Haas Accounting

Ph.D. Accounting Program

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Sample Curriculum
Current Ph.D. Students
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Our Ph.D. Program

As an academic field, accounting has experienced a substantial infusion of new concepts and quantitative technologies. These developments have aligned accounting with economics and finance more closely than ever before. Because of this, a thorough understanding of accounting requires a substantial background in mathematics, probability, statistics, economics and finance. This background is acquired through formal coursework during the first and second years. The courses serve as pre- and co-requisities for the four-course sequence, Doctoral Seminars in Accounting (BA223A-D), taken during the first two years.

Students gain additional exposure to research through the weekly accounting workshops, where faculty from across the country present their current work. Other opportunities for students to improve their research skills come from working with faculty on joint projects or as research assistants.

Students may also gain valuable teaching experience. It is common for third- and fourth-year students to serve as teaching assistants and, occasionally, to serve as instructors for undergraduate accounting classes.

The accounting group links students with the real world through the annual Financial Reporting conference, organized by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management.

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Sample Curriculum

The curriculum given below shows a normal program for a business administration doctoral student in accounting. It assumes that beginning students have sufficient preparation to enter a basic discipline course ( e.g. Econ 201A) and a rigorous quantitative methods course (Econ 204A) in their first semester.

Year 1	Year 2
Fall Semester Economic Theory (Econ 201A) Mathematical Tools for Economics (Econ 204) Doctoral Seminar in Accounting I (BA223A) Elective Spring Semester Research and Theory in Business: Economics and Management Science (BA 292A) Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics (Econ 240A) Elective Elective	Fall Semester Doctoral Seminar in Accounting II (BA 223B) Doctoral Seminar in Accounting III (BA223C) Elective Spring Semester Doctoral Seminar in Accounting IV (BA 223D) Elective Elective Ph. D. Preliminary (written) examination at the end of spring semester
Year 3	Year 4
Fall Semester Research and Theory in Business: Applied Econometric Methods (BA 292C) or Applied Behavioral Science Methods (BA292D) or Stochastic Modeling (BA292E) Research Seminar (BA 298) Individual Study for Doctoral Students (qualifying examination preparation, BA 602) Spring Semester Research Seminar (BA 298) Individual Study for Dctoral Students ( BA 602) Ph.D. qualifying (oral) examination	Fall Semester Research Seminar (BA 298) Individual Research in Business Problems (BA 299) Spring Semester Research Seminar (BA 298) Individual Research in Business Problems (BA 299)

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Current Students

Allen, Eric	eric_allen@haas.berkeley.edu
Chee, Seungmin	chee@haas.berkeley.edu
Chu, Jenny	jchu@haas.berkeley.edu
Khimich, Natalya	natalya_khimich @haas.berkeley.edu
Kim, Jung Hoon	jhkim@haas.berkeley.edu
Lee, Kwang June	klee@haas.berkeley.edu
Li, Ke Kevin	kli@haas.berkeley.edu

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Contact Information

For more information regarding the Ph.D. Accounting program at Haas, please contact Kim Guilfoyle at kimg@haas.berkeley.edu.

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