Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Welcome to Dakota State University

Dakota State University’s mission is to prepare cyber-savvy graduates who are lifelong learners, problem solvers, innovators, and leaders who live lives of positive purpose and consequence. To do this, we are determined to provide students with a truly dynamic and distinctive educational experience, one that sets them apart.

Your ability to access, organize, analyze, and present information will be the key to a rewarding and satisfying career in this ever-changing world. At Dakota State, we have been recognized as a regional and national leader in all things cyber, and this technology-rich atmosphere surrounds all our students as they integrate these skills into their academic experiences.

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to the success of our students, so in each program of study, they provide cutting-edge technology information, research opportunities, career services, and internship experiences that students need to be job ready. DSU is a place where the excitement of learning is not just something we talk about, it’s something we live every day.

This catalog will introduce you to the dynamic learning opportunities offered at Dakota State, whether you are interested in computer fields like business, education, information technology or cyber security, if you want to teach in a classroom, or if you’d like to develop and manage a business. At DSU, your future will be rising!

Features of the Online Catalog

The online catalog contains a number of features to assist you, including a personal portfolio to store favorite programs, courses and frequently accessed policies and procedures, advanced search options, intuitive navigation, and archived catalogs. Check out the DSU Catalog User Guide to learn more.

The Undergraduate Catalog is the official source of the university’s undergraduate academic programs, courses, policies, and procedures. The catalog should be used as a guide in planning a course of study and in meeting requirements for graduation.

The information contained in this catalog is the most accurate available at the time of publication, but changes may become effective before the next catalog is published. It is ultimately the student’s responsibility to stay abreast of current regulations, curricula, and the status of specific programs being offered. Further, the university reserves the right, as approved by the Board of Regents, to modify requirements, curricula offerings, and charges, and to add, alter, or delete courses and programs through appropriate procedures. While reasonable efforts will be made to publicize such changes, a student is encouraged to seek current information from appropriate offices.

Equal Opportunity

Dakota State University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal educational opportunity in all student services and in all staff and faculty employment actions, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability.