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About the Ph.D. Prep Program BYU's School of Accountancy offers a specialized PhD Prep Track as part of the Masters of Accountancy (MAcc) degree. The program is designed to prepare students to enroll in a Ph.D. program in accounting at another university after finishing their master’s degree. Students in both the five-year integrated program and the two-year graduate program are eligible to apply to the PhD Prep Track. The program involves Ph.D.-style seminars to learn about research and academic work, as well as coursework in mathematics, econometrics, and statistics. Students who participated in this program have been highly successful in placing at research intensive Ph.D. programs. Those who complete their Ph.D. in accounting enter a field where there is high demand, and it is projected that this will be the case for the foreseeable future. Starting salaries for new professors in accounting are two to four times higher than starting salaries for MAcc graduates. Learn more about the Prep Track by reading the History of the Prep Track. People One purpose of this website is to improve networking among past Ph.D. prep students, current Ph.D. prep students, and friends of BYU. Please make sure you are included in the website and you keep your information up to date. File:People.jpg Current Ph.D. Prep Track Students Current Doctoral Students Current Faculty Also, please see our collective Accomplishments and Successes. Advice, Suggestions, and Resources This site is meant to provide useful advice and suggestions for all users. Advice and suggestions are separated by topic: Topics For Ph.D. Prep Track Members - this section is also applicable to those considering joining the Ph.D. Prep Track Topics for Current Doctoral Students Topics for Faculty Members File:Gears.jpg This site also seeks to provide useful resources. These resources include: Ph.D. Prep Track Student Resources Researching Resources Teaching Resources University Information Other Resources External Sites Announcements The Fifth Annual BYU Accounting Research Symposium has been scheduled to be held at Brigham Young University on October 9-11, 2008. Please help out! Not sure what to do or how to do it? See the Help page. The IAAER will waive the three-year membership fee for doctoral students if you sign up by May 31, 2008. See their website. Quote "Starting now, you must use your education not to say something impressive but to do something that will lift others and help them be successful. In other words, you must use your education not to distinguish yourself from others but to devote yourself to them--to helping them grow and flourish, even if it seems at the expense of your own prominence and glory. This is the way of our Savior." Elder Robert D. Hales, BYU Spring Commencement 2006 (full text available here) - more Quotes Website Statistics Edits: 24,171 Articles: 68 Pages: 899 Uploaded Files: 66 Registered Users: 1,551