Course Offerings

Course Delivery and Scheduling

Participating in courses challenges a student beyond listening well, taking good notes, and preparing for examinations. Exploration and experimentation pursued individually and in small groups, under the guidance of the instructor, allow students to work as a team on a specific project or research with faculty assistance and direction. In other courses students may progress at their own rate, often assisted by computer or other technologies. Some courses are conducted in a specialized physical setting such as a practice lab, hospital, school agency or corporate setting under the guidance of the faculty member.

The faculty at DSU uses current technology to communicate information, to share ideas and to measure a student’s learning against the World Wide Web, the Internet, video tapes and printed materials. Students have access to faculty via electronic mail, by phone or in person during office hours as well as traditional lecture/lab formats.

Each course description presents the approved content and portrays the manner of delivery at the time of the catalog’s publication. Please note that the South Dakota Board of Regents is currently engaged in a system-wide STUDENT Project, designed to merge the separate institutional student databases into a single database. Most of the course changes resulting from this project are reflected in this course listing; however, some changes are still pending approval. Students should consult the current course syllabus for detailed course information.