Format: Online or On Campus

NSU's accounting analytics master's degree provides specialized study of data analysis as it relates to decision-making in accounting. It will also give you a competitive edge in an increasingly data-driven business climate, and it offers thorough preparation for the CPA exam.

Format: Online or On Campus

As a student in our accounting major, offered online or on campus, you’ll develop the critical thinking and analytical skills needed to manage financial transactions and prepare financial reports, and use those reports to make good real-world business decisions. Our caring, supportive faculty and comprehensive coursework will build your skills so you're prepared to apply for professional certification and sit for these exams:

Format: Online or On Campus

Today's important social, political, cultural and community issues require Americans who are equipped for civic engagement. This four-course certificate provides the foundational knowledge of history, politics and perspectives you need to understand current debates and cultivate educated and engaged citizens.

Northern’s Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) in Art Education degree is a summer residency, practice-oriented, primarily online degree program designed for educators who are already teaching art in K-12 schools.

Format: Online or On Campus

Offered on campus and online, Northern's banking and financial services degree program has the strong support of area professionals who provide internships and part-time work for our banking and financial services students; employ NSU graduates; and serve on the NSU Bank Advisory Board.

Format: Online or On Campus

In Northern’s entirely online Master of Science in Banking and Financial Services program, you’ll study the business of banking. You’ll learn how bankers best serve customers’ financial needs through business performance evaluations. You’ll also study the inner workings of banking and financial institutions, and the economic environment in which they operate.

Format: Online or On Campus

Northern's flexible bachelor's degree in business administration - offered online and on campus - allows you to personalize your studies to fit your needs and interests.

In this broad-based business major, you’ll learn the fundamentals of:

• Accounting
• Business law
• Finance
• Information systems
• Management
• Marketing

You’ll also gain a basic understanding of how organizations work – and how to unleash your potential to make them successful. 

Format: Online or On Campus

In addition to being offered on Northern State University's main campus (Aberdeen, S.D.), this undergraduate certificate is also available online.

Format: Online or On Campus

With Northern's online associate degree in criminal justice, you'll be well-equipped for a career in the criminal justice profession, gaining a background in the foundational terminology of the criminal justice system.

Format: Online or On Campus

Northern's criminal justice major, offered on campus and online, provides wide-ranging foundational knowledge of the U.S. criminal justice system. In this program, you'll learn about criminal law and procedure, policing, the judicial system, the correctional system, and criminological theory.

Our program offers answers to criminal justice questions, including: