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Master of Business Administration Program Coordinator: Mandie Weinandt

Beacom School of Business
Master of Business Administration Program
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5232 or 866-890-1MBA
mba@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/business/graduate

FACULTY

Professors:

Davies, Thomas, 1987, Chair, Division of Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Black Hills Corp. Distinguished Professor of Accounting, LL.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1992.
Dykstra, De Vee, 1979, Business Law, Associate Dean, Division of Management, Marketing, and Law, J.D., University of South Dakota, 1984.
Lavin, Angeline, 1997, Finance, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1997.
Moen, David H., 1983, Decision Sciences, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1983.
Ragothaman, Srinivasan, 1991, Accounting and Black Hills Corp. Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Ph.D., The University of Kansas, 1991. 
Tracy, Daniel, 2007, Decision Science, Ph.D., Washington State University, 2001.

Associate Professors:

Allgrunn, Michael, 2006, Economics, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2009.
Butler, Stephen, 2013, Accounting, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1982.
Carlson, Greg, 2013, Health Services Policy and Management, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2008.
Carr, David, 2004, Economics and Division Chair of Economics, Decision Sciences & MIS, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1997.
Huckabee, Gregory, 2003, Business Law, LL.M., George Washington University-Washington, D.C., 1994.
Korte, Leon, 1992, Accounting, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1992.
Wergin, Rand, 2009 Marketing, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2009.
Yip, Yewmun, 2003, Finance, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997.
Yockey, Mark, 2003, Management, Ph.D., Washington State University, 2006.

Assistant Professors:

Barney, Chet, 2013, Management-Organizational Behavior, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 2013.
Birkeland, Kathryn, 2011, Economics, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2007.
Clark, Brent, 2013, Strategic Management, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2013.
Ghosh, Suvankar, 2011, Information Systems and Decision Science, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2009.
Jeutang, Pavel, 2014, Finance, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2014. 
Jones, William, 2012, Marketing: Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2009.
Lonsdale, Damian, 2011, Management, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2010.
Stoddard, Brock, 2013, Economics: Ph.D., Indiana University, 2013.
South-Winter, Carole, 2014, Health Services Administration, Ed.D., St. Cloud State, 2012. 
Tiahrt, Thomas, 2014, Decision Science and Statistics, Ph.D., University of South Dakota, 2011.

Instructor:

Porter, Jeanette, 2014, Health Services Administration, Ed.D., Creighton University, 2014.

DEGREE

 Master of Business Administration 

SPECIALIZATION

Business Analytics
Health Services Administration

Program Description

The Master of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The purpose of the 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, and progress to positions of executive-level responsibility.

The program is offered as a twelve-month, full-time, face-to-face program on the Vermillion campus. The hybrid program is offered on a part-time basis face-to-face in Vermillion or Sioux Falls to meet the needs of working professionals. Students in the hybrid program can “mix and match” face-to-face Vermillion or Sioux Falls classes with online classes for added flexibility. The program is also offered entirely online to meet the needs of those unable to participate in face-to-face courses. The online courses are offered so students can complete the program in as little as two years if they have completed the foundational business courses. The online program is enhanced by a rich, five-day residency experience which takes place each spring in Sioux Falls, SD. Students may select the semester in which they complete the residency portion of the program. The full-time, hybrid, and online programs all have identical admissions and graduation requirements, and courses in each modality are taught by the same faculty.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Completed Graduate Application form found at: https://usd-web.usd.edu/apps/grad-app/login.cfm and a non-refundable application fee of $35.
2. One official transcript verifying receipt of an undergraduate degree and previous graduate credit (in English or with translation) must accompany an application. Official transcript of all academic work at the undergraduate and graduate levels are required for all students. The USD Graduate School and/or academic departments retain the right to require an Educational Credential Evaluators/World Education Services (ECE/WES) evaluation for a student if such an evaluation is deemed necessary.
3. Each applicant must have a baccalaureate degree or an equivalent degree from an institution with full regional accreditation for that degree (minimum GPA of 2.7). Each graduate program may admit students on provisional status per university policy.
4. Applicants with degrees from countries other than the United States who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited American college or university are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score. For all other applicants, a minimum score of 79 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT) or 550 on the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), a minimum IELTS score of 6.0, or a minimum PTE score of 53 is required for graduate admission. Applicants from or who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from these English-speaking countries (UK, Australia, Canada [except Quebec], Ireland, or New Zealand) are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score if their academic records indicate that English was the classroom language for the majority of their schoolwork.
5. Applicants are required to submit a statement of purpose and resume.

