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Ness School of Management and Economics

Ness School of Management and Economics

The Ness School of Management and Economics offers students a high-quality education and excellent job placement opportunities. Our 30 full-time faculty members teach a broad range of courses in economics and related business disciplines, including finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, strategic management and marketing. 

We conduct research in economics (applied micro- and macroeconomics, money and banking and policy analysis), agricultural economics and agribusiness (agricultural marketing and trade, farm and ranch management, land valuation, agricultural policy and rural development and natural resources/environmental issues) and business economics (entrepreneurship, finance, management and marketing) and we provide extension, outreach and general service programs in economics, management and taxation.

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Internships

Students in the Ness School of Management and Economics are encouraged but not required to complete an internship. Completing multiple internships may be recommended.

There are many advantages to completing an internship. We've laid out all of the steps you need to know to get academic credit for your internship.

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The university’s newest endowment holders are, from left, Dan Hansen, J. Bruce Laughrey Endowed Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions; John Jaeger, Calvin and Mary Hayenga Endowed Department Head of Animal Science; Londa Nwadike, David A. Thompson Endowed Department Head of Dairy and Food Science; Cheryl Reese: Klingbeil Endowed Educator in Precision Agriculture; and Biying Yang, Nies Endowed Early Career Faculty Scholar.

South Dakota State honors newest endowment holders

South Dakota State University recently paid tribute to the university’s newest endowment holders. The third annual University Leadership Honors investiture ceremony — honoring six holders of endowed positions across three different colleges and SDSU Athletics — was held Sept. 19 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
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Former Jackrabbits Football player to speak on starting a business as the 2024 Emerging Entrepreneur in Residence

Former South Dakota State University football player and entrepreneurial studies major Tommy Hopp will return to campus Oct. 2 for the Ness School of Management and Economics’ 2024 Emerging Entrepreneur in Residence program.

SDSU’S Ness School to offer accounting major

The Ness School of Management and Economics at South Dakota State University will now offer both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in accounting following the program’s approval by the South Dakota Board of Regents.