COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

ACADEMIC OPERATING POLICY AND PROCEDURE

COBI-AOP NUMBER: 23.05

SUBJECT: Undergraduate Prerequisites for the Ph.D. in Business Administration

DATE: October 25, 2007

DESCRIPTION OF POLICY:
A baccalaureate degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program. The following undergraduate courses or their equivalents are required as minimum preparation for graduate study leading to the Ph.D.

These prerequisite courses must be completed prior to entering the Ph.D. program:
Introduction to Business Computer Systems
Business Calculus
Business Statistics I (or equivalent)
Business Statistics II (or equivalent)

The remaining foundation courses, or approved equivalents, may be taken either before or after entering the program.
Principles of Financial Accounting
Principles of Managerial Accounting
Principles of Management
Production Management
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Financial Management
Principles of Marketing


DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS FOR CHANGING POLICY:
Majority vote by the College of Business and Industry Graduate Faculty.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED PROCEDURE:
Satisfaction of the above prerequisite courses will be determined by the student’s Graduate Program Committee upon initial acceptance into the program. Satisfaction may be evidenced by either formal course work or testing (i.e., CLEP or DANTES) or by providing substantial written evidence of course content knowledge gained through related career experience or coursework in other areas. The student’s status with regard to the business foundation courses will be shown on the “Proposed Program of Graduate Study” once the student enters the program. Students in the program will be required to complete, or be simultaneously enrolled in, all unsatisfied foundation courses before being allowed to enroll in the corresponding graduate courses in their program of study. Exceptions to this enrollment requirement can be made by the Director of Graduate Studies in Business to accommodate scheduling and other conflicts.


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REVIEW OF POLICY/PROCEDURE:
This COBI-AOP will be reviewed at least every five years by the Graduate Policies Committee at the request of the Graduate Director with request for revision presented to the College of Business and Industry Graduate Faculty.

APPROVED:

________________________________ Date_________________
Reviewer

________________________________ Date_________________
Dean, College of Business and Industry

Revision history (dates only):
Original: ???
Revision: November 4, 1983
Revision: April 27, 1990
Revision: June 19, 1992
 
 
 

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