PhD Program
The doctoral programs of the Terry College of Business, including the Ph.D. in Business Administration and the Ph.D. in Economics, emphasize the development of research and teaching skills. Graduates are well prepared to begin careers at research universities or in certain industries or government agencies.
Our doctoral programs are small and highly selective. They are structured to foster a close, long-term interaction between faculty and students. The programs are also highly specialized and allow students to specialize in areas aligned with the academic departments of the Terry College. This means that coursework, research projects, and teaching assignments are under the direction of the faculty within a particular department. The program is individually planned with each student by his or her major professor and advisory committee. The student and the committee evaluate previous work and designate sufficient coursework to provide the necessary proficiency to do research and teach in the student’s chosen field.
For more information, see the PhD Program home page.
Curriculum by Department
Accounting Courses
- ACCT 9000: Doctoral Research
- ACCT 9005: Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
- ACCT 9010: Accounting Workshop
- ACCT 9030: Conducting Empirical Studies in Accounting Research
- ACCT 9100: Behavioral Accounting Research
- ACCT 9110: Positive Accounting Research
- ACCT 9120: Capital Markets Research in Accounting
- ACCT 9130: Special Topics in Accounting Research
- ACCT 9140: Capital Markets Research II
- ACCT 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
Marketing Courses
- MARK 8130: Buyer Behavior
- MARK 8240: Applied Models in Marketing Research
- MARK 8400: Master's Internship
- MARK 8440: Organization to Organization Marketing
- MARK 8610: Qualitative Research in Marketing
- MARK 8630: Interpretive Research in Marketing
- MARK 8990: Directed Study in Marketing
- MARK 9000: Doctoral Research
- MARK 9180: Marketing and the Internet
- MARK 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
- MARK 9400: Marketing Theory
- MARK 9450: Seminar in Marketing Management
- MARK 9460: Advanced Seminar in Brand and Customer Equity
- MARK 9470: Advanced Seminar in Industrial Marketing and B2B Research
- MARK 9550: Seminar in Buyer Behavior
- MARK 9560: Advanced Seminar in Psychological Models of Consumer Behavior
- MARK 9600: Measurement Issues in Marketing
- MARK 9650: Multivariate Statistics
- MARK 9700: Marketing Models
- MARK 9750: Advances in Causal Modeling
- MARK 9800: Advanced Research Topics in Marketing
- MARK 9900: Practicum in Marketing
Banking and Finance Courses
- FINA 8900: Directed Study in Finance
- FINA 8990: Directed Study in Finance
- FINA 9000: Doctoral Research
- FINA 9100: Mathematical Finance
- FINA 9110: Valuation and Capital Market Theory
- FINA 9120: Empirical Research in Corporate Finance
- FINA 9130: Financial Research Methodology
- FINA 9200: Corporate Finance Theory
- FINA 9210: Empirical Research in Investments
- FINA 9230: Research Topics in Finance
- FINA 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
Legal Studies Courses
- LEGL 8100: Law for Managers
- LEGL 8300: Legal Aspects of Financial Institutions
- LEGL 8990: Directed Study in Legal Studies
Management Information Systems Courses
- MIST 8990: Directed Study
- MIST 9000: Doctoral Research
- MIST 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
- MIST 9700: Management Information Systems Research Seminar I
- MIST 9710: Organizational Level Theories in Information Systems
- MIST 9720: MIS Workshop and Seminar
- MIST 9730: Regression for Organizational and Behavioral Research
- MIST 9740: PHD Qualitative Research Seminar
- MIST 9750: Individual Level Theories in Information Systems
- MIST 9760: Management Information Systems Topics Seminar
Real Estate Courses
- REAL 8070: Real Estate Development
- REAL 8990: Directed Studies in Real Estate
- REAL 9000: Doctoral Research
- REAL 9005: Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
- REAL 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
- REAL 9910: Seminar in Real Estate Analysis and Finance
- REAL 9920: Seminar in Real Estate Markets and Investments
Risk Management and Insurance Courses
- RMIN 8990: Directed Study in Risk Management
- RMIN 9000: Doctoral Research
- RMIN 9005: Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
- RMIN 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
- RMIN 9450: Property and Liability Insurance Seminar
- RMIN 9550: Life and Health Insurance Seminar
- RMIN 9650: Risk Theory Seminar
Management Sciences and Information Technology Courses
- MSIT 8990: Directed Study in Management Science
- MSIT 9000: Doctoral Research
- MSIT 9150: Special Topics in Management Science
- MSIT 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
Economics Courses
- ECON 8000: Mathematical Analysis for Economists
- ECON 8010: Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 8020: Microeconomic Theory II
- ECON 8030: Microeconomic Theory III
- ECON 8040: Macroeconomic Theory I
- ECON 8050: Macroeconomic Theory II
- ECON 8060: Macroeconomic Theory III
- ECON 8070: Statistics for Econometrics
- ECON 8080: Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON 8090: Research Methods in Economics
- ECON 8110: Econometrics I
- ECON 8120: Econometrics II
- ECON 8130: Time Series Econometrics
- ECON 8210: Industrial Economics I
- ECON 8220: Industrial Economics II
- ECON 8310: Public Economics I
- ECON 8320: Public Economics II
- ECON 8410: Labor Economics I
- ECON 8420: Labor Economics II
- ECON 8510: International Economics I
- ECON 8520: International Economics II
- ECON 8610: Monetary Economics I
- ECON 8620: Monetary Economics II
- ECON 8710: Economic History
- ECON 8720: Topics in Economic History
- ECON 8810: Economic Growth and Development
- ECON 8820: The Analysis of Productivity
- ECON 8850: Special Topics in Economics
- ECON 8900: Survey of Business Economics
- ECON 8980: Economics Seminar
- ECON 8990: Directed Study
- ECON 9000: Doctoral Research
- ECON 9005: Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
- ECON 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
Management Courses
- MGMT 8990: Directed Study
- MGMT 9000: Doctoral Research
- MGMT 9005: Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
- MGMT 9010: Management Research Methodology
- MGMT 9020: Concepts of Organizations
- MGMT 9030: Doctoral Research Seminar
- MGMT 9280: Operations Management Research Seminar I
- MGMT 9290: Operations Management Research Seminar II
- MGMT 9300: Doctoral Dissertation
- MGMT 9400: Strategic Management Theory
- MGMT 9500: Strategic Management Research
- MGMT 9610: Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
- MGMT 9620: Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling
- MGMT 9810: Seminar in Organizational Behavior
- MGMT 9820: Contemporary Topics in Organizational Behavior