B-school trends come and go, but one that seems to have legs is the creation of specialized MBA programs, particularly by second-tier schools. The schools find them useful for attracting students and cementing their brand identities at a time when competition among schools for the best students is intense. In recent years, they’ve becoming increasingly common (BusinessWeek.com, 7/19/07) even at high-profile schools. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, and the Wharton School now offer specialized MBAs, majors, or dual degree programs in areas like real estate, sports management, biosciences, electronic commerce, and health care.

But is a specialized program always a good choice for an MBA student?

Not necessarily. While established programs have placement records on par with those of their general MBAs, many newer programs have not yet established the kind of recruiting relationships that guarantee students high-paying jobs at graduation. And graduates always run the risk of getting hamstrung by their specialties later in their careers, when an industry downturn forces them to look outside their specialties for opportunities.
Chart Your Own Path

Some who have gone through the specialized programs say they are best for those with a firm idea of their future goals, and who are keen to chart their own path. “I knew what I wanted to do,” said Carrie Stern Rathod, who received her MBA from Wisconsin’s Brand ‐ Product Management Center in 2005 and now works for Procter & Gamble (PG), which recruits regularly from the program. “There’s a range of people for whom this program is ideal. If you have an entrepreneurial bent but are not sure you’re ready to take the leap yet, the program might be right.” But, she added, “I think it would be tough if you wanted to go into consulting or something like that.”

For students who aren’t comfortable breaking away from the pack or seeking out professional contacts in unconventional ways, a specialized MBA might not be the best choice. This is especially true at less well-known schools, where big companies often don’t recruit. Students in these programs agree that making industry connections can require a lot of initiative from the student. “If you have a very specific company in mind, you might need to be a trailblazer in making relationships with those companies,” says Rathod.

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Geophysics is the study of physics of the Earth, especially its crust and applied geophysics deals with the methods of physics to study the Earth. Applied Geophysics and geophysics are rarely specialize in a discipline of the post-graduate.

Programs

The India Institute of Technology (IITS), Kharagpur and Mumbai offer M.Sc. Geophysics and M.Sc. And Applied Geophysics (15 seats) and IIT-Roorkee, M. Tech. Applied Geophysics (10 seats).

In addition, M.Sc. — Ph.D. Dual Degree programs in the physical IITS in Mumbai (8 seats) and Kanpur (9 seats). M.Sc. Physics is offered to all IITS: Mumbai (25 seats), Delhi (35), Guwahati (30), Kanpur (19), Kharagpur (30), Chennai (35) and Roorkee (16). Selection for all these programs are based on the common organisation Admission Test (JAM), under the direction of the ITI per year.

Authorization of Higher Education for the M.Sc. Geophysics, of course, under the direction of the IIT-Kharagpur, a diploma and that both candidates have studied these subjects - physics, mathematics and geology - for at least two years or four semesters and the third in less a year or two semesters.

Sheet qualification for M.Sc. Applied Geophysics / M. Tech. Applied Geophysics IIT Bombay and IIT-Roorkee and majored in mathematics and physics as subjects and one of the following topics: chemistry, geology, statistics, electronics and informatics.

IIT Bombay, requires a degree of at least three years duration and IIT-Roorkee need at least 60 percent in the marks aggregation professional fence.

M.Sc. Physics / M.Sc.-Ph.D. Double Degree Programs Physics under the direction of IITS in Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee need a degree in physics as a subject for a period of three years / six semesters and math for the least two years or four semesters for Admission, Mark with different objectives.

Students, in the conclusion of the examination of professional qualification is also entitled to conclude a jam. The test paper is also true for geophysics, M.Sc. Applied Geophysics, Geophysical and M. Tech. Applied Geophysics and test paper is also true for the physical M.Sc. Physics and M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual-Degree program in physics.