[AISWorld] Doctoral Program in IS at Louisiana Tech University

[Jim Courtney]

The CIS doctoral program at Louisiana Tech is housed within the  
College of Business and conforms to its general policies for the DBA  
program.  All students admitted to the program are offered financial  
support. Throughout the entire program, students are personally  
mentored by experienced CIS faculty in an apprenticeship-like process  
tailored to the individual student. The program is intensive and  
rigorous, and requires total dedication on the part of the student.   
The primary emphasis of the program is on preparing students to  
conduct high-quality, scholarly research in information systems.   
However, students are also trained in teaching methods and tactics for  
developing a successful career through service to the IS community.   
The program is designed for completion in four years.  Typically, the  
first two years involve coursework that prepares the student to  
conduct research in information systems.  During that time, students  
also act as teaching and research assistants for CIS faculty.  In  
years three and four, students are required to teach IS undergraduate  
courses and conduct a rigorous research project that constitutes the  
doctoral dissertation.  Coursework consists of three basic components:  
doctoral seminars in information systems designed to familiarize the  
student with classic and current research and theories in the IS  
discipline; seminars in quantitative methods for analyzing data  
scientifically; and seminars in how to develop a successful academic  
career.

Louisiana Tech’s Center for Information Assurance has been recognized  
as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education  
and for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research.  
Certificate programs that are approved by the National Security Agency  
are offered at the undergraduate and Master’s levels. Doctoral  
students are encouraged to take the sequence of courses in information  
assurance at the Master’s level.  The CIS faculty expects that  
academic programs in the area of information assurance will be  
expanding rapidly in the foreseeable future and we encourage our  
doctoral students to gain expertise in this area.  Louisiana Tech is  
one of the few universities in the country that can provide expertise  
and support for doctoral students in this area.

For more information, see the College’s website at

http://www.business.latech.edu/graduate/dba.htm  or

contact Dr. Jim Courtney, the CIS doctoral advisor at Courtney at latech.edu.

James F. Courtney
McCallister/Humana Eminent Scholar Chair in Information Systems
Management & Information Systems Department
College of Business
Louisiana Tech University
P.O. Box 10318
Ruston, LA 71272

Phone: 318-257-3804
Fax: 318-257-4253 (shared)
E-mail: courtney at latech.edu

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