2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Health Services Management Division
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Associate Dean of Graduate Programs: Jewel Shepherd, Ph.D.
Health Services Management Chairperson: Tyler Custis, J.D.
Beacom School of Business
Master of Business Administration Program
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-658-6532 or 866-890-1MBA
mba@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/business/graduate
FACULTY
Associate Professors:
Jewel Shepherd, Ph.D., The Old Dominion University, Health Services Research.
Carole South-Winter, Ed.D., St. Cloud State University, Health Services Administration.
Assistant Professor of Practice:
Matthew Heard, M.B.A., University of South Dakota, Health Services Administration.
CERTIFICATE
Program Description
The 9-credit hour online graduate certificate in Long-Term Care Management coursework will strengthen understanding of aging issues as they pertain to the strategic management, financial management, and health care quality in long-term care organizations. Students will be better positioned to facilitate transformational changes and achieve higher levels of quality within their organizations. Courses are offered annually to assist students in accomplishing completion of the certificate during a 12-month timeframe.
The Beacom School of Business also offers a Master of Business Administration Health Services Administration specialization.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Graduate Certificate)
- 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.
Additional Program Admission Requirements:
5. Resume.
Subject to faculty approval, those who do not meet all the criteria above may be admitted on a provisional basis.
Application Deadline
- Three weeks before the start of the semester
- Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025 starts
- Four weeks before the start of the semester
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