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Program Guide


The Ph.D. program in Accountancy is designed to educate scholars for university faculty positions, and represents the set of minimum competencies that are necessary for an individual to succeed as an accountancy teacher/researcher. The program emphasizes the economics, finance and behavioral science roots of the accountancy discipline. It also provides the necessary institutional knowledge, research methods and a thorough foundation in the student’s chosen specialty area. The success of the Ph.D. program depends on extensive involvement by members of the Accountancy faculty, and on effective communication between Accountancy faculty and Ph.D. students. Faculty involvement includes teaching Ph.D. courses and seminars, encouraging Ph.D. students to participate in research projects, guiding research performed by Ph.D. students, and participation in the administration of the Ph.D. program through service as faculty mentors, coursework advisory committee members and dissertation supervisory committee members. Ph.D. students are encouraged to maintain scholarly dialogues with faculty members throughout their tenure in the program.

Chronological Steps for Degree Completion

Admission to the Ph.D. Program

Admission and Initial Advising
The Ph.D. Program Committee evaluates applications for admission to the Ph.D. program and recommends to the Director of the Ph.D. program actions on such applications. These recommendations are made in a manner that is consistent with the Department’s objectives concerning the size, student mix, and quality of the Ph.D. program. In addition, the committee analyzes each student’s academic background with respect to the program requirements and determines the coursework necessary for a student to remedy any deficiencies.

Faculty Mentors
The Director of the Program, in consultation with the Ph.D. Program Committee, appoints a faculty mentor to each student during the student’s first term on campus. The faculty mentor is expected to be a source of advice and counsel throughout the student’s tenure in the program. During the period of time prior to establishment of a coursework advisory committee, the faculty mentor should

  • Ensure that the student is progressing satisfactorily and annually review such progress, submitting a summary of such review to the Director of the Ph.D. program (using a copy of the attached Ph.D. program advising sheet);
  • Ensure that the courses required to eliminate background deficiencies and program course requirements are taken in a timely manner;
  • Ensure that the student’s program advising sheet in his/her file is updated as needed, and approve the student’s course registration (program request form and/or change of program form) each term;
  • Guide the student to appropriate faculty for advice on coursework options, potential areas of specialization, and institutional accounting knowledge that would be appropriate given the student’s interests;
  • Advise the student with respect to his/her readiness to take the Accountancy core preliminary examination; and
  • Advise the student with respect to his/her readiness to begin advanced study,which requires that a coursework advisory committee be established.

Program Coursework

Program coursework is comprised of two general categories: core studies and advanced study within an area of specialization. The current program coursework requirements are presented in Appendix A. To register for courses, the student must have the approval of his/her faculty mentor (or coursework advisory committee if one has been established).

Core Studies
Core studies represent the common knowledge that should be possessed by all individuals who earn a Ph.D. degree in Accountancy. The objectives of these studies are to provide the student with

  1. A thorough understanding of the essentials of the scientific method of inquiry,both in concept and in practice,
  2. A basic understanding of the major research paradigms (both theories and methods) currently employed within accountancy,
  3. The ability to analyze critically the strengths and weaknesses of accountancy research and an appreciation of the skills and processes required to conduct accountancy research, and
  4. Presentation and argumentation skills required for effective contribution as an
    accountancy educator.

Specialty Areas
Specialization generally involves the application of a research paradigm to one or more functional areas within the accountancy discipline. Students, either through prior work experience or coursework, must have adequate institutional knowledge of accountancy practice as it relates to their specialty area. The student’s coursework advisory committee determines the student’s need for additional institutional coursework.

In addition, programs of specialized study must provide both a theoretical background and research methods appropriate to the student’s chosen specialty. The objectives of this requirement are to provide the student with

  1. Advanced knowledge of his/her chosen research paradigm as it relates to accountancy,
  2. The skills and abilities necessary to conduct research within the chosen area of specialization, and
  3. Guidance and direction in developing his/her doctoral dissertation proposal.

The student, with the advice and consent of their coursework advisory committee, develop a program of specialty coursework. In addition to the requirements considered necessary for an adequate institutional knowledge, such programs are comprised of a minimum of six graduate study units, at least four of which are outside of accountancy.

