Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Specializations
Curriculum

Accounting

In the DBA Accounting specialization, you can enhance your knowledge of managerial accounting methods that are essential to your company’s bottom line and elevate your organization’s competitive position.

Energy Management

This DBA specialization is designed for business leaders who want to explore how energy production and distribution have evolved into a global market, as well as the natural and man-made risks involved with this business.

Entrepreneurship

Build your entrepreneurial skills and knowledge with a learning experience that combines theory with practical strategies drawn from real-world situations, such as identifying market opportunities, managing risk and change, encouraging innovation, and raising capital.

Finance

In this specialization, you will explore the finance tools that help managers maximize their firm’s value, including valuation, capital budgeting and structure, working capital management, multinational concepts, and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Global Supply Chain Management

Relevant for manufacturers, retailers, and service providers, this specialization focuses on how products and services move from concept to deliverable.

Healthcare Management

The Healthcare Management specialization focuses on laws and court decisions that apply to the management of healthcare organizations and investigates the regulatory and ethical dynamics that exist within the industry.

Homeland Security

The Homeland Security specialization will allow you to explore how the field of homeland security has evolved, as well as the global implications it has on how an organization operates, internally and externally.

Human Resource Management

Coursework for this specialization examines contemporary organizational issues, such as succession planning for the organization’s long-term success, creating and managing external strategic partnerships, and HR planning for the organization’s strategic business direction.

Information Systems Management

In this specialization you will learn how to help align business needs with technological solutions, identify new applications for technology, and leverage technological solutions in order to enhance your organization’s competitive position in the marketplace.

International Business

Examine the financial implications of conducting business internationally, including how capital investment is undertaken globally and how financial markets and global trade influence investment opportunities.

Leadership

Explore new frameworks and perspectives that will help you to lead and manage change effectively. Investigate a variety of current leadership principles and practices to determine which work best in any given situation.

Marketing

In this specialization you will study key marketing concepts like market segmentation, competitive intelligence, and commercialization, as well as learn advanced skills needed to succeed in an international marketplace.

Project Management

In the DBA Project Management specialization, you can learn the necessary skills to deliver your organization’s strategic objectives through dynamic project portfolio management. Study the processes for successfully managing a complex portfolio of projects and analyzing opportunities for improved portfolio performance.

Self-Designed

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in business administration. Choose seminars from the program’s other specializations under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor.

Social Impact Management

Examine key issues in corporate responsibility, such as how to achieve greater transparency while protecting proprietary information, leverage social involvement in branding, improve operational efficiency through environmental initiatives, and strengthen stakeholder relationships.

Technology Entrepreneurship

Learn how to design the concepts, processes, and tools to increase the rate and extent of innovation in your company, thereby enhancing your company’s competitive edge.

Curriculum Overview

The Walden DBA program will help you develop as an agent for global change, in your company or community, with advanced business skills and knowledge. As an independent scholar, you will explore real-world solutions through interactive media and international business case studies, with 1:1 guidance when you need it. Courses include:

Organizational Leadership: Doctoral Theory and Practice
Business Strategy and Innovation for Competitive Advantage
Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology for Applied Business Research

More about our DBA program

Career Options

Depending on your specialization, your career options may include a role as a:*

Consultant
Entrepreneur/business owner
Faculty member
Manager/director/administrator
Analyst

*Career options may require additional experience, training, or other factors beyond the successful completion of this degree program.

Entry Requirements

A master's degree or higher is required for entrance into this program. You will also be required to submit a completed online application, employment history, and official transcripts.

Your enrollment advisor will help you gather all of the required materials starting with your application all the way through your first day of classes.

Tuition and Financial Aid

Tuition costs will vary depending on your previous education. Get in touch with an enrollment advisor today by calling 1-888-664-4547, to learn more about tuition costs for this program and financial aid options.

Walden's enrollment advisors are committed to helping identify and leverage opportunities for you to save money on your education.

How to Apply

Our enrollment advisors are ready to answer any questions you may have regarding this program. Fill out the form on this page to be contacted, or call 1-888-664-4547.

Accreditation

Walden’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), PhD in Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA), and BS in Business Administration programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

The MS in Accounting and BS in Accounting programs are also accredited by the ACBSP have earned the organization's Specialized Accounting Accreditation. ACBSP, which is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), is a leading specialized accreditation association that identifies and supports excellence in business education worldwide.