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 905	Contemporary Business Research Issues	4
EDBA 910	Driving Innovation in Your Organization	4
EDBA 915	Global Business and Economics	4
EDBA 920	Leading Change	4
EDBA 925	Multidisciplinary Strategic Thinking	4
EDBA 930	Adaptive and Applicable Research Design	4
EDBA 935	Applied Business Research Methods	4
EDBA 940	Strategic Marketing Research	4
EDBA 945	Reliability and Validity in Non-Statistical Inquiry	4
EDBA 950	Practical Corporate Financial Management and Valuation Research	4
EDBA 955	Sustaining Business Policies and Practices Research	4
EDBA 960	Practical and Pragmatic Research Design	4
EDBA 965	Dissertation I	8
EDBA 970	Dissertation II	8

Total Credit Hours: 64