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Timing and Requirements: DBA

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Residency Timing

Residency Required or Optional

Timing

(for students who started the program prior to February 2024)

Timing

(for students who started the program after February 2024)

Residency 1 (RESI 8301) Required

Complete residency 1 as soon as you begin your program (while taking DDBA 8006 or DDBA 8151); required in order to advance into DDBA 8300.

Focus: Program orientation, overview of doctoral study capstone project, program and Student Success Advising, and socialization into the profession.

Complete residency 1 as soon as you begin your program (while taking DBAX 8006 or DBAX 8151); required in order to advance into DBAX 8161 or DBAX 8303.

Focus: Program orientation, overview of doctoral study capstone project, program and Student Success Advising, and socialization into the profession.

Residency 2 (RESI 8302)

Required

Complete residency 2 just prior to the start or during the first few weeks of DDBA 8303; required in order to advance into DDBA 8307.

Focus: Completion of the doctoral study proposal and capstone project, program and Student Success Advising.

Complete residency 2 just prior to the start or during the first few weeks of DBAX 8303; required in order to advance into DBAX 8307.

Focus: Completion of the doctoral study proposal and capstone project, program and Student Success Advising.

Doctoral Study Intensive

Optional

Complete a DBA Doctoral Study Intensive during DDBA 8100/8101 or DDBA 9000/9001.

Contact Student Success Advising to register.

Complete a DBA Doctoral Study Intensive during DBAX 8101/8101C/8101P or DBAX 9001/9001C/9001P.

Contact Student Success Advising to register.

DBA Residency Goals

Walden residencies are designed to prepare you for your doctoral journey and to provide opportunities for:

  • Reflecting on academic direction and what it means to be a doctoral student and a scholar-practitioner.
  • Effectively engaging students within their academic and professional disciplines.
  • Receiving a variety of technical, Student Success Advising, and faculty advising support services using a complementary combination of face-to-face and virtual best practices.
  • Using skills required for professional competence.
  • Building self-efficacy to conceptualize, design, and carry out scholarly research to solve problems related to professional practice that contributes to positive social change.
  • Rendering research and project study findings meaningful to multiple audiences.
  • Building relationships and networks (i.e., faculty members, staff, and students) that foster academic and professional success.
  • Engaging faculty members and students in peer review and scholarly discourse that reflects critical thinking.
  • Modeling appropriate professional behavior used in scholarly discourse by students and faculty members.
  • Ensuring that students understand the differences in program models and their requirements to determine the most appropriate academic fit.

DBA Residency Learning Outcomes

The following are key learning outcomes you will be expected to achieve as part of your residency experiences:

Residency 1

  1. Understand program requirements and expectations.
  2. Understand the steps to take for program completion.
  3. Establish a potential network with other students.
  4. Exchange ideas with faculty members.
  5. Understand the mentor/chair/student relationship.
  6. Draft a research problem and identify its implications to positive social change.
  7. Understand research designs and methodologies common in chosen field.
  8. Access current literature in chosen field.
  9. Understand the role research plays in social change.
  10. Communicate learning and research interests to others.
  11. Present academic work.

Residency 2

  1. Understand program requirements and expectations.
  2. Understand the steps to take for program completion.
  3. Establish a potential network with other students.
  4. Exchange ideas with faculty members.
  5. Understand the mentor/chair/student relationship.
  6. Draft a research problem and identify its implications to positive social change.
  7. Understand research designs and methodologies common in the chosen field.
  8. Access current literature in the chosen field.
  9. Understand the role research plays in social change.
  10. Communicate learning and research interests to others.
  11. Present academic work.