Program Overview

Accounting Ph.D.

Program Overview

The University of North Texas' G. Brint Ryan College of Business offers a rigorous four-year Ph.D. program in business with an accounting concentration designed to prepare students for successful careers as academic scholars.

Program Type

• Doctoral Program

Major

• Accounting

Format

• On Campus

Estimated Time to Complete

• 4 years

Credit Hours

• 60

Program Description

The program is demanding, broad in scope, and provides opportunities for close interaction between students and faculty. Students are required to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in quantitative areas (such as mathematics and statistics) and scholarly writing. Our program has been changing rapidly, reflecting the growing emphasis on rigorous research at the University of North Texas.

Marketable Skills

• Application of standard research methods
• Conduct and report business research
• Knowledge of core business disciplines
• Pedagogical practices
• Business research communication

Program Highlights

• Our doctoral accounting program was ranked 33rd in the nation by the Public Accounting Report.
• The G. Brint Ryan College of Business enjoys strong alumni support and close relationships with a dynamic business community.
• Our Institute of Petroleum Accounting is one of the leading academic centers specializing in the oil and gas industry.
• The UNT Department of Accounting offers an exceptionally collegial environment with a strong tradition of close student-faculty collaboration.
• Accounting faculty and administrators are committed to strongly supporting doctoral students and doing everything possible to enable their success.
• Accounting doctoral students at UNT now benefit from working with nationally recognized faculty in a wide variety of specialties in a new, exceptionally well-equipped building with cutting-edge technology.

Career Outlook

Recent Ph.D. graduates have accepted employment at Clemson University, San Francisco State University, University of Nevada-Reno, TCU, Babson College, Monmouth University, and University of South Dakota.

Program Courses

• Applied Regression Analysis (3 hrs)
  • Applications of multivariate regression analysis, canonical correlation analysis, and nonparametric statistical procedures to issues in business research involving multivariate data.
• Applied Multivariate Statistics (3 hrs)
  • Applications of multivariate statistical procedures involving data reduction techniques and analyzing multidimensional relationships in business research.
• Seminar on Capital Markets-Based Accounting Research (3 hrs)
  • Presents a synthesis of capital markets research in accounting.
• Structural Equation Modeling (3 hrs)
  • Multiple regression, path analysis, and factor analysis methods are reviewed.
• Advanced Econometrics (3 hrs)
  • Focuses on the theoretical foundations of non-linear regression models often encountered in economics, finance, and accounting.
• Business Research Methods (3 hrs)
  • Designed to introduce doctoral students to the methods and measurements of business research, including scientific method, research design, and measurement.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The University of North Texas' G. Brint Ryan College of Business offers a rigorous four-year Ph.D. program in business with an accounting concentration designed to prepare students for successful careers as academic scholars. The program is demanding, broad in scope, and provides opportunities for close interaction between students and faculty. Students are required to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in quantitative areas (such as mathematics and statistics) and scholarly writing. The program has been changing rapidly, reflecting the growing emphasis on rigorous research at the University of North Texas.

Teaching:

Students are trained to conduct independent research in a wide range of areas, including tax, financial, managerial, systems, and audit. Our faculty and doctoral students use both archival and behavioral approaches.

Careers:

Recent Ph.D. graduates have accepted employment at Clemson University, San Francisco State University, University of Nevada-Reno, TCU, Babson College, Monmouth University, and University of South Dakota.

Other:

• The doctoral accounting program was ranked 33rd in the nation by the Public Accounting Report.
• The G. Brint Ryan College of Business enjoys strong alumni support and close relationships with a dynamic business community.
• The Institute of Petroleum Accounting is one of the leading academic centers specializing in the oil and gas industry.
• The UNT Department of Accounting offers an exceptionally collegial environment with a strong tradition of close student-faculty collaboration.
• Accounting faculty and administrators are committed to strongly supporting doctoral students and doing everything possible to enable their success.
• Accounting doctoral students at UNT now benefit from working with nationally recognized faculty in a wide variety of specialties in a new, exceptionally well-equipped building with cutting-edge technology.