The Ph.D. in Technology Management at Indiana State & Consortium

That is exactly what I do. If the person goes on and says "PhD", then I give them an earful about all of the other doctorates out there that are equivalent to the PhD.

 

Yep. And the best part is my lecture is free of charge.

 

Hmmm, shouldn't you be using DSc2B instead of PhD2B?

 

No, it is not acceptable to claim you have a degree you have not actually earned. It is just as unacceptable for someone with a MS in Management to claim they have an MBA.

 

There is a big difference between the required courses for MS in Management and an MBA.

There does not seem to be any difference between the required courses for a D.Sc. and Ph.D. They are both doctorate degrees and the name is based upon what the school choose for the degree. The majority of schools choose to use Ph.D. to name their doctorate degrees and this makes recognition of the degree easier.

Technically, it is incorrect to say that you have a Ph.D. when in fact you earned a D.Sc. In reality though you might need to refer to a Ph.D. degree in order to explain a D.Sc. degree. I think that this practice is acceptable.

 

You are correct but I am not sure I can get that changed now.

When I registered to this board, my plan was to earn a PhD. But, a couple programs later and I found myself in a DSc program.

 

I'm going to assume that the D.Sc. program referred to hereinabove is the Doctor of Science in Information Systems at the Dakota State University www.dsu.edu . If you refer to DSU's own DSIS website, you will find that the D.Sc. degree emphasizes the practical application of knowledge where the Ph.D. degree emphasizes making an original contribution to knowledge. By the way, could you find me a few websites of universities offering both the MBA and the MSM? I'd like to know what the difference is between the two, other than the postnominals.

 

From the DSU graduate catalog (pg 55):

The PhD is designed to fill perceived gaps in the literature in a subject matter while the DSc focuses on topics that relate to a candidate's own field of professional practice.

 

Here is an interesting report from the National Science Foundation entitled "US Doctorates in the 20th Century".
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06319/start.cfm

It says "85–89 percent of the doctorates awarded each year have been Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees [since 1973]".

 

You might want to read this www.departments.dsu.edu/gradoffice/Programs/D.Sc/Prospective/D.sc._Defined.htm which explains that the D.Sc. focuses on applied scholarship.

 

The focus of the DSc is applied and is supposed to be geared towards a candidate's own field of expertise. The information I used in that sentence came from an email I received from my advisor when I asked the question as to why DSU chose to go with the DSc rather than the PhD.