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
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Research Methods (15 credits) | ||
BUS 701 | Doctoral Research Methods I (Quantitative Research Methods) | 3 |
BUS 702 | Doctoral Research Methods II (Qualitative Research Methods) | 3 |
BUS 703 | Doctoral Research Methods III (Applied Research Methods in Business) | 3 |
BUS 705 | Seminar in Academic Writing and Publishing | 3 |
BUS 750 | Doctoral Research Methods IV (Regression Models) | 3 |
Major Courses (12 credits) | ||
BUS 720 | Seminar in Organization Theory | 3 |
BUS 721 | Seminar in Organizational Behavior | 3 |
BUS 730 | Seminar in International Business Theory | 3 |
BUS 740 | Seminar in Strategic Management I | 3 |
Field Courses (12-18 credits) | ||
BUS 722 | Seminar in Organizational Leadership | 3 |
BUS 731 | Seminar in Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
BUS 741 | Seminar in Strategic Management II | 3 |
BUS 789 | Advanced Topics in Management | 3-9 |
Supervised Directed Research (3-6 credits) | ||
BUS 790 | Doctoral Research Independent Study | 3-6 |
Dissertation (12-18 credits) | ||
BUS 799 | Dissertation | 12-18 |
Total Credit Hours | 54 |
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/.