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.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), and Master of Science in information systems (M.S.). The BBA program includes majors in accounting, economics, finance, information systems, international business, management, 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 inactive, CGMA
     Director of the Waldron Center for Entrepreneurship
Rich Brown, Ph.D., PCM
     Chair of Marketing Department
Bryan D. Burks, D.B.A., CPA inactive
Bob Churchman, D.B.A., CPA inactive, CGMA
     Chair of Accounting Department
Allen W. Frazier, Ph.D.
     Dean
David Johnson, Ph.D.
     Chair of the Finance Department
Glen Metheny, Ph.D.
     Chair of the Management Department
Jim Shelton, Ph.D.
     Associate Dean
Jake Stewart, Ph.D., PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM
     Chair of Information Systems Department

Associate Professors:

David Kee, Ph.D.
Zac Muncy, J.D.
Mike Oliver, D.B.A., CPA inactive

Assistant Professors:

Michael Allen, M.S.
     Director of the International Business Program
Chris Barker, M.A., M.B.A.
Tim Berry, D.B.A.
Yuee Chen, M.S.
Karen Corker, M.S.
     Co-Chair of Accounting Department
Joe Faith, M.S.
Byron Howell, Ph.D.
Sarah McGaha, M.B.A., CPA inactive
Jacob Rotich, M.B.A.
Ellis Sloan, M.B.A., CFA
John Stone, M.B.A.

Instructors:

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

Programs

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

• 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

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