Program Overview

PhD Program Overview

The PhD Program at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, is designed to train the next generation of behavioral scientists. The program focuses on a broad range of questions on topics including judgment and decision-making, status and power, organizational culture, gender, ethics, diversity, negotiations, and nonverbal interaction.

Research

Research by micro faculty and students in the MORS group focuses on a broad range of questions on topics including judgment and decision-making, status and power, organizational culture, gender, ethics, diversity, negotiations, and nonverbal interaction. To tackle these questions, faculty and students build new theories, develop rigorous research designs, collect data (often via experiments), analyze results, and prepare their research for dissemination via academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals.

Micro Track Program

The first two years of coursework in the micro track of the MORS PhD program include rigorous training in research design, psychological theory, organizational behavior, and research methods. Students take courses taught in Berkeley’s top-ranked Psychology Department, as well as a theory sequence taught by micro MORS faculty. The curriculum also features a methods sequence aimed at training students to understand the latest principles of open science and experimental analysis tools.

Curriculum

• The curriculum includes rigorous training in research design, psychological theory, organizational behavior, and research methods.
  • Students take courses taught in Berkeley’s top-ranked Psychology Department.
  • A theory sequence taught by micro MORS faculty.
  • A methods sequence aimed at training students to understand the latest principles of open science and experimental analysis tools.

Placement Record

The MORS PhD program boasts an excellent placement record, having populated the faculty ranks of the top universities in the country.

Program Details

• The program aims to train the next generation of behavioral scientists.
• Students in the MORS program enjoy the many possibilities made available to behavioral scientists on the greater Berkeley campus.
• The program focuses on a broad range of questions on topics including judgment and decision-making, status and power, organizational culture, gender, ethics, diversity, negotiations, and nonverbal interaction.