Business Administration
Graduate Center
1160 McDermott Drive
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2608
Fax: 610-436-2439
E-mail: mba@wcupa.edu
Dr. Christ, M.B.A. Director
Accounting
Dr. Lori Fuller, Chairperson
Professors
A.J. Cataldo II, C.P.A., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Robert P. Derstine, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Associate Professors
Kevin E. Flynn, C.P.A., M.S., Drexel University
Lori Fuller, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Peter Oehlers, C.P.A., D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
Assistant Professor
Richard Barndt, C.P.A., M.B.A., La Salle University
Instructors
Phyllis A. Belak, M.B.A., Drexel University
Glenn S. Soltis, M.B.A., Drexel University
Course Descriptions
Accounting
Symbol: ACC
500 Financial Reporting and Analysis (3) A study of financial recording for describing the fiduciary status of an organization, including the reporting of assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, revenues, and expenses. The course also includes analysis of financial information as the basis for management decisions. This course is designed for students admitted to the M.B.A. program without recent course work in accounting and is equivalent to two undergraduate courses.
601 Strategic Cost Management (3) Cost management across the supply chain is integrated with strategic analysis to understand the role of financial and nonfinancial information in operational and strategic decision making. Topics include value-chain analysis, cost-driver analysis, activity-based management, line of business evaluation, technology costing, quality cost management, and the balanced scorecard. The importance of ethical conduct also is covered. PREREQ: MKT 603.
