SISAT’s PhD program prepares students to participate in the academic IS&T research community. It is a demanding program focused on IS&T research. PhD graduates from SISAT are prepared to conduct rigorous and relevant IS&T research, as well as to apply what they know about IS&T research to teaching, consulting, and other activities.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Coursework (see below)
  

≈ 76 units
≈ Some units may be waived (more details)
≈ Some units may be transferred (more details)

• Screening Exam
  
• Qualifying Portfolio
  
• Dissertation
  
• Minimum GPA

COURSEWORK

Competency Courses (Not included in 76 unit total)

• Organizations and IS&T (equivalent to IST 301)
• Programming (equivalent to IST 300)
• Quantitative Methods (equivalent to MGT 306)

IS&T Core Courses

• IS 302 Database Concepts
• IS 305 Information Systems Analysis and Design
• IS 306 Communications and Networking
• IS 328 Management of IT
• IS 329 Delivering Business Value through IT Leadership

IS&T Elective Courses

Three IS&T courses equivalent to the elective courses that are permitted in SISAT’s master’s degrees.

Non-IS&T Cognate Minors

Six non-IS&T courses, one of which is the required transdisciplinary course. The courses must form two “minors” of 12 units each. A minor is a group of three related courses from a discipline other than IS&T, such as art, cultural studies, health, economics, education, management, mathematics, political science, religion…
 
(Courses taught by SISAT faculty members, even those cross-listed as TNDY courses, will not fulfill the transdisciplinary course requirement for SISAT PhD students.)

IS&T Doctoral Research Seminars

• IS 500 Introduction to IS&T Research
• IS 501 Research Methods for IS&T
• IS 502 IS&T Doctoral Seminar
• IS 503 Intensive Research
• IS 504 Qualitative Research
• IS 505 Design Research
• IS 506 Action Research
• IS 507 Dissertation Proposal Development
• IS 590 PhD Tutorial Reading
• IS 591 PhD Independent Study
• IS 592 PhD Confinuous Registration

(This course must be taken for two consecutive semesters, two units each time, after completion of the screening exam.)