The curriculum consists of a 24 month, 20 course, 60 credit program offered in two phases.
Phase One requires the completion of the program courses as well as the identification of a Doctoral Dissertation Project.
Phase Two encompasses an intensive project validation period and results verification under the close supervision of a Faculty Doctoral Team.
DBA students learn how to analyze and conduct research to conceptualize and implement their doctoral dissertation project. Throughout the program, students are engaged in a rigorous, exciting, theoretical, and practical learning experience offered in a specialized curriculum that is uniquely centered in both management science and quality systems. A “Senior Champion” and NGS Dissertation Committee will confirm that each student is making satisfactory progress throughout the dissertation project process.
To fulfill degree requirements, each student will teach a National Graduate School course at either the master’s or baccalaureate levels, submit an article to a refereed journal, and complete a written dissertation that documents a project that produced tangible, measurable results..
Following the successful completion of Dissertation Projects, doctoral candidates are required to orally defend their work before a Doctoral Dissertation Committee.