Doctorate of Business Administration
The Doctor of Business Administration degree encompasses the theoretical concepts and practical applications for business practitioners. The emphasis is placed on the role of senior management in the establishment and administration of policy and strategic plans as well as developing competence in conducting independent research involving business problems.

Admission Criteria

Prerequisites
Applicants for the AQU Doctor of Business Administration degree must have a:
(1) Masters degree in business administration or management from an accredited or approved college or university or the equivalent
(2) Minimum grade point average of "B" (or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale)
(3) A letter of recommendation verifying that the applicant has the necessary ability and motivation to complete the program within the allotted time span.

Degree requirements
(1) Satisfactory completion of 52 credit hours with cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale ("C") or higher;
(2) Meet the requirements of earning 12 credits hours or more at AQU.
(3) Fulfill all the financial obligations to the University .

Doctor of Business Administration Degree
Program Objective and Expected Learning Outcome
The Doctor of Business Administration degree encompasses the theoretical concepts and practical applications for business practitioners. The emphasis is placed on the role of senior management in the establishment and administration of policy and strategic plans as well as developing competence in conducting independent research involving business problems
The expected learning outcomes are as follows:
Students will extend their knowledge base in the foundations of business education to consolidate and integrate basic knowledge, critical problem assessment and creative business applications. The course work is designed to round out the student's general informational base upon which new knowledge is built and practice is formulated. Students will conduct individual research in or related to the area of professional and/or academic expertise. Course work is designed to help students recognize and define a problem, select a feasible strategy for examining it and to present the findings in a defensible manner. The student's Doctoral Project Committee is responsible for evaluation and feedback to the student at each level of progress.

Curriculum for DBA Degree
(Select 10 Courses)
(all courses are 4 credit hours ) 40 Credits
01:BUS 608 Legal Environment of Business
02:BUS 613 Management Information Systems
03:BUS 650 Competitive Management
04:BUS 651 Business Values and Ethics
05:BUS 652 Leadership and the Management of Change
06:BUS 653 Cross Cultural Management
07:BUS 635 International Marketing
08:BUS 706 Corporate Finance Problems
09:BUS 709 General Management
10:BUS 620 Organization Development and Management
11:BUS 621 International Management
12:BUS 623 International Economic Development
13:BUS 631 Legal Environment of International Management

Final Dissertation
( 12 Credits Hours) (These courses are to be taken at the end of the program under guidance of the Dissertation Advisor)
14:BUS 750 Research Methods
15:BUS 751 Research Design
16:BUS 752 Form and Style of Research Reporting
17:BUS 753 Project Research Design
18:BUS 754 Project Research Implementation
19:BUS 755 Project Completion

Business Administration
Courses Course Descriptions

BUS 608 Legal Environment of Business (4 units)
Examination of legal issues affecting business operations, including contracts, employment, product liability, white collar crime and anti-trust law

BUS 613 Management Information Systems (4 units)
In today's corporations every executive must be familiar with the strategic issues surrounding information systems management. The course is intended to communicate the relevant issues in effectively managing the contemporary information technology and information service activities. Strategic organizational planning needs to include managing the information technology resources. This course will review and survey the technology and discuss the management of information technology. The course is designed to help present and future managers prepare their organizations for better information services management.

BUS 630 Global Business Environment (4 units)
Analysis of the global economic, political, and cultural patterns affecting international business. Overview of international trade theory, the pros and cons of protectionism, the global financial environment, and the role of the multinational corporation. Analysis of international sourcing, marketing, and strategic management for global business.

BUS 635 International Marketing (4units)
Development and application of marketing principles and techniques in the international business environment. Identification of international marketing opportunities, the impact of varying cultural, economic, legal, and political environments on marketing strategy; technical and financial features; determinants and principles of foreign marketing policy as they relate to domestic marketing practices.

BUS 636 International Finance (4 units)
Study of various trade finance/ international banking services and government credit incentive programs available to companies. Particular emphasis is on financing of exports and imports, movements of funds, payment mechanisms and foreign exchange. This course compares trade and finance principles in the U.S. domestic sector to those in other markets.

BUS 650 Competitive Management (4 units)
Competitive Management A holistic perspective of the management of operations for optimum efficiency and effectiveness of environment serving organizations. Included are: market oriented culture; formulation of marketing strategy; design of functional capabilities to match environmental success factors; interdependency of functional disciplines; human resources challenges in operations management; and the role of general management in operations.

