Finance Concentration
| Specialization Area(All courses require a grade of C or better) (15 semester hours) | |
|---|---|
| Each student must complete fifteen semester hours of doctoral-level College of Business Administration courses from the list below. Appropriate courses may be substituted with the approval of the Director. | |
| Required: | |
| ACCT 6320 | Accounting Behavioral Research | 
| Select four courses from the following: | |
| ACCT 6321 | Seminar in International Financial Accounting | 
| ACCT 6323 | Topics in International Accounting Research | 
| ACCT 6324 | Seminar in International Tax | 
| ACCT 6325 | Seminar in International Managerial Accounting | 
| ACCT 6354 | Accounting Topics in International Business | 
| ACCT 6389 | Independent Study (with | 
| FIN 6331 | Seminar in Theory of Finance | 
| FIN 6333 | Seminar in Corporate Finance | 
| FIN 6334 | Seminar in Investments | 
| FIN 6332 | Seminar in International Capital Markets | 
| MACC/MBA-LEVEL COURSE WITH ADDITIONAL WORK WITH PROFESSOR | |
| Supporting Area(All courses require a grade of B or better) (9 semester hours) | |
|---|---|
| Select three courses from the following: | |
| ACCT 6310 | International Accounting Environment | 
| ACCT 6323 | Topics in International Accounting Research | 
| ACCT 6325 | Seminar in International Manag Accounting | 
| FIN 6354 | Finance Topics in International Business | 
| FIN 6332 | Seminar in International Capital Markets | 
| Students may also take doctoral courses outside of the College of Business with the approval of the Program Director | |
| Research Methods(All courses require a grade of C or better) (12 semester hours) | |
|---|---|
| ECON 6370 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods and Statistics | 
| ECON 6372 | Multivariate Methods and Linear Regression | 
| And select two courses from the following: | |
| ECON 5371 | Applied International Business Research | 
| FIN 6350 | Financial Econometrics I | 
| FIN 6360 | Financial Econometrics II | 
| MGMT 6303 | Advanced Regression Analysis | 
| MGMT 6307 | Survey Research Methods | 
| MGMT 6308 | Research Philosophy and Design | 
| MKT 6309 | Structural Equation Modeling | 
| MKT 6371 | Business Analytics I | 
| MKT 6372 | Business Analytics II | 
| Dissertation(12 semester hours) | |
|---|---|
| All students must complete a doctoral dissertation (a minimum of 12 semester hours) that presents original research at an advanced level on a significant problem in business. Dissertation hours may be repeated as needed. | |
| FIN 6398 | Finance Dissertation I | 
| FIN 6399 | Finance Dissertation II | 
| Business Foundation Courses(  | |
|---|---|
| Select eight courses from the following: | |
| ACCT 5301 | Financial Accounting | 
| CIS 5313 | Strategic Information Systems | 
| ECON 5302 | Microeconomic Theory | 
| ECON 5311 | Managerial Economics | 
| ECON 5360 | Global Economic Environment for Managers | 
| FIN 5311 | Financial Management | 
| MGMT 5311 | Organizational Mgmt Seminar | 
| MKT 5311 | Marketing Management | 
| OSCM 5308 | Concepts of Production Management | 
| *Depending on an applicant’s background, in some cases additional business graduate courses may be required. However, it is anticipated that students entering the program with an MBA (or Business – related master’s degree) will have already taken these Business Foundation courses or their equivalent. | |
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Dr. Richard Posthuma 
Director, Ph.D. Program 
Phone: (915) 747-8646 
   rposthuma@utep.edu  
 Carolina Gonzalez  
 Ph.D. Program Coordinator/Manager 
Business Room 101G   
 Phone: (915) 747-5496  
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