Charles Volz

Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Law

The WCU Department of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Law offers a wide variety of academic programs designed to prepare students to be tomorrow’s business leaders in the private, government, or public sector.

Currently we have over 168 students enrolled in accounting, with an average of 30-35 graduating seniors each year; 162 students enrolled in finance, with approximately 20 graduating seniors per year; and 103 computer information systems majors, with an average of 20-25 graduating seniors per year. Between distance and face-to-face students, the Business Law program has over 475 students enrolled.

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Undergraduate Programs

The School of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Law offers an engaging and dynamic curriculum for department majors and other students interested in augmenting their studies.

Accounting

Business Administration and Law

Computer Information Systems

Finance
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Graduate Programs

The M.Acc. program is favored by students interested in a career in public accounting. WCU's M.Acc. courses are offered only in Asheville, at our location in Biltmore Park. Our students exit the program Business Ready® to meet the employment needs of aspiring graduates and the regional business community.

Master of Accountancy

Mission Statement

The School's mission is to equip students with knowledge and skills needed to become Business Ready®  graduates. Through teaching, our primary responsibility, we strive to create a learning environment of excellence with a personal touch. We encourage the development of global awareness, effective communication skills, critical thinking and decision-making abilities and provide our undergraduate and graduate students with the requisite foundation of proper knowledge and professional skills.  We maintain a qualified and motivated faculty by engaging primarily in applied and instructional development research and through service to our campus, professional and regional constituencies.

Our Faculty

Name Position Program Email Number
Justin Pace Associate Professor; Director,  Business Law hpace@wcu.edu  
Ken Sanney Professor Business Law ksanney@wcu.edu 828.227.3390
Debra Burke Professor Business Law burke@wcu.edu 828.227.3720
Hai-yang Chen Professor Finance hchen@wcu.edu 828.227.3798
Gary Curnutt Assistant Professor Finance gcurnutt@wcu.edu 828.227.2007
Anna Dai Assistant Professor Finance ydai@wcu.edu 828.227.3994
Christopher Doval Instructor Business Law cdoval@wcu.edu  
Andrew Emerson Associate Instructor Business Law aemerson@wcu.edu 828.227.2901
Janet Ford Professor Business Law jford@wcu.edu 828.227.2006
H. Kevin Fulk Professor CIS hfulk@wcu.edu 828.227.3549
Joe Giordano Assistant Professor Accounting jgiordano@wcu.edu 828.227.3087
Gadgil Guruprasad Asistant Professor CIS ggadgil@wcu.edu 828.227.3374
Joeseph Hashem Assistant Professor Accounting jhashem@wcu.edu 828.227.3148
Will Kapakos Associate Instructor CIS wakapakos@wcu.edu 828.227.2154
Marco Lam Professor Accounting mlam@wcu.edu 828.227.7189
Rady Large Assistant Professor Business Law larger@wcu.edu 828.227.3632
Jane Livingstone Professor Accounting jrlivingstone@wcu.edu 828.227.3491
Justin Pace Associate Professor Business Law hpace@wcu.edu 828.227.2362
Doug Parker Assistant Professor Accounting rdparker@wcu.edu 828.227.3779
Sanjay Rajagopal Professor Finance rajagopal@wcu.edu 828.227.3158
Ken Sanney Professor Business Law ksanney@wcu.edu 828.227.3390
Gloria Sapounova Assistant Professor Accounting gsapounova@wcu.edu 828.227.3189
David Smith Instructor Finance smithdavid@wcu.edu 828.227.7192
Tyler Smith Assistant Professor Business Law tjsmith@wcu.edu 828.227.2179
Ramel Strong Assitant Professor Finance cstrong@wcu.edu 828.227.7185
John Weatherford Instructor Accounting jweatherford@wcu.edu 828.227.3385
Barbara Jo White Professor CIS whiteb@wcu.edu 828.227.7193

Faculty Emeriti

Dan Clapper

Leroy Kauffman

William Perry

Susan Swanger

Lorri Willey