Executive Ph.D. program Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business is launching a new Executive Ph.D. in Business program, with classes on weekends. FAU says it is the first university in Florida to offer a Ph.D. in business in the executive format. The three-year, research-intensive program allows individuals to focus in the following areas: accounting, economics, finance, information technology, management or marketing. “This is the next evolution of higher-level business education,” said Daniel Gropper, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s College of Business.