Course
Requirements for the MORS PhD Program
In the
first two years of the program students are expected to complete
the required coursework of the program. Students must take
9 Non-independent Study courses in the 1st year of the program
(this means an average of 3 courses per quarter).
1.
Four content seminars: MORS 424-1, MORS 424-2, MORS 425-1
and MORS 425-2 (see course titles listed below).
2.
Two
MORS elective courses: These courses are offered
periodically by the MORS faculty.
3.
Three methods seminars: MORS 426 (laboratory methods),
MORS 427 (field methods) and a third methods course to be
determined in consultation with the faculty adviser.
4.
Three statistics courses: Basic descriptive and inferential
statistics, linear and non-linear regression, and one additional
course selected in consultation with the faculty adviser.
5.
General Research Seminar: The department's series of presentations
by graduate students, faculty members and post-doc visitors.
Students are required to participate in this seminar throughout
their graduate study at the Kellogg School.
6.
Minor Field: PhD students must take three graduate courses
in a minor field area such as psychology, sociology, anthropology
or economics. This requirement is met with transfer credit
for those entering with a master’s degree.
| Coursework
Requirements |
Units |
| MORS
424-1 The Individual and the Organization |
1 |
| MORS
424-2 Social Processes in Organizations |
1 |
| MORS
425-1 Behavior in Organizational Systems |
1 |
| MORS
425-2 Organizations in Their Environments |
1 |
| MORS
426 Empirical Research in Organization Behavior: Methods
and Practice Microeconomics |
1 |
| MORS
427 Laboratory Experimentation with Organization |
1 |
| MORS
Elective Courses |
2
|
| Methods
(additional; to be determined in consultation with faculty
adviser) |
1 |
| Statistics
(basic principles of descriptive and inferential statistics,
linear and nonlinear regression; taken during first year)
|
2 |
| Statistics
(additional approved courses) |
1 |
| Minor
field (psychology, sociology, anthropology or economics
beyond those used to satisfy above requirements) |
3 |
| Total
Required Units: |
13-15 |
| (Students
also participate in the Management and Organizations Department
General Research Seminar.) |
Other
PhD Degree Requirements
- Examinations:
end
of first year, written examinations covering core curriculum;
research presentation at start of second year; oral exam
on dissertation proposal for admission to candidacy
-
Research/Projects:
summer research paper at end of second year; third and fourth
year, dissertation research
- PhD
Dissertation: original and significant research
-
Final Evaluations:
oral defense of dissertation
|
