DRAFT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Ness School of Management and Economics
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Joseph Santos, Ness Endowed Director
Nicole Klein, Associate Director
Ness School of Management and Economics
Harding Hall
605-688-4141
Faculty
Professors
David Davis, Matthew Diersen, Nicole Klein, Ekaterina Koromyslova, George Langelett, Huitian Lu, David Palmer, Joseph Santos, Evert Van der Sluis, Tong Wang, Zhiguang Wang, Jason Zimmerman
Associate Professors
Axton Betz-Hamilton, Matthew Elliott, Michelle Fleig-Palmer, Hailong Jin, Andrea Leschewski, Craig Silvernagel, Nacasius Ujah
Associate Professors of Practice
Barbara Heller
Assistant Professors
Whoi Cho, Rohini Daraboina, Xiaozhou Ding, Thi Yen Hoanh Le, Shirley Liu, Brittany McKnight, Oscar Sarasty, Sarah Sellars, Biying Yang
Lecturers
Victoria Dubbelde, Elijah Kosse, Ryan McKnight
Instructors
Monty Bohrer, Bruce Johnson, Darin Wipf
Field Specialists
Heather Gessner
Emeritus
David L. Chicoine, Carol Cumber, Thomas Dobbs, Scott Fausti, Larry Janssen, Eluned Jones, Han Kim, Charles Lamberton, Donald Peterson, Richard Shane
Overview
The Ness School of Management and Economics plays a vital role in the life of the university and the state through its commitment to quality teaching, research, and outreach. School coursework includes Accounting, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business, Business Administration, Business Law, Consumer Behavior, Decision Science, Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management, Marketing and Operations Management. The curriculum provides students with experience in accounting, agribusiness, agricultural finance, banking, business finance, business and operations management, entrepreneurship, farm and ranch management, financial planning, marketing, real estate appraisal, sales, supply chain management, and related fields. Faculty members are strongly dedicated to preparing students for successful careers.
Programs
Majors
Minors
- Accounting Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Agribusiness Marketing Minor (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)
- Agricultural Business Minor (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)
- Commodity Risk Management Minor (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)
- Economics Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Entrepreneurial Studies Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Financial Counseling and Planning Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Human Resources Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Land Valuation and Rural Real Estate Minor (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)
- Management Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Marketing Minor (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Ranch Management Minor (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences - offered jointly with the Department of Animal Science and Department of Natural Resource Management )
Certificate Programs
Graduate Programs*
- Analytical Business Management Certificate (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Economics (M.S.) (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Family Financial Planning Certificate (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Foundations of Operations Management Certificate (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering)
- Operations Management (M.S.) (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering)
- Operations Management (M.S.) - Business Analytics Specialization (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Operations Management (M.S.) - Supply Chain Management Specialization (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering)
- Real Estate Certificate (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
* Graduate degrees are offered in collaboration with the Graduate School. For details, see the Graduate Catalog.
Accreditation
The Ness School of Management and Economics is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB).
Facilities and Services
The school is housed in Harding Hall. The First Dakota National Bank e-Trading Educational Lab is located in Harding Hall and provides access to state of the art financial and marketing analytics for students, faculty research, and extension workshops.
Faculty and staff engage in outreach with industry and the community through one-on-one interaction, workshops, media contacts, and publications in areas such as banking and finance, business policy and strategy analysis, entrepreneurship, economic policy analysis, investment, and macroeconomics. Agricultural outreach work is shared through SDSU Extension, with programming in land economics, farm and ranch management, commodity marketing, risk management, and agricultural finance.
The Ness School extends its engagement through a downtown Sioux Falls outpost located within Startup Sioux Falls. Led by a program manager for urban economic development, the outpost serves as a hub for seminars, workshops, employer engagement, and career-focused programming that connects the Ness School’s expertise with the Sioux Falls metropolitan area. This presence supports knowledge exchange, workforce development, and stronger connections among students, faculty, employers, and the broader community.
Student Support and Engagement Opportunities
The school provides opportunity for students in and out of the classroom. The school supports several active student organizations: CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization) Club, Business Consulting Club, Economics Club, FIRE (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) Club, Investment Club, NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association) Club, and Women in Business Club. Students may earn credit while acquiring hands-on experience through national competitions associated with these organizations. Students are also encouraged to complete professional internships.
Accelerated Master’s Degree in Economics and Operations Management
The program offers an accelerated master’s degree to qualified undergraduate students who maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0; these students may begin their graduate studies while they complete their undergraduate degree. Students may apply for admission to the accelerated master’s degree program once they have completed 60 undergraduate credits. Students interested in the accelerated master’s degree should contact the Ness School of Management and Economics graduate coordinator to obtain application requirements. Application and admission to the Graduate School is required.
Contact the Graduate Coordinator for further information.
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