FAU’s College of Business Launches Executive Ph.D. Program
The program, which will launch in the fall semester, is designed for senior-level professionals with extensive industry experience who are looking to earn the highest academic degree in business while continuing to advance their full-time careers.
ֱ’s has announced a new program, tailored to meet the needs of the southeast Florida community and provide highly educated members of the workforce a world-class education in business consulting and leadership.
FAU’s College of Business is one of the few AACSB-accredited business schools in the United States and the first in Florida to offer a Ph.D. in business in the executive format. The three-year, research-intensive program allows individuals to focus in the following areas: accounting, economics, finance, information technology, management or marketing. The 80-credit hour, cohort-structured degree program will be offered on weekends with concierge service and is taught by the college’s doctoral-qualified research faculty.
The program, which will launch in the fall semester, is designed for senior-level professionals with extensive industry experience who are looking to earn the highest academic degree in business while continuing to advance their full-time careers.
Ph.D., dean of , expects the program will appeal to business consultants, as well as those who are in the second half of their business career.
“This is the next evolution of higher-level business education,” Gropper said. “We now have a vehicle for people who have an MBA or other master’s degree to continue on and earn a doctoral degree. This is a way to further distinguish yourself.”
The Executive Ph.D. in Business Administration is a professional doctoral program customized for senior managers, high-potential leaders and C-suite professionals who want to become subject matter experts in their industries, highly valued thought leaders and contributors of new knowledge and best practices.
Offered through the , the program will employ face-to-face lectures and presentations, along with supplementary online materials.
“We want to create evidence-based decision makers,” said , Ph.D., associate dean of graduate programs in . “When finished, graduates will be able to analyze data, conduct and interpret current research and make decisions necessary to solve complex challenges.”
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