Course Requirements
The courses listed below follow the progress of a typical doctoral program in accounting from year one through year four.
Zeroth Summer
(summer before formal matriculation)
Quantitative Methods
Fall Year 1
Survey of Business Research Methods
Probability & Statistics
Microeconomic Theory I
Market-Based Accounting Research
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Spring Year 1
Microeconomic Theory II
Econometric Methods
Foundations of Accounting Research
JDM Research In Accounting
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Summer Year 1
First Year Summer Paper
Year One Evaluation
(based on performance in first-year coursework)
Fall Year 2
Accounting and Nature of the Firm
Economic Reasoning
Advanced Econometrics
Elective
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Spring Year 2
Reporting & Disclosure Research
Elective
Elective
Elective
Summer Year 2
Comprehensive Exam
Second Year Summer Paper
Second Year Evaluation
TATTO Teaching Development Course
FALL Year 3
TATTO Course on Business School Teaching & TATTO Teaching Assistantship
Electives
Dissertation Research
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Spring Year 3
TATTO Teaching Associateship
Electives
Dissertation Research
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Summer Year 3
Research
Third Year Evaluation
Fourth Year
Dissertation Research
Final Dissertation Defense
Weekly Accounting Research Workshop
Most doctoral seminars are offered every other year. The sequence of courses taken by a student would depend on the timing of his or her admission in the two-year cycle. The doctoral curriculum is subject to periodic review and revision.
