2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing Division
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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
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:
- Resume.
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
- Business Leadership Certificate
- Three weeks before the start of the semester
- Fall, Spring, and Summer starts
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