...are two levels of higher education: Basic higher education (4 years) leading to the Bachelor’s degree, the first university level degree. Postgraduate higher education (5-6 years or more). After two years, students are entitled to receive a Master’s degree. After a Master’s degree, students can continue to study towards a doctoral degree: Ph.D. and Professor. The Bachelor’s degree programmes last for at least 4 years of full-time university-level study. The programmes are elaborated in accordance with the State Educational Standards which regulate almost 80% of their content. The other 20% are elaborated by the university itself. The programmes include professional and special courses in Science, the Humanities and Social-economic disciplines, professional training, completion of a research paper/project and passing State final exams. Having obtained the Bachelor’s degree, students may apply to enter the Master’s programme or continue their studies in the framework of the Specialist’s Diploma programmes. The Bachelor’s degree is awarded in all fields except Medicine after defending a Diploma project prepared under the guidance of a supervisor and passing the final exams. In Medicine, the first stage lasts for six years. Holders of the Bachelor’s degree are admitted to enter the Specialist Diploma and Master’s degree programmes. Access to these programs is competitive. The Master’s degree is awarded after successful completion of two years’ full-time study. Students must carry out...
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...Doctoral Learners Name College Date Doctoral Learners Doctoral students are learners who have a strong mission to pursue their respective PhD. This program involves several years of studying hard followed by other few years of researching, planning and thesis writing. The doctoral programs tend to be self-directed and PhD students have various forms of responsibilities. The candidates decide on how to choose the best topics, competent adviser and the plans and procedures of carrying out field work. However, PhD curriculum may require candidates to be conversant with a second language. There is no automatic success in PhD students; it depends on the joint efforts of the students and the faculty to achieve this particular goal. Students are expected behave well particularly when involved in academic discussions. Doctoral students are expected to give room for a harmonious exchange of ideas and opinions presented by classmates. This form of exchange occurs during coursework and dissertation. For instance, it is advisable for emotional students to control their tempers while discussing with others. All students must ensure that they work in accordance to policies which are related to events and news which concerns the program. Students who are able to communicate well with others are likely to built better future professional network. In most cases, doctoral students play the vital roles of teaching assistants. It’s required that any doctoral candidates...
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...1 Running Head: Doctoral Readiness and Sense Making Doctoral Readiness and Sense- Making Annette Tucker Osborne University of Phoenix 1. What is a doctorate? According to Wellington text, how is a professional doctorate different from a traditional PhD? As I understand it, a doctorate degree is “an academic university qualification that requires research above a Masters’ Degree level. It is an academic degree or professional degree that qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the specific field of his or her degree or to work in a specific profession. Doctoral degree is competency acquired depth in a specific area. According to Wellington (2005) students deliberately choose to take a professional doctorate rather than a PhD because they found the path to obtaining a PhD a lonely one, timing and topic not a match, and preferred a degree with the structure which the professional doctorate offers. Wellington identified the following common reasons for a professional doctorate versus a traditional PhD: * perceived structure; * cohort effect; * peer learning; * community of practice that developed as a result of a group all commencing a program at the same time and meeting on a regular basis; and * it is believed that a professional doctorate has a wide range of staff, with varying interest and expertise, would be encountered in a professional, taught doctorate. Reasons for choosing PhD rather than a professional...
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...Professional Development Plan Student: Phanuel R. Mubamba, phanuel.mubamba@waldenu.edu Student ID # A00262074 DDBA 8005-6 Foundations for Doctoral Business Administration Studies Program: Doctor of Business Administration Specialization: Entrepreneurship Walden University September 19, 2010 Professional Development Plan Professional Development Plan (PDP) is a short planning document that examines my current Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs, looks at how these might be met and lists objectives for the future. It helps to structure and focus my training needs and should address the following points: • Where am I now? • Where am I going? • How am I going to get there? (http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/education--training/continuing-professional-development/professional-development-plan.cfm). Nowadays, with significant changes in government policies and priorities affecting our industry and profession, the need for training to ensure that our skills are up to date and ready to meet these challenges is ever more important (http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/education--training/continuing-professional-development/professional-development-plan.cfm). The planning process for writing a PDP ensures that educators remain deeply committed to professional growth and will keep places that motivate and engage all students. Writing a PDP allows the educator to direct his or her own professional growth and determine how...
