The Office of Extended Programs coordinates planning, development, and delivery of all courses and programs that are delivered at a distance, including on-line, videoconferencing, and face-to-face at remote sites.

DSU offers undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in the University Center at Sioux Falls and via online. To find more about the programs and courses, please click the links below.

• DSU Online Programs
• DSU Programs at University Center - Sioux Falls

DSU offers a number of online undergraduate and graduate courses to help you to complete degree programs.

• Spring 2010 
  Drop/Add/Withdraw Dates
  Spring full semester - 1/13/2010 - 5/7/2010
  January 22, 2010 - Last day to Drop a full semester 16 week class and receive a full tuition refund.
  Courses dropped AFTER this date will receive a grade of "W" and NO REFUND.
  January 22, 2010 - Last day to Add a full semester 16 week class.
  March 25, 2010 - Last day to withdraw from the University (ALL CLASSES) and be eligible for a prorated refund of University charges based on federal regulations and Board of Regents policy
  April 7, 2010 - Last day to drop a full semester class or withdraw from all classes/University and receive a grade of "W" - NO REFUND.
  

To search for more courses offered by DSU and the other universities of South Dakota. please visit Webadvisor.

DSU also offers prep sessions/refresher courses to help you prepare ACT tests and improve your writing, math and reading skills.

• ACT Prep Sessions
• English Refresher Course
• Math Refresher Course
• Reading Refresher Course

- DSU Financial Aid Office
- Tuition and Payment: Self-Support Rate, Internet Course Costs

Federal law requires that universities verify the identity of students when course materials and/or course assessment activities are conducted either partially or entirely online . A student’s Desire2Learn (D2L) login and password are intended to provide the student with secure access to course materials and are also intended to help the university meet this federal mandate. Some DSU Faculty also require the use of a proctor for exams in distance-delivered (Internet) courses and this requirement provides a second level of student identify verification. Finally, an instructor who uses web conferencing technology may require students to use a webcam during exams, as another means of student identify verification through voice and visual recognition.

South Dakota students who are taking online courses from DSU and who need exam proctors can go to any of the South Dakota Board of Regent institutions to receive proctoring services. They may also request these services from the statewide higher education centers in Pierre (Capital University Center), Rapid City (Higher Education Center-West River) and Sioux Falls (University Center).

Students from outside South Dakota needing proctors should identify a proctor in their locale and should provide the proposed proctor’s contact information to the course instructor at least one week prior to testing, to aid in the proctor approval process.

Proctor guidelines and agreement forms can be found at http://www.dsu.edu/disted/support-online.aspx. Remember that university faculty and staff will carefully evaluate the proposed proctor’s credentials, to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest in the selection of a particular proctor. And, students should bring appropriate identification (one photo ID card, at a minimum) with them to a proctored exam, so that the proctor can verify the student’s identity prior to the exam.