Economics and Decision Sciences Division

Kathryn Birkland, Chair
Beacom Hall 248
(605) 658-6536
economics@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/economics
bschoolstudentsvs@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/business

FACULTY

Professors:

Michael Allgrunn, Economics
David L. Carr, Economics
Daniel Tracy, Decision Sciences

Associate Professor

Kathryn Birkeland, Economics

Assistant Professors:

Benjamin George, Decision Sciences
Bartlomiej Hanus, Decision Sciences
Thomas Tiahrt, Decision Sciences
Sebastian Wai, Economics

Instructors/Lecturers:

Travis Letellier, Economics
Thomas Martin, Decision Sciences
Mandie Weinandt, Economics/Statistics

MAJORS:

Economics, B.B.A.
Operational Analytics, B.B.A.

MINORS:

                Business Analytics
                Economics (Non-Business Majors or Business Majors with approved substitutions)
                Operations Management

The economics program brings to the classroom a wealth of teaching expertise and knowledge in the field based on professional experience. Our faculty members are business experts, innovative teachers and dedicated mentors who instruct students on business methods then apply their teaching through school-sponsored, student-run organizations. We provide the opportunity to study abroad. Economics courses are taught in many international universities and offered in English so students around the world can participate in these courses. You gain both academic experience and global perspective on universal issues.

As an operational analytics major you will learn and practice through an experiential and applied competency oriented curriculum. Courses are designed to incorporate data-based decision making based on problem-solving concepts with exposure to and work with real firms and real data. This program will prepare our graduates to solve operational problems by utilizing applied mathematics and statistics to extract knowledge from operational data, and to model and analyze operational problems as well as capitalize on business opportunities. The curriculum will give students experience meeting today’s business needs. Employers demand that graduates be equipped with business acumen, quantitative skills, commercial knowledge and a professional perspective. The experiential orientation of the program emphasizes contemporary lean management, which is at the forefront of operations in the marketplace. Combining operations and analytics not only gives the advantage of tools and skills in both fields, but also amplifies their value when combined. Skills and competencies learned in our program lead to opportunities with a variety of student organizations in the Beacom School of Business including, Delta Sigma Pi, Pi Sigma Epsilon and the Beacom Consulting Group.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Each year, the Beacom School of Business has the capacity to award over $400,000 in awards and scholarships. These funds are made available through the generous support of alumni and friends of the Beacom School of Business.

A.A. Cotton Memorial Scholarship
Anna M. Goetz Business Scholarship
Ardell & Rula Hatch Scholarship
Arthur A. Volk Accounting Scholarship
Arthur Anderson Scholarship
Beacom Family Scholarship
Beta Gamma Sigma
Black Hills Corporation Scholarship
Caleb Lyle Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning Scholarship
Carol & Herman Lerdal Business School Scholarship
Charles R. & Joyce M. Dicus Scholarship
Charles R. Dahlman Accounting Scholarship
Christopher L. Nelson Scholarship
Clifford E. Graese School of Business Scholarship
Craig Hensley Scholarship
Dale Clement Scholarship
Dallas E. Smith Scholarship
Deloitte & Touche Scholarship
Donald W. Beaty Memorial Scholarship
Doris & Morris Winter Scholarship
Douglas L. Steckler Scholarship
Earl S. & Harriet Sparks Scholarship
Entrepreneurship III Scholarship
Francis V. Fetzner Scholarship
Frank E. Westlund Scholarship
Freeman Chair Scholarship
Gary Ellis Family Scholarship
Gary McMahon Accounting Scholarship
Gene Iverson Family Scholarship
George A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Gerald Laber Accounting Scholarship
Harriet S. Cosgrove Scholarship
Harry E. Olson Memorial
Harry Olson - SD CPA Society Business Scholarship
Howard, Adeline & Tad Svendsen Scholarship
J.D. & Bobbi Mason Business Scholarship
James & Debra Nixon Scholarship
James D. Vaughn Scholarship
James R. Hawke Scholarship
Jay H. Wein Scholarship
Jim Rath Business Scholarship
John “Jack”, Jr & Michael Carmody Scholarship
John B. Jasper Scholarship
John E. & Mary J. Hulse Scholarship
John H. & Burl A. Litzelman Business Scholarship
John R. Waltner Business Scholarship
John S. & Dorothy H. Lockwood Memorial Scholarship
John T. Vucurevich Business Scholarship
Joseph & Samene Lesser Scholarship
Joseph Simmons Scholarship
June & Lyle Wagner Scholarship
Katherine Plut Roth Business Scholarship
Kathryn & Warren Prostrollo, Jr. Scholarship
Kim K. & Linda G. Keller Scholarship
KPMG Scholarship
Laddie Cimpl Business Scholarship
Linda Schuller Tremere Accounting Scholarship
Lorraine R. Hart Scholarship
Lynn Odland Accounting Scholarship
Marcus & Vera Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Marlon P. Young Scholarship
Mary P. Ricciardello Scholarship
Mary W. Hanson-Business School Scholarship
Mascott Scholarship
Matthew P. & Maria Brzica School of Business Scholarship
Melvin Dick Accounting Scholarship
MidAmerican Energy Foundation Scholarship
Nelville A. Seeley Business Scholarship
Norman B. Stratton Accounting Scholarship
O.R. Brancel Scholarship
Patrick & Ruth Boehmer Scholarship
Patrick J. Jung Accounting Scholarship
Powell Family Scholarship
R.F. & Garnet Patterson Scholarship
Randy Karns Scholarship
Ray & Robin Blomstrom Accounting Scholarship
Revone Kluckman Memorial Scholarship
Richard Foreman Scholarship
Richard L. & Mary J. Arnold Scholarship
Richard M. & Michael P. Held Scholarship
Robert L. Johnson Scholarship
Robert Torkelson Accounting Scholarship
Roger Hainje Memorial Scholarship
Ronald & Mary Slaughter Campbell Scholarship
Sam Kniffen Accounting Scholarship
Sharon Broderson Memorial Scholarship
Shirley Laskin Family Scholarship
Shull Family Accounting Scholarship
South Dakota Bankers Foundation Scholarship
Steven J. Manolis Scholarship
The Alan M. Graff Memorial Scholarship
Thomas L. Jenson Memorial Scholarship
Thomas P. Vance Scholarship
Thomson-McConnell Award
Tom Didier Memorial Scholarship
V.E. Montgomery, Jr. Scholarship
Valley Queen Cheese School of Business Scholarship
Virgil F. Dove Scholarship
Walter A. & Lucy Yoshioka Buhler Scholarship -Business School
Walter A. Buhler Scholarship
Wendell R. Schwarz Scholarship
William H. Lockhart Memorial Scholarship
Willis J. Schenk Business Scholarship
Xcel Energy Business School Scholarship

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