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Twin Cities Campus
Business Administration MinorCurtis L. Carlson School of Management - Adm
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
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Contact Information
PhD Program in Business Administration, Carlson School of Management, Suite 4-205, 321 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-0875 or 612-624-5065; fax 612-624-8221)
Email:
csom-phd@umn.edu
The PhD program in business administration offers full-time advanced graduate education for students seeking academic placement at leading universities or research-oriented positions in business or government. The program is for individuals who have the intellectual capacity for advanced study, enjoy independent research and analytical thinking, and who wish to master a discipline within business administration.
Non-business administration doctoral students working toward a minor within the business administration program must complete a cohesive program of study in one of seven areas of specialization: accounting; finance; information and decision sciences; marketing; supply chain and operations; strategic management and entrepreneurship, and work and organizations.
Accreditation
This program is accredited by AACSB International
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
University of Minnesota PhD student in a field other than business administration.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
For each of the seven areas of concentration, a minimum of 16 credits is required. Coursework is selected in consultation with the PhD program office or the PhD coordinator of the student's chosen concentration area. Courses should be 8xxx-level, although up to 8 credits of 5xxx- and 7xxx-level coursework can be taken with the approval of the PhD and master's program offices.
Areas of Concentration
Accounting
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ACCT 8801 - Topics in Empirical Research I
(2.0 cr)
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ACCT 8802 - Topics in Empirical Research II
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8803 - Topics in Empirical Research III
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8811 - Topics in Information Economics I
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8812 - Topics in Information Economics II
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8813 - Topics in Information Economics III
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8821 - Topics in Capital Markets I
(2.0 cr)
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ACCT 8822 - Topics in Capital Markets II
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8823 - Topics in Capital Markets III
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8831 - Topics in Analytical Research I
(2.0 cr)
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ACCT 8832 - Analytical Research Topics II
(2.0 cr)
·
ACCT 8833 - Topics in Analytical Research III
(2.0 cr)
-OR-
Finance
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
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FINA 8802 - Theory of Capital Markets I: Discrete Time
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8803 - Theory of Capital Markets II: Continuous Time
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8804 - Advanced Continuous Time Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8810 - Topics in Asset Pricing
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8812 - Corporate Finance I
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8813 - Corporate Finance II
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8820 - Topics in Corporate Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8822 - Empirical Methods in Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8823 - Empirical Corporate Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 8890 - Seminar: Finance Topics
(2.0-4.0 cr)
-OR-
Information and Decision Sciences
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
IDSC 8511 - Conceptual Topics and Research Methods in Information and Decision Sciences
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8521 - System Development
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8531 - Organizational Theory and Research in Information Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8541 - Introduction to Economics of Information Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8620 - Data Mining and Personalization
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8631 - Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, & Virtual Reality
(2.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 8801 - Research Seminar in Information and Decision Sciences
(2.0 cr)
-OR-
Marketing
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MKTG 8809 - Consumer Behavior Research Methods
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8810 - Consumer Behavior Special Topics
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8811 - Consumer Attitudes and Persuasion I
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8812 - Consumer Attitudes and Persuasion II
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8813 - Consumer Judgment and Decision Making I
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8814 - Decisions Making, Emotions and Unconscious Processes
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8831 - Seminar: Inter-Organizational Relations
(4.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8842 - Quantitative Modeling I
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8843 - Empirical Quantitative Models
(4.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8851 - Seminar: Marketing Management and Strategy I
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8852 - Marketing Management & Strategy II
(2.0 cr)
·
MKTG 8890 - Seminar: Marketing Topics
(1.0-4.0 cr)
-OR-
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MGMT 8101 - PhD Seminar: Theory Building
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8102 - Research Methods I - Applied Empirical Methods
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8104 - PhD Seminar: Research Design
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8202 - Seminar in International Management
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8302 - Seminar in Organizational Theory
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8401 - Strategy I
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8402 - Seminar in Behavioral Strategy
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8403 - Strategy II
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8404 - Seminar in Non-Market Strategy
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8405 - Seminar in Technology Strategy
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 8501 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
-OR-
Supply Chain and Operations
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
SCO 8800 - Research Topics in Supply Chain and Operations
(1.0-2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8811 - Operations Strategy
(4.0 cr)
·
SCO 8821 - Management of Technological Operations
(4.0 cr)
·
SCO 8822 - Innovative Operations
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8831 - Supply Chain Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8832 - Analytical Models for Operations Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8841 - Behavioral Research in Operations Management
(4.0 cr)
·
SCO 8842 - Retail Operations
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8843 - Sustainable and Socially-Responsible Operations
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 8892 - Readings in Supply Chain and Operations
(1.0-8.0 cr)
·
SCO 8894 - Research in Supply Chain and Operations
(1.0-8.0 cr)
-OR-
Work and Organizations
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
HRIR 8801 - Core Seminar: Fundamentals of Economic Analysis for Work and Organizations
(4.0 cr)
·
HRIR 8802 - Core Seminar: Organizational Behavior
(4.0 cr)
·
HRIR 8803 - Core Seminar: Fundamentals of HR Research
(4.0 cr)
·
HRIR 8812 - Core Seminar: Research Methods in Work and Organizations
(4.0 cr)
·
HRIR 8820 - Seminar: Special Topics in Work and Organizations Research
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 8825 - Research Practicum/Workshop
(1.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Doctoral
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Prerequisites: | Business admin PhD student or # |
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Prerequisites: | PhD student in Business Administration |
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Prerequisites: | PhD student in Business Administration or # |
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Prerequisites: | Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs |
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.02] |
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Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
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Credits: | 2.0 [max 4.0] |
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