Doctor of Business Administration (56 hours)

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.

 

Beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year, the ASSB will begin offering the Doctor of Business Administration degree.  The following note is included with respect to this degree program:  *This program is not yet accredited by ACBSP, as a new business program, it cannot be considered for ACBSP accreditation until the programs has been in place for at least two years and has graduates.*

 

 

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

DRES 8750DOCTORAL ORIENTATION: WRITING AT THE DOCTORAL LEVEL (3)
BUS 8650STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (3)
DRES 8651QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I (3)
BUS 8652INFORMED DECISION MAKING (3)
DRES 8653QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I (3)
BUS 8660FINANCIAL VALUE GENERATION STRATEGY (3)
BUS 8665STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (3)
BUS 8670KNOWLEDGE BASED COMPETITIVE STRATEGY (3)
DRES 8751QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II (3)
DRES 8753QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II (3)
BUS 8760SURVEY OF BUSINESS STRATEGY (3)
BUS 8680TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN ORGANIZATONAL CHALLENGES (3)
BUS 8690STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGIES (3)
BUS 8902SPECIAL TOPICS: 21st CENTURY STRATEGY (3)
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)
BUS 9005DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM (2)
ARP 9100COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (0)
ARP 9200APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT DEFENSE (0)