Curriculum

The PhD program in Management consists of 16 graduate-level courses: 7 management seminars (6 theory and 1 research methods), two additional research methods courses, a 2-course statistics sequence, a 2-course social science sequence, and 3 electives, as well as the dissertation. Up to 7 electives can be waived by related graduate-level coursework from another institution. In addition to the dissertation, students are also required to complete a research paper. Teaching skills are developed through the requirement of leading two recitation sections of our introductory undergraduate course. Doctoral students are also expected to participate actively in department colloquia.

Sample Program Sequence
Years 1 and 2
Coursework Examination Research Papers Research Activities Completion of Other Requirements by Field	YEAR 1 Fall: MGMT 900 – Economic Foundations of Research in Management Spring: MGMT 933 – Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Research in Management, Statistics, Social Science Elective, MGMT 953 – Research Methods, Management Subfield, Social Science Elective(s) First-Year Examination YEAR 2 Fall: Management Subfield Electives, Research Methods Elective(s), Free Elective(s) Spring: Management Subfield Elective(s), Free Elective(s), Research Paper Summer: Qualifying Examination
Years 3
Directed Reading & Research Admission to Candidacy Formulation of Research Topic	Dissertation Proposal, Free Elective(s)
Years 4 and 5
Continued Research Oral Examination Dissertation	Dissertation

Management
All students are required to take 3 management courses in the first year (2 core foundations courses and 1 research methods course).
MGMT 900	Economic Foundations of Research in Management
MGMT 933	Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Research in Management
MGMT 953	Research Methods
Subfield Specializations
Students must take at least four credit units from the half-unit subfield specializations:
MGMT 918	Personnel Economics A (0.5 cu)
MGMT 919	Personnel Economics B (0.5 cu)
MGMT 920	Seminar in Human Resources Research (0.5 cu)
MGMT 925	Seminar in Corporate Strategy (0.5 cu)
MGMT 926	Corporate Transactions & Strategy (0.5 cu)
MGMT 932	Special Topics in Management (0.5 cu)
MGMT 935	Network Theory & Applications (0.5 cu)
MGMT 937	Entrepreneurship Research Seminar (0.5 cu)
MGMT 938	Family Business Research (0.5 cu)
MGMT 951	Seminar in Micro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu)
MGMT 952	Seminar in Macro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu)
MGMT 955	Foundations in Multinational Management (0.5 cu)
MGMT 957	Seminar in Emotions in Organizations (0.5 cu)
MGMT 958	Advanced Topics in Macro-Organizational Theory (0.5 cu)
MGMT 960	Institutions and Multinational Management (0.5 cu)
MGMT 961	Advanced Topics in Micro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu)
MGMT 962	Multinational Firms Global Econ A (0.5 cu)
MGMT 963	Multinational Firms Global Econ B (0.5 cu)
MGMT 970	Applied Methods for Management Research (1 cu)
Other
Additionally, students must choose:
A two-course statistics sequence
Two additional research methods courses
A two-course social science sequence
7 free electives

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First-Year Examination

At the end of the first year in the program, students will take an exam that tests their competency in the Economic, Sociological and Psychological Foundations of Management Research as well as Management Research Methods. The exam is scheduled in the first-half of May.

Second-Year Examination

The second-year qualifying exam is given to allow students to demonstrate their competency in a particular (pair of) management specialization(s) prior to proceeding to dissertation stage. It is scheduled during the month of May. By the end of February, students choose a core specialization and may choose a related specialization from the following set of six specializations: Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Multinational Management, Organization Behavior, Organization Theory and Strategic Management.

Research Paper

The second-year paper requirement is designed to develop and demonstrate a student’s ability to identify a research question, develop related theory and hypotheses, and test these hypotheses empirically. In addition, it provides an opportunity for the student to practice presenting a paper in a full-session (80-minute) format. The caliber of written work required is at the level of a submission to a high quality and individually appropriate conference venue that is likely to be accepted. Indeed, we strongly encourage students to submit their second year papers for presentation at a major conference and our hope is that students will ultimately submit revised versions of these papers to equally prestigious journals for publication.