Doctor in Business Administration (DBA)

The Doctor in Business Administration is intended for graduates and executives to enhance their functional and technical competencies and advance their level of administrative and management functions in the general business environment. It aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge in functional and technical areas to become globally competitive leaders and professional managers through essential business strategy, financial decision-making, and organizational theory and behavior. Similarly, it is committed to produce global managers, resilient, sharp and ethical decision-makers, and innovators in a rapidly changing business world. Faithful to intellectual expertise and leadership, the DBA program is designed to enhance skills in analytical thinking, good  judgment, innovation, creativity, effective communication, and change management skills needed by the national and global industry in this 21st century. The DBA program is designed to develop competencies through theory and practice. 

PROGRAM OUTCOMES 

CURRICULUM

1. Core (12 units)

• DBA 701 Advanced Statistics

• DBA 702 Advanced Business Research (Research 1)

• DBA 703 Advanced Good Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

• DBA 704 Transformational Leadership and Ethical Decision Making

2. Major (18 units)

• DBA 705 Micro and Macro Economic Theories and Policies

• DBA 706 Strategic Business Intelligence

• DBA 707 Advance Production and Operations Management

• DBA 708 Advanced Organization Development and Change Management

• DBA 719 Global Entrepreneurial Leadership

• DBA 710 Advanced Business Research (Research 2)

3. Cognates (6 units)

• DPA

• DEM

4.  Comprehensive Examination

5. Graduate Seminar (1 unit)

• RSH 739 Graduate Seminar 2

6. Dissertation Writing (12 units)

   • RSH 741 Dissertation Writing 1

   • RSH 742 Dissertation Writing 2

7. Bridge Courses (12 units - must be completed within the first 3 semesters of residency period)

• MBA 602 Production and Operations Management

• MBA 603 Financial Management

• MBA 614 Marketing Management

• MBA 619 Human Resource Management