Sample Course Schedule

• Fall: GSBA 604, ACCT 611, ACCT 615, ACCT 602, ACCT 641, ACCT 642
• Spring: ACCT 611, ACCT 621, ACCT 630 + courses in other departments such as FBE, etc.

Research Development

• Students have two mentors assigned at the start of the year.
  
• At the end of each Winter recess, students in year 1 are required to submit a research proposal. At the end of each Summer recess, they are required to submit a research paper. Students should talk to their faculty mentors about potential research ideas throughout the preceding semester so that they can decide in advance what topic they will be working on once the recess begins.
  

Sample Course Schedule

• Fall: ACCT 611, ACCT 602, ACCT 642
• Spring: ACCT 611, ACCT 621, ACCT 630
• Summer: BUCO 637

Research Development

• Typically, students are assigned two new mentors at the start of their second year.
• During the winter of the second year they write a winter research proposal.
• At the end of each Winter recess, students in year 2 are required to submit a research proposal. At the end of each Summer recess, they are required to submit a research paper. Students should talk to their faculty mentors about potential research ideas throughout the preceding semester so that they can decide in advance what topic they will be working on once the recess begins.

Qualifying Examination

The qualifying exam has both a written and oral component. The second-year Summer paper serves as the written component. For the oral component, the student must present the paper in an open seminar involving both faculty members and students, with questions and comments from the audience. This presentation must be given before the end of the Fall semester in the student’s third year. Following successful completion of the qualifying exam, the student is admitted to candidacy.

Sample Course Schedule

• Independent Dissertation Preparation (2)
• Accounting Research Seminar: ACCT 611 (2)
• Electives (Optional)

Research Development
At this stage in the program, the research relationships Ph.D. candidates have developed with faculty often lead to collaborative research projects. Ph.D. candidates continue to work on these co-authored projects and also begin work on their dissertations.

Teaching Development
Ph.D. candidates begin developing teaching skills by serving as a teaching assistant for one or two classes and engaging in teaching skills workshops.

Sample Course Schedule

• Independent Dissertation Preparation (2)

Research Development
Research on co-authored projects and the student dissertation is the primary activity in the fourth year and beyond.

Teaching Development
Ph.D. candidates co-teach one course with a faculty member.

Dissertation Defense & Submission
The dissertation is the culminating work of a student’s independent research. In the fifth year of the program, students complete, defend and submit the dissertation. This is the last step to earn the Ph.D.

The Accounting faculty have served as editors, associate editors and editorial review board members of premier journals in accounting, including:

• The Accounting Review
• Journal of Accounting Research
• Journal of Accounting and Economics
• Contemporary Accounting Research
• Accounting, Organization and Society
• Review of Accounting Studies

For more information on faculty research and publications, please see the PhD handbook or visit HERE. 

• Wildman Award
• Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature
• Notable Contributions to Auditing and Managerial Accounting Literatures
• Outstanding Educator Award in Auditing