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Business Administration - Ph.D. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

 CORE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (40 credits)
Course Title Credits
BAD 71094 College Teaching 1
BAD 84023 Linear Statistical Models and Applications 3
BAD 80199 Dissertation I 1 30
Department Electives 2 0-9
Choose from the following:  6
BAD 72050 Microeconomic Theory I (3)  
BAD 72051 Macroeconomic Theory II (3)  
BAD 72055 Econometrics II (3)  
BAD 72056 Time Series Analysis (3)  
MIS 84011 Systems Simulation (3)  
MIS 74017 Multivariate Statistics (3)  
MIS 84007 Philosophy of Science and Business Models (3)  
MIS 84015 Stochastic Models (3)  
MIS 84112 Research Methodology (3)  
MKTG 85057 Research Design (3)  
MKTG 85063 Analytical Methods in Marketing Research (3)  
MKTG 85097 Seminar in Marketing and Entrepreneurship (3)  
 MINOR REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
In addition to an area of concentration, each student is required to select a doctoral minor area. The minor area consists of a minimum of four courses (12 hours) without a comprehensive examination. Possible minor areas are listed below: 12
Doctoral Accounting minor  
Doctoral Applied Statistics minor  
Doctoral Economics minor  
Doctoral Finance minor  
Doctoral Information Systems  
Doctoral International Business  
Doctoral Management Systems  
Doctoral Marketing  
In addition, a student may create a minor comprised of at least two (2) courses from each of two existing minors (except International Business). In this case, approval of the minor must be obtained from the coordinators in both of the chosen minor areas.  
 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Accounting concentration (15)  
Finance (15)  
Human Resource Management (15)  
Information Systems (15)  
Marketing (15)  
Supply Chain Management (15)  
Strategic Management (15)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 67
  1. Each doctoral candidate, upon admission to candidacy, must register for BUS 80199 Dissertation I for a total of 30 hours. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for Dissertation I, and thereafter BUS 80299 Dissertation II, each semester, including summer, until all requirements for the degree have been met.
  2. Need determined by department.

 

Accounting concentration

ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
ACCT 73098 Research in Accounting 3
ACCT 83031 Auditing Issues 3
ACCT 83033 Managerial Accounting Issues 3
ACCT 83037 Financial Accounting Issues 3
ACCT 83038 Basic Accounting Research Methodology 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Finance concentration

FINANCE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
FIN 86061 Theories of Financial Decision-Making 3
FIN 86062 Theory of Corporate Finance 3
FIN 86064 International Financial Markets, Institutions and Management 3
FIN 86066 Investment Theory 3
FIN 86098 Research in Finance 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Human Resource Management concentration

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
ECON 82072 Economics of Labor Markets 3
MIS 84108 Human Capital Systems and Shared Value Creation 3
MIS 84263 Human Resource Management 3
MIS 84277 Organizational Behavior and Theory 3
MIS 84291 Seminar in Management Systems 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Information Systems concentration

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
MIS 84080 Innovation, Adoption, Diffusion 3
MIS 84045 Social Issues in Information Systems 3
MIS 84081 Information Systems Strategy and Innovation 3
MIS 84277 Organizational Behavior and Theory 3
MIS 84291 Seminar in Management Systems 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Marketing concentration

MARKETING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
MKTG 85057 Marketing Design 3
MKTG 85063 Analytical Methods in Marketing Research 3
MKTG 85064 Buyer Behavior 3
MKTG 85066 Marketing Theory 3
Choose from the following:  3
MKTG 85054 International Marketing (3)  
MKTG 85060 Marketing Strategy and Planning (3)  
MKTG 85097 Seminar in Marketing (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Supply Chain Management concentration

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
MIS 74019 Research Seminar in Supply Chain Management 3
MIS 84011 Systems Simulation 3
MIS 84012 Scheduling and Planning 3
MIS 84015 Stochastic Models 3
MIS 84291 Seminar in Management Systems 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15

 

Strategic Management concentration Admission to the program has been temporarily suspended as of fall 2012.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course Title Credits
MIS 84262 Business and Organization 3
MIS 84266 Directed Research 3
MIS 84275 Corporate and Global Strategy 3
MIS 84285 Technology Management and Entrepreneurship 3
Choose from the following:  3
BAD 72055 Econometrics II (3)  
MIS 84047 Value and Supply Chain Management (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 15