Management
- Master of Science in Management
- Doctor of Philosophy
Facilities for Graduate Work
The McCombs School contains the physical facilities, computing systems, and research centers that support graduate work.
Areas of Study
Students in the graduate program in management concentrate in either organization science or strategic management.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2006–2007.
- Caroline A. Bartel
- Ethan R. Burris
- John Sibley Butler
- Janet M. Dukerich
- James W. Fredrickson
- Melissa E. Graebner
- Pamela Haunschild
- Andrew D. Henderson
- George P. Huber
- David B. Jemison
- Martin Kilduff
- Kyle Lewis
- Jeffrey Loewenstein
- Jeffrey Martin
- Paul V. Martorana
- Stewart Miller
- Francisco Polidoro Jr.
- Violina Rindova
Admission Requirements
Admission to the program is very competitive. Decisions are based on the applicant’s test scores, academic record, work experience, personal statement, and letters of recommendation.
Students must enter the program in a fall semester.
Degree Requirements
Master of Science in Management
The Master of Science in Management is offered only to students who are enrolled in the doctoral program in management. This degree is offered in three options: with thesis, with report, and without thesis or report. The thesis option requires at least thirty semester hours of credit; the report option, at least thirty-three hours; and the option without thesis or report, at least thirty-six hours. All coursework must be logically related, and the student’s entire program must be approved by the student’s primary adviser and the graduate adviser. The Graduate Studies Committee’s approval is not required.
Doctor of Philosophy
All students must complete four core courses: Management 390 (Topic 2: Introduction to Research Methods in Management), 390 (Topic 4: Seminar in Organizational Behavior), 390 (Topic 5: Seminar in Organizational Theory and Design), and 393 (Topic 2: Contemporary Issues in Strategic Management). Students must also complete at least two courses in the concentration, at least two courses outside management, at least three advanced statistics/methodology courses, and a research colloquium.
A required element in the student’s development as a scholar is participation in a faculty research project. Students generally begin this collaboration in the spring of their first year in the program. The quality of the student’s work on the project is a factor in judging the student’s progress in the degree program.
Students take the comprehensive examination, which assesses their knowledge of research methodology and of the field of management, at the end of the second year. They then undertake dissertation research as described in chapter 3. A well-prepared student generally completes the degree in five years.
For More Information
Campus address: College of Business Administration Building (CBA) 4.202, phone (512) 471-2622, fax (512) 471-3837; campus mail code: B6300
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, Department of Management, 1 University Station B6300, Austin TX 78712