Admission Admission is competitive and the attainment of a specific set of minimum qualifications does not assure admission. Instead, admission is granted to the candidate deemed to be most qualified to achieve success. Meet the admission criteria established by the Graduate School. Have completed at least 30 hours of master's level graduate work in an appropriate field with a grade point average of 3.4 or higher. A minor field may be external to the College of Business Administration.
Examples are industrial engineering, mathematics, computer science, sociology, and psychology.
The student must petition for approval of an external minor field. The following minimum semester hours must be included in the student's Program of Study. From 0-15 hours depending upon the student's background at the time of admission to the doctoral program. Each student enrolled in the doctoral program must enroll for and successfully complete a minimum of 15 hours in one 12-month period prior to completion of the comprehensive examinations. Each student must enroll for at least 12 hours every year.