WWU DBA Journey

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Do you have a degree plan for this program? Curious what it looks like and how transfer credit works. I will have 2 master's degree come November including an MBA.

This is the updated degree plan I'm on. Not sure if this will change.


BUS 735 Advanced Financial Management 
BUS 745 Applied Economics
BUS 750 Marketing and Social Media Strategy
LDR 720 Ethical Leading 
LDR 760 Interpersonal Dynamics
BUS 715 Decision Making and Analytics
LDR 745 Management Concepts for Leaders 
BUS 751 Strategy and Execution 
LDR 780 Special Topics
LDR 780 Special Topics 
LDR 780 Special Topics 
RSH 715 Research Methods 
RSH 720 Quantitative Analysis
RSH 740 Exploration of Qualitative Research
DIS 780 Dissertation I
DIS 781 Dissertation II
DIS 790 Dissertation III
DIS 791 Dissertation Continuatin

With an MBA you should get some transfer credit but apply and see how it works out.

So how much credit were you ultimately able to transfer in? I have an AACSB-accredited MBA so I imagine I should be able to get a good bit transferred in but I'll probably give them a call next week to ask about it. For the 50% maximum transfer credit, that would be something like 8 classes, I guess?

Does their DBA not being ACBSP-accredited bother you at all or are you not worried about it much because you're nto going into academia or something?

I was able to transfer 21 hours in which is technically 50% (You have to do at least 50% of didactic classes with WWU for accredidation). You will most likely get a decent chunk of classes transfered in but talk with them to see. When I applied there was no app fee other than sending transcripts.

I don't teach in a business department so any doctorate from an accredited school works for me to go on the tenure track since I have an MS in my teaching field (I had an EdD, DrPH and PhD HM on my radar). If I end up teaching in a flagship school in the future I would do an extra PhD in Comms/Sociology using tuition benefit because I'm becoming more interested in research in those fields. 

For anyone planning to use an online doctorate to go into academia either start adjuncting or researching or both asap!