Ph.D. Curriculum

The Ph.D. program offered through the Kent State Graduate Programs Office offers a variety  of program options. Students choose a major, among the four areas below, and also have a variety of options to pursue a minor field of study.  Those areas of study that are only available as minors are listed in the second section below.

Major areas of study (minor also available)

Marketing

Marketing Course Requirements

Choose five of the following courses (with approval of the Management Systems area coordinator)

The above courses should be taken in order, beginning with the first Fall semester attended.

In addition, the Concentration requires selection of one of the following courses (in consultation with the Marketing area coordinator):

Minor Coursework

The minor area consists of a minimum of either three courses (9 hours) with a comprehensive examination or four courses (12 hours) without a comprehensive examination. It is the minor area which defines the minor and whether or not a comprehensive examination is required.

The purpose of the minor is to provide a strong support area for the student's research. Students interested in International Marketing might consider minors in International Business or Political Science; those interested in Consumer Behavior might consider minors in Sociology or Psychology; Strategists might be interested in a minor in the Management area.

The selection of a minor should be discussed with the Department's Ph.D. coordinator.

Quantitative Tools and Other Departmentally Selected Courses:

Because of the strong research orientation of the Marketing Concentration, the student needs to develop strong analytical skills. In conjunction with the Quantitative Tool and Economic Theory Courses, the Ph.D. program requires three other "Departmentally Selected Courses." These courses are intended to be tailored to the research interests and methodological needs of the student.

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Accounting

Accounting Course Requirements

Major

Minor Coursework

The minor area consists of four courses (12 hours) without a comprehensive examination. The following two courses are required.

In addition, two other courses are selected with the advice of the Ph.D. coordinator from the following:

Finance

Finance Course Requirements

Major

It is recommended that the economics requirement should be met by taking ECON 72050 - Microeconomic Theory, and that the quantitative tools elective be met by taking ECON 72054 - Econometrics I.

Minor - ( four courses / no written comprehensive examination )

Choose four courses from those listed for the concentration.

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Other major areas of study:

• Operations Management

• Strategic Management

• Human Resource Management

• Information Systems

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Minor areas of study

Economics and Public Policy

Minor (student's option of three courses plus a comprehensive examination; or four courses with no comprehensive examination, provided that the student has at most one "C" in the courses submitted for the minor)

International Economics 

Minor (student's option of three courses plus a comprehensive examination; or four courses with no comprehensive examination, provided that the student has at most one "C" in the courses submitted for the minor)

International Business

(four courses / no comprehensive examination)

ECON 72075                Theory of International Trade                   plus three of the following courses:

Applied Statistics

Within the Applied Statistics minor, there are two tracks students can choose.
(four courses / no comprehensive examination). With approval of the concentration and minor advisors, choose four of the following courses:

Probability/Statistics Modeling track

Data Analysis track