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Ph.D. Business Administration

The Ph.D. in Business Administration is designed primarily to prepare individuals for teaching, research, service, and collegial roles in academic and research institutions. The degree program provides (a) an exposure to the functional areas of business, (b) intensive study of the relevant body of knowledge in a concentration, and (c) skills and tools to conduct research in that area.

Through an agreement with the Academic Common Market, residents of certain southern states may qualify for graduate enrollment in this Ph.D. degree program (with emphasis in accounting) as in-state students for fee purposes. See Appendix A for details.

Prerequisites to Degree Program

1. Admission to the Graduate School

2. Satisfactory GMAT scores.

3. Satisfactory previous academic record.

4. Admission to a concentration

5. An M.B.A. or other appropriate master's degree is generally required for admission. Individuals admitted to the program may be required to take additional courses in accounting, business law, computer information systems, statistics, finance, economics, management, or marketing. The additional courses will be determined by the adviser in the student's concentration with the approval of the Walton College of Business Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree . The program consists of the following:

1. Concentration.
Emphasis areas may be taken in the following fields:

Accounting
Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
Finance
Management
Marketing and Transportation

2. Course work and seminars:
The requirements for the Ph.D. in business administration will consist of a program of research, appropriate course work, seminars, and independent study as specified by the student's concentration.

3. Comprehensive Examination.
Satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination in the concentration is required.

4. Dissertation.
A dissertation will be written and successfully defended in the concentration.