Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

School of Business and Technology

Business Intelligence specialization

Prepare yourself to become a leader in business intelligence and complete an applied dissertation project that allows you to make an immediate, practical contribution to your organization. The curriculum incorporates information technology management, information science, quantitative analysis, decision science, and management science into a single specialization focused on strategic and tactical decision making in such areas as data warehousing, modeling, and analysis. You will also explore global perspectives of business leadership, including an opportunity to participate in an international field experience. Online courseroom discussions, specially designed networking sites, and face-to-face weekend residencies provide ongoing opportunities to build professional relationships and share knowledge with other business leaders around the country. This professional doctorate offers a defined program and built-in checkpoints designed to facilitate completion of both your course work and dissertation in three years. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing leadership, consulting, or teaching positions in the field of business intelligence.

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All courses taken in a prescribed sequence. Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8004 - Strategic Thinking and Innovation
• DB-R8921 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium I^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9901 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 1 (non-credit)*
• DB8010 - Leadership with Integrated Coaching*
• DB9902 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 2 (non-credit)*
• DB8020 - Research Foundations*
• DB9903 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 3 (non-credit)*
• DB8030 - Global Operations^†*
• DB9905 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 5 (non-credit)*
• DB8040 - Financial Decision Making*
• DB-R8922 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium II^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9906 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 6 (non-credit)*
• DB8050 - Applied Research Techniques*
• DB9907 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 7 (non-credit)*
• DB8060 - Exploring Opportunities for Social Responsibility and Sustainability*
• DB9909 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 9 (non-credit)*
• DB8070 - Market Innovation*
• DB-R8923 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium III^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9910 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 10 (non-credit)*

Specialization Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8310 - Organizational Data Management*
• DB8312 - Business Information Sources and Services*
• DB9904 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 4 (non-credit)*
• DB8314 - Data Warehousing and Mining*
• DB8316 - Decision Support Analysis and Presentation*
• DB9908 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 8 (non-credit)*

Upon completion of all required course work:

• DB9921 - Dissertation with Project Mentoring I* - 6 quarter credits
• DB9922 - Dissertation with Project Mentoring II* - 6 quarter credits

Review of this specialization is pending in ND and SC.

Admission to the Business Intelligence specialization requires learners to complete and submit the DBA Course Registration Acknowledgement.

^† Learners are responsible for the cost of their travel, accommodations, food, and other expenses associated with this course.

Learn more about our related specializations:

PhD

• Information Technology Management

DBA

• Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Strategy and Innovation

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