Doctorate of
Business Administration
Pursue the career you want, when you want, where you want with CIU's online DBA program.
The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA-GEN) program prepares graduates for advancement in their current employment or new business career opportunities. While learning the most advanced decision-making skills and techniques, doctorate candidates also develop and hone research and writing skills required for high- level responsibility in academic and business environments.
Pursue the career you want, when you want, where you want with CIU’s online DBA program.
The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA-GEN) program prepares graduates for advancement in their current employment or new business career opportunities. While learning the most advanced decision-making skills and techniques, doctorate candidates also develop and hone research and writing skills required for high- level responsibility in academic and business environments.
Admission Requirements
1) Masters Degree
2) Curriculum Vitae / Professional Resume
3) Application for Admission
Admission Requirements
1) Masters Degree
2) Curriculum Vitae / Professional Resume
3) Application for Admission
Career Outcomes:
Possible career avenues with a Doctorate of Business Administration from CIU.
C-Level
Executive
Management
Consultant
College
Professor
Financial
Manager
Health Services
Manager
Who is CIU’s online Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program for?
Upon graduating from CIU with a DBA, individuals may be qualified to pursue executive positions and to manage large teams in the workplace, to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities to create their own businesses, or to work in an academic capacity as professors.
The program encourages executives, college or university professors, and consultants to use their professional backgrounds to explore, design, and manage large systems in the complex organizations of increasingly multifaceted and multi-sectored economy.
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate the use of effective communication to assess human resource business challenges and
opportunities associated with the global economy, competition, change, and uncertainty
• Construct and optimize information related to human resources to produce competitive market analysis
• Utilize applied research methods and business strategies to maximize business growth and development opportunities.
• Identify and analyze complex organizational concepts and explore alternative solutions to organizational and HR problems
• Apply critical thinking skills, ethical and legal perspectives, proven management theories and practices to analyze, evaluate, and decide on a wide range of human resource issues
Online Business Administration (DBA-GEN) Course Curriculum:
The Doctorate of Business Administration degree requires completion of 60 semester credits of coursework which includes 30 credits of Business Core courses, 15 credits of Specialization Elective courses, a Comprehensive Competency Assessment, and 15 credits of Dissertation courses.
1. Business Core Courses: 30 Credits/10 Courses
- ECO 615 – Global Economy
- FIN 605 – Global Business Finance
- GRC 600 – Doctoral Academic Study and Writing
- GRC 605 – Business Research Methodology and Quantitative Statistics
- MGT 616 – Organizational Change and Development in Management System
- MGT 610 – Mastering Leadership: Theories and Concepts
- MGT 618 – International Business
- MGT 662 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- MKT 640 – E-Commerce Models and Applications
- MKT 645 – Marketing Research in Consumer Behavior
2. Specialization Courses: 15 Credits/5 Courses
- Specialization Elective
- Specialization Elective
- Specialization Elective
- Specialization Elective
- Specialization Elective
3. Comprehensive Competency Assessment: 0 Credits/1 Course
- Comprehensive Competency Assessment
4. Research Project or Doctorate Dissertation Courses: 15 Credits/5 Courses
A. Research Project
- DRP 801 – Introduction to Doctoral Research Project
- DRP 802 – Doctoral Research Project Literature Support
- DRP 803 – Doctoral Research Project Research Methodology
- DRP 804 – Doctoral Research Project Results and Findings
- DRP 805 – Doctoral Research Project Conclusions and Recommendations
B. Graduate Level Research
- GRC 641 – Chapter 1 Dissertation Introduction
- GRC 642 – Chapter 2 Dissertation Literature Review
- GRC 643 – Chapter 3 Dissertation Methodology
- GRC 644 – Chapter 4 Dissertation Results and Findings
- GRC 645 – Chapter 5 Dissertation Conclusions and Recommendations/Dissertation Presentation and Oral Defense
