Self-Designed
Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in business administration. Choose seminars from the program’s other nine specializations under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor. Assignments will focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills and the integration of professional practice at the doctoral level.
Completion Requirements
- 60 semester credit hours
- Foundation course (3 sem. cr.)
- Core business courses (15 sem. cr.)
- Business strategy course (3 sem. cr.)
- Research methods courses (6 sem. cr.)
- Specialization courses (9 sem. cr.)
- Doctoral studies courses (24 sem. cr.)
- 8 days of academic residency (two 4-day residencies)
Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1–866–492–5336.
Foundation Course
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA 8005 |
Foundations for Doctoral Business Administration Studies |
3 |
Core Business Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA 8110 |
Business Operations: Systems Perspectives in Global Organizations |
3 |
| DDBA 8120 |
Information Systems: Global Management Strategies and Technologies |
3 |
| DDBA 8130 |
Marketing: Strategic Innovation in Globally Diverse Markets |
3 |
| DDBA 8140 |
Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment – Creating Competitive Responses and Building Corporate Opportunities |
3 |
| DDBA 8150 |
Leadership: Building Sustainable Organizations |
3 |
Business Strategy Course
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA 8160 |
Business Strategy and Innovation |
3 |
Research Methods Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA 8427 |
Applied Research Methods—Qualitative and Quantitative |
3 |
| DDBA 8437 |
Quantitative Decision-Making in Professional Practice |
3 |
Specialization Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA |
Seminar Course 1 |
3 |
| DDBA |
Seminar Course 2 |
3 |
| DDBA |
Seminar Course 3 |
3 |
Doctoral Studies Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| DDBA 8990 |
Writing the Doctoral Study Prospectus |
4 |
| DDBA 8100 |
Doctoral Study Mentoring |
0 |
| DDBA 9000 |
Doctoral Study Completion (4 credits taken each term for 5 terms) |
20 |
Course Descriptions
