The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program, offered by University of Phoenix, provides learners who hold a professional Master's degree a means of exploring their personal readiness to become senior leaders in management professions. Learners gain a mastery of business administration literature and demonstrate their competence by applying this knowledge to current business environments. Graduates with a Doctorate in Business Administration will be able to:
- Identify, research alternatives to, and solve business problems with the highest value-adding solutions.
- Perform systems-based, financially justified analysis and research operations issues and technology
- Enabled opportunities in a global, market-based economy.
- Demonstrate business knowledge, and be recognized as a business subject expert.
- Formulate and re-design industry rules and standards. As the global information economy evolves, organizations are becoming increasingly complex and innovative, with organizational models and practices becoming crucial for successfully addressing this complexity.
Consequently, leadership in this environment requires higher, more sophisticated levels of knowledge and skills. The DBA program is designed to serve this need by providing doctoral-level education to professional practitioners in business and management. The DBA program has a 68-credit requirement that incorporates both residency and online modalities of instruction. The majority of the program will be delivered in a virtual classroom setting. In these courses, learners will work in a cohort of approximately 12 peers and will be required to spend approximately 25 hours per week on required coursework. Learners will attend 16 days in residency during the 3-year program. Year One begins with a 5-day residency; Year Two requires a 3-day residency; Year Three requires an 8-day residency. Attendance during all days of the residencies is mandatory. Please note that learners can expect residencies to occur during both week days and weekend days. The courses offered during residency sessions cover a variety of areas essential to the successful completion of this advanced degree program, including insights into the preparation of a final research study. Additionally, in the Year Three residency, learners will apply their knowledge to a comprehensive, collaborative case study. Because of the nature and value of the information presented in the residency environment, learners must attend all residency sessions.
