Doctor of Business Administration
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programs are designed to provide professionals and executives with advanced tools and research skills required for strategic planning and decision making. DBA programs are popular among working professionals because the focus is on applied problem solving. Many DBA graduates either continue their career as management executives, use the degree to shift their career, or use the degree to alter their career trajectory within the same discipline. Graduating from a quality DBA program demonstrates the highest levels of commitment to continual learning, leadership excellence, and professional development.
Outcomes
1. Students will propose and assess ethical frameworks to advance corporate social responsibility and ethical decision making.
2. Students will critically evaluate theoretical and applied research in business administration.
3. Students will synthesize knowledge of the scholarly literature in strategic management.
4. Students will conduct and defend applied research that engages a pragmatic business problem.
5. Students will justify solutions for the refinement of business practice based upon research, knowledge of the literature, and best practices.
6. Students will formally summarize advanced knowledge in their field of study verbally and in writing.
7. Students will appraise and refine solutions to organizational problems using a strategic management perspective.
DBA Course Requirements
Core Requirements
| DBA701 | Scholarly Writing and Formal Inquiry | 3 |
| DBA702 | Topic, Justification, Purpose, and Research Questions – Specific | 3 |
| DBA703 | Literature Review | 3 |
| MGT701 | Theoretical Foundations of Management | 3 |
| MGT702 | Seminar in Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT703 | Seminar in Organizational Theory | 3 |
| MGT704 | Advanced Topics in Business Ethics | 3 |
| MGT705 | Advanced Topics in Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| RES701 | Research Theory, Design, and Methods | 3 |
Specialized Research Design Electives
Students are required to take 3 credits of electives from the list below.
| RES702 | Topics and Application in Case Study Design | 3 |
| RES703 | Topics and Application in a Systematic Literature Review | 3 |
| RES704 | Topics and Application in Archival Data Analysis | 3 |
Systematic Project Course Requirements
| SDP701 | Systematic Doctoral Project | 3 |
| SDP702 | Systematic Doctoral Project II | 3 |
| SDP703 | Systematic Doctoral Project III | 3 |
| SDP704 | Systematic Doctoral Project IV | 3 |