DBA - Completion

The Doctoral Completion Program: Doctor or Business Administration (DBA) helps students, who started but have not finished a doctoral business or business-related program, complete a DBA. This bridge program prepares students for careers in business education, consulting, and business leadership. Students will create new knowledge and skills for application in the global workplace leading to advanced ethical change management solutions and strategies for complex business problems. Students will integrate forward-thinking virtuous leadership into the global team-based business practice and a virtuous worldview into their personal and professional lives. Students will design solutions to real-world business problems using new applications of theory or changes in present practice. The Virtuous Business Model is integrated throughout the program.

Graduates of the program will be able to:

• Integrate forward-thinking virtuous leadership into the global team-based business practice.
• Create advanced ethical change management solutions and strategies for complex business problems.
• Synthesize advanced research in business education, consulting, or business leadership into their doctoral practice.
• Create new knowledge for application in the global workplace.
• Integrate a virtuous worldview into both their personal and professional lives.
• Design solutions to business problems using new applications of theory or changes in present practice.

Admission Requirements

 

Requirements for admission to the Doctoral Completion Program: DBA are as follows:

• A minimum of at least 30 credit hours at the doctoral level that must include at least eight credits in research philosophy, methodology, or data analysis and at least 18 credits in a business or business-related discipline such as management, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, information systems, etc. Credits must have been earned within the last eight years, and the student must have been in good standing in the previous doctoral program. However, credits up to 12 years of age may be accepted upon approval of the chair. Students lacking some of the required credits for admission may be accepted provisionally but required to complete the missing courses before beginning the course of study for the bridge program. Students may not use doctoral credits earned at IWU as the basis for meeting the admissions requirements of the DBA completion program without the approval of the chairs of both their original doctoral program and the DBA. 
• A graduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher and a minimum grade of "B-" in each course in the doctoral level courses, from a college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

MGMT-601 is a pre-requisite for the Doctoral Completion: DBA. Students must complete this pre-requisite course with at least a grade of "B" by the end of the first term of the program. However, this requirement is waived for students who have a Bachelor’s or Master’s in business, business administration, accounting, finance, marketing, management, or other related discipline from a college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Transfer Credit Policy

• No more than 35% of a graduate degree or certificate program may be satisfied by transfer credit per IWU University Policy on Academic Credentials, Programs, and Credit Hours. 
• For the Doctoral Completion Program: DBA, a maximum of eight (8) credits may be transferred into the program.

Time Limit for Degree

The Applied Doctoral Project must be completed within six years after starting the program, which begins with BADM-701. A student who has completed coursework is required to remain continuously enrolled in BADM-759 or be terminated from the DBA Program. A student who has not completed their Applied Doctoral Project within the six-year period will be terminated from the DBA Program. Students nearing the end of the six-year period may be provided with a schedule of benchmark tasks that are required to be completed before the six-year deadline expires. Students who do not meet those benchmark tasks on schedule may be terminated from the DBA Program due to the insufficient time remaining to meet requirements.

Graduation Requirements

• Complete all credit-hours required in the curriculum sequence with a minimum GPA of 3.25 and a minimum grade of "B-" in each course. A grade of "C+" or below will require the course to be repeated. 
• Twenty-two (22) credits must be completed at IWU and include the following courses: BADM-701, 1 credit; BADM-706, 1 credit, BADM-711, 1 credit; BADM-703, 4 credits; BADM-720, 2 credits; BADM-785, 1 credit; BADM-791, 3 credits; BADM-792, 1 credit; MGMT-731, 4 credits; and MGMT-732, 4 credits.
• Successful completion and approval of the doctoral project.
• Payment of all tuition and fees is required to receive a diploma.

DBA - Completion - Program of Study

Core Courses

BADM-701	Residency 1: The DBA Journey	1
BADM-703	Virtuous Leadership and Global Based Teams	4
BADM-720	Writing for Business Practitioners	2
BADM-706	Residency 2: Success Skills	1
MGMT-731	Organizational Development	4
BADM-708	Virtuous Business in a Global Marketplace	4
MGMT-732	Innovation and Change Management	4
BADM-791	Scholar-Practitioner Seminar: Business Administration	3
BADM-711	Residency 3: Presenting Doctoral Findings	1
BADM-792	Applied Doctoral Project Assessment	1
BADM-785	Comprehensive Exam	1
Total Credit Hours:		26

Elective Courses

Select one of the following:

BADM-704	Economic Analysis for Virtuous Leaders	4
BADM-705	Virtuous Marketing	4
BADM-709	Current Issues for the Virtuous Organization	4
Total Credit Hours:		4