Curriculum
Program of Study for the PHD in International Business (72 semester hours *)
| Business Foundation |
24 semester hours * |
| Quantitative and Research Methods |
12 semester hours |
| International Business Common Core |
12 semester hours |
| Other Elective Graduate Courses |
12 semester hours |
| Dissertation |
12 semester hours |
| Total: |
  72 semester hours |
Business Foundation (24 semester hours *)
| ACCT 5311 |
Accounting for Management |
| CIS 5313 |
Strategic Information Systems |
| ECON 5311 |
Managerial Economics |
| ECON 5360 |
Global Economic Environment for Managers |
| FIN 5311 |
Financial Management |
| MKT 5311 |
Marketing Management |
| OSCM 5308 |
Concepts of Production Management |
| MGMT 5325 |
Management Strategy and Policy
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* Entering students must take the Business Foundation courses or demonstrate competency in the knowledge areas represented.
It is anticipated that students entering the program with an MBA will have already taken these courses or their equivalent.
Students can demonstrate achievement of proficiency in any or all of these areas by examination, subject to the approval of the
Director of the Ph.D. Program. |
Quantitative and Research Methods Courses (12 semester hours)
Students may take appropriate alternative courses subject to approval by the Program Director.
| IBUS 6300 |
Introduction to Quantitative Methods and Statistics |
| IBUS 6302 |
Applied Multivariate Methods |
| AND TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| IBUS 6303 |
Advanced Regression Analysis |
| IBUS 6304 |
Business Time Series Analysis |
| IBUS 6305 |
Doctoral Seminar in Applied International Business Research |
| IBUS 6307 |
Survey Research Methods |
| IBUS 6308 |
Research Philosophy and Design |
| IBUS 6309 |
Structural Equation Modeling |
| IBUS 6350 |
Financial Econometrics I |
| IBUS 6360 |
Financial Econometrics II |
International Business Core Courses (12 semester hours)
Students may take appropriate alternative courses subject to approval by the Program Director.
| Choose Four of the Following: |
| IBUS 6310 |
Seminar in the International Accounting Environment
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| IBUS 6311 |
Seminar in International Trade and Business Policy |
| IBUS 6312 |
Seminar in International Financial Management and Monetary Economics |
| IBUS 6313 |
Seminar in International Marketing |
| IBUS 6317 |
Seminar in International Global Information Systems |
| IBUS 6319 |
Seminar in International Management |
Elective Research Specialization Courses (12 semester hours)
Each student must complete twelve semester hours of graduate-level
College of Business Administration courses from the list below. Appropriate courses may be substituted
with the approval of the Director.
| Choose Four of the Following: |
| IBUS 6312 |
Seminar in International Financial Management and Monetary Economics |
| IBUS 6316 |
Seminar in International Production Operations and Supply Chain Management |
| IBUS 6321 |
Seminar in International Financial Accounting |
| IBUS 6323 |
Topics in Accounting Research |
| IBUS 6324 |
Seminar in International Tax |
| IBUS 6325 |
Seminar in Managerial Accounting |
| IBUS 6329 |
Seminar in Marketing Theory |
| IBUS 6331 |
Seminar in Theory of Finance |
| IBUS 6332 |
Seminar in International Capital Markets |
| IBUS 6333 |
Seminar in Corporate Finance |
| IBUS 6334 |
Seminar in Investments |
| IBUS 6341 |
Seminar in Strategic and Competitive Information Systems |
| IBUS 6342 |
Analysis of Diffusion and ICT Impact |
| IBUS 6343 |
Information Systems Outsourcing |
| IBUS 6344 |
IS Risk Analysis, Security and Crime |
| IBUS 6351 |
Seminar in International Management and Strategy |
| IBUS 6352 |
International Entrepreneurship |
| IBUS 6353 |
International Organization Behavior and Human Resource Management |
| IBUS 6354 |
Special Topics in International Business |
| IBUS 6362 |
Seminar in Cross-Cultural Marketing |
| IBUS 6363 |
Seminar in International Market Theory |
| IBUS 6364 |
Topics in International Marketing |
| IBUS 6389 |
Independent Study (with approval of Program Director) |
| IBUS 6390 |
Seminar in Organizational Behavior |
| IBUS 6391 |
Seminar in Human Resource Management |
Dissertation (12 semester hours)
All students must complete a doctoral dissertation (a minimum of 12 semester hours) that presents original research at an advanced
level on a significant problem in international business. Dissertation hours may be repeated as needed.
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