Philosophy
Doctoral study in Business Administration is structured to challenge men and women who possess the ability to analyze complex problems and synthesize solutions.
Objectives
The Ph.D. Program in Business Administration is designed to prepare men and women of outstanding ability for careers in teaching and research at the university level. The program has enough flexibility, however, to accommodate individuals whose career objectives lie outside academia. Individuals who undertake doctoral studies are expected to achieve excellence in the command of the technical aspects of a business discipline and to develop expertise in the conduct of meaningful research.
General Requirements
The program requirements for the Doctoral Program in Business Administration consist of course work, satisfactory performance on the qualifying examinations, pre-dissertation research, and dissertation research. The total program requires a minimum of 69 hours of graduate credit beyond the Master's degree or 99 hours of graduate credit beyond the Bachelor's degree.
The minimum course work consists of the following:
| Research Track | 12 to 18 hours |
| Major and Minor Areas | 27 to 33 hours |
| Pre-dissertation Research | 12 hours |
| Dissertation | 12 hours |
| 69 hours minimum |
In addition, all students must demonstrate calculus proficiency.
The above may include no more than 12 semester hours of 5900, 5910 or 6900 credit prior to pre-dissertation research.
A student entering the doctoral program upon completion of a bachelor's degree must complete the MBA core requirements and take 12 additional hours in the major and/or minor areas. These hours are included in the 99-hour minimum program.
A student who holds a masters degree that does not contain courses equivalent to the MBA background courses must take these courses as "deficiencies" outside the doctoral program.
The MBA background courses typically include the following:
ACCT 5020 - Accumulation and Analysis of Accounting Data (1.5 hrs)
BCIS 5090 - Introduction to Business Computer Information Systems (1.5hrs)
BLAW 5050 - Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Environment of Business (1.5 hrs)
ECON 5000 - Economic Concepts (3.0 hrs)
FINA 5170 - Financial Management (3.0 hrs)
MGMT 5070 - Management Issues-Creation of Goods and Services, (1.5 hrs)
MKTG 5000 - Marketing Concepts (1.5 hrs)
DSCI 5010 - Statistical Analysis (1.5 hrs)
DSCI 5180 - Introduction to Decision Making (3.0 hrs) Computer competency – As determined by the Department.
The major area will be selected from: Accounting; Finance; Information Systems, Management Science; Management; and Marketing & Logistics. A minimum of nine hours of the major area will include course work designed solely for doctoral students.
The nature of the minor course work and the number of hours are determined by the student's appropriate departmental committee and approved by the Ph.D. Coordinator. The minor course work is designed to develop the student's research abilities and technical knowledge pertaining to his/her career interests. The course work included therein is not necessarily limited to a single academic discipline.
The two research tracks consist of 12 to 18 hours of course work designed to develop the research capabilities of the student and to prepare the student for conducting research of dissertation quality. The student’s choice of track must be approved by their major area Ph.D. Coordinator. The two tracks are described below:
Research Track I (15 hours minimum)
BUSI 6450 Business Research Methods (3 hrs)
BUSI 6220 Applied Regression Analysis (3 hrs)
BUSI 6480 Advanced Issues in Research Design (3 hrs)
BUSI 6240 Applied Multivariate Statistics
BUSI 6280 Applications in Causal and Covariance Structure Modeling (3 hrs)
Research Track II (12 hours minimum)
ECON 5600 Mathematical Economics (3 hrs)
ECON 5650 Advanced Econometrics (3 hrs)
MSCI 6000 Theory & Application of Nonparametric Statistics (3 hrs)
Methodological Tool Electives (3- 9 hrs)
Transfer of Course Work
As many as 12 hours of graduate course work earned in the 69 hour program and as many as 24 hours in the 99 hour program, earned at another institution, not used in a previous degree, may be accepted and credited to the degree plan provided the student’s advisory committee recommends acceptance to the Graduate School on an individual basis. Transfer credit must have been completed within five years of the student’s admission date.
Beginning with the Fall, 2000 semester, the University of North Texas--and all other major state-assisted graduate universities in Texas--will charge nonresident tuition to all graduate students who have attempted more than 99 hours in the doctoral program. This policy will apply to all graduate students who have taken more than 99 hours, regardless of whether they are Texas residents or nonresidents, and regardless of whether they hold scholarships or assistantships that would previously have qualified them to pay resident tuition. (A copy of the complete letter is available from the COB Office of Ph.D. Program and Research in BA 175).
