Podcasts about comprehensive exams

When I was a grad student, I read a lot of books for my Comprehensive Exams, which had a fairly extensive take-home written component followed by an oral exam. I got in the habit of making lots of notes for my own purposes, which I continued even after I had passed the exams. Some of this content on Horwitz began life as part of my review of one of the most consequential books I read in grad school.

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In this episode, history PhD candidates Cassie Cloutier and Luke Scalone, and host Adam Tomasi, discuss preparing for comprehensive exams at Northeastern University. If you're thinking about a history PhD or have comps coming up yourself, learn some excellent tips and perspectives from us!

Prepping for your comprehensive exams can be stressful! Listen this week as Basia Marcks shares her experiences with studying and taking both her written and oral exams during her PhD!

Jessica Hogan is a PhD student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her research focuses primarily on energy justice and what is called distributional justice. She researches how costs and benefits are shared in new energy developments, and specifically aims to investigate how different community benefits may change the experience of the communities living with onshore wind energy. We chat about her PhD experience in the UK, and how this compares with the NA experience, about expertise and the publish or perish fire in academia, and about enjoying the work you do in the face of extreme pressure and monotony. Enjoy!

This week we speak with doctoral candidate Ilana Friedman who is at the University of Texas at Austin's department of Sociology and Ted Lentz who is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. They talk to us about prepping and taking comps (Ilana) and the process of proposing and submitting qualifying papers (Ted). Ilana and Ted also share some tips and tricks with us! You can find Ilana and Ted on Twitter at @ifriedman01 and @lentstheodore.  Correction: Jose misspoke about the ASU reading list and comps. Sorry! Music by www.bensound.com

In this episode, Marvette talks about how to adequately prepare for your exams by getting clear on what you need to succeed and making sure you conserve your energy for your exams.  She also gives her biggest pieces of advice to pass the test. Follow Marvette on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marvettelacy/ and join the Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/groups/qualitativedissertationsmadesimple/

In this episode, Kim Coates and Sophia Basaldua-Sun discuss their experiences in graduate school focusing on their time as doctoral students in Comparative Literature. They cover major milestones in the Ph.D. student journey such as Coursework, Comprehensive Exams, Dissertation Defense, and Conferences. They also cover the social, emotional, and psychological side of being a Ph.D. student focusing on the mental health crisis facing graduate students and ways to cope and thrive within this atmosphere. Finally, they turn to the future of humanities degrees and various ways to utilize a graduate degree in the humanities. LINKS https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733317300422 https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/03/graduate-students-need-more-mental-health-support-new-study-highlights

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As the end of another semester approaches, the time for Comprehensive Exams has come as well! At the end of the EdD Program, students take the Comprehensive Exams before enrolling in their final course: Capstone III. Today Dr. Leavitt interviews Dr. Elder to discuss the components of the exam, the best way to prepare for the Comps, and the importance of attending the prep sessions (happening this week!). If students are taking the exam this semester on December 8th, or in the future, this edition of CapIT! is extremely beneficial!  [Music by Brian Elder, “Gateway City”, widerivermusic.com]

At the end of the EdD Program, students take the Comprehensive Exams before enrolling in their final course: Capstone III. Today Drs. Elder and Leavitt discuss the components of the exam including the standards they are aligned to, the best way to prepare in the weeks and days leading up to exam day, and specific takeaways from this summer's preparatory sessions. If you are taking the exam this Saturday, August 4th, or in the future, you want to hear these valuable insights on the Comps!  [Music by Brian Elder, “Gateway City”, widerivermusic.com]

Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXIV — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by once again by returning guest Devan Steiner. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss whether or not all the forms of "to be" in Indo-European languages are derived from Arabic roots (hint: they're not!), and take on Comprehensive Exam Questions in computational linguistics, pidgins, phonology, and more.

Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXVII — The SpecGram LingNerds go it alone this time. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss the grammaticalization of "slash" and review some Comprehensive Exam questions and answers.

Language Made Difficult, Vol. XX — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined again by guest Madalena Cruz-Ferreira for Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics. They also discuss the spread of the -ome suffix and the biological approach to solving the riddle of the urheim of PIE. Finally, they discuss more questions and answers from comprehensive exams.

Language Made Difficult, Vol. XV — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by guest Scott Yarborough for some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics. They also discuss bio- and linguistic diversity, the likability of simple names, and give high-quality sample answers to common linguistics comprehensive exam questions.