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Ph.D. Business Administration

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Ph.D. Business Administration-Information Technology Field of Specialization

 Coordinator : Li Xu  (lxu@odu.edu)  

Core Faculty for Information Technology

The following professors work together to provide the very best educational experiences for Ph.D. students in Information Tech:(See their faculty websites for more information concerning their interests and research.)

  • Ali Ardalan, Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • Lan Cao, Ph.D., Georgia State University
  • Samuel F. Coppage,  Ph.D., New York University
  • Russell Haines, Ph.D., University of Houston
  • Ling Li, Ph.D., Ohio State University
  • Joan Mann, Ph.D., Georgia State University
  • Edward Markowski, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
  • G. Steven Rheil, Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado
  • Harris Wu, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Li Xu, Ph.D., Portland State University
  • Harry Zhu, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Information Technology Curriculum

FIRST YEAR

FALL

BUSN 800 International Business Seminar (3 hrs)
DSCI 700 Linear Methods for Business Decisions(1 hr)
DSCI 711 Multivariate Statistical Methods for Business (3 hrs)
IT 800 Theoretical Foundation in Information Systems Research  (3 hrs)

SPRING

DSCI 712 Advanced Statistical Models in Business Research (3 hrs)
MKTG 826 Seminar in International Marketing Strategy (3 hrs)
MGMT 821 Seminar in International Management (3 hrs)

Foreign language requirement must be completed during summer of the first year.

SECOND YEAR

FALL

FIN 862 Seminar in International Finance (3 hrs)
IT 850 Enterprise Architecture and Computing Algorithms (3 hrs)
IT 890 Seminar in Business Process and Enterprise Systems (3 hrs)

SPRING

IT 891 Seminar in Business Intelligence (3 hrs)
IT 892 Seminar in Knowledge Management (3 hrs)
IT 893 Seminar in Supply Chain in E-Business Environment (3 hrs)

Note: International Comprehensive Examination to be taken at the end of Spring Semester in the second year of the program.

Field Comprehensive Examination to be taken at the end of the Summer Semester in the second year of the program

THIRD YEAR

Work on dissertation research 

*IT 895 (3 hrs) or other research methodology courses at the approval of PhD Area