The D.W. Johnston School of Business
Division Chair – Dr. Alice Burkins
Office: Martin Hall, Room 105-B
Telephone: 931-424-2050 or e-mail: aburkins@martinmethodist.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Professors: Thomas
Associate Professors: Brown, Haskins
Assistant Professors: Burkins, Wakefield
Instructor: Ford, McAdoo
Adjunct Faculty: Greene, Jones, Lora, Mincher, Nkulu, See, Simmons, Williams, Winningham
The D. W. Johnston School of Business was founded in 1994 to provide a focal point for the business program of the college. The school is named in honor of Mr. Daniel Webster Johnston, a highly respected Nashville businessperson and trustee of Martin Methodist College.
The D. W. Johnston School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. These degrees are offered in keeping with Martin Methodist College’s vision and mission respectively of:
Providing undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs grounded in the liberal arts and sciences that are designed to prepare students for careers and lives of continued learning;
Promoting a diverse and globally conscious learning community that nurtures intellectual, spiritual, social and personal growth;
Serving the region and church through educational, spiritual, social and cultural programs.
The vision of the D. W. Johnston School of Business is:
To be recognized as the leading business educational center for the south central Tennessee region.
Located within the south central Tennessee region, the mission of the D. W. Johnston School of Business is to reach individuals and organizations to strengthen, grow, and sustain them by offering a progressive business program that combines professional preparation with a strong liberal arts foundation. The BBA is offered on campus in a traditional classroom setting as well as a night hybrid setting The MMC Business program prepares qualified students for a variety of professional careers in business, government and non-profits, and includes emphasis areas in accounting, management information systems, and management. The BBA program also provides excellent preparation for graduate studies.
At Martin Methodist College, we are a community of learners that focuses on making honest/ethical decisions while creating sustainable value for a dynamic, international, competitive marketplace. The free enterprise market system is emphasized and studied along with its functioning within domestic and international stakeholders’ environments. Courses challenge students to integrate problem solving, strategic decision making, technology, ethics, communication skills, and a global perspective for successful managerial roles. Students will learn to create and sustain organizational value by managing businesses in a strategic manner while building stakeholder relationships founded upon trust and long-term value.
A variety of teaching methods are used including: traditional in-class, case study, online research, discussion, service learning, group study, reports, and others. In addition, students may avail themselves of the internship program. Students may gain valuable work experience under the supervision of professional managers and the Martin Methodist business faculty.
The BBA program offers several areas of emphasis that allow students to focus course studies in a specific area of business. Students interested in a program within the School of Business should consult the appropriate program director/coordinator as listed below:
MBA – Dr. Alice Burkins, Director
BBA - Mr. Pat Ford, Internships
BBA – Dr. Alice Burkins, Program Coordinator
The MMC School of Business is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The Business Division also sponsors the Sigma Beta Delta honor society for business majors.
In the pages that follow, the requirements for each degree are described along with the recommended curriculum for completing each program.