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, economics, finance, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, and professional sales.

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.
     Chair of Management Information Systems Department and 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
Christopher Davis, D.M.
^# Glen Metheny, Ph.D.
^# Mike Oliver, D.B.A., CPA^{^}
# Jake Stewart, Ph.D., PMP

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.
Timothy Creel, D.B.A.
David Kee, Ph.D.
     Director of the Master of Business Administration Program
Sarah McGaha, M.B.A.
Emmie Mercer, M.B.A.
Zac Muncy, J.D.
Ellis Sloan, M.B.A., CFA
John Stone, M.B.A.
^# Norm 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.

^# Also teach graduate courses in the Master of Business Administration program.
^{^} Inactive
 

Programs

• 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

• BBA-MBA Program
• BBA-MSIS Program

• Management and Business Ethics (MBA)

• CURRICULUM (30 HOURS):
• Degree Requirements
• Information Systems (MSIS)

• Data Analytics (Graduate)
• Information Assurance and Security (Graduate)

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