Business Administration, DBA *

This program is available in the following Florida campuses:

Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Graduate School, Lakeland, Port St. Lucie, Tampa, West Palm Beach

Program Objectives

Keiser University‘s Doctor of Business Administration degree program enables students to contribute to the business profession and the business educational profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. At the conclusion of the program, doctoral students will:

• Apply and evaluate effective leadership and decision-making practices at complex, multifaceted, and global organizations
• Formulate and disseminate organizational goals and strategies with data through versatile information systems
• Have the ability to prepare and evaluate ethical informed business decisions using advanced research methods, and communicate effectively at various organizational levels, in a global business environment
• Be educated to enhance their awareness and improve their ability to meet the opportunities and challenges in the global business environment
• Be prepared to contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community for application in the global business environment
• Be prepared for careers as university researchers and teachers or for senior positions in business or government
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications.

Prerequisites for Major Courses

To ensure success in the core curriculum of the DBA program, candidates are required to demonstrate competency in business knowledge of accounting, finance, economics and statics before starting the DBA program. Students who have not successfully completed 6 undergraduate credits or 3 graduate credits with at least a B grade in each of these areas will be provided the opportunity to take the prerequisite courses in the semester(s) prior to the start of the DBA program. Candidates must pass the prerequisite courses with at least a “B” or retake the course. Candidates may only attempt the prerequisite courses no more than 2 times.

Note: Courses in the DBA program are eight-weeks in length and students are scheduled for one or two courses concurrently. Dissertation courses are eight-weeks in length.

Program Outline

Students are required to select one of the three specializations. Students take seven core courses for 21 credit hours (common to all specializations), 12 credit hours in research, 15 credit hours in their respective specialization, and 12 hours in the dissertation.

To receive a Doctor of Business Administration degree, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours. Fifty-four of the program hours must be completed through Keiser University. Program requirements are as follows:

Students must be admitted to candidacy before enrolling in Dissertation Courses.

Residency Requirement

Students will complete (2) two residencies, the initial residency in the first year and the subsequent residency prior to taking the comprehensive exam. Students will complete all coursework, both residencies and comprehensive examination prior to beginning dissertation process.

• DOPR             Doctor of Philosophy Residency One
• DOPR2           Doctor of Philosophy Residency Two

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