Meeting Schedule


6 campus visits per academic year
(8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CT)
UMSL DBA Class of 2029 Residency Schedule
Fall 2026 Credit Hours
Doctoral Foundations Seminar (BUSAD 7109) 4 November 6-7, 2026
December 11-12, 2026
Statistical Modeling (BUSAD 7301) 2
Spring 2027
Scientific Inquiry in Business (BUSAD 7100) 3 January 22-23, 2027
March 5-6, 2027 (online)*
April 16-17, 2027
Qualitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7102) 3
Summer 2027
Quantitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7101) 3 May 21-22, 2027
June 25-26, 2027
August 6-7, 2027 (online)
Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage (BUSAD 7600) 3
Fall 2027
Engaged Management Scholarship Conference | September 2027
Quantitative Research Methods II (BUSAD 7103) 3 October 1-2, 2027
November 5-6, 2027
Role of Accounting Information in Firms & Markets (BUSAD 7400) 3
Spring 2028
Qualitative Research Methods II (BUSAD 7104) 3 January 21-22, 2028
March 3-4, 2028 (online)
April 7-8, 2028
Sustaining and Disruptive Information Technologies (BUSAD 7800) 3
Summer 2028
Marketing Intelligence and Decision Making (BUSAD 7700) 3 May 19-20, 2028
June 16-17, 2028
August 4-5, 2028 (online)
Strategic Business Analysis (BUSAD 7106) 3
Fall 2028
Engaged Management Scholarship Conference | September 2028
Development and defense of dissertation proposal (BUSAD 7107) 6 September 30, 2028
November 4, 2028
Spring 2029
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 January 20, 2029 (hyflex)
April 7, 2029 (hyflex)
Summer 2029
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 May 19, 2029 (hyflex)
August 4, 2029 (online)
Fall 2029
Research Practicum- Dissertation Defense (BUSAD 7108) 6
Commencement/ Hooding Ceremony | December 2029

*March and August residencies are synchronous online (8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CT).

** In the third year, the program offers a hyflex option where students may attend on campus or participate synchronously online.