BUS 651 Business Values and Ethics (4 units)
A study of the legitimacy dimension of environment serving organization output. Included are: impact of societal issues on management of environment serving organizations; stakeholder identification and analysis; ethical issues in the relationship between organizations and the environment; social responsibility strategy; legitimacy strategy; and building a socially responsive environment serving organization

BUS 652 Leadership and the Management of Change (4 units)
A study of the dynamics of leadership, and initiation and management of change in environment serving organizations. Included are: the nature and characteristics of transactional and transformational leadership; relationships of power, authority and responsibility to leadership effectiveness including conflict management, ethics, decision making, risk propensity and change introduction; dynamic relationship between environment, leadership style and change strategies; the nature of change; and the relationships between power, and the roles of the change agent and the change manager.

BUS 653 Cross Cultural Management (4 units)
A study of the value systems, thinking patterns, and models of reality that are inherent in different cultures, and cultural differences within and among people and organizations. Included are: the dimensions of culture; business and social cultures in organizations; national and ethnic cultures; value systems in different cultures; thinking patterns in different cultures; models of reality in different cultures; and alignment between environment, manager, and culture of environment serving organizations. Examination of managerial practices in an internal context. Topics covered include effects of political system and cultures on developing effective global marketing strategies.

BUS 706 Corporate Finance Problems (4 units)
Current financial problems faced by executives in the financial field; acquisitions and mergers; capital budgeting; expansion; asset management. Research areas in corporate finance .

BUS 709 General Management (4 units)
General management practice and theory, analysis of effective decision making, decision styles, application of decision models and problem-solving methodologies, techniques for dealing with all levels of government.

BUS 620 Organization Development and Management (4 units)
Current theories, research findings, and issues pertaining to organization development and human behavior, consequences of various management styles, organization designs, and needs of organization members; theories for developing effective motivational climates.

BUS 621 International Management (4 units)
Integrated approach to common challenges of global competitiveness. Roles and relationships to businesses and governments and their ideological assumptions. Managing a firm's comparative advantages and disadvantages in international trade and competition.

BUS 623 International Economic Development (4 units)
Dynamics of market development following the advent of nationalization of foreign interests in countries previously under Colonial administration. Theory of international trade; market development in the Third World; current international development. Ecological principles for economic development .

BUS 631 Legal Environment of International Business (4 units)
Examination of problems of doing business in a global context, the operation and business law of various legal systems, and of multinational rule-making bodies. Course also helps the student learn to identify potential legal problems in a worldwide context, and explore the ways various cultures view the function of law and business regulation.

Dissertation 24 Credits
BUS 750 Research Methods (4 units)
BUS 751 Research Instrument Design (4 units)
BUS 752 Form and Style of Research Reporting (4 units)
BUS 753 Research Project Design (4 units)
BUS 754 Research Project Implementation
BUS 755 Completion of Final Project
Provides the student with a framework to prepare an outline and to organize the approach to his/her doctoral project. During this course, the student receives guidance from faculty members in the conceptual design of the project. Concepts of the scientific method, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and problem identification. Strategies for generating hypotheses and tools for gathering data.
Preparation of reports of original research including theoretical basis for the study, analysis of the data and conclusions. Also the waiting of critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on a particular topic in the social sciences.
In this course, which is divided into three sections, students design and conduct the necessary research and submit the final results to complete their final research project. Upon written sign off by the project advisor this course will be considered complete and a grade will be given. This project can be based on the results of original research or on research using secondary sources. In section one the student will normally define the research problem, the research methodology, and conduct a search of relevant literature. Section one will be considered complete when the student has completed writing chapters one and three, (problem definition and research methodology) and obtained approval from the faculty advisor.
In section two the student will normally compile the collected data, enter the collected data into a data-processing computer program, if applicable, with guidance from the faculty advisor, and complete the search of the literature. This section is considered complete when the student has assembled the set of findings corresponding to the research questions, and has written and obtained approval . (Search of the Literature and Findings).
Completion of the Final Project consists of submitting and gaining approval for, (generally consisting of Conclusions, Discussion, Implications, Applications and Recommendations). Upon written approval of the faculty advisor of the completed project, a grade will be entered and credit will be assigned for the course.