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Accounting
The doctoral program in accounting is ranked #1 in the country by the Public Accounting Report. It is designed to prepare students for successful careers in research and teaching at leading academic institutions. Admission to the doctoral program is competitive, and. UT accounting Ph.D. students have an impressive record of success in earning both University and privatefellowships.
In the first year of course work, accounting doctoral students develop research tools essential to the advancement of accounting knowledge. There is a first year seminar in accounting research methodology and design, to prepare students to assist in research projects and generate their own research ideas. At the end of their first year, students complete a replication exercise as an introductory research effort. At the end of the second year, students undertake a more extensive research effort that often leads to a publishable research paper co-authored with a faculty member. Students in the second and third years of the program take required accounting research seminars, other required courses in statistics and economics and a series of elective courses and seminars tailored to the student's desired specialization.
The program also develops teaching skills, while balancing the total effort devoted to teaching and research. Unless waived due to previous teaching experience, students are required to teach once in the program concurrently with taking a teaching effectiveness seminar. In other terms, accounting Ph.D. students are generally supported through teaching or research assistantships. See the Department of Accounting Ph.D. website for further details.
Students take a comprehensive written examination once they complete the coursework phase of the program. The exam consists of a series of questions on accounting scholarship. Upon passing the comprehensive examination, students enter the dissertation phase of the program, which culminates in a publishable, original contribution to accounting knowledge. The final step before graduation is a formal defense of the dissertation. Most students finish the program in four or five years after admission.
The Department of Accounting has an extensive web site on the
Accounting Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin, with
detailed admissions and application information along with answers to
frequently asked questions.
Each student in consultation with the graduate adviser and individual faculty members selects a lead specialization and two supporting specializations. The lead specialization must fall within the accounting field, broadly defined. Typical lead specializations include auditing, financial reporting, managerial accounting and taxation. The two supporting specializations can be outside accounting, depending on the area and specific research questions. These specializations include appropriate empirical, experimental and analytical research methodologies. Faculty from economics, finance, management, computer science, mathematics, psychology, government, the Law School and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs often participate in students' programs.
The University of Texas at Austin accounting faculty is a select group of scholars and teachers. The faculty includes top scholars in capital markets research, behavioral and experimental research and analytical modeling. Articles by UT faculty regularly appear in top academic journals, many of them co-authored with doctoral students.
UT accounting faculty members enjoy national and international reputations. They have held prominent national posts such as president of the American Accounting Association, member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee, member of the Auditing Standards Board and both Editor and Associate Editor appointments for the Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory and the Journal of the American Taxation Association. Many accounting faculty members serve on the editorial boards of many academic journals and are frequently invited to top academic institutions to present their research.
