The MIS specialization of the PhD in Business Administration at the Michael F. Price College of Business focuses on research aimed at understanding the economic and social contexts and impacts of information technologies. The objective of the program is to develop our students into academic colleagues, equipped with the research and pedagogical skills to enhance our understanding of the issues surrounding information technology and to add value to the future generations of students they will educate.
The MIS PhD program is a full-time doctoral program. All admitted students receive generous stipends and financial support for research-related activities for four years. Students in good standing can secure additional funding for a fifth year, if necessary. Students’ time in the program is spent on coursework that develops their foundational knowledge of MIS research issues and methodologies, conducting research with MIS faculty, apprenticing to faculty teaching undergraduate and masters classes, and independently teaching MIS classes. Being a small, selective program permits doctoral students and faculty to interact and work closely.
The MIS faculty at the Price College research a wide variety of timely and enduring topics such as human computer/robot interaction, cognition, IT governance and control, healthcare information technology, cyber-security, business analytics, and artificial intelligence, among others. They employ a range of research methodologies including experiments, surveys, machine learning methods, and inductive methods.
The requirements for the Ph.D. in Business Administration with a specialization in MIS program involve doctoral coursework, a research readiness requirement, the General Exam and the successful completion of a dissertation. Most adequately prepared doctoral candidates should be able to complete these requirements in a four-year time period.
The Graduate College requires 90 hours past the Bachelor's degree for the Ph.D. The core doctoral coursework involves 47 hours distributed as follows:
Because the most impactful research is inter-disciplinary, students are encouraged to consult with their advisor on coursework offered outside the MIS Department that can inform their distinctive research interests. Students without an MBA may have to complete up to 21 hours of additional MBA core coursework. Once students have completed their coursework and the general exam, they can register for up to of 30 dissertation hours while working on their dissertation. Students with an MBA may count some of their prior graduate coursework towards the remainder of the 90-hour Graduate College requirement.
Doctoral students will begin an independent research project (under the supervision of a MIS faculty member) during their first summer in residence. This project must be completed by the end of the student's second summer in residence. The product of this research effort is to be submitted for presentation at a major conference and, ideally, submitted for publication to an appropriate journal. Students must complete this requirement before sitting for their General Exam.
After completing coursework and the research readiness requirement, but prior to beginning the dissertation, each doctoral student must successfully pass a written exam covering their (1) major, concentration and elective coursework, (2) understanding of the MIS research literature as represented by a bibliography prepared and approved by the MIS Division's Standing Divisional Doctoral Advisory Committee, and (3) capability to fabricate and justify a research design given an assigned phenomenon to be investigated.
Upon successful completion of the General Exam, a doctoral student will constitute his/her Dissertation Committee to oversee the formulation, completion and evaluation of the dissertation. Within the semester following completion of the general exam, the student should plan on defending a dissertation proposal to this Dissertation Committee.
MBA core courses: microeconomics, macroeconomics, financial accounting, financial management, marketing management, organizational behavior, and production/operations management.
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