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628 Doctor of Philosophy

The Doctor of Philosophy in Business Studies is a research degree available in selected areas of faculty expertise.  Candidates may be accepted in the fields of Accounting, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, Marketing, Finance and International Business.  The Doctor of Philosophy is a supervised research degree.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates will normally have a relevant Master degree by research (or including a substantial research component) or a relevant Bachelor degree with first class honours from an approved university.

Candidates with a relevant Bachelor degree with second class honours, Division A, may be approved by the Faculty.

Normally the degree will be completed over three years of full-time study or an equivalent period of part-time study.

The candidate will complete a thesis, making an original contribution to a specialist area of study.
 
COURSE LOCATION

Location of study will be by agreement between the supervisory team and the student.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

Location of study will be by agreement between the supervisory team and the student.
 
Each semester students will enrol into research thesis unit:
ACC7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0 
or
ECF7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0 
or
MAN7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0 
or
MIS7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0 
or
MKT7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0 
 
at 50 or 100% of the full-time enrolment.

Students are required to continue re-enrolling in the thesis component of their study until the thesis is submitted for examination.

Doctoral candidates will normally complete no less than two years and no more than four years of full-time equivalent study by the time their thesis is submitted for examination.
 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 9/30/2006 VET: 9/30/2006