Doctoral Program in Management Science, Accounting Concentration

Prerequisites for beginning full doctoral study:

• Calculus, Matrix Algebra, Computer Programming, and Statistics (Deficiencies may be remedied by taking appropriate courses) at the Master's Level) (12 hours).
• Students entering the program without an MBA or equivalent will be required to complete a minimum of four courses of the type normally required of MBA students to provide them with background knowledge required of professional managers. In certain instances, a higher level course approved by the advisor may be substituted for an MBA level course. There is an additional requirement of 6 hours of advanced master’s level coursework in accounting approved by the advisor.

Doctoral program course requirements:

• Required core courses (listed above)
• Required secondary core courses:
• OPRE 6331 Stochastic Processes
• OPRE 6311 Game Theory
• Advanced data analysis courses (any two of the following three):
• MECO 7320 Advanced Econometrics
• MECO 6312 Business Forecasting and Time Series Analysis (or STAT 6347)
• MKT 7V12 Multivariate Analysis (or STAT 6348)
• Doctoral Seminars:
• Accounting Research I and II (ACCT 7311, ACCT 7312).
• Minor Field:
• Nine hours in any approved field.
• Electives:
• Electives from Accounting, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Psychology, Statistics, or other fields; specific courses to be approved by the advisor.

Research Papers

• Students are expected to write a research paper under the supervision of or in collaboration with School of Management faculty in each of the first two summers of their work at UTD. At least one of these two papers is expected to be of sufficient quality to merit publication in academic journals. Papers may be co-authored. Both papers should be presented before the accounting area faculty.

Qualifying Examinations

• After completion of above requirements the student sits for the written qualifying examination, which must be passed before admission to candidacy for the doctorate. The candidate must also orally defend a dissertation proposal before starting the dissertation.

Dissertation

• The dissertation is written under the direction of the dissertation committee in accordance with the requirements for the Ph.D. in Management Science (listed above)