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Ph.D. in Business Administration
Doctoral Program Objectives The Ph.D. program offered by the College of Business provides its graduates with preparation for careers as college and university professors and as research and staff personnel in industry and government. The doctoral program provides for intellectual growth as students work closely with faculty in seminars, research projects, and other assignments which develop their teaching and research skills. The curriculum offers breadth of understanding of the integral components of business administration as well as depth of field specialization sufficient to permit the student to make a meaningful contribution to their discipline. The program is sufficiently flexible to allow each student to build upon his or her strengths and to accommodate students with various levels of preparation in a wide variety of fields. The program offers majors in the following fields:Accounting
Admission Requirements The Ph.D. in Business Administration is a full time program. Admission decisions for the Ph.D. program are made by Departmental and College committees on a competitive basis. Those seeking admission to the Ph.D. program should have demonstrated high levels of success in their previous academic work and a high score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). GMAT scores over five years old are not acceptable. Students may apply after conferral of their Bachelor's degree, although a Master's degree is preferred.
Doctoral Level Coursework A minimum of 90 semester hours beyond the bachelor's degree is required. This includes 21 hours of dissertation. A minimum of 45 hours of coursework must be completed at the University of South Florida.
Foundation Courses Foundation requirements are designed to develop an appreciation of the institution of business and to help students see how their areas of specialization fit into this general picture. With the approval of the students program committee, a student may satisfy these requirements in any of the following ways:1. By completing an undergraduate degree in business at an AACSB accredited institution, with an average of "B" or better in the last 60 hours, no more than five years prior to admission to the Ph.D. program.
Core Courses The core courses are designed to provide a strong background in Economics and to develop the students quantitative and statistical research skills. These courses are required of all students in the program. The College will waive a course only if the student has passed the same or equivalent course with a grade of "B" or better within the preceding five years.
Major Field All students will take at least five courses at the 6000 or 7000 level in an area designated as the students major. Students are encouraged to identify courses in the major field that will provide experience in applying current research techniques to problems in that field. To accomplish this, the student may propose a combination of formal classroom courses and independent directed research courses. This combination may include a year-long research seminar in which the groundwork is laid for the student's dissertation. The specific agenda of courses will be determined by the student's advisory committee. The following fields are offered as majors: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing. Courses taken as part of the Foundation or Core sections may not be counted as part of the hours required for a major field.
Support Field The support field will consist of a minimum of three courses from one of the fields listed under the major field. The support field and the major field cannot be taken in the same department. Courses within the support field can be selected to complement the major field, and, in special cases, may include courses outside the College of Business. The nature and number of the support field courses will be determined by the student's Advisory Committee in consultation with the Ph.D. coordinator of the support field department. Courses taken as part of the Foundation or Core courses may not be counted as part of the 9 hours required for support fields.
Financial Aid Information
Graduate Assistantships A limited number of graduate assistant ships are available for doctoral students. The assistant ships pay approximately $17,000 a year. These are 12 month appointments requiring 20 hours per week.
Other financial aid programs include the following: Dr. L. Rene "Bud" Gaiennie Grants - Support for Ph.D. Research, University Graduate Fellowship, the McKnight Foundation Fellowship, and the Graduate Educational Opportunity Grant.
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