Negotiating Graduate School: A Guide for Graduate Students

By Mark Rossman

How do I select a thesis or dissertation topic? Who should I include on my committee? How should I prepare for my comprehensive or oral exams? Can I really complete my graduate degree? If you′re a faculty member working with graduate students, or if you′re currently a graduate student, these are all too familiar questions. Now there is an indispensable guide that answers these and other questions confronting graduate students today. In Negotiating Graduate School, Mark H. Rossman discusses and explores all aspects of graduate study. Incorporating nearly three decades of personal experience working with master′s and doctoral candidates, he addresses such critical issues as the research proposal, forming a committee, preparing for comprehensive written and oral exams, avoiding emotional letdowns, defending the thesis or dissertation, and publishing a dissertation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080397115X
• ISBN13: 9780803971158
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Great tool for busy grad students!

Are you a beginning graduate student who is a bit overwhelmed? This is a great book for you! This book contains great advice about how to balance a busy home and work life with the demands of graduate school, as well as practical tips about how to complete all the major components of graduate school programs. The author takes a very realistic approach, too. This is a useful tool!