Meeting Schedule


6 campus visits per academic year
(8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CT)
Fall 2026 Credit Hours
Doctoral Foundations Seminar (BUSAD 7109) 4 November 6-7, 2026

Statistical Modeling (BUSAD 7301) 3 December 11-12, 2026
Spring 2027
Scientific Inquiry in Business (BUSAD 7100) 3 January 8-9, 2027
February 12-13, 2027 (online)*
April 2-3, 2027
Qualitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7102) 3
Summer 2027
Quantitative Research Methods I (BUSAD 7101) 3 May 7-8, 2027
June 11-12, 2027
August 6-7, 2027 (online)
Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage (BUSAD 7600) 3

 

Engaged Management Scholarship Conference | September 2026

Fall 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 7-8, 2028
February 11-12, 2028 (online)
March 31-April 1, 2028

Sustaining and Disruptive Information Technologies (BUSAD 7800) 3
Summer 2028
Marketing Intelligence and Decision Making (BUSAD 7700) 3 May 5-6, 2028
June 9-10, 2028
August 4-5, 2028 (online)
Strategic Business Analysis (BUSAD 7106) 3

 

Engaged Management Scholarship Conference

Fall 2028
Development and defense of dissertation proposal (BUSAD 7107) 6 September 30, 2028 November 4, 2028
Spring 2028
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 January 13, 2029 (hyflex)** March 31, 2029 (hyflex)
Summer 2029
Dissertation Research Practicum (BUSAD 7108) 6 May 5, 2029 (hyflex)
August 4, 2029 (online)
Fall 2029
Research Practicum- Dissertation Defense (BUSAD 7108) 6

 

Commencement/ Hooding Ceremony | December 2029

February 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.