The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics Program The PhD program is a research-oriented degree program. It is designed to enable students to concentrate in a specialized field, and to provide them the opportunity to do original, fundamental research in that field. The program prepares students for a teaching and/or research career in universities, research institutions, businesses and in the government. The PhD program focuses on original research by the student, but also requires course-work. Doctoral students proceed from admission to the program, to candidacy for the degree, and then to defense of the thesis. Each has a thesis supervisor who oversees the student's research. Students obtain candidacy by successful completing of a qualifying examination. A full-time student making good progress is expected to be able to complete the PhD degree in four years. The first two years of the programs will normally be devoted to coursework, leading to the major field examination and a research paper. After that, the student will begin to write the thesis.       Edwin Lai  Program Director: Prof Edwin Lai                                                *  *  *  *  *       **  *  **         *  *  *  *  * Program  Intended  Learning Objectives 1. Students will have up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of their areas of specialization. - Demonstrate a sound grasp of the literature in their specialization bypassing rigorous qualifying exams. - Able to integrate the literature in their area of specialization. - Able to apply their specialized knowledge to solve related business problems. 2.  Students will have a broad understanding of contemporary business and organizational issues. - Demonstrate a broad based knowledge of core business functions. - Able to integrate functional knowledge to solve business problems. 3.  Students will be equipped with rigorous, ethical research methodology needed to conduct high quality research in their area of specialization. - Able to conduct research ethically with respect to data collection and dissemination - Able to apply appropriate statistical methodology for data analysis in academic research. - Able to apply appropriate economic methods for optimization. - Able to apply appropriate behavioral research methods to solve problems in organizations.   4.  Students will be able to conduct original research and create new knowledge in their area of specialization. - Able to complete high quality research independently. - Able to publish at least one original paper in refereed journals or conferences. 5. Students will be able to communicate the results of their research clearly in both writing and oral presentation - Able to present their research results clearly and convincingly in seminars. - Able to write research papers suitable for publications in refereed journals.   6. Students will be able to teach college-level courses in their areas of specialization - Able to teach independent courses or lead lab/tutorial sessions effectively. - Able to present their discipline knowledge clearly to layman.                         [MSc program]                               [Department of Economics]