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Nobody makes it as far as you have in the business world without having drive and determination. An executive Ph.D. in business management couples that tenacity with advanced business knowledge and skills, giving you the chance to push beyond your career's current boundaries and create brand-new expectations for yourself and your organization.
An executive Ph.D. degree in business management is the highest academic credential attainable in the field of business. The degree is typically designed to prepare candidates for careers in academia, research, and other roles that require complex problem-solving. To that end, our hybrid-format online Ph.D. in business program at Cumberlands focuses on original research and developing new theories to further the body of knowledge in your discipline. If you think you have what it takes, and if you want to advance your business career even further, take this as your sign to consider pursuing an Executive Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management at University of the Cumberlands.
About The Programme
The Executive Ph.D. Business Management from University of the Cumberlands will impart the skills you need to stay at the cutting edge of innovations in business, along with the tools you need to teach at postsecondary institutions. In this Ph.D. program you’ll learn the business philosophy, critical thinking skills, and evidence-based practices necessary to excel in any teaching, research, or business roles.
This hybrid Ph.D. graduate degree in business builds on your undergraduate and graduate work and your practical, real-world business experience. Along with professional research courses, you’ll take core business courses in areas ranging from comparative economics and corporate finance to managerial ethics and social responsibility.
Course Details
Core Courses - 18 Credits
- BACC 731 Advanced Managerial Accounting (3 Credits)
- BADM 733 Strategic Marketing: Research and Practice (3 Credits)
- BADM 734 Corporate Finance: Fiscal Management in a Global Climate (3 Credits)
- BADM 735 Comparative Economics (3 Credits)
- BADM 737 Managerial Ethics and Social Responsibility (3 Credits)
- BADM 838 Strategic Thinking, Decision-Making and Innovation (3 Credits)
Professional Research - 24 Credits
- DSRT 734 Inferential Statistics in Decision-making (3 Credits)
- DSRT 834 Advanced Statistical Applications (3 Credits)
- DSRT 837 Professional Writing and Proposal Development (3 Credits)
- DSRT 850 Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
- DSRT 736 Dissertation Seminar (3 Credits)
- DSRT 839 Advanced Research Methods (3 Credits)
- DSRT 930 Dissertation (3 Credits)
- DSRT 931 Dissertation (3 Credits)
Specialty Area - 24 Credits
A content specialty area of at least twenty-four (24) hours must be earned in one of these disciplines:
- Accounting
- Blockchain
- Business Analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Healthcare Administration
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Public Administration
- Strategic Management
- Supply Chain Management
For a full list of course offerings or more program-specific information, visit our Academic Catalog
TOTAL CREDITS - 66
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