Ancell School of Business
Dean: Allen D. Morton, D.P.S.
mortona@wcsu.edu
Assistant Dean: Richard Bassett, D.P.S.
bassettr@wcsu.edu
Administrative Assistant: Valerie Dombroski
dombroskiv@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 374
(203) 837-8521
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Departments:
Accounting
Chair: Monica Frizzell, M.S.A.
frizzellm@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 138
(203) 837-8745
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Finance
Co-Chair: Sara DeLoughy, Ph.D.
deloughys@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 202
(203) 837-9339
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Co-Chair: Joel Goldstein, Ph.D.
goldsteinj@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 384
(203) 837-9341
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Justice & Law Administration
Chair: Michael O. Foley, Ph.D.
foleym@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 349c
(203) 837-8597
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Management
Chair, Stanley Bazan, Ph.D.
bazans@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 210
(203) 837-9238
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Management Information Systems
Chair: Richard Montague, Ph.D.
montaguer@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 204
(203) 837-9343
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Marketing
Chair: Ronald Drozdenko, Ph.D.
drozdenkor@wcsu.edu
Westside Classroom Building 301
(203) 837-8776 (phone)
(203) 837-8527 (fax)
Mission and objectives
The Ancell School of Business (ASB) provides educational access and opportunity for students from varied cultural and educational backgrounds. The faculty fosters conceptual, applied, and experiential educational approaches to instruction, scholarship and service. The school’s programs and services prepare students for their future in the global economy so that they may contribute to the economic development of the university’s service region and the State of Connecticut.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
B.B.A. Accounting Options:
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
B.B.A. Finance Options:
Financial Investments and Markets
Financial Management
B.B.A. Management
Options:
Small Business and Entrepreneurial Management
Supervisory Management
Human Resources Management
B.B.A. Management Information Systems
Option: Information Security Management
B.B.A. Marketing
Option: Interactive Marketing
B.S. Justice & Law Administration
Options:
Corrections, Probation, Parole and
Offender Rehabilitation
Law Enforcement
Legal Studies
Paralegal Studies
Criminology
The ASB is composed of five business administration departments and the Division of Justice and Law Administration (JLA). The admission, academic probation and suspension standards are the same for both the JLA division and the business administration programs. Information concerning the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program and its five majors is listed below. Information concerning the Division of JLA is found in the Division of JLA section of this catalog.
Graduation Requirement
A 2.3 cumulative grade point average for all courses completed is required in order to receive a baccalaureate degree for a program offered by the ASB.
Academic Probation and Suspension
Any ASB student whose cumulative GPA drops below 2.3 will be contacted by the dean and asked to speak to an academic adviser to review program requirements, course selections, credit load, and other pertinent information.
Business Administration Curriculum
The five business programs are:
Accounting
Finance
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
All business majors consist of five components:
| General Education | 42 semester hours |
| Business Core | 30 semester hours |
| Major | 21-33 semester hours |
| Non Business Electives | 16 semester hours |
| Free Electives | 1-13 semester hours |
| Total | 122 semester hrs. |
General education requirements of the Ancell School of Business are as follows; the number indicates semester hours:
| Communication | 3 SH (choose from COM 160, COM 161 or COM 162) |
| English* | writing intensive course (W) |
| Humanities | 15 SH (choose from fine and applied arts, foreign language, humanistic studies, literature, philosophy, or western history.) |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 12 SH (four courses: PSY 100, PS 104, ECO 100 and ECO 101) |
| Mathematics* | 3 SH (choose from MAT 118, 133, 135 or 181) |
| Natural Science | 4 SH (choose any lab science course) |
| Math or Science | 3 SH (choose any math (except 098 and 100) or science course) |
| Physical Education | 2 SH |
*Admission to writing intensive courses and MAT 118 require a placement test that may determine the need for remedial course work.
Course Restrictions
For a complete list of prerequisites, corequisites and other restrictions for all courses, please consult the Course Description section of this catalog.
Business Core Requirements:
FIN 230 |
Business Statistics |
| ACC 201 | Financial Accounting |
| ACC 202 | Managerial Accounting |
| MGT 250 | Organizational Behavior |
| MGT 320 | Operations Management |
| MIS 260 | Information Systems Concepts |
| MKT 301 | Principles of Marketing |
| FIN 310 | Principles of Finance |
| JLA 240 | Commercial Law |
| or | |
| (ACC 340 Business Law I for accounting majors) | |
| MGT 415 | Strategic Management |
| FIN 310 Principles of Finance |
Admissions
Please refer to the department area in this catalog for specific admission procedures and requirements, or contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at (203) 837-9000.
