Designed to prepare graduate students for post-degree
employment, particularly as university professors. Topics
covered include formulating a research question and project,
reviewing manuscripts, writing grants, making presentations,
writing and submitting journal articles, building an extension
program, and teaching a university course.
Athena Title
Second Year Paper I
Pre or Corequisite
(ECON 8020 or AAEC 6590) and (ECON 8080 or AAEC 6610) or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Ph.D. students will understand the tools they need to be successful in academic positions.
Students will understand the skills and topics covered regardless of their eventual career.
Students will be comfortable in professional situations and in completing common academic work tasks by the end of the course.
Topical Outline
Formulating a Research Problem
a. Finding a research question
b. Forming a research question
c. Stating the hypothesis to test
d. Literature review
e. Model development
f. Data collection and analysis
g. Empirical results
Reviewing a Manuscript
Making a Presentation
Writing a Grant Proposal
Writing a Journal Article
Submitting a Paper to a Journal or Conference
Attending Meetings/Conferences
Extension
a. Building a program
b. Program delivery
