Course Information

Sample Program Flow

 Ph.D. Seminars

• Each semester there is a MO 899 theory seminar for the students to take.  Each course is taught every other year (one per academic term):
  • Mechanisms of Organized Action (this is often a full semester course taught in 7 weeks)
  • Macro Organizational Theory
  • Micro Organizational Behavior
  • Rotating course based on faculty and student interests (examples include…)
• Fall of first year, you will register for MO 900 an independent study on professional development that several faculty co-teach.  Topics in this innovative course include
  • “finding your passion”
  • “developing professional relationships”
  • “developing strong theory”
• At some point in your coursework, you will also take two Ross School of Business research methods courses:
  • Empirical Research Methods (BA 850) (usually offered in Winter A on odd numbered years).
  • General Linear Models (7 weeks) (BA 860) 
• In fall of your third year, you will take the teaching methods course with Anne Harrington (BA 830)
• Breadth requirements for students who do not have an MBA (note, need to have all of these complete plus prelims by September of your third year to become a candidate and receive the extra $1000 in travel money).  Here is a suggested plan for the breadth courses:
  • Waive Accounting
  • Take Finance 501 in one week in Executive Education
  • Take Applied Microeconomics (BE 860) and marketing (MKT 501 in Spring semester) as evening/weekend MBA courses
• ICOS is BA 840: we typically recommend you take it for one credit hour which means you read all the papers and attend each session. It is Fridays from 1:30-3.