PhD Information Science With a Concentration in Consumer Behavior and Experience Management

The UNT Information Science Ph.D. program with a concentration in Consumer Behavior and Experience Management is offered jointly with the UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, with the ultimate goal of providing the opportunity for interdisciplinary training, research and professional services in consumer behavior and experience management. Students will take courses that prepare them for conducting research on critical issues in consumer behavior and related areas as they pertain to the information science perspective.

The University of North Texas Information Science Ph.D. Program with a concentration in consumer behavior and experience management, developed and offered jointly with UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism, responds to the varied and changing needs of an information age, increasing recognition of the central role of information and information technologies in individual, social, economic, and cultural affairs.

The mission of the UNT Information Science Ph.D. Program is to provide a center of excellence in graduate education and research. Its primary goals are to:

• Nurture critical and reflective thinking on the fundamental issues and elements of problems of utilization of information
• Foster an environment of substantive and productive mentoring and apprenticeship
• Prepare scholars passionate about the role of information in human affairs
• Foster cross-disciplinary thinking and research

Students are recruited to the program from a wide range of disciplines and encouraged to expand and refocus their expertise and skills in cutting-edge areas of information science that cross disciplinary boundaries. The multifaceted nature of information science warrants the focusing of resources, courses, and faculties from a broad range of academic units.