My Dream Program - PhD in Asian Finance

The Ph.D. in International Management - Major in Asian Finance

The Ph.D. Program in International Management was established to provide opportunities for a select group of intellectually gifted students to develop high-level research and teaching skills in international management with a particular focus on Asia and the Pacific. The goal of the program is to encourage the highest level of scholarship so graduates can look forward to career-long contributions in international management research, education, and service.

The College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers a Doctor of Philosophy in International Management that will prepare you for a career in teaching and scholarly research at the university level. This full-time program emphasizes a strong foundation in both methodological and theoretical training. A teaching opportunity, supported by an ongoing seminar in pedagogy, will give you valuable experience in the classroom.


Program Specializations

Asian Finance: The Basic Program Design

Each sub-specialization offers four theory courses in that sub-specialized area during the first two years of the program. Further, the two basic theory courses are offered in each area during the first year of the program, so as to prepare students for their qualifying examinations. Each specialization offers a set of four research methods courses, often selected from existing offerings at other UH graduate programs. Additionally, each sub-specialization will require their students to take four advanced elective theory courses either within the CBA or in departments outside the college. The advanced elective theory courses will focus on International Asia/Pacific content areas. Last, all students must enroll in BUS 705: Seminar in International Management for the first two years of their program. Enrollment in BUS 705 after the first two years is voluntary.
Asian Finance: Plan of StudyThe following plan of study is provided as a sample; actual plan of study depends primarily on what is planned between the student, his/her advisor, and the Ph.D. Chair.

Year 1
FallMath 471: ProbabilityEcon 627: Mathematics for EconomicsEcon 628: Quantitative MethodsBus 705: Seminar in International Managment
SpringEcon 629: EconomicsEcon 606: Microeconomic Theory IFin 701: Theory of FinanceBus 705: Seminar in International Management
Qualifying Exam (mid-June with feedback by July1)File Student Progress Form 1 with Graduate Division.

Year 2
FallFIN 702: Seminar in InvestmentsEcon 608: Microeconomic Theory IIFin 703: Corporate Control and RestructuringBus 705: Seminar in International Management
SpringFin 704: Seminar in Asian FinanceElective: Game TheoryElectiveBus 705 - Seminary in International Management

YEAR 3
FallFin 799: Directed ReadingComprehensive Exam before OctoberAdmit to Candidacy, November
SpringFin 799 or Bus 800: Dissertation researchChair identified before JanuaryDissertation Committee before May
File Student Progress Form 2 with Graduate DivisionDefend dissertation proposal by July

YEAR 4
Fall and Spring Bus 800: Dissertation Research
Oral thesis defense by JulyFile Student Progress Form 3 with Graduate Division