Coursework Advisory Committees
A coursework advisory committee consists of at least two Graduate College members from the Accountancy faculty, at least one of whom has current research expertise in the student’s intended area of specialization. The student, in consultation with his/her faculty mentor and other faculty advisors, petitions the Director of the Ph.D. program for the appointment of a coursework advisory committee, nominating members and briefly describing the intended area of specialization. The student is encouraged to form a coursework advisory committee as soon as he/she has identified an intended area of specialization and desires to begin taking courses from the area of specialization (but not later than the term the student successfully completes the Accountancy core preliminary examination). Prior to the formation of a dissertation supervisory committee, the coursework advisory committee should

  1. Ensure that the student is progressing satisfactorily and annually review such progress, submitting a summary of such review to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  2. Evaluate the student’s knowledge of the institution within which accounting, as it relates to his/her specialization, is performed, and develop a program to eliminate any deficiency.
  3. Advise the student with respect to courses that would constitute an appropriate area of specialization and ensure that these courses are taken in a timely manner.
  4. Maintain the program advising worksheet in the student’s file that outlines the coursework to be taken for the student’s area of specialization, revised as needed to be kept current, and approve the student’s course registration (program request form and/or change of program form) each term.
  5. Advise the student with respect to the selection of an appropriate dissertation topic and the formation of a dissertation supervisory committee.

The Accountancy Core Preliminary Examination

The objectives, content, and procedures of this examination are set forth in the Department’s “Ph.D. Preliminary Examination Policy and Procedures (1988; revised 1998).” The Accountancy core preliminary examination is taken as soon as all background deficiency courses (if any) and all common core courses (see Appendix A) have been completed successfully. This examination generally is administered once each year during January, and students notify the Director of the Ph.D. program of their readiness to sit for the exam no later than the end of the Summer term prior to the desired exam date.

The Ph.D. Dissertation

Selection of a Dissertation Topic
The student must have personal interest and intellectual curiosity about the topic that he/she selects; otherwise, the dissertation becomes a meaningless task that is unlikely to be acceptable to the Accountancy faculty. Discovery of a suitable dissertation topic generally requires planned in-depth reading and research on the part of the student that is beyond the content of his/her specific coursework. Students should read the current issues of major scholarly journals and books in accountancy and related disciplines, and should regularly attend the colloquia, forums and conferences held at the University in accountancy and related disciplines. Further, students are encouraged to seek the advice of their faculty mentors, coursework instructors, coursework advisory committee members, and other faculty members.

Dissertation Supervisory Committees
A dissertation supervisory committee, which consists of at least four voting members of the Graduate College, at least two of whom are tenured, is formed prior to the student’s presentation of his/her dissertation proposal in the Accountancy Forum. The dissertation supervisory committee chairperson is a continuing faculty member from Accountancy, a member of the Graduate College, and someone with an appointment at the University. In addition, the committee will be comprised of at least three committee members from Accountancy, at least one of whom is a tenured, continuing faculty with the University. Last, at least one member of the committee will be from a faculty other than Accountancy. The table below summarizes minimum requirements in Accountancy.

Minimum # of Voting Faculty Members Minimum # of Voting Faculty Members from Accountancy Minimum # Continuing Tenured Faculty Members Minimum # of Continuing Tenured Faculty Members from Accountancy
4 3 2 1

 

Upon selecting a dissertation topic and in consultation with his/her coursework advisory committee and other faculty advisors, the student petitions the Director of the Ph.D. program for appointment of a dissertation supervisory committee, nominating members who meet these criteria.The student’s petition can take the form of (1) written signatures of each proposed member, OR (2) individual members can send an email directly to the Ph.D. Program Director, indicating their willingness to serve, a working title for the dissertation, and a brief description of the dissertation topic. The Director, in consultation with the Ph.D. Program Committee, reviews the nominations, and recommends the appointment of a dissertation supervisory committee to the Head, which may include nomination of a member by the committee. At the request of the Head, the dean of the Graduate College appoints the dissertation supervisory committee as the doctoral committee to administer the Graduate College preliminary and final examinations. The dissertation supervisory committee should

  1. Ensure that the student is progressing satisfactorily and annually review such progress, submitting a summary of such review to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  2. Supervise the student’s preparation of a dissertation proposal, including early exposure in a research colloquium, when possible.
  3. Advise the student with respect to scheduling his/her dissertation proposal presentation in the Accountancy Forum.
  4. Supervise the student’s subsequent response to comments obtained from his/her Accountancy Forum presentation.
  5. Advise the student with respect to scheduling the Graduate College preliminary examination, and conduct such examination.
  6. Supervise the student’s conduct of his/her dissertation.
  7. Advise the student with respect to scheduling the Graduate College final dissertation examination, and conduct such examination.