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...Doctoral Faculty Interview September 14, 2010 Doctoral Faculty Interview with Dr. J.Thomas Introduction The advance level of nursing practice, leadership and nursing applies research with the scope of the doctoral practicum. The leadership role in the doctoral prepared nurse educator applies complex knowledge to rapid changes in the healthcare field. These challenges can be utilized as knowledge to improve teaching methods and practices. Role of the Doctoral Prepared Nurse as Educators The role of the doctoral prepared nurse as an educator varies depending on the track in which the educator is teaching. The doctoral prepared nurse is always in a leader role. The doctoral prepared nurse is also a role model because students look up to their teachers. As a doctoral prepared nurse educator, “I believe that the role is tailored to the need of each student, which is interchangeably” Purpose of Interview The purpose of this interview is to become familiar with the role of the doctoral prepared nurse as an educator. In interviewing, Ms. J Thomas, she stated that her motivation came from the love that she has for nursing. Nursing has many great aspects such as, job security and versatility- you can change jobs but remain in the same career field. Importance of a Doctoral in Education The importance of doctoral education is that it provides a higher level of education in specialty areas. According to Penn (2008), the groundswell of support for the Doctor of Nursing Practice...
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... The Winding Road to Success The winding road to success is a road that leads to personal and professional growth. This road is not a road without challenges or obstacles. Her professional goal of becoming a health care organization’s administrator or chief executive officer is dependent on successful completion of her graduate degree in Master’s of Health Administration. Her dreams of completing a master’s degree and subsequently earning a doctoral degree have been her personal goals for many years. Achieving both her personal and professional goals would amplify her professional career. Pursuing her graduate degree has been a personal goal of hers dating back to her adolescent years. She is a strong advocate for continuing education and firm believer that education is the key to success. Openjuru (2011) stated “lifelong learning and lifelong education are two concepts that aim at widening access to and the participation of adult learners in the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, values and attitudes” (p. 55). She chose to pursue her graduate degree to improve her job skills and performance, advance her career, increase her financial earnings, and to influence her family’s desire to achieve more. According to a study conducted by Schlechter and Milevsky (2010) “parents with higher levels of education are effecting their children’s thoughts about education directly through modelling [sic] process and...
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...students from 140 countries. Students interested in applying for the Fulbright Student Program must apply through the Fulbright Program Office in their home country. Gates Cambridge Scholarships http://www.gatescambridge.org/apply/ One to three years of study in any discipline at Cambridge University. Candidates apply directly through Cambridge. Canon Collins Educational Trust http://www.canoncollins.org.uk/ Full scholarship for nationals from Southern African countries South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola and Mozambique) who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (normally a one year Master’s degree) in either the United Kingdom or southern Africa. Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program http://www.adb.org/JSP/default.asp Full scholarships for one to two years for citizens of ADB’s developing member countries pursuing postgraduate studies in development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. Albright Institute Fellowships http://www.aiar.org/fellowships.html A grant of...
