Opportunities for summer teaching and research also exist. The Ph.D. program in organizational sciences is designed to provide students with a sound foundation for a productive career as an academic in management. Programs are highly individualized to reflect student interests and desired focus. Listed below are examples of support areas that could be selected.
Students have two general options for choosing their support areas.
The combination of courses in any support area and in the organizational sciences core is flexible, with numerous combinations possible, in addition to those shown below. Program design considers the student goals and academic background and is subject to the approval of the student's doctoral program committee. These courses will provide students with the tools and techniques necessary for conducting empirical research. The following is one example of a possible program of study for a doctoral student in organizational sciences. This example shows a program that has one support area of 12 hours and 18 hours of research methods and statistics.