Business Administration, Ph.D.

For information regarding deadlines and requirements for admission, please see https://grs.uncg.edu/programs/.

Admission into the doctoral program in Business Administration is highly selective. At a minimum, applicants should possess a completed master's degree in a business field or related area with superior performance in graduate course work.

Degree Program Requirements

Required: 54 credit hours

Research Methods (15 credits)
BUS 701Doctoral Research Methods I (Quantitative Research Methods)3
BUS 702Doctoral Research Methods II (Qualitative Research Methods)3
BUS 703Doctoral Research Methods III (Applied Research Methods in Business)3
BUS 705Seminar in Academic Writing and Publishing3
BUS 750Doctoral Research Methods IV (Regression Models)3
Major Courses (12 credits)
BUS 720Seminar in Organization Theory3
BUS 721Seminar in Organizational Behavior3
BUS 730Seminar in International Business Theory3
BUS 740Seminar in Strategic Management I3
Field Courses (12-18 credits)
BUS 722Seminar in Organizational Leadership3
BUS 731Seminar in Cross-Cultural Management3
BUS 741Seminar in Strategic Management II3
BUS 789Advanced Topics in Management3-9
Supervised Directed Research (3-6 credits)
BUS 790Doctoral Research Independent Study3-6
Dissertation (12-18 credits)
BUS 799Dissertation12-18
Total Credit Hours54

Required Milestones*

  • Residency (Immersion)
  • Research Competency
  • Plan of Study
  • Comprehensive Exam (Written & Oral)
  • Dissertation Proposal
  • Admission to Candidacy
  • Dissertation Defense
  • Filing the Final Approved Dissertation
*

General information about milestones for doctoral programs is available in Section III of the Graduate Policies page in the University Catalog. For information about how milestones are accomplished for a specific program, please refer to the doctoral program's handbook.

The program handbook for the Ph.D. in Business Administration is available on the program's website at https://bryan.uncg.edu/programs/phd/list/phd-in-business-administration/.