Doctorate
Business Administration
Doctor of Business Administration
Faculty Selected Research Admission Requirements Tuition & Fees Why Baker?
Structured as a three-year, 90 quarter credit program, the DBA curriculum blends taught interdisciplinary content and research seminars with assessed scholarly and professional development activities organized around two portfolios, the Scholarly Activities Portfolio and the Professional Activities Portfolio. The program culminates in a research-based dissertation focused on a real problem facing today's business leaders and managers. Over the course of the program, the student develops the capacity to work independently and in more depth, moving from prescribed content in the first year of the program, to supervised scholarly activities in the second year, to independent research focused on his or her area of interest in the third year. Students may choose from five areas of specialization or design their own specialized field of study.
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| DOCTORAL CORE REQUIREMENTS - 42 HOURS | ||
| BUS 800 | Doctoral Seminar in Information Proficiency | 2 |
| BUS 801 | The Scholar Practitioner | 4 |
| BUS 810 | Leading 21st Century Organizations | 4 |
| BUS 811 | Managing in a World-Wide Context | 4 |
| BUS 812 | Knowledge Management and Information Systems | 4 |
| BUS 813 | Quality Improvement and Organizational Change | 4 |
| BUS 814 | Corporate and Personal Ethics | 4 |
| BUS 840 | Statistics for Executives | 4 |
| BUS 841 | Introduction to Research Design | 4 |
| BUS 844 | Defining the Dissertation Research Problem and Research Question | 4 |
| SELECT 1 COURSE FROM THE FOLLOWING: | ||
| BUS 842 | Designing a Qualitative Dissertation Study | 4 |
| BUS 843 | Designing a Quantitative Dissertation Study | 4 |
| DOCTORAL SPECIALTY REQUIREMENTS - 8 HOURS | ||
| SELECT 1 GROUP FROM THE FOLLOWING: | ||
| BUS 861 | Doctoral Seminar in Finance I | 4 |
| BUS 871 | Doctoral Seminar in Finance II | 4 |
| OR | ||
| BUS 862 | Doctoral Seminar in Marketing I | 4 |
| BUS 872 | Doctoral Seminar in Marketing II | 4 |
| OR | ||
| BUS 863 | Doctoral Seminar in Management Information Systems I | 4 |
| BUS 873 | Doctoral Seminar in Management Information Systems II | 4 |
| OR | ||
| BUS 864 | Doctoral Seminar in Human Resource Management I | 4 |
| BUS 874 | Doctoral Seminar in Human Resource Management II | 4 |
| OR | ||
| BUS 865 | Doctoral Seminar in Leadership I | 4 |
| BUS 875 | Doctoral Seminar in Leadership II | 4 |
| OR | ||
| BUS 866 | Doctoral Seminar Self Designed I | 4 |
| BUS 876 | Doctoral Seminar Self Designed II | 4 |
| PROFESSIONAL RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS - 4 HOURS | ||
| BUS 880 | First Year Professional Residency | 2 |
| BUS 881 | Second Year Professional Residency | 2 |
| COMPREHENSIVE & QUALIFYING ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS - 8 HOURS | ||
| BUS 890 | Portfolio Development I | 2 |
| BUS 891 | Portfolio Development II | 2 |
| BUS 892 | Comprehensive Essay | 2 |
| BUS 893 | Qualifying Paper | 2 |
| DISSERTATION REQUIREMENTS - 28 HOURS | ||
| BUS 896 | Dissertation Proposal | 4 |
| BUS 897 | Conducting the Dissertation Research I | 8 |
| BUS 898 | Conducting the Dissertation Research II | 8 |
| BUS 899 | Completing the Dissertation Research | 8 |
| CREDIT HOURS (QUARTER HOURS) REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION | 90 | |
