Ph.D. in Business Administration
Rochester, USA
DURATION
5 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2024
TUITION FEES
USD 40,626 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Full-time: January 15 priority deadline, rolling thereafter
** $40,626 - $54,176 | based on credits taken
Introduction
The Ph.D. in business administration is designed to inspire and train scholars to identify, investigate, and solve novel business challenges that influence business and society, particularly those triggered by technological changes. Our program has a sharp emphasis on the effects of technological innovation on discipline-based theories and research. Our faculty adopt an apprenticeship model in working with students to become independent scholars, cutting-edge researchers, and well-trained educators at research-oriented universities.
The program offers three areas of specialization:
- Digital Transformation: Digital transformation emphasizes the integration of digital technologies that have altered the marketing of products and services, as well as the management of information systems. In this area of specialization, you will study the design and development of digital artifacts and their implications for interpersonal interaction, analyze the modes of human information processing in digitally transformed business contexts, and theorize the emergence of new business models and ways of organizing in digitally immersive environments.
- Strategy and Innovation: A distinct feature of the 21st-century competition is the pivotal role played by technological innovation as a competitive advantage for organizations. In the strategy and innovation specialization, the research emphasizes the growing role of technological capabilities and innovation-based products and processes as a source of competitive advantage. You will acquire knowledge and skills to address novel research questions about firm-level strategy and innovation-related challenges faced by managers and policymakers.
- Finance and Accounting: The finance and accounting specialization emphasizes new challenges and research areas that have emerged from technological innovations within finance and accounting disciplines. These areas include FinTech, high-frequency trading, alternative trading systems (dark pool and ECNs), crowdfunding platforms, P2P lending platforms, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, data analytic tools in auditing and credit rating, digital transformation of SEC filings, and corporate disclosures. In this area of specialization, you will study the antecedents and consequences of technology in finance and accounting.
Research
At the intersection of innovation, technology, and business, Saunders faculty consistently publish their research in elite journals across the following three Ph.D. specialty areas.
- Digital Transformation
- Finance and Accounting
- Strategy and Innovation
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Scholarships and Funding
RIT awards more than $37 million in merit scholarships and assistantships to graduate students yearly. Scholarship awards range from 5% of tuition up to full tuition. Awards are based on an applicant's academic excellence. Many things are considered when awarding scholarships - undergraduate grades, graduate placement test scores, and your research and work experience all factor in.
Graduate assistantships are offered to full-time matriculated graduate students to serve as teaching, research, or administrative assistants. Graduate Assistants receive wages (determined by the department making the appointment) in exchange for work performed. Many graduate assistants also receive tuition remission (i.e., tuition support) and wages for assistantship duties.
Graduate students can be awarded both scholarships and assistantships. These funding opportunities are the same for both US and international applicants.
Optional Co-Op: cooperative education is paid work assignments with corporations and organizations around the U.S. and abroad. Co-op allows students to spend one or more semesters employed in a full-time, paid position related to their academic program before they graduate. Many students use co-op earnings to help finance their education.
Work-Study: graduate students studying full-time may apply to work part-time on campus. RIT has more than 9,000 jobs available yearly, and students typically work 10 – 20 hours per week. International students studying on an F-1 or J-1 visa may work up to 20 hours per week on campus and 40 hours during break periods.
Curriculum
First Year
- MGIS-815 ---- Research Design ---- 3
Choose one of the Research Methodology I courses:
- ESCB-830 ---- Econometrics I ---- 3
- MKTG-825 ---- Multivariate Methods and Analyses ---- 3
Choose one of the Research Methodology II courses:
- ESCB-830 ---- Econometrics I ---- 3
- ESCB-835 ---- Econometrics II ---- 3
- MKTG-830 ---- Structural Equation Modeling ---- 3
- Focus Area Courses ---- 6
- Support Area Courses ---- 6
- SCB Electives ---- 3
Second Year
- SCBI-801 ---- Business Administration Ph.D. Second Year Paper ---- 0
- SCBI-895 ---- Business Administration Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam ---- 0
- Focus Area Course ---- 9
- Support Area Courses ---- 6
- SCB Electives ---- 9
Third Year
- SCBI-890 ---- Business Administration Ph.D. Dissertation Research ---- 10
Fourth Year
- SCBI-890 ---- Business Administration Ph.D. Dissertation Research ---- 10
Fifth Year
- SCBI-890 ---- Business Administration Ph.D. Dissertation Research ---- 10
Total Semester Credit Hours ---- 78
English Language Requirements
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