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Harvard University's business school has more than one [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2012, 08:35
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Harvard University's business school has more than one graduate doctoral degree program. The DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) programs are administered by Harvard Business School and the Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) Programs are offered jointly with Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). At Harvard, only the FAS can confer the title of Doctor of Philosophy.

Which of the following statements logically follows from the information above ?

(A) A student who wants to maximize chances for acceptance to a program can apply to both the DBA and to the Ph.D. programs at Harvard.

(B) Applicants to Harvard's joint Ph.D. Programs are not eligible for the Doctor of Business Administration programs.

(C) Some students in the Business Economics Ph.D. Program at Harvard will not have their degrees granted by the faculty of Harvard Business School.

(D) The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard can only grant the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.

(E) The fields of study in which students can pursue the DBA or a Ph.D. at Harvard Business School are similar but the degree requirements are distinct.


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This is an Inference question, so the best approach is to eliminate those choices that could be false. This is a tricky question because it looks like they all could be false!!

Answer (A) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Similarly, answer (B) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Answer (D) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about what, if any, degrees other than the Ph.D the FAS can grant. Answer (E) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about the similarities or differences between the two programs except for the fact that the degrees are granted by two different sets of faculty. Answer (C) is the right choice because the “some” in the answer includes the possibility of “all” and, according to the passage, all students in the Ph.D. Program can only have their degrees granted by the FAS, not by the faculty of the Business School.
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Re: Harvard University's business school has more than one [#permalink] New post   17 Mar 2014, 02:37
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I would like a reasonable explanation other than the OE to why option C is considered within the scope of the argument. The way I see it, the question nowhere raises the topic of Business Economics Ph.D. Apart from this, one has to have prior knowledge about the existence of a course in HBS that offers a Business Economics Ph.D. I understand that Business Schools USUALLY offer business economics Ph.D but to assume so would be out of the scope of the argument in question.

For us to logically flow from the given premise to option C one would require either the mention of an economics program in the question or the assumption that HBS offers a Ph.D in business economics.
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Re: Harvard University's business school has more than one [#permalink] New post   10 May 2020, 23:06
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Harvard University's business school has more than one graduate doctoral degree program. The DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) programs are administered by Harvard Business School and the Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) Programs are offered jointly with Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). At Harvard, only the FAS can confer the title of Doctor of Philosophy.

Which of the following statements logically follows from the information above ?

(A) A student who wants to maximize chances for acceptance to a program can apply to both the DBA and to the Ph.D. programs at Harvard.

(B) Applicants to Harvard's joint Ph.D. Programs are not eligible for the Doctor of Business Administration programs.

(C) Some students in the Business Economics Ph.D. Program at Harvard will not have their degrees granted by the faculty of Harvard Business School.

(D) The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard can only grant the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.

(E) The fields of study in which students can pursue the DBA or a Ph.D. at Harvard Business School are similar but the degree requirements are distinct.


Let's discuss the reasoning !


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This is an Inference question, so the best approach is to eliminate those choices that could be false. This is a tricky question because it looks like they all could be false!!

Answer (A) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Similarly, answer (B) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Answer (D) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about what, if any, degrees other than the Ph.D the FAS can grant. Answer (E) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about the similarities or differences between the two programs except for the fact that the degrees are granted by two different sets of faculty. Answer (C) is the right choice because the “some” in the answer includes the possibility of “all” and, according to the passage, all students in the Ph.D. Program can only have their degrees granted by the FAS, not by the faculty of the Business School.



HBS has more than 1 doctoral programs.
HBS offers DBS program.
HBS offer PhD jointly with FAS (Only FAS confers the title of PhD)

Which of the following must be true?

A) A student who wants to maximize chances for acceptance to a program can apply to both the DBA and to the Ph.D. programs at Harvard.

No info in the argument.

(B) Applicants to Harvard's joint Ph.D. Programs are not eligible for the Doctor of Business Administration programs.

No info. Applicants could be eligible for both.

(C) Some students in the Business Economics Ph.D. Program at Harvard will not have their degrees granted by the faculty of Harvard Business School.

We know that the PhD degrees are conferred by FAS, not by the faculty of HBS. Hence, the PhD program students will not get their degrees from the faculty of HBS. Hence this is correct. Some is just a subset of all.

(D) The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard can only grant the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.

No info in the argument. Perhaps FAS grants other degrees too.

(E) The fields of study in which students can pursue the DBA or a Ph.D. at Harvard Business School are similar but the degree requirements are distinct.

Not known.

Answer (C)
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Re: Harvard Ph.D Vs DBA [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2012, 05:27
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(A) A student who wants to maximize chances for acceptance to a program can apply to both the DBA and to the Ph.D. programs at Harvard.
we do not know this info from the passage. In passage, it does not say something about the chance to apply both programs
(B) Applicants to Harvard's joint Ph.D. Programs are not eligible for the Doctor of Business Administration programs.
it weakens the passage. Due to dual-degree, someone with PHD might be eligible for the Doctor of Biz Administration
(C) Some students in the Business Economics Ph.D. Program at Harvard will not have their degrees granted by the facultyof Harvard Business School.
Yes. Someone have dual degree, meaning that someone do not have.
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Re: Harvard University's business school has more than one [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2014, 21:25
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OA is C and I too selected option C for the same reasoning given by David from VeritasPrep as below:

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This is an Inference question, so the best approach is to eliminate those choices that could be false. This is a tricky question because it looks like they all could be false!!

Answer (A) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Similarly, answer (B) is not necessarily true. The passage provides no information about probability for acceptance not about whether applicants are allowed to apply to both types of programs. Answer (D) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about what, if any, degrees other than the Ph.D the FAS can grant. Answer (E) is incorrect because the passage provides no information about the similarities or differences between the two programs except for the fact that the degrees are granted by two different sets of faculty. Answer (C) is the right choice because the “some” in the answer includes the possibility of “all” and, according to the passage, all students in the Ph.D. Program can only have their degrees granted by the FAS, not by the faculty of the Business School.


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