Dissertation Proposal Presentations
Development of an acceptable dissertation proposal is an evolutionary process that should begin with coursework in an intended area of specialization and no later than when working on the research proposal requirement of the accountancy research seminar. Every student is encouraged to obtain the comments of Accountancy faculty and fellow Ph.D. students by presenting his/her dissertation ideas or pre-proposals in an Accountancy workshop or brown bag. The student is expected to start the development of a dissertation topic early in his/her coursework stage and to present the dissertation proposal in the Accountancy Forum soon after all of the Ph.D. program nonthesis course requirements have been successfully completed. To schedule a Forum date, the student’s dissertation supervisory committee (with all members concurring) petitions the Director of the Ph.D. program, indicating that the proposal, in the committee’s opinion, is ready to be presented in an Accountancy Forum (a copy of the dissertation proposal must be attached to this petition). See the Department of Accountancy’s Ph.D. Preliminary Examination Policy and Procedures for additional information on scheduling the Accountancy Dissertation Forum.

Subsequent to his/her Forum presentation, the student and his/her dissertation supervisory committee discuss and resolve the comments made at Forum, and the student’s appropriate responses are determined by the supervisory committee. If, in the committee’s judgment, the revisions to the proposal are substantial in nature, a revised dissertation proposal should be presented at another Accountancy Forum.

Dissertation Proposal Evaluation Criteria
Judging the sufficiency of a dissertation proposal requires evaluating its potential academic substance. Such judgment is based upon the

  1. Importance of the research issue to be addressed;
  2. Relevance of the research questions to the research issue;
  3. Appropriateness and adequacy of the research methods, procedures and design to be employed; and
  4. Validity of the reasoning that will lead from the research to the conclusions.

The primary criterion that should guide assessing the sufficiency of a dissertation proposal is the originality of the proposed research. Originality has two aspects, the first of which is potential contribution to the accountancy literature. Contribution may take the form of sufficient addition (change) to accountancy and/or interdisciplinary knowledge, and/or sufficient addition (change) to research methods employed within accountancy and/or inter-disciplinary research. The second aspect of originality is that the contribution to be made will be primarily through the efforts of the Ph.D. student. To facilitate assessing dissertation proposal sufficiency, proposals must include adequate statements, descriptions and discussions of

  1. The research issue to be addressed (including the student’s motivations and objectives for addressing this issue and justification of issue’s importance to the scholarly accounting community).
  2. The research questions to be addressed (including the relevance of such questions to the research issue of interest).
  3. The research methods, procedures and design to be employed (including justification of the use of such methods). Students should understand that more description is required when proposed methods, procedures and/or design are not commonly employed in research currently being published in scholarly accountancy journals.
  4. An indication of the conclusions expected to be drawn from the research. This includes discussions of the expected implications of the research for the research questions and the limitations on the ability to form conclusions that will be imposed by the methods used.

The Graduate College Preliminary Examination

The objectives, content, and procedures of this examination are set forth in the Department’s Ph.D. Preliminary Examination Policy and Procedures. A student should take this examination as soon as he/she has successfully presented the dissertation proposal in an Accountancy Forum and has completed appropriate revision of the proposal as determined by his/her dissertation supervisory committee as a result of such presentation. Scheduling a Graduate College oral preliminary examination requires a petition to the Director of the Ph.D. program from the student’s dissertation supervisory committee (with all members concurring) indicating that the proposal, in the committee’s opinion, represents an independent research effort that, if appropriately conducted, would be sufficient to warrant conferring a Ph.D. degree in Accountancy. In addition, the petition should indicate that comments received in Forum have been appropriately addressed by the student.

