1. Professional Master’s Degrees South Dakota State University 8-October-2015

5. Professional Science Master’s Programs

6. What Professional Students want……

9. SDSU Professional Master’s Degree “Option D”  Patterned after Professional Science Master’s  30 cr min  Supervisory committee: Not Required  Prepares students for discreet, identified job types within business, industry, government, non-profit sector  Core Competencies (Program Learning Outcomes)  Requires a Program Advisory Board  Annual review of program learning outcomes  Provide suggestions for improvement to program and administration  Students must complete a Comprehensive Component  “capstone experience”: requires an integrative understanding  Evaluated by 2 grad faculty members

10. Program:  Teresa Hall, Dept Head, Construction & Operations Management  M Eng  Kurt Cogswell, Dept Head, Mathematics & Statistics  MS Data Science  General Comments of Option D approval process  Program Learning Outcomes  Program Advisory Board  Management Practices  Composition  Charter

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15. Professional Science Master’s