A Doctorate of Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Business Management is a professional doctorate degree designed to help students perform applied research and transforms mature Learners into Leaders. While learning the most advanced decision-making skills and techniques, Doctoral candidates also develop talent in research and writing skills that accompany high-level of responsibility in the academic and business environments. It enables students to improve their analytical ability, strategic thinking, process implementation, and makes them think beyond industry applications. It is designed to prepare students for careers in the fields of business management, venture analysis, business relations management, business development consulting, business broker, and business banker. Students pursuing this emphasis will learn about new venture creation, international entrepreneurship, strategic and business entrepreneurship and economic principles of entrepreneurship. Individuals with inclination and aspiration for leadership and new business ventures and are ready for a business management and consulting career will receive more credibility and recognition from the market place.

DBA CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS (60 units)

1. REQUIRED COURSES: 30 units/10 courses

• GRC 600 Performing Online Applied Research through E-Learning
• FIN 605 Financial Economics
• ECO 615 Global Economy
• MGT 616 Organizational Change & Development in Mgt. System
• MGT 626 Managing Innovation Integrating Technology
• MGT 635 Merger & Acquisition: Due Diligence Report
• MKT 640 E-Commerce Models and its Applications
• MKT 645 Qualitative Research in Consumer Behavior
• MGT 645 Strategic Management: A Global Approach
• GRC 605 Business Research Methodology & Quantitative Statistics

Student will take the Comprehensive Competency Assessment 1 (CCA1) upon completion of the above listed Required Courses.

2. SPECIFIC COURSES FOR EMPHASIS: 15 units/5 courses

• MGT 655 Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures
• MGT 657 Case Studies in Global Entrepreneurship
• MGT 660 Strategic Entrepreneurship; PR: MGT 655 and MGT 657
• MGT 662 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
• MGT 665 Exploring Entrepreneurship and Economics

Comprehensive Competency Assessment 2 (CCA2) Exam will be taken after completing the 5 emphasis courses

3. PREPARATION OF DOCTORATE CAPSTONE PROJECT OR DOCTORATE DISSERTATION: 15 Units

To fulfill this academic requirement, student must select either a Doctorate Capstone Project or a Doctorate Dissertation and receives approval by the Student Advisory Faculty (SAF) and the Graduate Review Committee (GRC). Students must successfully complete 15 semester units of coursework in this area.

For the Doctorate Capstone Project, student must complete 15 semester units of coursework ending with a Capstone Project Report:

• GRC 620 – Project Research Plan; PR: CCA 2
• GRC 630 – Doctorate Capstone Project; PR: GRC 620

For the Doctorate Dissertation, student must complete 15 semester units of coursework ending with a Dissertation:

• GRC 625 – Dissertation Proposal; CCA 2
• GRC 635 – Dissertation, Presentation or Oral Defense; PR: GRC 625