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Business Management: Lead. Build. Innovate. Collaborate.

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Administration and Finance
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Students earning an Associate of Applied Science degree (AAS) in Business Management can expect to formulate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for a successful transition to a career-sustaining position or further study in one of several business career pathways.

  • Type: A.A.S. degree
  • Locations: Online, Wahpeton
  • Cluster: Business

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Business Certificate Options
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The Business Management Certificate Options consists of four independent plans of study in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management/Supervision, and Sales. Students may choose to complete any of these individual plans of study to earn a certificate in Business Management with an emphasis in that respective area.

Upon successful completion of the required courses for the four plans of study and two credits of wellness electives, students will be awarded an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Marketing, Sales and Hospitality Services.

  • Type: Certificate
  • Locations: Online, Fargo, Wahpeton
  • Cluster: Business

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Business Technology Management
Business Technology Management

The Business Technology Management option is designed as a third-year option for students who have previously completed a technical degree program (Auto Body, Machine Tooling, Plumbing, Welding, etc.).

  • Type: A.A.S. degree, third-year option
  • Locations: Online, Wahpeton
  • Cluster: Business

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Marketing, Sales and Hospitality Services
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The Marketing, Sales and Hospitality Services emphasis prepares students toward pathways in: Lodging, Restaurant, Food, and Beverage Services, Travel and Tourism, Recreating, Amusements, and Attractions, Marketing Research, Marketing Communications, Marketing Management, Merchandising, Professional Sales.

  • Type: A.A.S. degree
  • Locations: Online, Fargo, Wahpeton
  • Cluster: Business

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Restaurant Management
Restaurant Management

The Restaurant Management option is designed as a third-year option for students completing the Culinary Arts program. It provides a range of business knowledge and experiences that will integrate well with the skills students have already achieved, preparing them to take on supervisory roles.

  • Type: A.A.S. degree, third-year option
  • Locations: Wahpeton
  • Cluster: Hospitality and Tourism, Business

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​Business management at NDSCS is one of the hottest fields of study because business skills can be applied to a variety of different career areas.

Graduates find work in these career fields:

  • Marketing Research
  • Advertising
  • Product Management
  • Sales
  • Retail
  • Service Marketing
  • Customer Service
  • Public Relations
Business Management Graduates from 2023-2024 Academic Year - Includes Emphases
Graduates Registered Avg. Beginning Annual Salary Reported High Annual Salary Placement Rate
15 $45448 87%

NDSCS Business Management students qualified for the 2024 International DECA competition

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02-28-2024

North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) is proud to announce that thirty-six NDSCS Collegiate DECA members competed at the 2024 North Dakota Collegiate DECA Conference on February 21st and 22nd.

This annual competition brings together some of North Dakota's best and brightest business students from eight different colleges to compete in various business case study events.

Students were entered into one individual event and were also paired up in a team competition. In both experiences, the students were presented with a real-world business problem and then asked to solve the scenario in front of judges. Area Fargo/Moorhead business professionals served as judges for this event. 

NDSCS Collegiate DECA had 28 members qualify to compete at the 2024 International Career Development Conference in Austin, Texas in April.

Top award winners in individual events include:

  • Emma Hagemeister (1st Place) Sales Management and Leadership Event
  • Wyatt Rittenhouse (2nd Place) Retail Management
  • Natalia Nazario (2nd Place) Entrepreneurship Operations
  • Madison Hagan (3rd Place) Travel and Tourism 
  • Adnan Rahman (3rd Place) Entrepreneurship Operations
  • Triton Kaercher (3rd Place) Financial Accounting
  • Lucas Allen (3rd Place) Hotel and Lodging
  • Moriah Blazek (3rd Place) Human Resource Management

Top Team Event Winners Include:

  • Kylie Geray and Emma Hagemeister (2nd Place) Business-to-Business Marketing
  • Ava Bladow and Corissa Lang (2nd Place) Business Ethics
  • Myah Jelinek, Natalia Nazario (2nd Place) Entertainment Marketing
  • Lauren Oster and Savannah Puetz (2nd Place) Event Planning
  • Moriah Blazek and Taylor Slominski (2nd Place) Marketing Communications
  • Lucas Allen and Mathias Kackman (3rd Place) Marketing Communications

Gregory Anderson, the faculty advisor for NDSCS Collegiate DECA, commented “I was pleasantly surprised at how well our students performed. As is usually the case, almost all NDSCS Collegiate DECA members are first-year students who have never competed before, going against seasoned juniors and seniors from four-year colleges who have experienced both state and national competitions. For our students to do well, they had to display a certain level of confidence, and I think that is what showed. I will be very proud to see a number of qualifiers take the next step at the International Conference in Austin, Texas.”

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NDSCS Business Management students qualified for the international DECA competition

02-17-2023
Eighteen NDSCS Business Management students will compete in an international competition in April 2023 in Orlando, Fla.

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Four NDSCS students nominated for North Dakota Academic All-State Team

01-25-2023
Four students from the North Dakota State College of Science have been nominated for the 2023 North Dakota Academic All-State Team, which recognizes the academic achievements of community college students.

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Seven NDSCS students among top ten competitors in Collegiate DECA 2022-2023 Stock Market Game

12-05-2022
Seven NDSCS students among top ten competitors in Collegiate DECA 2022-2023 Stock Market Game

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A Look Back on Collegiate DECA Engage in Atlanta

12-05-2022
Nearly 200 Collegiate DECA members, including 5 NDSCS students, attended the 2022 ENGAGE Conference in Atlanta, GA on November 3-5, 2022.

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NDSCS Collegiate DECA members garner 13 awards at state Career Development Conference

02-21-2017
Thirty-seven Collegiate DECA members from the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton and Fargo competed at the State Conference in February, and earned a total of 13 medals.

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