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The Undergraduate Business Advising Center (UBAC) is an advising center specific to current and prospective students.
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Graduate Programs
The College of Business Administration offers 4 graduate degree programs and one Certificate Program for new students.
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Business Student Services
We offer a wide range of student services and programs designed to help both undergraduate and graduate students achieve success.
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Our Faculty
Faculty in the College of Business Administration are committed to providing the highest quality of education to our students.
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The College of Business is best known for delivering the highest quality and prepared graduates to the workforce.
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Institutes & Centers
Institutes to satisfy research and business consulting needs of the greater Sacramento region.
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Partner With Us
There are numerous ways to participate in and support the College of Business Administration.
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Alumni
With about 30,000 alumni in the region, we work in the private sector, public sector, not-for profit, and civic leadership positions.
MSA Faculty - Charles Davis
Dr. Davis is currently Professor of Accounting in the College of Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento. His main teaching interest is financial reporting. Dr. Davis also has taught at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; University of Wisconsin-Madison; and The Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.
He has also taught in several educational and professional development programs including calculus for MBA students, CPA review courses, seminars for international groups from Russia, Turkmenistan, Latvia, and technical lectures in financial reporting for accounting professionals.
Dr. Davis is the faculty advisor to the MS Accountancy program here in the CBA. Prof. Davis has published in several domestic and international academic and professional journals in the area of accounting and health care finance. In addition, Dr. Davis is a co-author of Intermediate Accounting, published by McGraw-Hill (2002), a mainstream accounting text used by many universities in the US and internationally. Prof. Davis also has written several online accounting educational packages and has reviewed twelve academic accounting texts.
Prof. Davis has been involved in many consulting engagements in the area of financial reporting, real estate feasibility, EDP auditing and accounting systems, and has "Big Eight" accounting experience (now the " Big Four"). He is the recipient of teaching awards at California State University, Sacramento and the University of Illinois.
Education:
- PhD., University of Illinois (1979)
- Master degree, University of Illinois (1974)
- Bach degree, University of Illinois (1972)
Professional Certifications:
CPA
Areas of Interest:
- Teaching: Financial and managerial accounting, accounting information systems
- Research: Most issues within financial accounting including standard setting, improvements in financial reporting, international accounting standards, accounting aspects of information systems.
- Consulting:
- Member, Business Subject Matter Advisory Panel, Commission on Teacher Credentialing, State of California.
- Author and developer, CPAExcel, Efficient Learning Systems, Inc., Sedona, Az.
- Several publishing companies—book reviews and project evaluator.
- Auditing of accounting information systems. Department of Parks and Recreation, State of California.
