Course Requirements for Double Majors (Option #1)
Course Requirements for Majors (Option #2)
A Typical Course Schedule
Faculty and their Research Interests

General Information

The establishment of Technology Entrepreneurship (TE) addresses the critical areas of research and education in technology development, commercialization and licensing, and the new-venture creation process. The program brings together faculty involved in entrepreneurship teaching and research to guide students in this program. Through a combination of teaching methods, curricular structure, and a practicum requirement in venture creation, this program hopes to produce the next generation of entrepreneurship faculty focused on high technology. Students entering this program have two options.

• Option #1 - Students enter the TE program as a double major in Management and complete the program requirements.

• Option #2 - Students enter the TE program and complete a minor in one of the three academic disciplines (Marketing, Finance, or Information Systems) and complete the program requirements.

Students are best served if they pursue this area of specialization with Management as their second major. Students need to declare which option they choose to pursue at the time of submitting their applications. Irrespective of the path chosen, it is strongly recommended that students pursuing the TE specialization have a strong grounding in at least one of the major academic disciplines of business.

Admission Requirements

Doctoral study is full-time and year-round. Students are admitted in Autumn Quarter only. Most candidates will require four to five years to complete the program. In ranking applicants, we give primary consideration to student background, academic potential, and aspiration. Each applicant is evaluated in terms of the following:

• Academic accomplishments to date, as evidenced by graduate and undergraduate grades and courses taken,
• Institutions attended,
• Scholarships, awards, and honors earned,
• Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores, or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores,
• Relevant nonacademic experience,
• Academic and other references, and
• Statement of academic objectives.

In addition, it will be helpful but not required that students have an undergraduate degree (BS or BA) in science or technology (engineering fields) or have a minimum of three years’ work experience in a high-tech or related firm. A background as entrepreneur or work experience start ups is not a requirement for entering the program.

To enroll, the student must complete the Business School's Ph.D. application, and prepare a formal written statement, outlining his or her interests and preparation for the program. To stay in the TE program, the applicant must remain in good standing and maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.3.

Recommended Preparation Prior to Entry

Students entering the PhD Program should be comfortable with the basic concepts of calculus and statistics before they arrive on campus. It is strongly recommended that students carefully review this material during the summer before entering the program.

Technology Entrepreneurship Area Faculty Coordinator

Prof. Suresh Kotha, Technology Entrepreneurship Area Faculty Coordinator, would be glad to answer your questions. You can contact him by phone (206-543-4466 or by email (skotha@u.washington.edu).

With the guidance of a TE doctoral area adviser, students take formal coursework and participate in doctoral seminars, independent study, and research. A faculty Supervisory Committee chosen by the student early in the program will assist each student in constructing a course of study that fits that individual's background and interests.

.Students who select Option #1, double major in TE and Management, should complete requirements in TE and Management. Additionally, he or she needs to complete the requirements for the Research Methods minor. Throughout the program, doctoral students receive support and training to hone their skills as researchers, teachers, and course developers.

Student who opt for Option #2 need to complete the TE major requirements, and additionally complete requirements in two minors: a minor in Research Methods and a minor in either Marketing, Finance, or Information Systems.

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Course Requirements for TE-Management Double Majors (Option #1)

TE Requirements

All technology entrepreneurship majors must complete the following requirements. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.

In addtion, students must select eight (8) credits from the following courses offered by various departments at the University of Washington:

Marketing

Economics

Finance

Sociology

In addition, the student must pass a major area exam in Technology Entrepreneurship.

Management Requirements

Students should also complete the Management major requirements either in the Strategic Management or Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management track. This requires that the students pass a major area exam as prescribed by these tracks.

Strategic Management Track

The following courses are required for all strategic management majors. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.

Additionally, one course chosen from the doctoral seminars in OB/HRM track is required for all Strategic Management track students.

OB/HRM Track

The following courses are required for all OB/HRM majors. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.

Additionally, one course chosen from the doctoral seminars in the Strategy rack is required for all OB/HRM track students.

Research Methods Minor Area Requirements

One of the minor areas must be Research Methods. The Research Methods minor needs to involve basic statistics as well as additional electives. The electives should include classes in multivariate statistics and/or economics.

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A Typical Course Schedule for Option #1 (TE/Strategic Management Track Double Major)

Course offerings and quarter offerings might change depending on faculty availability, but a typical schedule can be as follows:

First Year

Second Year

TE Faculty set a deadline by which doctoral students must complete an independent research paper and present their findings in a departmental workshop. A faculty advisor on a topic selected by the student supervises the research project. Upon the completion of the required course work, students focus on fulfilling the other program requirements.

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Course Requirements for TE Majors (Option #2)

All TE majors must complete the following requirements. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.

In addition, the student must select eight (8) credits from the following courses offered by various departments at the University of Washington.

Management

The following courses are required for all strategic management majors. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.

Economics

Sociology

In addition, the student must pass a major area exam in Technology Entrepreneurship.

Research Methods Minor Area Requirements

One of the minor areas must be Research Methods. The Research Methods minor needs to involve basic statistics as well as additional electives. The electives should include classes in multivariate statistics and/or economics.

Other Minor Area Requirements

The other minor area will be one from the Business School. Students should chose from Marketing, Finance, and Information Systems.

