Ph.D. in Business Administration -Information Systems & Operations Management Home

Schedules of courses/milestones are personalized based on a students' academic background. The following is a typical program of study, with the assumption that the student begins the Ph.D. program with the required background in Business, Calculus and C Programming.

Methodological Coursework

Course	Title	Credit
COT 5405	Analysis of Algorithms	3
ECO 7404	Game Theory	1
ECO 7408	Mathematical Methods and Applications to Economics	2
ESI 6417	Linear Programming and Network Optimization	3
ESI 6546	Stochastic Systems Analysis	3
MAA 5228	Modern Analysis I	3
MAS 4105	Linear Algebra*	4
STA 6326	Introduction to Theoretical Statistics I	3
IS students must take all of these courses. OM students only need to take one.
ISM 6257	Intermediate Business Programming	2
ISM 6258	Advanced Business Programming	2
ISM 6259	Business Programming	2
Take one of these courses or an equivalent 4-credit research methods course.
STA 6166	Statistical Methods in Research I	4
STA 6167	Statistical Methods in Research II	4

*This course could be waived provided students pass a written exam in the course material.

Substantive Coursework

IS/IT Students

Doctoral Seminars as offered.

The following courses must be taken as audited, not-for-credit courses. Faculty teaching these courses will specify the exact requirements for each doctoral student.

Substantive Coursework for Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) Students

Course	Title	Credit
ISM 6222/23	Telecom	4
ISM 6215/16	Database	4
ISM 6128/29	Systems Analysis and Design	4

OM Students

Doctoral Seminars as offered.

Substantive Coursework for Operations Management (OM) Students

Course	Title	Credit
ESI 6912	Models for Supply Chain Management	3

The following courses must be taken as audited, not-for-credit courses. Faculty teaching these courses will specify the exact requirements for each doctoral student.

Substantive Coursework for Operations Management (OM) Students - Audited, Not-for-credit Courses

Course	Title	Credit
MAN 6528	Logistics/Transportation	2
MAN 6573	Purchasing	2
MAN 6511	Production Management Problems	2
MAN 6581	Project Management	2

Research Paper

By the end of the Spring semester of the second year, students will be required to submit a first draft of a research paper for evaluation by a faculty committee (selected by the student in consultation with the Ph.D. Coordinator). After evaluating this paper, the committee will make specific suggestions for improvement.

Year 2 (end of Summer semester):
Written Qualifying Exams

IS/IT Students
These exams will consist of open-ended research questions based on the IS/IT seminars, and the areas of Database Management Systems, and Systems Analysis and Design.

OM Students
These exams will consist of open-ended research questions based on the OM seminars, and additional readings prescribed by faculty members in Operations Management.

Year 3:
Supplementary Methodological Coursework

• MAR 7626 - Multivariate Statistics (3)
• One of:
  • ESI 6418 - Extensions to Linear Programming (3)
  • ESI 6429 - Introduction to Nonlinear Programming (3)

Additional Requirements

Review the list of requirements for Ph.D. in Business Administration - ISOM students.