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...Robert Branch What do you expect some of the differences will be between your master’s degree program and the doctoral program? Deactivated Christopher Stevens 2 posts Re:Day 2 Discussion Question Day 2 Discussion Question: What do you expect some of the differences will be between your master’s degree program and the doctoral program? The differences between my master’s degree program and the doctoral program are in the whole of me. There has been a complete change in my reasons for pursuing another advanced degree: I now audit and acknowledge my motivational factors and professional values that drive my pursuit for lifelong learning and academic success, and my spiritual wellness is now evident and a reliable resource for good health. When I reflect on and realty-check my master’s degree journey, my motivations were about becoming gainfully employed and achieving a new credential. My values were about establishing my career and acquiring the benefits thereof. I was young, ambitious, and ready to change the world. Then, life happened. Life’s experience unlocked the door and invited me to be open to all possibilities; to take complete ownership of my journey; to cultivate a spiritual relationship with a higher order; and to know that divine intervention exceeds intelligence and is simply necessary. The key difference is the seasoning of my life. The seasoning that hones you and places you at a new crossroad to reach higher...
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...Professor HSC 100 11 April, 2016 TOXICOLOGIST * Education and/or Training Required Depending upon your career aspirations, a bachelor’s degree may not be enough for you to achieve your goals. The higher the degree, the more likely your position will provide more opportunities, more responsibility and higher salaries. Usually, toxicologist graduates from Ph.D.’s or master’s degrees. Most importantly, a strong foundation for any future scientist is based on skills in reading, writing, mathematics, computer science and communication, along with courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. Knowledge of a foreign language is important for exchanging information in our global society. These are very important for toxicologist and need to be prepared during high school and college. * Responsibly and Daily Activities Toxicology combines the elements of many scientific disciplines to help us understand the harmful effects of chemicals on living organisms. Basically, toxicology is the study of the toxic or harmful effects of chemicals. Chemicals make up everything around us like pesticides in the food we eat, pollutants in the air we breathe, chemicals in the water we drink, toxic dump sites near our homes. Usually, toxicologists work in contact with an analytical lab because they do a lot of chemical analytical work. Toxicologists are responsible for a lot of things including our lives. There are three types and they are forensic, veterinary, and environmental toxicologist...
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...demand: Assessing the Ph.D. job market by Elka Jones G reg O’Malley got a taste of the job market for Ph.D. graduates when he supervised several of them after earning his bachelor’s degree. “It was incredible to me that they had gone through so many years of rigorous training,” says O’Malley of his subordinates at his postbaccalaureate publishing job, “only to be working under someone who’d barely finished his undergrad work.” Still, the experience failed to deter him from pursuing a graduate degree of his own: O’Malley currently is enrolled in his second year of the history Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins University. 22 22 Occupational Outlook Quarterly ● For O’Malley and thousands of others, the desire for a doctorate outweighs concern about the job market that awaits after graduation. Most Ph.D. candidates are willing to dedicate themselves to intensive research and study because they enjoy the subject matter. Winter 2002-03 Statistics also show other, more tangible payoffs for Ph.D. recipients when they enter the labor force. Unemployment rates are consistently lower and earnings are significantly higher for people with a Ph.D. degree than they are for people with lower levels of educational attainment. As chart 1 shows, doctoral degree holders in 2001 had an unemployment rate of slightly more than 1 percent and median annual earnings of $66,000—considerably Elka Jones is an economist in the Office of Occupational Statistics...
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...PERSONAL STATEMENT I am writing to express my strong motivation to join Columbia Law School’s J.S.D. program, starting in September 2017. My experience in legal research and writing, combined with my intellectual curiosity and my commitment, convince me that I would be a successful doctoral student and that I could make a significant contribution to the intellectual life of Columbia Law School. Many law school graduates like to remember the “epiphany” they had when they realized they wanted to pursue a career in the legal realm and become a lawyer. In my case, however, I never experienced such a moment: I never actually wanted to be a lawyer. Contrary to many of my colleagues in law school, what truly fascinated me was not what the laws on...
