Meeting Schedule


6 campus visits per academic year
(8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CT)
UMSL DBA Class of 2030 Residency Schedule
Fall 2027 Credit Hours
Doctoral Foundations Seminar (BUSAD 7109) 4 November 5-6, 2027
December 10-11, 2027
Statistical Modeling (BUSAD 7301) 2
Spring 2028
Scientific Inquiry in Business (BUSAD 7100) 3 January 21-22, 2028
March 3-4, 2028 (online)*
April 7-8, 2028
Qualitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7102) 3
Summer 2028
Quantitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7101) 3 May 19-20, 2028
June 16-17, 2028
August 4-5, 2028 (online)
Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage (BUSAD 7600) 3
Fall 2028
Engaged Management Scholarship Conference | September 2028
Quantitative Research Methods II (BUSAD 7103) 3 September 29-30, 2028
November 3-4, 2028
Role of Accounting Information in Firms & Markets (BUSAD 7400) 3
Spring 2029
Qualitative Research Methods II (BUSAD 7104) 3 January 19-20, 2029
February 23-24, 2029 (online)
April 6-7, 2029
Sustaining and Disruptive Information Technologies (BUSAD 7800) 3
Summer 2029
Marketing Intelligence and Decision Making (BUSAD 7700) 3 May 18-19, 2029
June 22-23, 2029
August 3-4, 2029 (online)
Strategic Business Analysis (BUSAD 7106) 3
Fall 2029
Engaged Management Scholarship Conference | September 2029
Development and defense of dissertation proposal (BUSAD 7107) 6 September 29, 2029
November 3, 2029
Spring 2030
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 January 26, 2030 (hyflex)**
April 6, 2030 (hyflex)
Summer 2030
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 May 18, 2030 (hyflex)
August 3, 2030 (online)
Fall 2030
Research Practicum- Dissertation Defense (BUSAD 7108) 6
Commencement/ Hooding Ceremony | December 2030

*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.