Doctor of Business Administration

Degree Overview

The Ottawa University Doctor of Business Administration program is an application-based doctoral program that combines a rigorous approach to scholarship with a focus on discovering compelling problems based in real-world practice. Through a combined framework of empirical exploration in the realm of strategy and evidence-based decision making, students learn the “science of business” and develop successful data driven strategies and solutions that can be applied to their respective organizations.

Degree Requirements

Requirements List

DRES 8750DOCTORAL ORIENTATION: WRITING AT THE DOCTORAL LEVEL (3)
DRES 8651QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I (3)
DRES 8653QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I (3)
DRES 8751QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II (3)
DRES 8753QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II (3)
BUS 8665STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (3)
BUS 8650STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (3)
BUS 8652INFORMED DECISION MAKING (3)
BUS 8660FINANCIAL VALUE GENERATION STRATEGY (3)
BUS 8670KNOWLEDGE BASED COMPETITIVE STRATEGY (3)
BUS 8760SURVEY OF BUSINESS STRATEGY (3)
BUS 8690STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGIES (3)
BUS 8902SPECIAL TOPICS: 21st CENTURY STRATEGY (3)
BUS 9005DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM (2)
ARP 9100ORAL COMPREHENSIVE (0)
ARP 9001APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT: RESEARCH EXECUTION I (3)
ARP 9002APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT: RESEARCH EXECUTION II (3)
ARP 9003APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT: RESEARCH EXECUTION III (3)
ARP 9004APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT: RESEARCH EXECUTION IV (3)
ARP 9200APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT DEFENSE (3)