{"id":6847,"date":"2021-09-13T13:39:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/?page_id=6847"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:22:31","slug":"about-the-dba-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/graduate\/doctor-of-business-administration\/about-the-dba-program\/","title":{"rendered":"About the DBA program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>DBA Program Curriculum<\/h2>\n<h2>Year 1<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fall Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 701 (Current Research Issues in Business and Economic Development)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 710 (Business Research Design and Methods)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 711 (Quantitative Methods I: Applied Business Statistics I)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spring Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 702 (Current Research Issues in Business Innovation)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 712 (Quantitative Methods II: Applied Business Statistics II)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 720\/730\/740 (Research Seminar \u2013 concentration area)\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 720 (Research Seminar in Managerial Accounting)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 730 (Research Seminar in Health Care Delivery)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 740 (Research Seminar in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Summer Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 703 (Current Research Issues in Business Technology)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 721\/731\/741 (Research Seminar \u2013 concentration area)\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 721 (Research Seminar in Auditing)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 731 (Research Seminar in Managerial Epidemiology)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 741 (Research Seminar in Operations, Business Models, and Strategic Management)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Year 2<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fall Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 704 (Current Research in Global and International Business)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 713 (Quantitative Methods III: Advanced Business Statistics)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 722\/732\/742 (Research Seminar \u2013 concentration area)\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 722 (Research Seminar in Financial Accounting)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 732 (Research Seminar in Health Care Information Management)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 742 (Research Seminar in Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and Family Firms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spring Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 705 (Pedagogy in Business Schools)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 714 (Qualitative Methods in Business Research)<\/li>\n<li>DBA 790 (Dissertation Design \u2013 can be repeated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Summer Course \u2013 6 Credit hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 790 (Dissertation Design \u2013 can be repeated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Year 3<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fall Course \u2013 9 Credit hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 791 (Dissertation \u2013 can be repeated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spring Course \u2013 9 Credit hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DBA 791 (Dissertation \u2013 can be repeated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Total Credit hours \u2013 66<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.marshall.edu\/graduate\/programs-az\/business\/business-administration-dba\/\">https:\/\/catalog.marshall.edu\/graduate\/programs-az\/business\/business-administration-dba\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Program Costs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuition \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/tuition\/2025-2026-online-learning-tuition-and-fees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/tuition\/2025-2026-online-learning-tuition-and-fees\/<\/a> (subject to change).<\/li>\n<li>Financial Aid: Students are eligible for financial aid. If you have inquiries, please contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sfa\/graduate-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sfa\/graduate-student\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Phone: 304-696-3162<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:sfa@marshall.edu\">sfa@marshall.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Databases (WRDS\/Compustat\/CRSP\/AHA) are included with the cost of tuition; no hidden fees. The DBA program currently offers no scholarships. A non-refundable deposit ($2,500) is required 3 weeks after being accepted to the program. This deposit can be applied to the first semester\u2019s tuition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DBA Program Curriculum Year 1 Fall Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course DBA 701 (Current Research Issues in Business and Economic Development) DBA 710 (Business Research Design and Methods) DBA 711 (Quantitative Methods I: Applied Business Statistics I) Spring Courses \u2013 3 Credit hours per course DBA 702 (Current Research Issues in Business Innovation)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":5265,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11470,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847\/revisions\/11470"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}