Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing Division

Associate Dean of Graduate Programs: Jewel Shepherd, Ph.D.
Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing Interim Chairperson: David Carr, Ph.D.

Beacom School of Business
Master of Business Administration Program
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-658-6537 or 866-890-1MBA
mba@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/business/graduate

FACULTY

Associate Professors:

Chet Barney, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, Management-Organizational Behavior.
Rand Wergin, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Marketing.

Assistant Professors:

Heather Anderson, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Management-Organizational Behavior.
Tyler Custis, J.D., University of South Dakota, Business Law.
Elizabeth Manser-Payne, D.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Marketing.

Assistant Professor of Practice:

Gregory Bertsch, Ph.D., University of South Dakota, Entrepreneurship.

Instructors:

Emily Quinn, M.B.A., University of Sioux Falls, Marketing.

CERTIFICATES

Marketing
Business Leadership

The Beacom School of Business also offers a Master of Business Administration Marketing specialization and a Master of Business Administration Leadership specialization.

Program Description

The Marketing certificate curriculum includes examining factors contributing to purchase decisions as well as developing and managing a brand. Students examine the product development process from conception through rapid prototyping, forecasting demand, production and launch. Students also explore marketing and branding using data to identify high value, high-risk customers, products, and processes. Graduates will gain competencies to fill a variety of roles in helping a firm develop and market its products and services.

The Business Leadership Certificate is designed for working professionals to expand leadership capacity in the application of strategic planning; enhance skillset to better navigate business complexities with improved decision-making; move into leadership and coaching positions; and maximize organizational performance.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Graduate Certificates)

Completed Graduate Application form found at: https://www.usd.edu/grad/how-to-apply and a non-refundable application fee of $35.
Official transcript(s) verifying receipt of an undergraduate degree and previous graduate credit (in English or with translation). Transcripts must be complete (e.g., if currently enrolled, work-in-progress coursework must be included, foreign transcripts must include a grading scale, and for countries that issue, copy of degree certificate/diploma i.e., India, Nepal, etc.). The USD Graduate School and/or academic units retain the right to require credential evaluations from organizations, such as Educational Credential Evaluators/World Education Services (ECE/WES), for a student if such an evaluation is deemed necessary.
Baccalaureate degree must be from an institution with institutional accreditation for that degree. A minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 2.7 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.
Applicants with degrees from countries other than the United States who have obtained a high school diploma, undergraduate, or graduate degree from an institutionally accredited American college or university or from an accredited institution in the approved list of English-speaking countries are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score. For all other applicants with degrees from other countries, a minimum score of 79 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT), 550 on the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), 8.5 on the TOEFL Essentials, 6.0 on the IELTS Academic, 53 on the PTE, or 110 on Duolingo is required for graduate admission.
Applicants are required to submit a statement of purpose or goal statement. (NOTE: No longer required beginning summer 2024)

Additional Program Admission Requirements:

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

Application Deadline

Marketing Certificate
- Three weeks before the start of the semester
  - Fall and Spring starts
Business Leadership Certificate
- Three weeks before the start of the semester
  - Fall, Spring, and Summer starts