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Program Requirements
To apply to the DM program, an applicant must have a master’s
degree from a regionally accredited college or university with an
overall GPA of 3.20 on a 4.00 scale. If the GPA in the master’s
degree is below 3.50, the applicant must also submit scores for the
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) general test or the General
Management Admission Test (GMAT). The UMUC Graduate
School reserves the right to request additional transcripts.
Admission to the DM is competitive. Therefore, meeting the
above eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission.
A complete list of the documents required is found in the
“Instructions to the Applicant” in the DM application
package and on the DM application form. Interested parties
should contact the program office for an application form.
Formats/Locations
The Doctor of Management program is not available online.
Regular visits to UMUC headquarters in Adelphi, Maryland,
are required for class attendance and for completion of other
portions of the program. Students should check the current
Graduate Schedule of Classes to determine when courses will be
offered at specific locations.
Curriculum
The DM study program is individually designed for every student.
The requirements for successfully completing the degree
are divided into two complementary parts.
The first part is made up of coursework components that support
the general area of the student’s research concentration.
This part is structured to include a specialization area and an
interdisciplinary area of breadth courses. The coursework culminates
with the completion of a comprehensive examination. The
objective of this predissertation stage is to provide students with
the theoretical foundations and practices of the specialization
and breadth fields of study and with a command of the relevant
quantitative and/or qualitative methods of research and analysis.
However, from the beginning of the study program, the student
is encouraged to start planning the dissertation proposal in
terms of choosing a specific topic of interest, reviewing the literature,
and thinking about appropriate research methodologies.
The second part of the study program is composed of original
research and the presentation of research findings in a written
dissertation of applied form. The objective of the dissertation
stage is to have the student apply theoretical and practical
knowledge and analytical methods to the resolution of a practical
research problem. The research work should be original and
contribute to the existing body of knowledge.
Requirements
A DM candidate must complete between 48 and 60 semester
hours of coursework (depending upon the prior field of graduate
study) beyond the master’s degree.
Core Courses
Students must complete the following seminars:
DMGT 701 The Philosophy and Methods of Scholarly
Inquiry (9)
DMGT 702 Technological Innovation for Global Leadership (9)
DMGT 799 Dissertation Research (12)
Breadth Courses
Depending on previous study, students must choose a course in
each of the following six areas, with the consent of an advisor:
■ International management
■ Behavioral sciences
■ Technology/information management
■ Economics/finance
■ Marketing
■ Project management/assessment
Specialization Courses
Students must take three courses in any of the three areas of
concentration:
■ International operations
■ Organizational processes
■ Technology and information systems
Students must choose courses from the following list with the
consent of an advisor and the departmental chair. Enhanced
master’s degree courses (graduate-level courses in which assignments
and objectives are customized for the doctoral student) or
up to 6 credits of doctoral-level courses from other regionally
accredited universities may also be applied to this requirements,
with departmental approval.
Course descriptions are found on pp. 110–56.
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