Curriculum at a Glance

The doctoral program is a post baccalaureate program and typically takes four years to complete. The Ph.D. candidate at Fogelman College can select a major concentration from one of six areas of Business Administration: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing.

Residency Requirement

Must be enrolled in two consecutive semesters with at least 9 hours credit (full-time). The last 30 hours of doctoral course work excluding prerequisites, language, mathematical competency and dissertation must be completed at The University of Memphis.

Research Core

The research core (12 - 15 semester hours) includes at least four doctoral level courses in research methodology. The courses in the Research Core are designed by the student's Program Committee to support research in that discipline.

ACCT	ECON	FIN	MGMT	MIS	MKTG
Research Core
ECON 8125	ECON 6810	ECON 8120	SCMS 8530	SCMS 8530	SCMS 8530
ECON 8810	ECON 8125	ECON 8810	SCMS 8540	SCMS 8540	SCMS 8540
ECON 8811 or	ECON 8810	ECON 8811	MGMT 8921	MGMT 8921	MGMT 8921
MKTG 8217	ECON 8811 or	ECON 7300 or	MKTG 8217	MKTG 8217	MKTG 8217
	ECON 8812	ECON 7125
Major
18 hrs in ACCT courses. An additional 12 hrs determined by advisor	24 hrs in ECON courses. An additional 6 hrs determined by advisor	21 hrs in FIR courses. An additional 9 hrs determined by advisor	18 hrs in MGMT courses. An additional 12 hrs determined by advisor	21 hrs in MIS courses. An additional 9 hrs determined by advisor	21 hrs in MKTG courses. An additional 9 hrs determined by advisor

The concentration (30 semester hours total) may be selected from the following: Accountancy, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing. Additional courses designed to complement the student's overall educational and research objectives, must be approved by the Departmental Program Committee and by the Associate Dean for Academic Programs.

The dissertation (18 semester hours) requires a major research project of an original and creative nature. The dissertation is the research capstone of the Ph.D. program. It must be a significant contribution to an area of study in Business Administration and must meet the requirements of the Graduate School.