Program Requirements

A minimum of 135 graduate level quarter-units (27 courses) after the bachelor’s degree plus submission of a dissertation must be competed for graduation.

Students who have completed the CIBU MBA (13 courses) will take a total of 14 more courses plus the dissertation.

The Doctoral Curriculum: Structure, Content, and Functional Breadth

The curriculum is comprised of four important structural segments:

• The fundamental scientific methodology core of four courses
• The required doctoral level (CIBU 700 level courses) fundamental advanced functional management area core courses. Within each of the five identified functional areas, there are several courses at the graduate level, but the capstone 700-level course (identified with an asterisk (*) is required.
• Functional area courses selected from the graduate level courses offered in the five functional fundamental areas. (See course outline below)
• The Doctoral Dissertation sequence of three courses.

This curriculum structure addresses the need for a doctoral curriculum to embody a thorough methodological and scientific base, reparatory series of graduate level courses in the classical functional management and business administration areas, advanced core courses within each functional area, and a significant capstone project, i.e., dissertation, which contributes to knowledge.

The curriculum structure embraces both traditional and classical doctoral curricular elements, as well as advanced topics which permit students and instructors to work on contemporary and cutting edge topics in the field. Further, the curriculum structure allows individual students to concentrate their selection of courses for more focused study within functional areas.

All other residential Doctoral coursework must be completed before
starting the following Dissertation Sequence of courses.

*CORE CAPSTONE – REQUIRED