Revised March 2008

Master of Business Administration Program

Graduate Business Center
1160 McDermott Drive
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2608
Fax: 610-436-2439
E-mail: mba@wcupa.edu
Dr. Christ, M.B.A. Director

Faculty

Course Descriptions

Return to Business.

Accounting

Dr. Oehlers, Chairperson (610-436-2236)

PROFESSOR

Ali Naggar, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Kevin E. Flynn, C.P.A., M.S., Drexel University
Clyde J. Galbraith, M.B.A., Drexel University

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Anthony Cataldo, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Peter Oehlers, C.P.A., D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
Beatrice Rolland, C.P.A., D.B.A., Argosy 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.

 

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