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A student should plan and successfully complete a coherent program of study covering the basic areas of Computer Science and related disciplines. The student's advisor has primary responsibility for the adequacy of the program. The University has two main requirements related to courses. First, each student must complete 135 course units (a total of 10 units of PE courses can be counted towards this) for graduation.
Course Requirements
- There are NO courses specifically required by the Computer Science Department, except for the 1-unit CS300 seminar and CS499 (Advanced Reading & Research), or equivalent (research units with your non-CS faculty advisor's home department). The CS300 seminar is only offered during Autumn quarter and is required of all first-year PhD students. Students are required to attend 2/3 of the total number of sessions in order to get credit for the class.
- Important Note: All PhD students are required to enroll in at least 3-units of CS499 or equivalent (research units with your non-CS faculty advisor's home department) for all quarters. The University requires PhD students to maintain a 3.0 GPA overall for conferring their degree.
- Curriculum Practical Training (CPT). An authorized period of employment that is an integral or important part of a student’s curriculum ( learn more ).
Questions regarding part-time CPT during academic quarters should be directed to Jay Subramanian ( [email protected] ). The information and details vary by the student status, funding, visa and immigration rules, therefore, should be discussed with Jay prior to the quarter of CPT.
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PhD Curriculum
The PhD program in Management consists of 16 graduate-level course units: 7 units of management seminars (6 theory and 1 research methods), two additional units of research methods (e.g., MGMT 970; SOC 530, 611, 612 or 613; EDUC 771 or 880; MKTG 967), a 2 unit statistics sequence (e.g., STATS 500/501 or 520/521), 2 units of courses in social science theory (e.g., Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Government, History, Communications, …), and 3 units of free electives, as well as the dissertation. Up to 3 units of free electives can be waived by related graduate-level coursework from another institution. In addition to the dissertation, students are also required to complete a research paper. Teaching skills are developed through the requirement of leading two recitation sections of our introductory undergraduate course. Doctoral students are also expected to participate actively in department colloquia.
All students are required to take 3 Management courses in the first year (2 core foundations courses and 1 research methods course):
MGMT 900 – Economic Foundations of Research in Management MGMT 933 – Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Research in Management MGMT 953 – Research Methods
Subfield Specializations – Students must take at least four credit units from the half-unit subfield specializations:
MGMT 918 – Personnel Economics A (0.5 cu) MGMT 919 – Personnel Economics B (0.5 cu) MGMT 920 – Seminar in Human Resources Research (0.5 cu) MGMT 925 – Seminar in Corporate Strategy (0.5 cu) MGMT 926 – Corporate Transactions & Strategy (0.5 cu) MGMT 935 – Network Theory & Applications (0.5 cu) MGMT 937 – Entrepreneurship Research Seminar (0.5 cu) MGMT 938 – Family Business Research (0.5 cu) MGMT 939 – Entrepreneurial Innovation Research (0.5 cu) MGMT 951 – Seminar in Micro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu) MGMT 952 – Seminar in Macro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu) MGMT 955 – Foundations in Multinational Management (0.5 cu) MGMT 957 – Seminar in Emotions in Organizations (0.5 cu) MGMT 958 – Advanced Topics in Macro-Organizational Theory (0.5 cu) MGMT 959 – Seminar in Multinational Management (0.5 cu) MGMT 960 – Institutions and Multinational Management (0.5 cu) MGMT 961 – Advanced Topics in Micro-Organizational Behavior (0.5 cu)
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Management PhD Guidelines and Requirements
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- First Year Exam Guidelines
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- Second Year Paper Requirements