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Sep 07, 2024
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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Business, PhD
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Program code: BUSN-PHD
The Eberly College of Business and Information Technology offers the PhD in Business program in a weekend, cohort-based format. The program is offered on a part-time basis (6 credits/ semester), will include two years of coursework, a comprehensive examination, and a dissertation. Since 2001, the Eberly College is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the premier accrediting body for business schools worldwide.
Admissions Criteria
It is expected that the applicants to the PhD in Business program is completed a master’s degree with a minimum of 30 credits from business or a related field (bachelors or masters level). In addition, the following criteria will be reviewed:
- Depth of graduate coursework
- GMAT/GRE Scores (GMAT Scores preferred; Previous GRE scores will be accepted)
- Resume
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Statement of Goals
- All Official College Transcripts
- Evidence of Experience within Functional Area
- Examples of Professional Writing
- Candidate Interviews
Program Requirements
The PhD in Business requires the successful completion of a minimum of 48 hours of graduate credits that includes: a) coursework; b) doctoral seminar; c) comprehensive exam; and d) dissertation.
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I. Required Courses (30 cr.)
II. Doctoral Seminar (6 cr.)
The Doctoral Seminar introduces PhD students to basic and applied research in a specific area of business—management, marketing, finance, supply chain, human resources, organizational behavior, information systems, accounting, international business and entrepreneurship.
III. Comprehensive Examination
Upon successful completion of the coursework and the Doctoral Seminar, the student will be administered a comprehensive examination that will include topical coverage from all the core courses, the Doctoral Seminar and the area in which the student intend to conduct their dissertation research. The result of the exam is pass or fail. Comprehensive exams will be offered in August of each year. Students who do not pass the comprehensive examination will be given an option to take the examination again in October or in the following year August. Maximum attempts for comprehensive examinations is limited to two.
IV. Doctoral Dissertation (12 cr.)
Dissertation is the culminating scholarly activity requiring independent original research, literature review, data collection, analysis, and written and oral dissemination of findings. Students are required to defend a proposal in front their committee after the literature review and proposed methodology are outlined. Once the dissertation is fully compiled, the oral dissertation defense is completed before the dissertation committee of the student. Upon successful completion of the oral defense and the written dissertation, the student becomes eligible to secure a PhD degree.
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