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). The following business programs at Harding University are accredited by ACBSP: BBA Accounting, BBA Finance, BBA Information Systems, BBA International Business, BBA Management, BBA Marketing, MBA, MSIS, BBA-MBA Dual Degree, and BBA-MSIS Dual Degree. 

The Digital Forensics Lab has received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for forensic services from the ANSI National Accreditation Board, the highest national standard for testing and calibration laboratories

Graduate School of Business

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

Faculty

Dean: Allen Frazier, Ph.D.

Professors:

Phil Brown, Ph.D., CPA inactive, CGMA
Rich Brown, Ph.D., PCM
     Chair of Marketing Department
Bob Churchman, DBA, CPA inactive, CGMA
     Co-chair of Accounting and Finance Departments
Allen W. Frazier, Ph.D.
Glen Metheny, Ph.D.
     Chair of the Management Department
Jake Stewart, Ph.D., PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM

Associate Professors:

Karen Corker, M.S.
     Co-Chair of Accounting and Finance Departments
David Kee, Ph.D.
Zac Muncy, J.D.

Assistant Professors:

Chris Barker, Ph.D.
Tim Berry, DBA
Yuee Chen, M.S.
Leo Lawson, Jr., M.A., M.S.
Sarah McGaha, MBA, CPA inactive
Russell Maile, M.A., PHR
Philip Miller, MBA
Bing Ouyang, Ph.D., CPA
Rigel Page, DBA
Jacob Rotich, MBA
John Stone, Ed.D., MBA
     Chair of Information Systems Department

Instructors:

Tracy Kee, MBA
Jessica McLarty, MBA

Programs

Bachelor of Arts

• Cybersecurity Major (CYBR), BA   
• Sports Analytics Major (SPAL), 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   

Minors

• Accounting Minor (for nonbusiness majors)   
• Application Development Minor   
• Business Artificial Intelligence Minor  
• Data Analytics Minor   
• Digital Forensics Minor  
• Entrepreneurial Management Minor (for nonbusiness majors)   
• Finance Minor (for nonbusiness majors)   
• General Business 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   

Graduate School of Business

Programs

Accelerated Programs

• Accelerated Information Systems, BA/MS or BBA/MS   
• Accelerated Management and Business Ethics, BBA/MBA   
• Business Minor - Accelerated MBA   
• Information Systems Minor - Accelerated MS   

Master of Business Administration

• Management and Business Ethics (MBE), MBA   

Master of Science

• Cybersecurity (CYMS), MS  
• Information Systems (IS1), MS  

Certificates

• Cybersecurity Leadership (Graduate)  
• Cybersecurity Operations (Graduate)  
• Data Analytics (Graduate)   
• Digital Forensics (Graduate)  
• Information Assurance and Security (Graduate)   
• Project Management (Graduate)