PhD/MBA Program | WFU Schools of Business

Students interested in joint degree programs must be accepted by both schools.

The PhD/MBA program is a joint program of the Schools of Business and the Wake Forest Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. PhD/MBA candidates spend the first two years taking course work in their chosen PhD program of study. Students begin their MBA studies during the third year, taking classes in the Schools of Business Evening Program ~ Winston-Salem program. Progression into the MBA portion of the degree is contingent upon successful completion of the qualifying exams administered by the student's program of graduate study and upon passing into doctoral candidacy. PhD/MBA students must be recommended from the administration of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Wake Forest University.

Curriculum

The first and second year of the PhD/MBA correspond with the Graduate School curriculum. The third and four year curriculum are as follows:


Third Year - Fall	MBA Credit Hours
MGT 8080 Financial Accounting	3
MGT 8110 Organizational Behavior	3
MGT 8150 Quantitative Methods I	3
Third Year - Spring
MGT 8180 Managerial Accounting	3
MGT 8140 Managerial Economics	3
MGT 8151 Quantitative Methods II	1.5
MGT 8115 Leading Change	1.5
Third Year - Summer
MKT 8221 Marketing Management	4.5
FIN 8136 Financial Management	4.5
MGT 8116 Residency Excercise I	1
Total MBA Credit Hours (Third Year)	28

Fourth Year - Fall
OPS 8169 Operations Management	4.5
MGT 8190 Information Technology Management	3
MGT 8172 Business Law	1.5
Fourth Year - Spring
MGT 8143 Macroeconomics	3
Management Elective	3
Fourth Year - Summer
MGT 8200 Strategy	3
MGT 8210 International Business	3
MGT 8117 Residency Exercise II	1
Total MBA Credit Hours (Fourth Year)	22
Fifth Year & Beyond
Dissertation
Other Ph.D. Program Requirements at the Graduate School
Total Credit Hours	50 MBA + Grad School hours

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