PhD in Business Administration
Program details
The objective of the PhD in Business Administration joint program is to educate competent researchers and stimulate research on management solutions. We aim at training future academic professors through research.
A new program curriculum for Fall 2023
The PhD in Business Administration is a 5-year program. The program is divided into two phases: the Course Phase (30 credits) and the Thesis Phase (60 credits). The Course Phase includes all required courses, specialization courses and electives, and is completed over a 2-year period. The Thesis Phase (60 credits) is completed over a maximum of 3 years.
The program can only be pursued on a full-time basis.
Course Phase (30 credits)
1) Three required general courses (6 credits)
- ADMI 871 Foundations of Business Research (3 credits)
- ADMI 872 Doctoral Professional Development (0 credit)
- ADMI 880 Pedagogical Methods, or equivalent (3 credits)
2) Four required specialization courses (12 credits)
These courses are mandatory for your specialization and given on a two-year rotation basis. Please see the list of courses below according to your area of specialization:
- ADMI 860 Financial Reporting and Disclosure (3 credits)
- ADMI 861 Research in Auditing (3 credits)
- ADMI 8601 Management Control Systems and Risk Management (3 credits)
- ADMI 8602 Emerging Topics in Accounting Research (3 credits)
- ADMI 840 Corporate Finance (3 credits)
- ADMI 8402 Asset Pricing and Investments (3 credits)
- ADMI 8401 Derivatives Pricing (3 credits)
- ADMI 8403 Research Methodology in Finance and Accounting (3 credits)
- ADMI 812 Foundations and Current Topics in Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)
- ADMI 852 Debating Strategic Management (3 credits)
- ADMI 870 Research Methods in Management: Core and Advanced Issues in Quantitative Studies (3 credits)
- ADMI 8501 Research Methods in Management: Applying Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods (3 credits)
- ADMI 8301 Managerial Marketing: Issues and Impacts (3 credits)
- ADMI 8302 Fundamentals of Behavioural Marketing (3 credits)
- ADMI 8303 Research Methods in Marketing: Survey and Experimental Approaches (3 credits)
- ADMI 8304 Research Methods in Marketing: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (3 credits)
- ADMI 821 Artificial Intelligence for Business: Methods and Applications (3 credits)
- ADMI 8201 Digital Innovations: Conceptualization and Impacts (3 credits)
- ADMI 8202 Emerging Technologies and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
- ADMI 8203 Special Topics in Supply Chain Management/ Business Technology Management/ Business Analytics (3 credits)
3) Three elective courses (9 credits)
These courses depend on your research interest and background and can be selected* from the scheduled graduate courses offered by your department, another department or faculty at Concordia University, or offered by a University affiliated through the Joint Program.
Please refer to the Joint Program Portfolio below for more information.
*Subject to Faculty approval. A limit of 6 credits may be taken from MSc level courses with prior approval of the Graduate Program Director.
4) Comprehensive Examination (3 credits)
- ADMI 8890 Comprehensive Examination
This examination is a written take-home examination written over three days that takes place before Term 6. Its purpose is to determine whether the student has acquired the necessary knowledge and abilities to continue in the PhD program.
Thesis Phase (60 credits)
Thesis proposal and Thesis
- ADMI 8902 Thesis Proposal (0 credit)
- ADMI 890 Thesis (60 credits)
The thesis is a final report on a comprehensive research project that will be publicly presented during an oral defense before Term 15.
Please note that a French translation of the curriculum is available upon request at gradadvisor.jmsb@concordia.ca.
