STUDENT HANDBOOK - College of Business & Public Administration

FIRST YEAR
Ph.D. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE PROGRAM OUTLINE
FINANCE CURRICULUM
FALL
BUSN 800 International Business Seminar (3 hrs)
ECON 801 Micro-Economic Theory (3 hrs)
ECON 806 Econometric Theory & Modeling (3 hrs)
SPRING
ECON 807 Econometrics II (3 hrs)
MGMT 821 Seminar in International Strategic Management (3 hrs)
Prerequisite: BUSN 800
Required for all doctoral students
MKTG 826 Seminar in International Marketing Strategy (3 hrs)
Prerequisite: BUSN 800
Required for all doctoral students
Foreign language requirement must be completed during summer of first year
SECOND YEAR
FALL FIN 860 Seminar in Financial Theory (3 hrs)
ECON 808 Econometrics III (3 hrs)
FIN 862Seminar in International Finance (3 hrs)
Prerequisite: BUSN 800
Required for all doctoral students
*BUSN 801 Doctoral Research/Teaching Colloquium (1 hr)
Note:
International Comprehensive Examination to be taken at the end of Fall in the second year of
the program.
SPRING FIN 861 Seminar in Investments (3 hrs)
FIN 863
Seminar Current Financial Topics (3 hrs)
ECON 852 International Trade (3 hrs)
*BUSN 801 Research Teaching Colloquium (1 hr)
Note:
Functional Field Comprehensive Examination to be taken at the end of the Spring Semester in
the second year of the program.
THIRD YEAR
FALL
*BUSN 801 Doctoral Research/Teaching Colloquium (1 hr)
Work on dissertation research
* Advanced doctoral level statistical/research methods course (3 hrs) can substitute for BUSN 801 series.
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