Ph. D. Academy Curriculum

Each year of the Ph.D. Academy program, students will attend workshops that focus on a different theme of their academic career that can be used to support their academic and professional journeys.

    • Program Goals & Structure
    • Advice from Senior Graduate Students
    • Time Management
    • Communicating Your Scholarship (the elevator pitch)
    • Handling the Stress of Graduate School – USC Resources
    • Establishing a Network/Becoming a Peer
    • Leadership
    • Choosing a Committee
    • Self-Assessment/Summer Planning
    • Pedagogy
    • Fellowship Funding
    • Conferences
    • Using Feedback to Improve Your Scholarship
    • Work-Life Balance
    • Getting Published
    • Becoming an Independent Scholar
    • Getting What you Need from Your Mentors
    • Offering Your Expertise
    • Finance and Budgets
    • Ph.D.s in the Workforce
    • Balancing Service and Scholarship
    • Taking Stock – Keeping Your Options Open
    • The Dissertation, Finishing it and Thinking Beyond it
    • CV/Resume
    • Cover letter
    • Research Statements
    • Teaching Philosophy
    • Diversity Statements
    • How to Present Yourself
    • Using your Network
    • Interviewing
    • Job Academic Talks
    • Negotiation
    • Weighing your Options