Anaheim University’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program is comprised of 60 graduate credit hours beyond a completed MBA. The DBA program consists of four foundational courses in business administration and research, a qualifying exam which the student must pass at the end of the first year of study, eight courses in the student’s chosen area of concentration, a comprehensive exam which the student must pass in order to advance to the dissertation phase, two dissertation studies courses, and a dissertation. Each course in the DBA program is three credit hours, with the exception of the final dissertation course.

Foundational Courses:

DBA 605 Introduction to Doctor of Business Administration Studies    
DBA 607 Global Management Consulting  


Research Methods Courses :

DBA 625 Applied Research Methods - Qualitative & Quantitative    
DBA 627 Business Analytics  


Choose one area of concentration containing 5 core courses and 3 specialized courses

Management Core Courses :

DBA 613 Organizational Development and Change Management    
DBA 623 Management Science  
DBA 633 Ethics in Business and Management  
DBA 643 Operations and Supply Chain Management  
DBA 653 Leadership in Global and Multicultural Organizations  


Specialized Courses in Management :

DBA 713 Seminar in Organizational Change    
DBA 733 Seminar in Business Ethics  
DBA 743 Seminar in Leadership in Multinational Organizations