Business Administration - M.B.A. and Ph.D. Program Requirements

Full-Time Master of Business Administration

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CORE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
BAD	63037	Financial Accounting-Managerial Action	3
	63038	Accounting for Managerial Action and Evaluation	3
	64005	Statistics for Management	3
	64041	Operations Management	3
	64042	Management Information Systems	3
	64271	Human Resources Management	3
	65051	Marketing Management	3
	66061	Financial Management I	3
ECON	62021	Business Conditions Analysis and Public Policy	3
	62022	Managerial Economics	3
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)
Executive Modules, Integrative Management Courses and Electives*			24
TOTAL			54

*With approval, some electives may be taken outside the Graduate School of Management.

Ph.D. Program Requirements

The Ph.D. program consists of five phases: proficiency requirements, supportive coursework, concentration and minor coursework, comprehensive examinations and dissertation. The course requirements in the proficiency phase are roughly equivalent to an AACSB-accredited M.B.A. degree, and certain courses may be waived based upon completed graduate and undergraduate coursework.

The Ph.D. program calls upon the student to complete a minimum of six courses in quantitative analysis, economic theory and other analytical courses supportive of the student’s area of concentration; five courses in his or her major area; and a four-course minor.

After completion of the coursework, each student must pass comprehensive examinations in his or her major area. No universal language requirement for the Ph.D. degree in business administration is necessary.

Successful completion of the comprehensive examinations and approval of a dissertation topic shall constitute admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. The final phase of the Ph.D. program is the preparation of the Ph.D. dissertation. Upon completion, the dissertation is defended before a committee of the graduate faculty.