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Doctoral Programs
Doctoral Programs Office
831 RCB Building, 404/651-3379
Detmar W. Straub, PhD., Director of Doctoral Programs
Libby Crawley, A.B., Associate Director of Doctoral Programs
Goals and Expectations
The doctoral programs of J. Mack Robinson College of Business will develop in graduates a high level of competence in conducting research and in teaching business disciplines by requiring: (1) education in theory; (2) education in general research techniques as well as research techniques specific to a discipline; (3) research experience with faculty members on contemporary research problems and issues; and (4) training on teaching methodology reinforced with active classroom teaching experience.
The doctoral programs require that the student demonstrate mastery of a large and complex body of knowledge and a high degree of proficiency in the techniques of teaching and research. This is evidenced by the successful completion of coursework and examinations, effective performance in classroom instruction, participation with faculty members in research, presentation of papers and reports, and the writing of a dissertation of high quality. Given the substantial commitment of intellectual effort and time required to achieve these competencies, students are expected to enroll on a full-time basis.
Doctoral Majors Offered
The Robinson College of Business offers the Ph.D. in Business Administration with major fields in:
Accountancy
Computer Information Systems
Decision Sciences
Finance
Human Resource Management
Management (with specializations in strategy and organizational behavior)
Marketing
Operations Management
Real Estate
Risk Management and Insurance
Doctoral Program Operation
The doctoral programs of the Robinson College of Business are governed and administered as follows:
- The Graduate Program Council of the Robinson College of Business, comprised of five faculty members, recommends doctoral degree requirements and academic regulations that are subsequently submitted for approval by the college faculty.
- The Doctoral Programs Office is run by the associate director of doctoral programs who reports to the director of doctoral programs. This office is the student's primary point of contact for administrative matters. Applications for admission are initially received and processed in this office.
- The doctoral coordinator is the faculty member in the student's academic unit* who advises students on courses to be taken and other degree requirements.
- The Doctoral Admissions Committee, comprised of three doctoral coordinators and the director of doctoral programs, reviews and authorizes certain admission recommendations made by the academic units.
- The Doctoral Assistantship Committee, comprised of three doctoral coordinators and the director of doctoral programs, determines the maximum amount of state-funded graduate research assistantship stipends an academic unit can allocate to an accepted applicant during his or her first year in the program.
* The term "academic unit" is used generically to refer to a department, school, or institute. |
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Admissions: Applications, Procedures, and Criteria
Applications for the doctoral programs will be accepted for once-a-year admission in the fall semester. The deadline for receipt of all required application materials is March 1. All inquiries and requests for application materials should be made to:
Doctoral Programs Office
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083 All documents and other materials submitted by or for applicants for admission to the doctoral program become the property of Georgia State University and cannot be returned. It is the responsibility of each applicant to follow the application procedures completely and correctly and to be certain that all materials have been submitted to the Doctoral Programs Office by the deadline for receipt of materials. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
Admission is for entry in a specific major. A student may enter a different major only if, and after, formal approval has been given by the Doctoral Admissions Committee of the college. Not all majors admit students yearly.
Admission Criteria
Admission decisions are based on a careful review of the applicant's scholastic record, admission test score(s), letters of recommendation, and the other information submitted in support of the application (including an interview, if required by the academic unit). In making the decision, each academic unit and the director of doctoral programs must consider at all times the optimum number of students in the program. This could result in the denial or deferral of otherwise qualified applicants.
Applicants are not required to submit a certification of their state of health but must submit an immunization certification. The college reserves the right to investigate the health, character, and personality of each applicant.
Listed below are the materials which all applicants must submit to the Doctoral Programs Office to be considered for admission.
Application
Applicants must submit the Robinson College of Business Doctoral Programs Application.
Application Fee
An application fee of $25 must be submitted by applicants who have never applied to a graduate program of the Georgia State University Robinson College of Business and paid the fee in the past. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Georgia State University in U.S. currency. Do not send cash. The application fee cannot be waived, is nonrefundable, and does not apply toward registration fees.
Transcripts
Applicants either must request that two official copies of all transcripts be sent directly from each institution to the Doctoral Programs Office or submit the official transcripts unopened with the application. An applicant who has previously attended Georgia State University is permitted to submit only one copy of transcripts from each institution attended prior to entering the university; two copies are required from all institutions attended after having last been registered at Georgia State University.
Letters of Recommendation Three letters of recommendation are required from persons who are able to evaluate the applicant's intellectual capacity for advanced study, independent research, analytical thinking, and the potential for effective teaching at the collegiate level. Applicants and students are not permitted to have access to letters of recommendation.
Admission Test for Ph.D. in Business Administration
All applicants to the Ph.D. in business administration program must submit official scores on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) of the Educational Testing Service.* GMAT scores will not be considered if they are more than seven years old at the time of application to the doctoral program.
A GMAT Information Bulletin may be obtained by contacting the Educational Testing Service in one of these ways:
Mail: Graduate Management Admission Test
Educational Testing Service
P. O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541-6013
Phone: 1-609-771-7330
Fax: 1-609-883-4349
E-mail: gmat@ets.org
Web site: http://www.gmac.com * The Department of Computer Information Systems and the Beebe Institute will accept scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as a substitute for the GMAT from applicants for the doctoral majors in computer information systems and human resource management, respectively. Other academic units may consider GRE scores on a case-by-case basis, but an applicant to any program other than the two previously mentioned may lessen the probability of acceptance by not submitting GMAT scores.
Statement of Purpose
Applicants must submit a detailed statement explaining why they are interested in doctoral study.
Interview/Additional Information
As part of the review of an applicant's file by faculty representatives in the academic unit, an interview or additional information may be required. In such cases, the applicant will be notified. |
