Research Postgraduate Programmes

Admission

Additional Requirements for PhD Business Programme

I. Course Work, Examination Requirement and All But Dissertation (ABD)
 

  1. Complete a total of not less than 12 credits of graduate level courses before thesis submission.  These courses are distributed as follows:

     

    a. General Research Requirement in Managerial and Organizational Contexts (3 credit hours)
    Pass the “Research Methods in Business” course (RBUS510)

     

    b. Quantitative Requirement (3 credit hours)
    This should normally be a graduate level course in Econometrics or Behavioural Statistics, required by individual departments.

     

    c. Major Requirement (12 credit hours)
    Four other graduate level courses required by individual Departments.

     

    Students may apply for a maximum credit transfer of 6 credits, comprising up to 3 credits from Category (a) and/or 3 credits from Category (c). Besides, students may apply for course exemption for requirement (b) and if such exemption is granted, the student would need to take an alternative course to fulfil the 3 credits. All applications for credit transfer and exemptions are subject to approval by the Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee in Business. For details of credit transfer/ exemption, please refer to the Guidebook for Research Postgraduate Students.

     

  2. Supplementary Courses
    For students who do not have a business degree or who have deficiencies in business education with respect to the major or supporting field, additional make-up courses will be required as prescribed by the respective major Department.  These courses may be offered at the graduate or undergraduate level. For students with only a bachelor business degree, additional research methodology or graduate seminar courses will normally be required.

     

  3. Qualifying/ Candidacy Examination(s)

    a. Pass a written candidacy examination administered by the individual Departments to become an ABD. The examination should normally be taken within the first 18 months of the programme for full-time/part-time students.

     

    b. The written examination should be graded on a pass/ fail basis. If a student fails any part of the examination, he/she should retake once within 6 months.

     

    c. Content of the written examination should be determined and managed by individual Departments.

 

II. Teaching Requirements

  1. Students who have completed a minimum of 12 credits of coursework will qualify for ABD status on successful completion of the written examination administered by the major Department. Qualified ABD students will be considered “scholarly academic” (SA) for a period of three years from the time of attaining ABD status. They will therefore be eligible for teaching assignments as an academically qualified teacher.

     

  2. Each student is required to serve as Teaching Assistants (TAs) during the period of study.

     

  3. It is required all PhD students to complete the core professional development programme SLT@LU (Supporting Learning and Teaching @Lingnan) organised by Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITAL) for performing Teaching Assistant (TA) duties.