The Executive Doctoral Degree in Information Technology is comprised of the following 60 required credit hours which include professional research courses, content specialty courses and a dissertation*.
*The dissertation is the capstone experience in the Executive PhD Degree Program in Information Technology. A dissertation is a research-based project that may use a wide-range of statistical, quantitative, and qualitative methods. However, in the University’s practitioner-focused program, the dissertation is conceived as a reality-based project in which the candidate engages in authentic professional problem-solving to extend best practices in the field.
For more information on the Executive PhD in IT courses available, please see below:
Core Courses – 18 Credit Hours Required
Professional Research - 24 Credit Hours Required
- DSRT 734 Inferential Statistics
- DSRT 736 Dissertation Seminar
- DSRT 837 Professional Writing and Proposal Development
- DSRT 839 Advanced Research Methods
- DSRT 850 Qualitative Research
- DSRT 930 Dissertation
- DSRT 931 Dissertation
- DSRT 834 Advanced Statistical Applications OR
- INTR 799/899 - Applied Learning Practicum
Specialty Area Content - 18 Credit Hours Required
A content specialty area of at least eighteen credit hours must be earned in one of the following disciplines:
- Information Technology
- Information Securities (Cybersecurity)
- Digital Forensics
- Global Business with Blockchain Technology
- Cyber Engineering