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Illustrative Program with Behavioral Science Minor

The following is one example of a possible program of study for an accounting doctoral student with a behavioral science minor.

Fall - Year 1 Winter - Year 1
  • Accounting Seminar - 1
  • ECON 370: Introduction to Quantitative Economics
  • STAT 385: Regression or STAT 395: ANOVA
  • Accounting Seminar - 2
  • STAT 345: Categorical Data Analysis
  • PSYCH 340: Human Inference and Social Judgement or PSYCH 371: Attitude Change
Summer - Year 1
  • ACCT 460: Research Methods of Accounting
Fall - Year 2 Winter - Year 2
  • Accounting Seminar - 3
  • PSYCH 376: Psychological Tests and
  • Measurement or PSYCH 413: Psychometrics
  • PSYCH 452: Motivation
  • Management 405: Management Seminar
  • PSYCH 460: Human Learning and Memory
  • Behavioral or statistics elective
Summer - Year 2
  • ACCT 460: Research Methods in Accounting
Fall - Year 3 Winter - Year 3
  • PSYCH 431: Latent Variable Models
  • Behavioral or statistics electives
  • Comprehensive examinations
  • Preliminary work on dissertation proposal
Summer - Year 3
  • ACCT 491: Research in Accounting (one hour)
  • Continue work on dissertation proposal
Fall - Year 4 Winter - Year 4
  • ACCT 491: Research in Accounting (two hours)
  • Present Ph.D. dissertation proposal to faculty
  • ACCT 491: Research in Accounting (two hours)
  • Complete dissertation
Summer - Year 4
  • ACCT 491: Research in Accounting (one hour)
    Defend dissertation

Possible Behavioral and Statistics Electives:

  • MGMT 471: Seminar in Organizational Behavior
  • PSYCH 421: Advanced Techniques in Psychological Statistics
  • PSYCH 433: Seminar in Social Psychology
  • PSYCH 385: Experimental Social Psychology or STAT 395: ANOVA

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