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Ph.D. in Business Administration with a major in Strategy

The Ph.D. in Business Administration with a major in Strategy is a four-to-five-year program that admits two or three candidates each cohort. The program offers faculty with research expertise in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, international business, entrepreneurship and innovation, executive compensation and corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, upper echelons theory, institutional theory, and resource-based theory.

Program Requirements

• Prerequisites: Strategy doctoral students must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Although many students also have a master's degree in business or a related field, it is not a requirement.
• Major Requirements: All strategy doctoral students must complete courses in three areas: Tools and Analytical Research (TAR), Primary Strategy and Support.
  • I. Primary Strategy Coursework: The primary area courses and seminars provide opportunities for in-depth study. Required doctoral seminars and courses include:
    • MAN 6275 Organizational Behavior
    • MAN 6235 Organizational Theory
    • MAN 6917 Research Design
    • MAN 6932 Strategic Management: Literature Overview
    • MAN 6931 Strategy Microfoundations
    • MAN 6795 Strategy II (focus on entrepreneurship) or MAN 6235 Strategy III (focus on international business) or MAN 6933 Special Topics
  • II. Tools and Analytical Research (TAR) area: All strategy doctoral students must take four (4) Tools and Analytical Research (TAR) courses.
    • Three (3) Required:
      • MAN 6934 Data Analysis
      • PSY 6919r Research Analysis and Design I
      • PSY 6919r Research Analysis and Design II
    • Select one (1) elective:
      • EDF 5464 Qualitative Methods
      • MAR 6655 Causal Models
      • EDF 5406 Multivariate Analysis
      • PSY 5916 Modern Psychometrics
      • PSY 5916 Meta-analysis
      • PSY 5916 Multilevel Modeling
      • PSY 5916 Structural Equation Modeling
  • III. Support Area Coursework: The support area provides students an opportunity to concentrate in a field of study complementary to their primary area and career objectives. Typically, the support area will consist of supervised teaching, plus two courses in one of the following fields: finance, management information systems, marketing, human resources and organizational behavior, public administration, sociology, or research methods.

Tentative Program Sequence and Activities

The program sequence includes:

• Year 1:
  • Fall: MAN 6275 Organizational Behavior, MAN 6932 Strategic Management: Lit, TAR, GEB 6931 Professional Development
  • Spring: MAN 6931 Microfoundations, MAN 6235 Organizational Theory, TAR/Support, GEB 6931 Professional Development
  • Summer: Support/TAR, MAN 6911 Supervised Research, MAN 6941 Supervised Teaching
• Year 2:
  • Fall: MAN 6686 International Business, TAR/Support, TAR/Support, GEB 6931 Professional Development
  • Spring: MAN 6917 Research Design, MAN 6933 Special Topics, TAR/Support, GEB 6931 Professional Development
  • Summer: GEB 6904 Readings for Exam, MAN 8964 Preliminary Exam
• Year 3-5: Dissertation, teaching, and research activities.

Application Process

Admission decisions are made by the college's Doctoral Admissions Committee and are based on a combination of factors, including prior academic record, GRE or GMAT scores, letters of recommendation, experience, and record of accomplishments. Admission is competitive and focused on students with grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher and GMAT scores of at least 555 or GRE scores of at least 155 on each section of the revised test.

Application Checklist

• Non-refundable $30 application fee
• Statement of Purpose (2-3 pages)
• Current resume or C.V.
• Three (3) required references
• Official transcript from all colleges and universities attended
• Official GMAT or GRE scores
• English Language Proficiency scores (for international applicants)

Program Costs

Ph.D. students typically take 27-33 credit hours each year. Estimated program costs for the academic year:

• Florida residents: $479.32 (tuition plus fees) per credit hour. Total estimated program cost is $12,941.64 - $15,817.56 per year.
• Non-Florida residents: $1,173.86 (tuition plus fees) per credit hour. Total estimated program cost is $31,694.22 - $38,737.38 per year.

Financial Assistance

The College of Business awards financial assistance to applicants based on academic criteria and performance. The goal of the college is to provide assistantships and/or fellowships to all of their admitted doctoral students, subject to overall enrollment and fiscal limitations. Annual stipends and supplementary assistance such as travel expenses for conference attendance will vary among cohorts and programs.