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Hardin-Simmons University 2018-2019
KELLEY COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS
Dean
Michael L. Monhollon
FACULTY
Wade Ashby, M.Div., M.S., Assistant Professor of Computer
Science
John N. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Fei Gao, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance
John A. Hill, Ph.D., Professor of Economics
Nancy E. Kucinski, Ph.D., Professor of Management
R. Douglas McIntyre, Ph.D., Professor of Business
Administration
Michael L. Monhollon, J.D., Professor of Business Law
Shaylee J. Piland, M.B.A., C.P.A, Associate Professor of
Accounting
Jennifer H. Plantier, Ph.D., Professor of Business and
Marketing
Jared V. Reynolds, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Business
Terry W. Sergeant, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
Edward R. Sim, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems
Thomas Wier, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics
The college of business is named for Doyle Kelley and Inez
Tucker Kelley, who helped to secure the future of business
education at Hardin-Simmons with a generous gift made in
honor of their parents. Doyle and Inez Kelley met while
students at HSU, which Doyle attended on a scholarship for
the Cowboy Band.
Objectives
- The Kelley College of Business will supply a
noticeably Christian environment in which undergraduate
business students will learn how to build a life of meaning
within the context of a business career, acquiring the skills
necessary to find a job, to run a successful business, and to
accumulate wealth.
In furtherance of its mission, the Kelley College of Business
will equip its students to:
1. Understand the function of private industry in the national
and world economies.
2. Understand the various business functions, how they
interact, and how they contribute to organizational objectives.
3. Integrate legal, ethical, and personal considerations into
business decision-making.
4. Work effectively as a team-member and as a team-leader
for projects, functional divisions of a company, and an entire
organization.
5. Understand how data is collected, reported, and analyzed
to manage organizations and make better business decisions.
6. Communicate analyses, results, decisions, and
recommendations.
7. Identify business opportunities, and learn how to raise and
manage the capital to finance them.
8. Market themselves as well as their organization, its mission,
and its products or services.
9. Build a satisfying career and grow toward financial
independence.
Areas of Study -
The HSU Kelley College of Business offers
undergraduate majors in Accounting, Banking and Financial
Services, Business Administration, Computer Science,
Economics, Finance, Human Computer Interaction,
Information Systems, Management, Marketing, Nonprofit
Management, and Public Administration. It offers minors in
Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science,
Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing.
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE*
Majors are available in the fields of Accounting, Banking and
Financial Services, Economics, Finance, Information
Systems, Management, Marketing, Nonprofit Management,
and Public Administration. Students seeking the Bachelor of
Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree must complete a
minimum of 124 semester credits.
Students who plan to sit for the
Uniform Certified Public
Accountant Examination
need more credits in accounting
than those required by the major. The Texas State Board of
Public Accounting (TSBPA) requires 30 accounting credits
beyond Principles of Accounting I and II. These 30 credits can
be satisfied by taking the following courses: ACCT 3311,
3312, 3313, 3315, 3320, 4311, 4316, 4317, 4319, and 4321.
In addition to the TSBPA course requirements, TSBPA also
requires a minimum of 150 semester credits from an
accredited institution. Thus, a student planning to sit for the
CPA exam will have to take 26 credits beyond the 124 credits
required for the B.B.A. degree. Students may want to consider
B.B.A.-to-M.B.A. Early Admission and continue into the
M.B.A. program to meet the additional credit requirement.
OTHER DEGREES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION*
The HSU Kelley College of Business offers a major in
Business Administration on the university’s liberal arts
degrees, the B.A. and B.B.S. This major allows a student to
double major in a field outside the college of business. The
required minor may be in a business or a nonbusiness field,
though, because the major in business administration is
broad, a minor in a business field is encouraged to give the
graduate a concentration in a particular field of business.
DEGREES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS
Computer Science offers a major for the Bachelor of Science
(B.S.), Bachelor of Behavioral Science (B.B.S.), and Bachelor
of Arts (B.A.) degrees. In addition to the B.B.A. degree,
Economics offers a major for the Bachelor of Science (B.S.),
Bachelor of Behavioral Science (B.B.S.), and Bachelor of Arts
(B.A.) degrees.
DEGREES IN HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
The departments of Computer Science and Psychology offer
a major and a minor in Human Computer Interaction on the
B.A., B.B.S., and B.S.H.S. degrees. These are
interdisciplinary programs with a balance of computing and
psychology coursework. The major covers the way people
think about and interact with machine interfaces including but
not limited to the aesthetics of the design, the intuitiveness of
the interface, the cognitive models at work, and the
functionality of the computing.
NON-BUSINESS MINORS FOR THE B.B.A. DEGREE
Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration
(B.B.A.) degree may take a minor outside the HSU Kelley
College of Business. This minor is not required as a part of
the B.B.A. degree, and credit hours beyond the 124 minimum
may be needed to complete the minor. A minor in Computer
Science is available for the B.B.A. degree. There are special
requirements for the Leadership Minor on the B.B.A. degree,
detailed in the Leadership section of the catalog.
BUSINESS MINORS FOR NON-B.B.A. DEGREES*
Minors are available for the B.A. and B.B.S. degrees in
Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science,
Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing. A minor in
Human Computer Interaction is available on the B.A., B.B.S.,
and B.S.H.S. degrees. Minors are available for the B.S.
degree in Computer Science and Economics. A minor in
Computer Science is available for the B.B.A. degree.
*Programs marked with an asterisk are accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.