Administration Program

Program Director: Anthony Molina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science

Master of Science in Administration
Dakota Hall, Room 109
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
(605) 677-6405 or (888) 493-9256
http://www.usd.edu/msas

Degrees:

Master of Science in Administration

Areas of Specialization:

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Studies
Criminal Justice
Health Services Administration
Human Resources
Interdisciplinary
Long-Term Care Administration
Organizational Leadership

Program Description

This cross-disciplinary program provides the primary tools and organizational skills necessary to more effectively perform administrative roles within organizations. Course work focuses on practical application, theory, and developing an intellectual framework for analyzing and successfully addressing typical situations inherent in work environments. This program benefits people from health care, government, social services, and industry.

The Master of Science in Administration (MSA) graduate program has been developed for persons with various undergraduate degrees who now want to develop their supervisory and intellectual capabilities outside the more traditional areas of business and public administration. The program values past work experience while expanding participant knowledge, abilities, and resources in more advanced areas.

The MSA program at The University of South Dakota is administered through the program committee comprised of graduate faculty who are also administrators of graduate programs in other disciplines on campus, The Graduate School, and through The Division of Continuing and Distance Education.

Members of the faculty from across the University teach in this program. Course work and faculty members come from disciplines such as Business Administration, Health Services Administration, Public Administration, Civic Leadership, Industrial Psychology, Communication Studies, Criminal Justice, Counseling, Guidance and Personnel Services.

Admissions Requirements

Three years since receiving a baccalaureate degree.
Three years of professional work experience.
A current résumé.
A typed educational goals statement of at least 250 words. The statement should provide an introduction of yourself, outline your educational and career goals, and explain the reasons you chose the Master of Science in Administrative Studies graduate degree to achieve your goals.
There is no admissions test or prerequisite course work required.
Additional requirements exist for international students.

- Subject to faculty approval, those who do not meet all of the criteria above may be admitted on a provisional basis.