Academics
The Beacom School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration with specialization in Health (MBA), and Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA). Other programs include foreign exchange and international internships. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Beacom School of Business sponsors a Dean’s Lecture Series, which brings 3 to 5 distinguished business people, including USD alumni, to campus each year to meet with students.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Economics
- Quantitative Analysis
- Managerial Accounting
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Financial Administration
- Marketing Administration
- Business and Its Environment
- Administrative Policy
- Advanced Information Systems
or - Production and Operations Management
Required courses for the MPA include:
- Advanced Accounting
- Seminar in Accounting Theory
- Seminar in Cost Accounting
- Accounting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations
- Seminar in Tax
- Contemporary Topics in Auditing
Required courses for the MBA/HSAD include:
- Financial Administration
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Quantitative Analysis
- Adminstrative Policy
- Advanced Health Care Systems
- Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations
- Health Care Practicum
- Managerial Economics
or - Advanced Management Information Systems
- Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
or - Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Health Care Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring a maximum of 9 hours credit from other AACSB-accredited schools.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 22 months; maximum, 7 years.
There are 35 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 86% hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 35.