Business Graduate Program
College of Business
The Business Graduate Programs unit administers all graduate degree programs offered by the College of Business: the Master of Business Administration (MBA), the MBA On-line, the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA), the MPA Online, and the Ph.D. Program in Business, Accounting, Economics, and Management.
Doctoral Curriculum
Doctoral Curriculum
The doctoral curriculum consists of 60 to 66 semester hours of course work, which includes: 18 to 24 semester hours in the area of concentration, 6 to 9 semester hours in a supporting field, 12 semester hours of research methods, 3 semester hours of teaching methods, and 21 semester hours of dissertation research.
| Types of Courses | Number of Semester Hours |
| Research Core Requirements ( 4 courses) | 12 credit hours |
| Major Field Requirements ( 6 to 8 courses) | 18 to 24 credit hours |
| Minor/Supporting Field Requirement (2 or 3 courses) | 6 to 9 credit hours |
| Teaching Methods (1 course) | 3 credit hours |
| Dissertation Research Requirement | 21 credit hours |
| Total | 60 to 66 credit hours |
Following satisfactory completion of the course work requirements, each student must pass a comprehensive examination in his/her concentration and successfully defend a dissertation proposal and a final dissertation in front of the dissertation committee and the department’s faculty. Students are awarded the Ph.D. degree after successful completion of the doctoral curriculum and all other university requirements.
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