Core Requirements
The Doctor of Philosophy in Management will equip you with comprehensive skills for exploring and solving the world’s most intriguing business problems. This 72-credit program is designed to be completed in five years with a combination of course work and dissertation credits.
Each semester, students are expected to take a selected number of graduate-level courses and doctoral seminars. The courses are structured to align with the academic areas in Lally. Students must demonstrate knowledge that covers basic business disciplines. This includes courses taken at institutions prior to admission, or graduate courses at Rensselaer.
Areas of Research
Students work on research topics aligned with their academic area. The Lally School, consistent with its mission to create and disseminate knowledge leveraging technological and analytics advances, to address the greatest challenges faced by the world in the 21st century, offers research opportunities in the following disciplines:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Information Systems
- Marketing
- Organizational Behavior
- Strategic Management
- Supply Chain Management
Students will be admitted into an area of their choice as indicated in their application and are eventually expected to be advised by a faculty member from that area. Lally Area Heads will oversee the areas in their respective domains in conjunction with the Ph.D. Program Director.
Students are expected to participate in research workshops and symposiums organized by the Lally school. Participation in these events should enable the student to get exposed to, learn about, and engage in, research in their research domains. These events also provide an opportunity for the students to present their work, get feedback and learn.
The student’s progress will be evaluated yearly with the Doctoral Student Yearly Review (DYSR) with their advisor or the Ph.D. Program Director. Depending on the student’s stage of development in the program, criteria of evaluation include:
- Completion of candidacy exam.
- Successful completion of qualifying exams.
- Successful completion of comprehensive exams.
- Performance in the doctoral research seminars.
- Accurate Plan of Study.
- Coursework/thesis registration.
- Formation of doctoral committee.
Learning Outcomes
- Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:
- Demonstrate competency, both theoretically and methodologically, in their area of specialization.
- Demonstrate proficiency in conducting original research and contribution to knowledge.
- Demonstrate ability to write and present academic research papers in scholarly settings, such as academic conferences.
- Demonstrate ability to write high-quality papers for submission to academic journals.
- Demonstrate effective presentation and speaking skills in the classroom and in professional academic and business settings.
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