Getting Into Graduate School in the Sciences - A Step-By-Step Guide for Students

Informationen zum Autor S. Kersey Sturdivant is a marine scientist who specialises in coastal disturbance. He is a faculty member at Duke University, North Carolina and helped establish an environmental consulting company, INSPIRE Environmental, which focuses on novel ocean observing systems. Noelle J. Relles is an instructor of biology and environmental studies at State University of New York, Cortland. She received her doctorate at the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science where she studied Caribbean coral reefs and marine policy. Klappentext A comprehensive, step-by-step guide for students of life and earth sciences applying to graduate school in the United States. Zusammenfassung Addressing a lack of practical and evidence-based advice for graduate education in the natural sciences! this complete step-by-step guide will lead students through the application process for both masters and doctoral level graduate degrees. An essential resource for life and earth scientists applying to graduate school in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Pre-graduate school preparation; 2. Graduate record examination (GRE); 3. Your curriculum vitae (CV); 4. Choosing a graduate program; 5. Funding; 6. Applying; 7. Visiting and interviewing; 8. Master's, doctorate, or undecided; 9. Acceptance and decision time; 10. The graduate school experience; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: Noelle Relles, Noelle J. Relles, S. Kersey Sturdivant, S. Kersey Relles Sturdivant, Sturdivant S. Kersey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107420670
• ISBN: 978-1-107-42067-0
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Science: general issues, REFERENCE / Handbooks & Manuals, Technology: general issues, Biology, life sciences, Life sciences: general issues, Engineering: general, Mathematics & science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy