Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

In the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) degree program, industry and academic professionals have the opportunity to build upon master’s-level competencies, skills, and knowledge. International students in this program include business and organizational leaders who are ready to move up to executive positions and college and university faculty who seek a premier doctoral credential in business administration. The curriculum is designed to prepare students to perform more effectively in existing professional roles, to qualify for roles with increasing responsibility, to start their own business, or develop capabilities for a second career in consulting or teaching at the college level.

The DBA degree program is designed to assist busy professionals in balancing the demands of career, family, and school. It is a blended on-campus experience. The program’s flexible blended format combines online courses with one on-campus experience per term at our Florida campus (Tampa, FL). The on-campus experience is three days in length per term, consisting of workshops, course orientations, course assignments and consultation with faculty members.

Professional Focus

• Outcome 6.1: Accounting Evaluate the results of accounting research and analysis to determine appropriate business actions for meeting organizational goals.

• Outcome 6.2: International Business Evaluate current research and practices in the global marketplace and analyze worldwide drivers of business success to recommend sound and responsible organizational strategies.

• Outcome 6.3: Marketing Analyze the foundation and development of marketing and consumer behavior theory and practice to strengthen the marketing function in modern organizations.

• Outcome 6.4: Management Evaluate management research and current practices to develop employees and systems that sustain competitive and responsible organizations in changing environments.

Degree Course Requirements - 60 credits

Core Courses - (21 credits)

• DBA 620 Holistic Management in Organizations 3 
• DBA 622 Managing Global Challenges 3
• DBA 624 Marketing Strategy and Management 3 
• DBA 626 Corporate and Global Finance 3
• DBA 628 Advanced Operations Management  3
• DBA 630 Strategy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation  3
• DBA 632 Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3

Research Courses - (15 credits)

• RES 600 Introduction to Doctoral Studies and Research 3 
• RES 610 Advanced Writing  3
• RES 650 Data-Driven Decision Making and Research  3
• RES 652 Quantitative Research Method  3
• RES 654 Qualitative Research Methods  3

Management Concentration - (12 credits)

• DBA 650 Organizational Behavior 3
• DBA 652 Management Science  3
• DBA 654 Organizational Development and Change Management 3
• DBA 656 Strategic Team Management 3

Doctoral Research - (12 credits)

• DBA 696 Doctoral Research I 3
• DBA 697 Doctoral Research II 3
• DBA 698 Doctoral Research III 3
• DBA 699 Doctoral Research IV 3

For a complete description of the above requirements, please go to the Course Catalog.