Mentorship Program in Mangement Systems
The purpose of the mentoring program for doctoral students in Management Systems is to help prepare students for a career in academia and industry through the development of their research and teaching skills.
Upon entering the program, doctoral students are advised to make contacts with at least one faculty member whose research expertise matches the students’ interests. It is important that students begin to focus on research topics of potential interest to them, methods of research and especially one-on-one interaction with faculty member at the earliest possible time and continually through their residence in the program. At least one research paper, ready for submission to a refereed journal, should be completed prior to their taking the comprehensive examination.
For teaching, students are assigned by the department Chair to assist faculty members with classroom instructions or to become a member of the tutorial team. They learn how to conduct classroom teaching by observing and helping faculty members. When a student is ready, he or she will be given classroom responsibility as an instructor for one course under supervision of a faculty member who is responsible for that area of instruction. All doctoral students will be given an opportunity to be an instructor for at least one course before graduation, unless he or she declines to be one.
Supportive Coursework: Quantitative Tools and Economic Theory
Quantitative Tools
- Requirement - BAD 74023 - Linear Statistical Models
- Elective - BAD 84019 - Quantitative Management Modeling.
Economic Theory Requirement
- select either BAD 72050 - Microeconomic Theory or BAD 72051 - Macroeconomic Theory
Departmentally Selected Courses
Mangement System Course Requirements
Choose five of the following courses (with approval of the Management Systems area coordinator)
Management Systems
Note: The department is reviewing the above courses to determine which should be offered only to doctoral students.
The Management Systems Majors will be required to take both a Qualifying Examination and a Comprehensive Examination. The core curriculum constitutes the subject matter for the qualifying examination. The courses of this curriculum are:
(1) 84007 Information Technology, (2) 84019 Quantitative Management Modeling,
(3) 74023 Linear Statistical Models, (4) 84047 Manufacturing Technology and Strategy,
(5) 84261 Strategic Decision Making and Human Resource Management.
The qualifying examination will be given in any semester when the departmental Graduate Coordinator determines that it needs to be scheduled for proper progress of a student through their concentration. The proper time for scheduling this examination is at the end of the semester in which the student has successfully completed the core curriculum or in the semester immediately following (including summer). "Successful completion" means that each course was passed with a minimum grade of "B". Upon successfully completing the core curriculum, the student should obtain an “Application to Take the Management Systems Qualifying Examination” form from the Ph.D. Advisor.
The qualifying examination is part of the concentration's design to keep doctoral students on track in a four year schedule for completing the degree and going on to a successful career. The subject matter of the qualifying examination, unlike that of the comprehensive examination, is taken directly from the five core courses. The grading criteria are (a) accurate, detailed and specific knowledge of the topics of the five core courses as these have been taught in the concentration, and (b) general demonstration of the ability to articulate subject matter on a level appropriate to a doctoral concentration in Management Systems. The examination will consist of one question for each core course. Questions will be factual and multi-part rather than comprehensive. The examination will be given in two parts, on two separate days. Each session will be four hours in length.
It is the student's responsibility to consult with the departmental Graduate Coordinator about scheduling the qualifying examination. This consultation must take place by the end of the fourth week of the semester when he or she has enrolled in the last of the five required core courses. Further, prior to taking the Qualifying Examination, the student must obtain an “Application to Take the Management Systems Qualifying Examination” form, obtain the required verification of core course completion, and submit the completed form and verifications to the departmental Graduate Coordinator.
A student who fails the qualifying examination will have one and only one additional chance at a retake. For a qualifying examination failed at the end of a semester, the retake must be completed before the end of the next regularly scheduled semester (i.e. Fall, or Spring). Failure to pass the qualifying examination after two attempts will result in dismissal from the doctoral program.