Curriculum

Dr. Reginald Silver leads an in-person DBA cohort session

During this three-year, face-to-face program, you’ll meet with your cohort in Uptown Charlotte one weekend a month while networking with other business professionals in one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic business centers in the United States. The DBA curriculum is thoughtfully structured so that you can continue to manage your work/life balance and lead your organization toward growth — all while advancing your education.

DBA curriculum

YEAR 1

Fall Semester

  • Introduction to Experimental Design and Measurement
  • Organizational Theories and Systems
  • Professional Issues I

Spring Semester

  • Introduction to Business Theory
  • Advanced Business Theory
  • Business Statistics and Data Analysis
YEAR 2

Fall Semester

  • Professional Issues 2
  • Research Methods I
  • Current Topics Research Seminar

Spring Semester

  • Research Methods 2
  • Focused Research Seminar
  • Dissertation Proposal Development
YEAR 3

Fall Semester

  • Dissertation Defense
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research
  • Dissertation Proposal Spring Semester
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research

graduate catalog

The DBA is a three-year (six-semester) program that consists of 18 three-credit hour courses. The executive format brings students to our Center City Campus for five weekend residencies each semester (Fall and Spring) which equates to one weekend per month for 10 months out of the year. The program requires 54 post-master’s credit hours. The average student will enroll for nine credit hours during each semester of the regular academic year. Students may take a maximum of eight calendar years from formal admission to the DBA program to complete the program successfully. 

Admission and Progression Requirements, and all Program Requirements can be found in the Graduate Catalog.

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