Ph.D. Coursework in Management
Core Courses in Management
The following are core management courses that all management doctoral students take during the program. More detailed information can be found in the Management Ph.D policy guide.
| Course | Course ID | Most recent instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar in Organizational Theory | MANA 8331 | Robert Keller |
| Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Management Theory | MANA 8336 | Richard DeFrank |
| Seminar in Human Resource Managements | MANA 8340 | Teri Elkins Longacre |
| Seminar in Strategic Management | MANA 8380 | Dusya Vera |
| Seminar in Management Research | MANA 8330 | Steve Werner |
| Design and Implementation of Research Methodologies | MANA 8345 | Steve Werner |
Major- and Minor-related Courses Outside of Management
These are some of the courses outside of management that students may take depending on their specialty area. Approval of each students’ advisory committee is required to include these courses in the students’ degree plan.
| Course | Course ID | Most recent instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Organizational Climate and Culture | PSYC 8323 | |
| Selected Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology | PSYC 8393 | Derek Avery |
| Job Attitudes: Theory and Measurement | PSYC 8324 | |
| Work Motivation | PSYC 7366 | |
| Psychology of Leadership in Organizations | PSYC 7365 | Alan Witt |
| Marketing Management and Strategy | MARK 8338 | Betsy Gelb |
| Marketing Literature Review | MARK 8397 | Steven Brown |
| Game Theory | MARK 8397 | Niladri Syam |
General Research Requirements
Five courses devoted to research methods or statistics (each of which is a 3 credit hour course) must be taken by all Management majors. Six of these hours will be satisfied by the Summer Practicum I and Summer Practicum II courses. In addition, three hours could be satisfied by MARK 8397 Academic Writing and Presenting. The remaining hours shall be selected in consultation with the student’s Advisory Committee and the Management Doctoral Program Coordinator. These hours can be fulfilled using statistics and research methods courses offered in the BCB or from other appropriate academic units at the University of Houston.
| Course | Course ID | Most recent instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Multivariate Methods in Marketing | MARK 8349 | James Hess |
| Marketing Models | MARK 8335 | James Hess |
| Marketing Research Methods I | MARK 8336 | Steven Brown |
| Behavioral Constructs in Marketing | MARK 8337 | Partha Krishnamurthy |
| Academic Writing and Presenting | MARK 8397 | James Hess |
| Quantitative Economic Analysis | ECON 6331 | Bent Sorenson |
| Microeconomics 1 | ECON 6342 | Nat Wilcox |
| Microeconomics 2 | ECON 7342 | Gergely Ujhelyi |
| Econometrics I | ECON 7331 | Christian Murray |
| Econometrics II | ECON 8331 | Christian Murray |
| Experimental Economics | ECON 7334 | Nat Wilcox |
| Time Series I | ECON 7393 | Christian Murray |
| Structural Equation Modeling | DISC 8397 | Wynne Chin |
| Regression Analysis | DISC 8397 | Joaquín Díaz-Sáiz |
| Statistics for Psychology | PSYC 6300 | KarlaStuebing |
| Price Theory 1 | FINA 8397 | Natalia Piqueira |
| Experimental Design | PSYC 6302 | KarlaStuebing |
| Social Psychological Methodology | PSYC 6381 | RaymondKnee |
| Structural Equations in Psychology | PSYC 7305 | ParasMehta |
| Psychological Methodology | PSYC 7345 | KarlaStuebing |
| Qualitative Methods | SOC 6311 | Joseph Kotarba |
| Qualitative Research Methods | SOCW 8323 | Avelardo Valdez |
