Program Curriculum

Most of our entering students have already obtained their MBA

degree* and will need to complete the following courses and credit hours toward the PhD degree:

• Advanced quantitative/research methods
  16 credits (4 courses)

• Core courses in concentration area
  16 credits (4 courses)

• Specialization courses
  8 credits (2 courses)

• Research project
  4 credits

• Pedagogy Seminar
  2 credits

• Comprehensive Exams
• Dissertation Proposal
• Dissertation

To see specific course schedules, please click on the concentration in the list above.

*Students with master's degrees in other disciplines need not complete an MBA, but must take or have taken the graduate level foundation coursework in the following areas: Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, and Organizational Behavior.

*Students without a master’s degree, but with an undergraduate degree in business may be eligible for our one-year Fast-Track MBA program. Unlike most MBA programs, our Fast-Track program allows qualified students to take Ph.D. courses in place of MBA electives, accelerating progress toward the Ph.D. degree. For further information about this program, visit our website at http://som.binghamton.edu/mba/fasttrackmain.html.

The School of Management Ph.D. program is designed for full-time students only. Ph.D. students, therefore, are expected to be enrolled in full-time course work and will also be provided an assistantship, with a stipend and tuition scholarship, consisting of research and/or teaching. Due to these requirements, there will be no outside employment during the first four years of the program.