School of Business Fact Sheet

Background

Point Park Junior College offered two-year degrees in business and accounting beginning in 1960. The Bachelor’s degree programs in these majors were established in 1966 as Point Park became a four-year, baccalaureate degree granting college. Located in West Penn Hall, the School of Business at Point Park University currently offers two master’s degree programs, 12 bachelor’s degree programs and five associate degrees.

Website

www.pointpark.edu/business

Enrollment (Fall 2012)

Undergraduate: 718
Graduate: 370

Associate degrees

Accounting
Business Management
Information Technology
Leadership and Public Service
Public Administration

Bachelor's degrees

Accounting
Business Management
Economics and Finance
Human Resource Management
Information Technology
Public Administration (offered in traditional or online formats)
Sport, Arts and Entertainment Management

Accelerated Bachelor's degrees

Business (Saturday-only Capstone program)
Information Technology and Management (Saturday-only program)
Organizational Leadership

Minors

Accounting
Business Management
EMS Administration
Entrepreneurship
Fire Service Administration
Human Resource Management
Information Technology
Marketing
Public Administration

Capstone Programs

Capstone programs are for students who have earned associate's degrees and intend to complete baccalaureate degrees. Acceptance into a Capstone program guarantees that 60 transfer credits will be applied toward the baccalaureate degree.

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Science in Management Services

Post-Baccalaureate degrees

Accounting
Business Management
Human Resource Management
Information Technology

Certificate programs

EMS Administration
Fire Service Administration
Public Administration (online)

Master’s degrees

Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Organizational Leadership (M.A.)

Accreditation

The School of Business is accredited through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) for its Master of Business Administration degree, Bachelor of Science degrees in accounting, business, business management, economics and finance, human resource management, information technology and management, management services and sport, arts and entertainment management, and Associate in Science degrees in accounting and business management.

Student Groups

Sport, Arts and Entertainment Management Club
Student Accounting Association

Faculty

William Breslove, Ph.D.
George Bromall, J.D.
Jeffrey Carper, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Amy Cesario, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Cheryl Clark, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Margaret Gilfillan, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Natalya Goreva, Ph.D.
Teresa A. Gregory, M.F.A.
James Michael Haley, Ph.D.
Søren Høgsgaard, M.A.
Angela M. Isaac, Ph.D.
Frederick Kitner, M.S.I.S.
Helena Knorr, Ph.D.
Albert Kowalewski, M.S.
Dimitris Kraniou, Ph.D.
Michele Langbein, Ph.D.
Elaine Luther, D.Sc.
Archish Maharaja, Ed.D.
Lori Molinari, Ph.D.
Joan Mosey, M.B.A.
David Rowell, M.F.A.
Luis Palacios-Salguero, Ph.D.
Charles Perkins, Ph.D.
Edward Scott, C.P.A., M.B.A.
M.H. Sidky, Ph.D.
Robert Skertich, Ph.D.
Jamesena Talbott, D.M.
Stephen Tanzilli, J.D.
Ed Traversari, M.B.A.
Andrea Wachter, M.A.T., M.P.M., M.T.
Edward Wachter, J.D.

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