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A Typical Course Schedule for Option #2

Assuming adequate bakcground preparation, students are expected to complete the following coursework. The normal schedule is as follows but course offerings and quarter offerings might change depending on faculty availability.

First Year

Second Year

TE Faculty set a deadline by which doctoral students must complete an independent research paper and present their findings in a departmental workshop. A faculty advisor on a topic selected by the student supervises the research project. Upon the completion of the required course work, students focus on fulfilling the other program requirements.

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Requirements for a Technology Entrepreneurship Minor

The required courses include:

There is no exam requirement associated with this minor.

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Irrespective of the option chosen, TE students have to complete: (1) Qualifying examination; (2) a general examination; (3) a doctoral dissertation; and (4) a final examination where the student defends his or her dissertation.

Area Examination or Qualifying Examination

Once students have completed their coursework, students must pass a written qualifying exam. This is a written examination in Technology Entrepreneurship. The purpose of the major area examination is to enable the student to demonstrate a command of the subject matter. Students are expected to be familiar with major research findings and theory, and with appropriate research methods.

General Examination

Admission to candidacy is a formal University process signifying that a student has completed certain degree requirements and that the faculty expects that the student will successfully complete the requirements. Students are admitted to candidacy upon completion of the general examination in Technology Entrepreneurship. The supervisory committee administers this oral test after all area requirements are completed. In most cases, the general examination is a defense of the student’s dissertation proposal.

Dissertation

After earning candidacy, students must successfully complete a dissertation that demonstrates their ability to identify a significant research question or problem in Technology Entrepreneurship and apply appropriate research techniques to its resolution. The dissertation must be an original and independent piece of work. A three-member reading committee supervises dissertations. After the dissertation has been written to the satisfaction of the reading committee, the student defends his or her dissertation research in a final oral examination.

Final Examination

The student's Supervisory Committee administers the final defense of a student's dissertation. With the successful completion of the dissertation defense and submission of the dissertation to the Graduate School a student will have completed all the requirements for a Ph.D.

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Technology Entrepreneurship Faculty and their Research Interests

Warren Boeker
Professor and Olesen/Batelle Chair in Entrepreneurship, Ph.D. California, Berkeley
206-543-8731, wboeker@u.washington.edu
Strategic change, organization theory and governance, entrepreneurship, management of technology and innovation.

Xiao-Ping Chen
Associate Professor and Evert McCabe Fellow, PhD. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
206-543-2265, xpchen@u.washington.edu
Cooperation in organizations, cross-cultural managemnet, leadership, organizational citizenship behavior, employee turnover.

Charles W.L. Hill
Hughes M. Blake Professor, Ph.D. Manchester
206-543-4867, chill@u.washington.edu
Corporate strategy, competition and competitive strategy, international business.

Avraham Kamara
Marakon Associates Professor, Ph.D. Columbia
206-543-0652, kamara@u.washington.edu
Financial risk management, financial markets, futures and options contracts, asset pricing, stock markets, fixed income markets, interest rates.

Jennifer Lynch Koski
Associate Professor and John B. & Delores L. Fery Fellow, Ph.D. Stanford
206-543-7975, jkoski@u.washington.edu
Market microstructure, corporate dividend policy, stock splits, share repurchase.

Suresh Kotha
Professor and Olesen/Batelle Chair in Entrepreneurship, Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
206-543-4466, skotha@u.washington.edu
Strategic management and global competition, entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship, management of technology, Internet business models, and e-commerce

*Sean O'Connor
Asssociate Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Entprepreneurial Law Clinic, J.D. Stanford
206-543-7491, soconnor@u.washington.edu
Legal issues in commercializing art, science, and technology; social and cultural context of artistic, scientific, and technological innovation; laws impacting the biotechnology industry, new media, and digital arts.

Robert Palmatier
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Missouri
206-543-4369, palmatrw@u.washington.edu
Relationship marketing, business-to-business marketing and marketing strategy.

Corey Phelps
Assistant Professor, Ph.D, New York
206-543-6579, cphelps@u.washington.edu
Competitive strategy, technologyical change and evolution, technology and innovation management, interfirm alliances and networks, social capital and social networks, entrepeneurship in emerging high-tech industries.

Borje O. Saxberg
Professor, Ph.D. Illinois
206-543-4470, borjeo@u.washington.edu
Organization change, creativity and innovation, management of professional manpower, values of bureaucracy, worker self-management.

*Patrick Stayton
Professor of Bioengineering, Ph.D. Illinois, Champaign
206-685-8148, stayton@u.washington.edu
protein engineering, biomaterials, drug delivery, biomineralization.

H. Kevin Steensma
Professor and Helen Moore Gerhardt Faculty Fellow in Management, Ph.D. Indiana
206-543-4897, steensma@u.washington.edu
Technology strategy, strategic alliances, international strategy, modular organizational forms.

Yong Tan
Associate Professor and Neal and Jan Dempsey Fellow, Ph.D. Washington
206-616-6785, ytan@u.washington.edu
Electronic commerce, Software engineering, Economics of information systems, Telecommunications.

Mina Yoo
Asstant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan
206-543-8338, minayoo@u.washington.edu
Entrepreneurship, social networks, power and politics, organizational demography and culture.

Lance Young
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Rochester
206-543-4474, youngla@u.washington.edu
Empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance and capital market anomalies.

*Faculty from other programs.

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