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May 04, 2024
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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Business Administration-Information Systems Concentration, PhD
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Program Description
The PhD program in Business Administration is designed to provide advanced education for students of outstanding ability who desire to pursue careers in academic research institutions. The coursework for the PhD in Business Administration includes a rigorous set of intellectually stimulating and challenging scholarly methods, foundation, and advanced courses and seminars. In addition, the program requires successful passage of a comprehensive examination and successful completion of the doctoral dissertation. A variety of learning experiences are incorporated into the curriculum, including the development of conceptual frameworks and theories, qualitative case and empirical studies, field projects, and in-depth research. Before graduating, each student will (1) have presented, or had accepted for presentation, a paper before a professional or scientific society; or (2) have had an article published, or accepted for publication, in a refereed journal. In addition, each student will have classroom teaching experience.
Within the Department of Management, PhD students have tremendous opportunities to conduct cross-disciplinary research between supply chain and operations management and information systems or with high-quality faculty in entrepreneurship and strategic management, as well as organizational behavior and human resources management. The goal is to position graduates for scholarly academic careers at colleges and universities throughout the United States and the world.
The PhD program in Business Administration is designed for full-time students who remain on campus during the entire duration of their study. Students may enter the program in the fall semester only (starting mid-August). Students with bachelor’s or master’s degrees in a business discipline can typically complete the program in five years (contingent on satisfactory progress in the program), although some students may complete the program in four years. Students with non-business degrees need to complete background courses that may lengthen the program duration. Students entering the program must have completed undergraduate and/or graduate coursework in calculus and linear algebra.
Summary of Degree Requirements
This degree requires a minimum of 48 credit hours of coursework, and at least 18 credit hours of doctoral dissertation research. The final basis for granting this degree is the student’s demonstrated mastery of the subject matter of the field and competence in planning and conducting research that adds to the body of knowledge in the field of study. Ultimately, only the student’s advisory committee can certify that the student has earned this degree.
Coursework
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YEAR 3 THEREAFTER TO DEGREE COMPLETION
- MGT 9910 - Doctoral Dissertation Research 1-12 Credits (minimum 18 hours but continuing full-time enrollment of nine credit hours per semester and six credit hours per summer through dissertation proposal defense and until final oral dissertation defense)
- Elective Methods Courses1
- Final Dissertation Defense
1Electives: Information Systems Concentration students may benefit from taking additional electives in computer science, educational research methods, industrial engineering, supply chain management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, psychology, and sociology. Students are also encouraged to consider taking elective method courses to support their dissertation and specialized methodological interests. Students may also find it beneficial to take other courses on econometrics, machine learning, longitudinal designs, survey design, and experimental design, depending on their chosen topic of interest. These courses are to be taken with the approval of the student’s chair/primary advisor. It is also possible to take specialized, independent studies with individual faculty. Some of these elective courses are listed below.
Methods courses: EDF 9720 , EDF 9750 , EDF 9790 , ECON 6050 , ECON 6060 , ECON 6400 , ECON 8040 , ECON 8060 , ECON 8070 , ECON 8080 , ECON 8240 , ECON 8610 , ECON 8710 , ECON 9000 , ECON 9090 , PSYC 8100 , PSYC 8110 , PSYC 8130 , PSYC 8350 , PSYC 8400 , PSYC 8730 , PSYC 8990 , SSCI 8030 , STAT 8050 , or other method courses as approved by the student’s advisor.
Seminar and technical courses electives: CPSC 6200 , CPSC 6300 , CPSC 6420 , CPSC 6430 , CPSC 6620 , CPSC 6820 , CPSC 8190 , CPSC 8430 , IE 6570 , IE 6910 , IE 8500 , IE 8520 , MGT 8660 , MGT 8690 , MGT 8990 , MGT 9160 , MGT 9310 , MGT 9320 , MGT 9330 , MGT 9350 , MGT 9360 , MGT 9410 , MGT 9420 , MGT 8590 , MGT 8640 , MGT 8610 .
Note: The outlined program may exhibit variability, with the primary/chair advisor’s approval, to address student interest, to accommodate development in the program, and to address course availability in any given semester. However, a student may not graduate without taking the required information systems courses.
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