Business Administration, Doctor of Business Administration(D.B.A)

All students are required to complete a minimum of 54 credit hours beyond a bachelor’s degree or 30 credit hours beyond a master’s degree. Typically, students will take 42 credits in the following categories: Research Tools and Methodologies (10 – 12 credits), courses in the student’s major field of study (22 – 24 credits), and practice-focused elective courses (10 – 12 credits). All students should take 12 credits of the capstone project research in addition to the coursework for graduation eligibility. For those entering with only a Bachelor’s degree in any area, there will be an additional 12 credits of coursework requirements. In addition to passing each course, students are required to successfully pass their capstone project proposal before registering for the capstone project course. Finally, students must successfully complete their capstone project to graduate the program.

The course listing below provides courses that meet the research tools and methodologies, major field of study, and practice-focused elective courses. Students are not required to take all of the courses listed nor are they limited to these courses. Some coursework is interdisciplinary in that students may take a course in another concentration to fulfill their specialization requirement. For example, BDBA820 Applied Microeconomics for Business can be used to complete the research tools and methodologies requirements of the Information Systems concentration and the Marketing (quantitative track) concentration. All course registration plans must be approved by the DBA Faculty Coordinator.