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...INTERVIEW A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD Matthew J. Rick Senior Seminar in Psychology American Military University 09/17/13 Abstract For my interview I came up with several questions pertaining to becoming a Military Psychologist and what the job entails. My goal was to find out what a Military Psychologist does and if it is better to be an active duty Psychologist or a civilian. Throughout the interview I got the impression from the Psychologist that I interview that she loved what she is doing. She mentioned that there isn’t anything else that she would want to do. Over the course of this interview I was able to get all my questions answered and felt that I received strait forward answers and not just what I wanted to hear. Being a military Psychologist entails a lot more than I thought it did however it is still a very intriguing career field. I have listed all the questions that were asked during this interview along with the answers that where given by the interviewee. Where can you apply for a military psychologist job? To become a Psychologist in the Military there are multiple ways to go about it first you can become a Psychologist in the Military by talking to a medical officer recruiter to find out the requirements and to get you started. If you are interested in becoming a civilian Psychologist with the military and already possess a license to practice in the state where the base is located you can apply for jobs on USA jobs website. (Dr...
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...with it. There are two conflicting arguments concerning educational return on investment; both sides over the presence or absence of a bachelor’s degree sides offer valid claims. It can be argued that a person’s success is not determined by merely obtaining a bachelor’s degree. A person will have to determine the definition of success as it relates to them. Some of the attributes that contribute to success are personal such as drive, determination, and creativity. There are many successful entrepreneurs who did not have a bachelor’s degree. Andrew Carnegie, famous industrialist and philanthropist, known for the Carnegie Institute of Technology and building 300 public libraries was a high school dropout. Coco Chanel, founder of the brand Chanel and Chanel No. 5 perfume does not have a college degree. Andrew Jackson became President of the United States at age 35 without a formal education. Dave Thomas, billionaire founder of Wendy’s dropped out of high school at age 15 (Toren, 2011). This proves that to attain recognition and be successful, we do not have to possess a bachelor’s degree. Also, there are risky disadvantages to pursuing a bachelor’s degree. First of all, it can be very expensive. The return on investment on a bachelor’s degree in this economy is questionable. Although a student will graduate with a degree, the expense is astronomical. Tuition is increasing more quickly than costs-of-living expenses and students may find themselves at the end of four...
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...A graduate degree in psychology can open the doors to a lot of career options. It is the only graduate degree which helps in understanding the thought perspective of humans and equips you to be in a better position to communicate with others. The variety of options available after majors in psychology makes the decision even more difficult. The two career options which interest me the most are pediatric psychology and marketing. I have chosen one of the career options in the field of psychology only and another being a different field. I am interested in pursuing a career in marketing and being more involved in the creative design rather than analytics. Marketing is one career option where I feel the concepts of psychology shall be very useful. Many of my relatives are in the field of advertising or marketing and since child hood I have been somehow fascinated by this world. To grow in marketing apart from the educational qualifications, one needs to have excellent communication skills and structured thought perspective to influence the consumer. Apart from communication which is the most important skill, marketing would require strong skills to build or develop client relationships, creative writing skills in order to articulate your thoughts in a manner that it has an impact on the reader, out of the box thinking and the educational qualifications. One would need knowledge about data crunching as well, though I am not good in maths but I feel I can manage the basic levels....
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...MGT/521 February 27, 2010 Construct and Support an Argument Investing in one’s education is one of the smartest things a person can do. The more education one has, the more opportunities open up for that individual. Higher education, not to be limited to the MBA program, provides our knowledge to develop personal abilities and development within our careers. By pursuing my MBA, I believe it will provide the necessary tools to become a more effective leader and further my career within University of Phoenix. A major factor in effective business is Communication. Communication fosters motivation by clarifying to employees what is to be done, how well they are doing, and what can be done to improve performance…The formation of specific goals, feedback on progress, and reinforcement of desired behavior all stimulate motivation and require communication (Brooks & Judge, 2007). To communicate effectively one must first determine how people perceive them. People’s perceptions affect how well the message is coming across to others. So in order for anyone to become a more poised, lucid and comprehensible speaker they must first understand what type of personality they have. Without the knowledge of how people perceive me, I may not know if I am being an effective leader. The processes of perception routinely alter what humans see. When...
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