Program Overview

Finance Ph.D.

Program Overview

The University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business Ph.D. in Business Administration, specializing in Finance, focuses the College's Ph.D. experience to include teaching training and research training that is appropriate for the field of Finance.

Program Details

• Program Type: Doctoral Degree
• Major: Finance
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 60

Program Objectives

The doctoral program in Business with a concentration in Finance is designed to prepare individuals of outstanding ability for careers in teaching and research at the university level. The program has enough flexibility, however, to accommodate individuals whose career objectives lie outside academia.

Marketable Skills

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

Program Highlights

• The G. Brint Ryan College of Business maintains subscriptions to several research databases to facilitate research by faculty and students.
• UNT's G. Brint Ryan College of Business, one of the largest business schools in the nation, is accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business — which means the college meets or exceeds strict academic standards for excellence in education.
• The Business Leadership Building contains 24 classrooms and student learning is enhanced with interior and exterior spaces, such as tutor rooms, team study rooms, and outdoor terraces.
• All College of Business students may use the BLB Trading Room, a state-of-the-art research facility equipped with 12 terminals running Bloomberg Professional software.
• Articles written by faculty members have appeared in Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance , and Financial Management.
• Classes are taught by faculty members who have extensive academic background and who conduct research to remain up-to-date on trends to enrich the classroom experience.

Sample Courses

• Seminar in Investments, Modern Portfolio Theory and Capital Markets Research (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Corporate Finance (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Econometric Methods Applied in Financial Markets Research (3 hrs)
• The Theory of Financial Decisions (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Business Administration (3 hrs)

Related Programs

• Accounting Ph.D.
• Management Ph.D.

Department Information

• Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law (FIREL)
• Business Leadership Building, Room 201