FAU’s College of Business Launches Executive Ph.D. Program
The program, which will launch in the fall semester, is designed for senior-level professionals with extensive industry experience who are looking to earn the highest academic degree in business while continuing to advance their full-time careers.
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business has announced a new Executive Ph.D. in Business program, tailored to meet the needs of the southeast Florida community and provide highly educated members of the workforce a world-class education in business consulting and leadership.
FAU’s College of Business is one of the few AACSB-accredited business schools in the United States and the first in Florida to offer a Ph.D. in business in the executive format. The three-year, research-intensive program allows individuals to focus in the following areas: accounting, economics, finance, information technology, management or marketing. The 80-credit hour, cohort-structured degree program will be offered on weekends with concierge service and is taught by the college’s doctoral-qualified research faculty.
The program, which will launch in the fall semester, is designed for senior-level professionals with extensive industry experience who are looking to earn the highest academic degree in business while continuing to advance their full-time careers.
Daniel Gropper, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s College of Business, expects the program will appeal to business consultants, as well as those who are in the second half of their business career.
“This is the next evolution of higher-level business education,” Gropper said. “We now have a vehicle for people who have an MBA or other master’s degree to continue on and earn a doctoral degree. This is a way to further distinguish yourself.”
The Executive Ph.D. in Business Administration is a professional doctoral program customized for senior managers, high-potential leaders and C-suite professionals who want to become subject matter experts in their industries, highly valued thought leaders and contributors of new knowledge and best practices.
Offered through the Department of Executive Education, the program will employ face-to-face lectures and presentations, along with supplementary online materials.
“We want to create evidence-based decision makers,” said Ken Johnson, Ph.D., associate dean of graduate programs in FAU’s College of Business. “When finished, graduates will be able to analyze data, conduct and interpret current research and make decisions necessary to solve complex challenges.”
For more information, go to https://business.fau.edu/masters-phd/phd-program/executive-phd/.
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