Curriculum

PhD students are required to complete 60 hours of coursework, at least 10 of which must be 8990 dissertation research hours.

Program Sequence

The PhD in Business, Management is a four year, full-time program. You will complete the bulk of coursework in the first two years. At the end of the second year, you will take a comprehensive qualifying exam. You’ll spend the third and fourth years on research projects, including dissertation research. Completion of the dissertation and its defense is the final requirement. See detailed information about course sequence in the curriculum model below. 

Read about our current policies and procedures in the PhD Program in Management Policies and Procedures.

Even-Year Admission Curriculum Model

	Fall (even year)	Spring (odd year)	Summer (odd year)
1st Year	BUAL 6600 Predictive Modeling or STAT 7000	MNGT 8400 Quantitative Methods I	MNGT 7970 Stats Analysis
	MNGT 8030 Research Methods in Management	MNGT 7970 Organizational Theory	Start on 2nd Year Qualifying Paper
	MNGT 8330 Strategy Formulation	MNGT 8310 Organizational  Behavior I
	Fall (odd year)	Spring (even year)	Summer (even year)
2nd Year	PSYC 7270 Experimental Design	ERMA 8340 SEM or HDFS 8060/61 Multi-Level	Comprehensive Exams
	MNGT 7970 - Leadership	MNGT 7970 - Organizational Behavior II
	Elective	MNGT 8320 Strategy Implementation
	Fall (even year)	Spring (odd year)	Summer (odd year)
3rd Year	Work on Dissertation Proposal		Dissertation Research
	Fall (odd year)	Spring (even year)	Summer (even year)
4th Year	Dissertation Research

Odd-Year Admission Curriculum Model

	Fall (odd year)	Spring (even year)	Summer (even year)
1st Year	BUAL 6600 Predictive Modeling or Stat 7000	MNGT 8400 Quantitative Methods I	MNGT 7970 Stats Analysis
	MNGT 8030 Research Methods in Management	MNGT 7970 - Organizational Behavior II	Start on 2nd Year Qualifying Paper
	MNGT 7970 - Leadership	MNGT 8320 Strategy Implementation
	Fall (even year)	Spring (odd year)	Summer (odd year)
2nd Year	PSYC 7270 Experimental Design	ERMA 8340 SEM or HDFS 8060/61 Multi-Level	Comprehensive Exams
	MNGT 8330 Strategy Formulation	MNGT 7970 Organizational Theory
	Elective	MNGT 8310 Organizational  Behavior I
	Fall (odd year)	Spring (even year)	Summer (even year)
3rd Year	Work on Dissertation Proposal		Dissertation Research
	Fall (even year)	Spring (odd year)	Summer (odd year)
4th Year	Dissertation Research