Business Administration

Degrees:

Master of Business Administration
Area of Specialization: Health Services Administration

Program and Graduate Director: Professor Angeline Lavin

Program Description

The Master of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The purpose of the M.B.A. program is twofold: 1) to develop current and future executive leadership for business, industry, and government; and 2) to encourage those students who have an interest in college teaching and an aptitude for an academic career to continue their work at the doctoral level. The emphases in this program are on decision making, problem solving, understanding the role of business in society, and developing leadership ability and social responsibility to progress to positions of executive responsibility.

The M.B.A. program is offered as a twelve-month, full-time, face-to-face program on the Vermillion campus. The program is also offered on a part-time basis to meet the needs of students employed during the day. The Cohort Express program is a part-time, face-to-face program offered in Sioux Falls. The Cohort Express program is a part-time, face-to-face program offered in Sioux Falls. Cohort Express participants progress through the program in a lock-step manner, taking classes one night a week in Sioux Falls and completing the degree requirements in as little as twenty-two months. Beginning in fall 2007, the USD M.B.A. will also be offered online to meet the needs of those living throughout the state as well as worldwide. The online courses will be offered so that students can complete the program in as little as two years, and the program will be enhanced by a rich, five-day residency experience which takes place each May in either Sioux Falls, SD or Rapid City, SD. Students have flexibility with respect to when they complete the residency portion of the program. The full-time, cohort, and online programs all have identical entrance and graduation requirements, and the courses are taught by the same faculty. Graduation requirements are identical for all modes of delivery, and the timelines for completion discussed herein assume that all pre-requisites are completed before the start of the program.

Graduate Faculty

Michael Allgrunn, AssistantProfessor, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Specialization: Economics.

Janet Buelow, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Specialization: Public Health.

Jon R. Carpenter, Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Specialization: Accounting.

David Carr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder. Specialization: International Economics.

Thomas L. Davies, Professor, LL.M., University of Missouri, J.D., M.P.A., University of South Dakota, Specialization: Accounting & Taxation.

De Vee Dykstra, Associate Professor, J.D., MBA, University of South Dakota. Specialization: Business Law.

Mahdy F. Elhossiny, Assistant Professor, PhD, Old Dominion University. Specialization: Finance

Gregory Huckabee, Associate Professor, LL.M., George Washington University, J.D., M.B.A., Gonzaga University School of Law. Specialization: Business Law.

Michael J. Keller, Dean, J.D., University of South Dakota. Specialization: Business Law.

Leon Korte, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska. Specialization: Accounting.

Susan Kruml, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Temple University, Specialization: Human Resource Administration.

Angeline M. Lavin, Professor, Ph.D., C.F.A. University of Nebraska. Specialization: Finance.

Kyeong Sam Min, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University., Specialization: Marketing.

David Moen, Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Specialization: Statistics.

Michael Myers, Associate Professor, J.D., University of South Dakota. Specialization: Law and Health Services Administration.

Bijayananda Naik, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Specialization: Management Information Systems.

Srinivasan Ragothaman , Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Specialization: Accounting.

Kumoli Ramakrishnan, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas. Specialization: International Management and Finance.

Robert Reinke, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Specialization: Economics Education.

Raymond Ring, Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas. Specialization: Economics (Public Finance).

Kirsten M. Rosacker, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Specialization: Accounting and Production.

Robert E Rosacker, Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln., Specialization: Accounting.

Diego Salazar, Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Specialization: Business Statistics.

Robert Tosterud, Professor, Ph.D., University of Manitoba. Specialization: Economics and Entrepreneurships.

Randall Waldron, AssociateProfessor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Specialization: Business Economics.

Robert R. Wharton, Assistant Professor, PhD, Rutgers University. Specialization: Management

Yewmun Yip, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee., Specialization: Finance.

Mark Yockey, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University, M.P.A., University of Idaho., Specialization: Management.

Admission Requirements

Two letters of recommendations.
The GMAT is required. A minimum score of 450 is required for consideration.
Baccalaureate degree or an equivalent degree from an institution with full regional accreditation for that degree (minimum GPA of 2.7). International students must have their transcript evaluated to US equivalency. Additional requirements exist for international students.
Resume and statement of purpose.
Satisfactory completion of at least 2/3 of the program prerequisites. Program prerequisites include: Principles of Micro and Macro Economics; Principles of Accounting I & II; Business Finance; Principles of Marketing; Principles of Management; Business Statistics; Calculus; Introduction Management Information Systems; Production and Operations Management; and Legal Environment or American Government
Students who do not have the prerequisite undergraduate courses may complete the following foundation courses:
ACCT 523 Foundations of Computer Analysis 3 credit hours
ACCT 520 Foundations of Accounting 3 credit hours
BADM 505 Foundations of Finance 3 credit hours
BADM 520 Foundations of Mathematics and Statistics 3 credit hours
BADM 523 Foundations of Production and Operations Management 3 credit hours
BADM 580 Foundations of Management and Marketing 3 credit hours
ECON 580 Foundations of Economics 3 credit hours

- Subject to Program Director approval, those who do not meet all of the criteria above may be admitted on a provisional basis, pending satisfactory completion of the requirements.

- Foundation courses do not count toward the student’s M.B.A. Program of Study.

For Additional Information

The University of South Dakota
The Beacom School of Business
Patterson, Room 123
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677- 5232
Toll Free: 866-890-1MBA
E-mail: mba@usd.edu
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