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PhD Student Handbook
Degree Requirements - Plan of Study in Business Administration
All Terry Ph.D. students, with the exception of those in Economics, are required to complete the "Plan of Study - Business Administration" form. The Plan of Study form is a detailed account, by fields, of the coursework the student has or will complete as required for the Ph.D. degree in Business Administration. To satisfy the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration students must complete a major field of study and a minor field of study, as well as develop research competencies through completing an area in research methodology and a research apprenticeship. Although the student and his/her Major Professor should develop this Plan of Study, the Graduate Coordinator often provides an example of an area's Plan of Study on the Graduate Coordinator web page or via hard copy.
The major field must be a coherent set of courses (a minimum of five (5) courses is required) and must be selected from the following major fields offered by the College. The areas offered are Accounting, Business Finance, Organizational Behavior, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Real Estate, Risk Management & Insurance, and Strategic Management.
The minor field consists of courses taken outside the student's major field that provide coherent support to the major field. A minimum of three (3) courses is required in the minor field. Such courses may be taken inside and/or outside the Terry College. These courses must pertain to a specific discipline and not to the Research Methodology. Note that previous graduate work may be used to satisfy these course requirements, but does not alter the total number of hours required for the Ph.D. degree.
The research methodology consists of courses that are designed to provide the student with a coherent set of technical research competencies in the student's major field. Previous graduate work may be used to satisfy these course requirements, but does not alter the total number of hours required for the Ph.D. degree.
The research apprenticeship, composed of 8990 or 9000 coursework, is taken under the guidance of a major field professor. Apprenticeship work involves research-oriented activities that help the student develop research skills needed to undertake a dissertation.
A minimum 3.0 grade point average must be maintained in the Major Field, Minor Field, Research Methodology, and Research Apprenticeship combined. Courses with a grade lower than C may NOT be listed on the Plan of Study.
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