The Graduate College Final Dissertation Examination

Scheduling a Graduate College final dissertation examination requires a petition to the Director of the Ph.D. program from the student’s dissertation supervisory committee (with all members concurring) indicating that the dissertation, in the committee’s opinion, represents an independent research effort that is sufficient to warrant conferring a Ph.D. degree in Accountancy.

Administrative Responsibility

Ultimate responsibility for academic integrity of the Ph.D. program rests with the Accountancy faculty. Administratively, the program authority and responsibility is delegated to the Head of the Accountancy Department (Head). The Head, in turn, has delegated much of the program management to the Director of the Ph.D. program.

Duties of the Director of the Ph.D. Program

  1. Responsible for managing the strategic direction of the Ph.D. program.
  2. Responsible for managing all day-to-day operations of the Ph.D. program.
  3. Responsible for making financial aid decisions for Ph.D. students within budget parameters jointly determined with the Head of the Department.

The Director of the Ph.D. program is responsible for establishing an administrative sub-structure appropriate for executing his/her responsibilities.Currently, this sub-structure consists of a Ph.D. program committee and an administrative clerk, both appointed by the Head of the Department in consultation with the Director. The duties of the Ph.D. Program Committee with respect to program policy and curriculum, student review and evaluation, and student recruiting and admissions matters are outlined below. The duties of the administrative clerk are also outlined below.

Duties of the Ph.D. Program Committee

Policy and Curriculum

  1. Monitor the Ph.D. program requirements.
  2. Consistent with the program requirements and students’ interests, identify desired accountancy Ph.D. course offerings in the Department, and make appropriate recommendations to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  3. Consistent with the Department’s objectives concerning the Ph.D. program, evaluate Ph.D. course proposals in the Department and make appropriate recommendations to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  4. Bring to the Faculty further revisions of the existing Ph.D. program requirements as they become necessary, and prepare documentation for their approval at the Department, College, and University levels.
  5. Keep faculty and students apprised of the existing program requirements and issue documentation at appropriate times.
  6. Evaluate students’ petitions for variances from program requirements, and make appropriate recommendations to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  7. Perform other duties about Ph.D. program policy and curriculum matters as they arise or are assigned by the Director of the Ph.D. program.

Student Review and Evaluation

  1. Evaluate a student’s petition for:
    • The appointment of his/her coursework advisory committee, and make
      appropriate recommendations to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
    • The appointment of his/her dissertation supervisory committee and
      make appropriate recommendations to the Director of the Ph.D. program.
  2. Evaluate each student’s progress and provide written feedback to the student at the end of each academic year in the program. Student progress evaluations may be based on information such as (but not limited to) coursework results, Accountancy faculty evaluations, Accountancy core preliminary examination results, the evaluations and recommendations of faculty mentors, coursework advisory committees, and dissertation supervisory committees, Graduate College examination results, and Ph.D. student interviews. Based on these evaluations,recommend to the Director of the Ph.D. program actions to be taken, if any. Actions include the selection of representatives to the Big Ten and AAA doctoral consortia, the departmental endorsement of a student’s external fellowship applications, continued financial aid, recognition of superior academic performance, and recommendation of program extension or termination. These progress evaluations are kept in students’ files with copies to faculty advisors and students.
  3. Prepare, administer, and evaluate the Accountancy core preliminary examination. Report the results, together with pass/fail recommendations, to the Director of the Ph.D. Program.
  4. Evaluate and make appropriate recommendations on students’ petitions for the Accountancy Forum presentations of dissertation proposals, and the Graduate College preliminary and final dissertation examinations.
  5. Remain informed about external scholarship opportunities and their eligibility and application requirements. Identify potential applicants and assist their applications.
  6. Perform other duties related to Ph.D. program evaluation procedures as they arise or are assigned by the Director of the program.

