Course Descriptions
Detailed descriptions of each required and elective ENT course can be found below. For additional electives outside the program, please coordinate with your advisor or consult the university Course Listings.
Required Courses
| ENT 6310 - Seminar in Strategic Management |
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Course DescriptionA broad survey of foundational topics and major themes in the field of strategic management. Students will be familiarized with the primary theoretical underpinnings and core concepts of the strategic management field. Students will review commonly used research methods and identify challenge areas involving research methods within the domain of strategic management. The course will also provide a forum in which students can further develop the writing and publication skills they will need as management scholars. Topics covered include: an historical and theoretical overview of strategic management, core concepts in strategic management, the drivers and consequences of firm performance, strategic processes, industry and environmental considerations in strategic management. Class sessions are designed to review and critique readings associated with the aforementioned topics, develop and present research ideas, and produce initial drafts of research papers related to strategic management.
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| ENT 6320 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship |
Course DescriptionA survey of major topics and themes in the field of entrepreneurship. Students will be presented with some of the primary theoretical underpinnings of the field as well as some of the common and/or promising methodological approaches to the study of entrepreneurial phenomena. Topics covered include: a theoretical overview of entrepreneurship, the origins of entrepreneurial opportunity, entrepreneurial attention and information processing, learning and knowledge related to opportunity, entrepreneurial decision making, entrepreneurial failure, role of entrepreneurs’ human and social capital, and corporate entrepreneurship. The course will also cover the journal review process, selection of research methods, and presenting research papers. Class sessions will be devoted to reviewing and critiquing the readings associated with each of the aforementioned topics and generating research opportunities.
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| ENT 6330 - Theoretical Perspectives in Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
Course DescriptionThis course is designed as a survey of emergent topics in the fields of strategic management and entrepreneurship. One focus of this course will be exploring the intersection of strategic management and entrepreneurship. Students will be familiarized with some of the primary theoretical underpinnings that span both fields as some of the common and/or promising methodological approaches utilized. Topics covered in the course include: theories of the firm, perspectives on firm growth, the role of the environment in strategic decisions, strategic interpretation of opportunities and threats new venture and entry strategies, dynamic capabilities, slack, resourcefulness, and institutional entrepreneurship. Class sessions will be devoted to reviewing and critiquing the readings associated with each of the aforementioned topics and generating research and publication opportunities.
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| ENT 6340 - Research Methods |
Course DescriptionSeminar designed to familiarize students with techniques for conducting research in the organizational and behavioral sciences. The emphasis of this course is on exploring: (1) the logic of research designs, (2) different types of research methodologies, (3) the advantages and disadvantages of using different research methods, and (4) fit between the research question and the research design. Special attention will be paid to the topics of construct development and validation, how to control for method biases, and the identification of the necessary conditions for establishing causal relationships. Although the discussion of various analytical procedures will be unavoidable, the major focus of the seminar will be on methodological (as opposed) to analytical issues.
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| ENT 6350 - Seminar in Organization Theory |
Course DescriptionA doctoral seminar designed to introduce the major theoretical approaches and debates in organizational theory, which draws primarily on sociology and secondarily on economics, psychology, to explain how organizations form, survive and grow, interact, manage resources, and deal with internal and external issues. The theoretical perspectives and topics covered rely upon a blend of classic pieces that enable understanding core assumptions and historical roots of current theories, along with very recent research. The course is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon related literatures in industrial organization economics, public administration, economic history, political science, and sociology.
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| MIS 6350 - Conducting an Effective Literature Review |
Course DescriptionA Doctoral Seminar for pre-Dissertation Students. A course to help doctoral students learn to write theory-building literature reviews. Doctoral students taking this class will read and discuss a variety of review papers published primarily in MIS quarterly, but also in several other journals from management literature.
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| ENT 6V98 - Research Practicum I |
Course DescriptionStudents are assigned to a research mentor to facilitate understanding of the research process with the goal of producing a manuscript suitable for submission to a conference proceedings or journal article.
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| ENT 6V98 - Research Practicum II |
Course DescriptionStudents are assigned to a research mentor to facilitate understanding of the research process with the goal of producing a manuscript suitable for submission to a conference proceedings or journal article.
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| EDP 5334 - Statistical Methods (1st class in stats series) |
Course DescriptionAn introductory statistics course that covers descriptive statistics, graphical representation of data, statistical inferences, t-tests, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
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| EDP 6362 - Applied Multiple Regression (2nd class in stats series - Prerequisite: EDP 5334) |
Course DescriptionAn intermediate statistics course covering computation and interpretation of simple and multiple regression models for continuous and categorical outcomes, assumptions, and diagnostics, path analysis, and regression-based research designs.
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| MIS 6320 - Quantitative Methods II (3rd class in series) |
Course DescriptionExamines survey and experimental research and covers topics such as survey design, construct development, sampling, internal and external validity factor analysis, model estimation, and multivariate analysis techniques.
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| EDA 6302 - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
Course DescriptionDoctoral seminar designed to introduce graduate students to teaching in higher education through the exploration of curricular issues, course development and content, teaching techniques, learning concepts and theories, and the nature of faculty work. Note that this option is a doctoral seminar and, as such, requires doctoral standing to enroll.
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| ENT 6V00 - Dissertation Proposal and Prospectus |
Course DescriptionResearch for doctoral students studying for preliminary examinations, preparing their topic proposal, or writing their prospectus in anticipation of candidacy
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| ENT 6V99 - Dissertation |
Course DescriptionSupervised research for doctoral dissertation.
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Elective Courses
| PSY 5339 - Social-Organizational Psychology |
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Course DescriptionThe application of social psychology to professional practice and organizational consultation and development.
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| EDP 6337 - Psychometric Theory |
Course DescriptionReview of the theoretical literature and construction of direct and indirect performance tests. Course will cover cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains, theoretical assumptions underlying test design, criteria for the appropriate construction of discreet item forms, processes used to establish test validity and reliability, and use of test construction software.
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| Additional Electives - Courses that have been influential in Entrepreneurship |
Course DescriptionCourses in disciplines such as Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology that have been influential in the development of entrepreneurship theory or entrepreneurship research may satisfy elective hour requirements with written approval from the PhD program director and appropriate graduate school administrators.
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