Additional Program Admission Requirements:

6. A satisfactory score on the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is required.
7. Two letters of recommendations are required
8. The foundational curriculum is comprised of 18-21 hours of courses as indicated in the Foundation Courses section. All foundations courses are offered online. Students possessing an undergraduate degree in business may have fulfilled some or all of the foundations coursework requirements. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit transcripts to the Graduate School for review to determine if they have fulfilled the foundational requirements of the program. Applicants entering the program with the foundations courses (or their baccalaureate-level equivalent) completed, will be given “advanced standing” and will only need to complete the 33-39 hours of advanced courses.

Foundation Courses

The design of foundation courses for the Beacom School’s graduate degrees is based upon a changing market where an increasing number of students enter graduate school with years of business experience, baccalaureate degrees in many fields, and a stronger commitment to scholarly activity. Foundation courses differ from their undergraduate counterparts in several ways, including: 1) content is compressed into a smaller time frame; 2) different instructional strategies are used in order to better utilize the student resource base of experience; and 3) higher-order thinking skills are fostered, namely, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Business students may not use foundation courses to fulfill graduate elective requirements.

Students who do not have the prerequisite undergraduate courses may complete the following foundation courses or the undergraduate equivalent of these courses:

ACCT 520 Foundations of Accounting (3 credit hours)
BADM 505 Foundations of Finance (3 credit hours)
BADM 520 Foundations of Calculus and Statistics for Business (3 credit hours)

(NOTE: Students pursuing the Business Analytics specialization require BADM 520 or an undergraduate calculus course and two semesters of statistics.)

BADM 525 Production Operations Management (3 credit hours)
BADM 580 Foundations of Marketing and Organizational Behavior (3 credit hours)
ECON 580 Foundations of Economics (3 credit hours)
BADM 523 Foundations of Information Systems (3 credit hours)

(NOTE: BADM 523 is only required for students pursing the Business Analytics Specialization.)

SCHOLARSHIPS

A limited number of graduate assistantships are awarded each year on a competitive basis to fully admitted, full-time, on-campus MBA students. Applications for graduate assistantships are due on April 1.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Long-Term Care Management Certificate)

1. Completed Graduate Application form found at: https://usd-web.usd.edu/apps/grad-app/login.cfm and a non-refundable application fee of $35.
2. One official transcript verifying receipt of an undergraduate degree and previous graduate credit (in English or with translation) must accompany an application. Official transcript of all academic work at the undergraduate and graduate levels are required for international students. The USD Graduate School and/or academic departments retain the right to require an Educational Credential Evaluators/World Education Services (ECE/WES) evaluation for a student if such an evaluation is deemed necessary.
3. A minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 on conferred degree and/or graduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, based on a 4.0 scale, on all graduate coursework is required for full admission. Each graduate program may admit students on provisional status per university policy.
4. Applicants with degrees from countries other than the United States who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited American college or university are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score. For all other applicants, a minimum score of 79 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT) or 550 on the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), a minimum IELTS score of 6.0, or a minimum PTE score of 53 is required for graduate admission. Applicants from or who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from these English-speaking countries (UK, Australia, Canada [except Quebec], Ireland, or New Zealand) are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score if their academic records indicate that English was the classroom language for the majority of their schoolwork.
5. Applicants are required to submit a statement of purpose or goal statement.

Additional Program Admission Requirements:

6. Three (3) professional letters of recommendation are required.

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

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