Student Recruiting and Admissions

  1. Identify, as early as possible, potentially superior applicants, evaluate applications for admission to the Ph.D. program, and recommend to the Director of the Ph.D. program actions on such applications, together with appropriate offers of financial aid. In consultation with the Director, invite appropriate applicants for campus interviews, and supervise their interviews.
  2. Analyze each newly admitted student’s academic background with respect to the program requirements, and determine the appropriate coursework for the student to eliminate any deficiencies.
  3. Appoint a faculty mentor for each new student during the student’s first term on campus. Perform the duties of a faculty mentor during a student’s first term on campus until a faculty mentor is appointed.
  4. Review and update the program information packets that are mailed to potential Ph.D. student applicants, and distribute information about newly admitted Ph.D. students to faculty and Ph.D. students.
  5. Schedule an orientation program for new Ph.D. students during registration week in August.
  6. Perform other duties about Ph.D. student recruiting and admissions matters as they arise or are assigned by the Director of the Ph.D. program.

Duties of the Department Administrative Clerk

  1. Maintain Ph.D. students’ advising worksheets in student files and update the worksheets each term;
  2. Maintain the current list of faculty mentors, coursework advisory committee members, and dissertation committee members of Ph.D. students;
  3. Maintain the student evaluations by faculties and committees in student files;
  4. Process the scheduling of a student’s Graduate College preliminary and final dissertation examinations as indicated by the Director of the Ph.D. program, and formally announce the examinations to the Accountancy faculty and Ph.D. students as they are scheduled;
  5. Maintain information brochures about, and/or application forms for, Ph.D. student external scholarship opportunities and university faculty positions. Announce these opportunities to the Accountancy faculty and Ph.D. students as information about the opportunities becomes available;
  6. Maintain the current Accountancy Ph.D. program requirements and procedures, and distribute them to Accountancy faculty and Ph.D. students.
  7. Maintain the files of Ph.D. student applicants;
  8. Check Ph.D. dissertations as to their consistency with the Graduate College format requirements; and
  9. Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of the Ph.D. program, and provide assistance to the Ph.D. Program Committee as needed.

Variances from Procedures and Programs

Program Coursework Waivers/Substitutions

The Director of the Ph.D. program must approve all program coursework waivers and substitutions. The student should petition by submitting a written statement in which the requested waiver/substitution is justified. The signatures of the student’s coursework advisory committee must be included on the statement, as evidence of their support for the petition.

Non-Regularly Scheduled Accountancy Forums

In general, students present their dissertation proposals in regularly scheduled Accountancy Forums during the normal academic terms. See the Department of Accountancy’s Ph.D. Preliminary Examination Policy and Procedures, for additional details. When circumstances warrant, however, students will be allowed to make non-regularly scheduled presentations. In such instances, the student petitions the Director of the Ph.D. program no later than one month prior to the desired
Forum date, indicating the hardship that would be imposed by waiting until the first available regularly scheduled forum date. In addition, the student’s dissertation supervisory committee must indicate their support in a letter to the Director in which they evaluate the student’s request and report on the student’s recent progress toward completing the program.

Extension of Program Time Limit

The Ph.D. program time limit is seven years from date of admission (six years with a prior master’s degree). Students who require an extension of their program time limit shall petition the Director of the Ph.D. program. Time limit extension shall be limited to one 12-month period and only granted when the Ph.D. Program Committee is convinced that all program requirements will be completed by the end of the extension. Generally, petitions will not be approved for students who have not successfully completed their Graduate College preliminary examination. The petition shall include:

  1. The student’s justification for the extension, including an estimated date for his/her Graduate College final examination.
  2. A letter from the student’s dissertation supervisory committee indicating the extent of their support for the petition, evaluating the student’s progress toward completion of the program, and assessing the likelihood that the student would complete all Ph.D. program requirements by the end of the petitioned extension if granted.
  3. A copy of the student’s most recent dissertation proposal.

Time limit extension petitions subsequent to the first such petition shall be considered as an application for re-admission to the Ph.D. Program.

