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Executive Doctor of Business Administration

Candidates in the Sykes COB Executive Doctor of Business Administration (EDBA) program will be exposed to a multidisciplinary curriculum and will have the flexibility to research, develop and pursue academic interests that align with their expertise and experiences. The program is a three-year, eight-semester program consisting of three, 3-day residencies per semester. The EDBA program will consist of 64 total credit hours: 48 credit hours of core courses and 16 dissertation credit hours. 

Degree Requirements

Prerequisites

Applicants with non-business or non-quantitative degrees may be required to take additional courses prior to matriculating into the EDBA program. A quantitative aptitude assessment may be required for EDBA applicants. Students will be able to waive the quantitative assessment requirement based on the applicant’s background. The Harvard online course: Introduction to Quantitative Statistical Methods, or an equivalent assessment tool will be used to evaluate the EDBA applicant’s quantitative ability. 

Required EDBA courses

EDBA 905Contemporary Business Research Issues

4
EDBA 910Driving Innovation in Your Organization

4
EDBA 915Global Business and Economics

4
EDBA 920Leading Change

4
EDBA 925Multidisciplinary Strategic Thinking

4
EDBA 930Adaptive and Applicable Research Design

4
EDBA 935Applied Business Research Methods

4
EDBA 940Strategic Marketing Research

4
EDBA 945Reliability and Validity in Non-Statistical Inquiry

4
EDBA 950Practical Corporate Financial Management and Valuation Research

4
EDBA 955Sustaining Business Policies and Practices Research

4
EDBA 960Practical and Pragmatic Research Design

4
EDBA 965Dissertation I

8
EDBA 970Dissertation II

8

Total Credit Hours: 64