Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration

Mission

The mission of the College of Business Administration is to prepare Christian business professionals for lives of service.

The following specific objectives have been adopted in order to accomplish the above mission:

1. To prepare students for service and leadership roles in church, family and community.
2. To provide students with a good understanding of business principles and concepts and to prepare them for their chosen professions.
3. To strive to help students secure satisfactory employment upon graduation.

Accreditation

The College of Business Administration is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for the offering of the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degrees and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees. The BBA program includes majors in accounting, finance, information systems, international business, management, and marketing.

Graduate School of Business

Information regarding the Graduate School of Business may be found here.  

Faculty

Dean: Allen Frazier, Ph.D.
Associate Dean: Jim Shelton, Ph.D.

Professors:

Phil Brown, Ph.D., CPA^{^},CGMA
     Co-Chair of Accounting Department
^# Rich Brown, Ph.D., PCM
     Chair of Marketing Department
Bryan D. Burks, D.B.A., CPA^{^}
     Vice President for Advancement
David B. Burks, Ph.D., CPA
     Chancellor
^# Marguerite Cronk, Ph.D.
     Director of the Master of Science in Information Systems Program
^# Mark A. Davis, D.B.A.
# Allen W. Frazier, Ph.D.
     Dean
David Johnson, Ph.D.
     Chair of the Finance Department
^# Jim Shelton, Ph.D.
     Associate Dean

Associate Professors:

Bob Churchman, Ph.D., CPA
     Co-Chair of Accounting Department
Keith Cronk, M.Litt.
     Chief Information Officer
     Vice President for Information Technology
^# Glen Metheny, Ph.D.
Zac Muncy, J.D.
Mike Oliver, D.B.A., CPA^{^}
# Jake Stewart, Ph.D., PMP
     Chair of Management Information Systems Department

Assistant Professors:

Michael Allen, M.S.
     Chair of the Management Department and Director of the International Business Program
Chris Barker, M.A., M.B.A.
# Karen Corker, M.S.
# Byron Howell, Ph.D.
# David Kee, Ph.D.
     Director of the Master of Business Administration Program
Sarah McGaha, M.B.A., CPA^{^}
# Emmie Mercer, M.B.A.
Ellis Sloan, M.B.A., CFA
# John Stone, M.B.A.
Dan Summers, M.B.A., CPA^{^}
Jon Wood, J.D.
     Director of the Waldron Center for Entrepreneurship

Instructor:

Jessica Martin, M.B.A.
Rigel Page, M.B.A.

^# Also teach graduate courses in the Graduate School of Business.
^{^} Inactive
 

Programs

Bachelor of Arts

• •  Cybersecurity (CYBR), BA

Bachelor of Business Administration

• •  Accounting Major (ACCT), BBA
• •  Finance Major (FIN), BBA
• •  Information Systems Major (IS), BBA
• •  International Business Major (IB), BBA
• •  Management Major (MGT), BBA
• •  Marketing Major (MKTG), BBA

Accelerated Programs

• •  Business Administration - Information Systems, BBA/MSIS
• •  Business Administration, BBA/MBA

Non-Degree

• •  Accounting Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Application Development Minor
• •  Data Analytics Minor
• •  Entrepreneurial Management Minor (for non-business majors)
• •  Finance Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  General Business Minor (for non-business majors)
• •  Healthcare Management Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Information Systems Minor (for nonbusiness, computer science majors)
• •  Information Systems Minor (for nonbusiness, noncomputing majors)
• •  International Business Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Management Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Marketing Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Networking and Security Minor
• •  Professional Sales Minor (for nonbusiness majors)
• •  Project Management Minor
• •  Systems Analysis and Design Minor