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Below is an overview of the OBHR PhD program
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All OBHR PhD students are required to:
- Complete a minimum of 48 credits of
appropriate graduate coursework.
- Complete and present to the OBHR
area a 606 research project by the Fall
of the 2nd year of the program.
- Pass the content and methods prelim
examination.
- Develop effective teaching skills
and to teach as needed by the OBHR area.
- Competently contribute to research
projects that lead to papers being
submitted for presentation at national
conferences and for publication.
- Seek a dissertation fellowship by
submitting a dissertation funding
proposal.
- Submit and defend a dissertation
proposal.
- Complete and depend a dissertation.
Coursework Requirements
1. Managerial Skills (take any 3
below; waived for MBA graduates) (8-9 credits)
- MGMT 600 Accounting for Managers (3 credits)
- MGMT 610 Financial Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 620 Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 650 Business Strategy (3 credits)
- MGMT 660 Operations Management (3 credits)
- OBHR 681 Behavior in Organizations or OBHR 631
Human Resource Systems (2 credits)
2. Research Methods (18
credits)
- PSYC 681a Research Methods I (3 credits)
- OBHR 605 Research Methods II (3 credits)
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Students choose with the help of their advisor 12
credits of graduate statistics from a slate of
courses such as Introduction to Statistics, ANOVA
and Experimental Design, Regression Analysis,
Multivariate Statistics, Multi-Level Analyses,
Structural Equation Modeling, and Psychometric
Theory.
3. OBHR Major Coursework
(16 credits)
- OBHR 683 OB Survey (3 credits)
- OBHR 684 HR survey (3 credits)
- OBHR 690A Leadership (2 credits)
- OBHR 690C Teams (2 credits)
- OBHR 690D Strategic HR (2 credits)
- OBHR 690B OT (2 credits)
- OBHR 606 Research Practicum (2 credits)
4. Minor Coursework (6 credits)
Minors are designed by students with help from
their advisor. A minor in I/O Psychology is
recommended. Example courses are shown below:
- PSYC 682 Motivation (3 credits)
- PSYC 683 Work Attitudes (3 credits)
TOTAL (not counting dissertation
credits) 48-49 credits
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