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The program officially starts at the beginning of September. Generally, students complete all program and discipline course requirements in the first two years. In the summer of their second year, students complete the comprehensive exam; at the end of their third year, students complete their thesis proposal and after that, students focus on their thesis research and final defense (see Program Milestones section below for more details). 

 

Program Course Requirements 

  • Orientation
  • Bus 9702 Multivariate Analysis
  • Bus 9704A / 9704B Research Methods
  • Electives:
    • Bus 9707 Qualitative Methods
    • Bus 9714 Causal Inference for Management
    • Bus 9861 Inequality and Business
    • Graduate-level advanced statistics/methods courses approved by the program

 

Discipline Course Requirements

Below are the course requirements of the respective disciplines. If further development is identified in any area, students may be required to take additional courses as requested by the student’s supervisor or the faculty discipline coordinator.

Program Milestones

  • Statistics Boot Camp
  • PhD Student Seminar Series
  • First Summer Research Paper (applies to Direct Entry Admissions only)
  • Teaching Requirement
  • Comprehensive Exam
  • Thesis Proposal Exam
  • Thesis Defense

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