Re-admission to the Ph.D. Program

Students who have become encumbered from registration, have withdrawn from the Ph.D. program, or have otherwise not been continuously enrolled in the program since their date of admission (except for approved leaves of absence) and who desire to reenter the program shall apply for re-admission. Re-Admission includes petitioning the Director of the Ph.D. program, indicating the following:

  1. The student’s justification for re-admission, including an estimated date for his/her Graduate College final examination.
  2. A letter from the student’s most recently established faculty advisory committee (coursework or dissertation supervisory) indicating the extent of their support for the petition, evaluating the student’s progress toward completion of the program, and recommending the nature and timing of the remaining program requirements.
  3. A copy of the student’s most recent thesis proposal, if applicable. As part of its re-admission recommendation, the Ph.D. Program Committee shall establish a new time limit for the student to complete successfully all requirements of the Accountancy Ph.D. program. In addition, the Ph.D. Program Committee shall establish the remaining program requirements for the student. These requirements may include one or more of the following:
    1. Additional coursework, either in core studies or advanced studies.
    2. A second Accountancy core examination. [When more than five years has elapsed between the student’s Accountancy core preliminary examination and Graduate College final examination, the student shall be required to demonstrate the currency of his/her accountancy core knowledge by passing a second Accountancy core examination. This second core preliminary examination shall be administered by the Ph.D. Program Committee and need not be identical in form to the first core preliminary examination. This requirement shall be applied to students whose Graduate College final examinations are conducted after December 1992.]
    3. A thesis proposal presentation in Accountancy Forum.
    4. A Graduate College preliminary examination.[When more than five years has elapsed between the student’s Graduate College preliminary and final examinations, the student shall be required to demonstrate the currency of his/her specialized knowledge by passing a second Graduate College preliminary examination. This second Graduate College preliminary examination shall be administered by the student’s duly appointed dissertation supervisory committee and need not be identical in form to the first Graduate College preliminary examination.]
    5. A Graduate College final examination

All Other Variances
All other variances from program requirements and procedures must be approved by the Director of the Ph.D. program. The student should petition with a written statement in which the requested variance is described and justified, and the student’s coursework advisory or dissertation supervisory committee must indicate in writing the extent of their support for the petition.

Appendix A
Accountancy Ph.D. Program Requirements

The Ph.D. program requires the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 96 hours of graduate study (including up to 32 thesis hours), the departmental preliminary examination (a written exam normally taken after four semesters of study) and a doctoral thesis. The minimum non-thesis course requirements include:

A. Economics:

  1. Microeconomics at the graduate level (ECON 500). There are currently two versions of ECON 500. Students must enroll in Ph.D. version of the course.
  2. Another economics course from the approved listing in Appendix B.

B. Statistics:

  1. A two semester sequence in applied statistics (ECON 506/507 or STAT 400/410 or PSYC 406/407)

C. Accountancy Core:

  1. Research methodology in accounting (ACCY 592).
  2. Contemporary research in accounting:
    1. Topics in behavioral sciences applied to accounting (ACCY 593B)
    2. Topics in economic theory applied to accounting (ACCY 585)
    3. Topics in empirical finance applied to accounting (ACCY 593C)
    4. Research project in accounting (ACCY 593 independent study, taken with Ph.D. program director as instructor)

D. Area of Specialization:

  1. Specialization generally involves the application of an acceptable research paradigm to one or more functional areas within the accounting discipline. Students, either through prior work experience or coursework, must have adequate knowledge of the institution within which accounting, as it relates to their areas of specialization, is performed.
  2. Programs of specialized study should include both the theoretical foundations of and research methods appropriate to the student’s specialized area. These programs contain a minimum of 24 hours of graduate study, at least 16 of which are outside of accounting.
  3. Doctoral research seminar in accounting (ACCY 594).

Background knowledge prerequisite to taking Ph.D. program courses includes:

  1. The equivalent of an AACSB accredited undergraduate business degree with a major in accounting.
  2. An intermediate undergraduate course in microeconomics.
  3. Undergraduate courses in calculus (both differential and integral) and linear algebra.

Appendix B
Current Approved Listing of Economics Courses for Accountancy Ph.D. Program Requirement

ECON 502: Microeconomic Theory I
ECON 503: Macroeconomic Theory I
ECON 504: Microeconomic Theory II
ECON 561: Advanced Topics in Economic Theory I
ECON 562: Advanced Topics in Economic Theory II
ECON 511: Public Goods Theory
ECON 512: Economics of Taxation
ECON 565: Mathematical Economics I
ECON 566: Mathematical Economics II
ECON 580: Industrial Organization
ECON 581: Government Regulation of Industry
ECON 590: Individual Study and Research (only with prior approval)

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