The Ivey PhD program is a full-time program that begins each September. In the first two years, students complete coursework to satisfy program and discipline requirements, preparing them for the comprehensive exam, typically taken in the summer of year two. Throughout the program, students engage in research, write papers for publication, collaborate with academic peers from other universities, and present their work at conferences. All program requirements, except the thesis proposal defense and final defense, are expected to be completed by the end of year two. The thesis proposal defense must be completed by the end of year three. The remainder of the program is dedicated to thesis research and the final defense.
Program Course Requirements
Discipline Course Requirements
Below are the course requirements of the respective disciplines. If further development is identified in any area, students may be required to take additional courses as requested by the student’s supervisor or the faculty discipline coordinator.
Applies to students in the disciplines of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Strategy and Sustainability
- Two of the following courses:
- Two of the following courses:
- Electives:
- Bus 9802 MS: Applications of Optimization
- Bus 9812 MS: Applications of Stochastic Modeling
- Bus 9872 MS: Applications of Decision Theory
- Bus 9882 MS: Applications of Statistical Analysis
- Bus 9805 Operations I
- Bus 9815 Operations II
- Bus 9043 Big Data Analytics (offered by Ivey's MSc program)
- Bus 9044 Simulation and Risk Analysis (offered by Ivey's MSc program)
- Econ 9601 Microeconomics I
- Econ 9602 Microeconomics II
- Econ 9607 Economic Mathematics I
- Bus 9805 Operations I
- Bus 9815 Operations II
- Bus 9802 MS: Applications of Optimization
- Bus 9812 MS: Applications of Stochastic Modeling
- Electives:
- Bus 9826 Organizational Theory
- Bus 9774 Sustainability & Bus 9776 Grand Challenges
- Bus 9861 Inequality, Diversity, and Business
- Bus 9824 Experimental Design
- Psy 9540 Research Design and Stat Modeling
- Psy 9542 Multilevel Modeling
- Psy 9555 Structural Equation Modeling
- Econ 9601 Microeconomics I
- Econ 9602 Microeconomics II
- Graduate-level courses approved by the program
Program Milestones
- Academic Integrity Module
- Human Ethics Training
- Written Qualifying Exam (select disciplines)
- First Summer Research Paper (applies to Direct Entry Admissions only)
- PhD Research Seminar Series
- Research Proposal (select disciplines)
- Teaching Requirement
- Comprehensive Exam
- Thesis Proposal Defense
- Thesis Defense