Doctor of Business Administration

Course summary for current students

Contacts

Division of Student Administration (DSA)
Student Information Centre
Tel 1300 334 733
enquire@deakin.edu.au

Further information

Deakin Graduate School of Business

Telephone: 1800 624 316 Freecall (within Australia)

or +61 3 5227 3447

Email: dba-enquiries@deakin.edu.au

Key to campuses

B = Melbourne Burwood Campus
G = Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
S = Geelong Waterfront Campus
W =Warrnambool Campus
X = Off campus

Award granted	Doctor of Business Administration
Campus	Offered at Melbourne Burwood Campus, Off campus
Duration	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	054580F
Deakin course code	M901
For further information about the DBA, including important advice about the application process and deadlines, please refer to http://www.deakin.edu.au/buslaw/courses/dba.php

Course overview

The Doctor of Business Administration is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of key business disciplines and research methodologies relevant to business. It also aims to develop critical thinking and the ability to apply theoretical understanding and research results to business problems. It will develop advanced research skills and the ability to communicate research outcomes, improve professional practice in a range of business disciplines and provide students with the opportunity to pursue individual research projects.

Research information

The Doctor of Business Administration is designed for experienced senior managers who wish to develop their analytical, managerial and research skills and hence their ability to operate in business. Through independent study and supervised research it will also enhance students' ability to pursue original research and present the results of that research in an appropriate form. As a professional doctorate, the DBA in its coursework and research components is oriented towards the needs of business professionals and designed to improve professional practice in a range of business disciplines.

Fees and charges

Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.

Please be aware:

Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services

Course rules

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a 24 credit point professional doctoral degree taken over three years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent). Students are required to complete eight core coursework units, four thesis support units and a core research thesis worth 12 credit points.

Course structure

Stage 1 (Coursework)

MPA951

Financial Reporting and Analysis (B, X)

MPR951

Financial Reporting and Analysis (Residential) *

MPT981/MPE981

Economics for Managers (B, X) #

MPK901

Research Design and Analysis (B, X)

MPR906/MPM906

Strategic Management (B, X) *

MPR921/MPM921

Organisational Behaviour (B, X) *

plus 3 credit points from:

MPA911

Corporate Governance and Ethics (X)

MPD915

Management and Organisational Consulting

MPT953/MPF953

Finance (B, X) #

MPT936/MPK936

International Marketing (B, X) #

MPM912

Managing Innovation (X)

MPR922/MPM922

Human Resource Management (B, X) *

MPT935/MPM935

International Business Management (B, X) #

MPT932/MPK932

Marketing Management (B, X) #

Or any other Level 9 cognate unit offered by the University not included in Stage 2, subject to the approval of the DBA Course Team Chair and the relevant unit chair.

Stage 2 (Doctoral Research)

12 credit points of DBA thesis units from:

MPD901, MPD902, MPD903, MPD904

plus:

MPD910

Thesis Literature Review

MPD911

Thesis Proposal (ONLINE)

plus 2 credit points of units from:

MPD912

Quantitative Thesis Research (ONLINE)

MMD916