with opportunity to fulfill my life-long dream of involving in teaching and play
I want to pursue a doctorate degree in industrial engineering specialized in ergonomics from a reputable university in the United States (US). During my doctoral study, I plan to conduct ergonomics researches concentrated on injury prevention resulted from the hand-operated device usage. I am interested in focusing in particular area because pertinent studies had provided evidences that various health problems apparently grow along with the rapid growth of hand-operated gadget usage. However, limited
degree in hydraulic fracturing in the department of Mineral and Resource Engineering, DDD University. I am excited about the opportunities that abound for a research work in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs and the impact of such work in enhancing optimal development and hydrocarbon recovery. I discussed my interests with Dr. John Doe, who has also obliged to serve as my supervisor should I be admitted into the doctorate program. The role of shale oil, shale gas, tight oil and tight gas reservoirs
Nanotechnology studies things on a very small scale to understand why matter behaves the way it does on a large scale. Nanotechnology is interdisciplinary and is used in engineering, biology, chemistry, and many other fields. “All of my students, who are in the nanotechnology program, have their own independent research projects, which integrate highly interdisciplinary approaches including biophysics, biochemistry, and bioengineering
I come from a very academic oriented Indian family. My father, an avid reader, wanted to pursue a doctorate in biology and become a scientist, but due to family commitments, had to join business instead. My mother had a strong interest in economics and always wanted to do higher studies but she got married at a very early age, and had to instead focus on raising a family. Their dreams to get higher education were dashed, so they’ve always yearned for their children to achieve our goals. Due to business
with a doctorate degree earn $100,000 or more. With a bachelor’s degree people earn $58,000 and people with an associates earn $42,000 or more(Lucier). A High School diploma is not worth as much as a college degree. A High school diploma means less today because of the shaping of the world. People who only have a high school diploma earn only about $33,000. These numbers also depend on the type of field that you are going into. For example, people that have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or management
(SFU) offers courses and projects prompting officialy perceived advanced education degrees, for example, undergrad authentications/certificates, four year certifications, expert degrees, doctorate
and I am certain that I have made the correct decision. What they do not understand is that I will derive even greater satisfaction by pursuing a doctoral degree than by earning a higher salary and advancing in my present career. By pursuing a doctorate, I will have the priceless opportunity to realize my dream. Learning gives me a world of satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. The more I learn, the more fulfilled I feel. I do not learn solely to apply my knowledge in a practical setting;
Mary Whiton Calkins Mary Whiton Calkins, is best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of The American Psychological Association and being denied her doctorate from Harvard. However, these two aspects only make up a small portion of what she accomplished in her life. Her entire life was dedicated to her work, especially the development of her Psychology of selves. She founded an early psychology laboratory and invented the paired-associate technique. She passionately dove
The Titles of Dr. Jekyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde In the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll held a number of titles, including M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., and F.R.S. These titles indicate that Dr Jekyll was a well educated in man in both medicine and law. The first title, M.D., stands for doctor of medicine. In the mid 1800's (about the time Jekyll would have been educated), medical students attended medical school for approximately 3-4 years (there
I am pursuing a Masters degree in Instructional Design and Technology. With this degree, I hope to gain the skills to help revolutionize education with the use of technology. In 1907 Maria Montessori, embarked on such a journey (American Montessori Society, 2013). She was invited to open a center for children living in the poor, inner-city of Rome (American Montessori Society, 2013). While working there, Maria began using approaches to educate the children that would find great success and become
I have always wanted to help people. I’ve always wished to help make a difference in people’s lives. I plan to be an audiologist because I want to change people’s lives and how I can be able to help them and make a difference in someone’s life. As an audiologist I want to help people to hear, by either issuing them a hearing aid or helping them with other hearing options. I wish to be able to administer a hearing test and or help people through therapy or be able to find other forms of help if I
After graduation, I accepted the position of Graduate-In-Training in Coca-Cola Nepal out of curiosity. Little did I know then that this job would help me understand what I really want for myself. Working at Coca-Cola provided me with ample opportunities to understand the management and functioning of multinational companies. However, I always found myself looking for challenges in the field of management that were more intellectual than managerial. As I realized I might be a good candidate for a
Liberal Arts and Sciences education once started in the ancient Greek as the well-known artes liberales. There were seven of them, separated in the trivium and the quadrivium. The trivium contained the core liberal arts, namely grammar, logic and rhetoric. When the Church defined the education, they extended the trivium with the quadrivium subjects arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The Greek believed that every young man, if they could afford it, should be educated in the seven liberal arts
Psychology is known as the study of the mind including human behaviors and processes that the mind goes through. However, psychology is a board major in which a student must specialist in order to further pursue a career that is designed for them. Forensic psychology is a narrow focus of the broader field of psychology, which requires a degree and a strong community to obtain a desired salary. With this field, a forensic psychologist works in a field of both law and criminal investigation. Therefore
Is it educators who should be blamed for the huge number of students paying for everything from one page responses to their professors to complete thesis dissertations. Is it the lazy or incapable students fault? Aren’t the “Papermill” companies that supply the resources that actually complete the work the ones to blame? I think it's fairly obvious that this kind of business is unethical. . I would never think about paying someone to write a paper for me, because then I would be cheating myself out
In the article “Students Fail-and Professor Loses Job,” by Scott Jaschik, Norfolk State University administration is sending the message to students that it is ok to not attend class and work for their passing grades due to lack of academic readiness. They are a historically black University and are known for providing education for disadvantaged students. They wanted Professor Aird to compromise and allow more students to pass; but he doesn’t believe that lowering his grading standards is truly
Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences department will guide me with the best path. A path enriched with ground breaking research and insightful information, coming not from the textbooks but from the writers, who have created many of the best engineering texts available anywhere. The Chemistry and Chemical Biology degree program at Cornell, I believe, truly captures the importance of the synergy between chemical analysis and principles with biological phenomena and thus, adds greater depth to this
One major contribution from the Middle Ages that has made a profound impact which still affects us today is the rise of universities and higher education. This new form of community teaching led to a rapid increase in the percentage of people who were literate in the Middle Ages and continued to flourish into a world-wide phenomenon which has changed the world of today and allows millions of people to delve deeper into their preferred area of interest and allow them to obtain a degree. Around 800-1050
I am determinant young woman with a BS degree in Physics from King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, on a quest to obtain a MS Physics degree and gain the knowledge, skills and expertise I needs to establish my career as an instructor and researcher within the field at one of Saudi Arabia’s universities. Furthermore, I aspire to continue my studies in the near future and earn a PhD degree in Physics, and armed with a Master’s degree from (name of University) I believe I will be fully equipped to do