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Welcome to Northern State University Northern State University provides students with an unmatched educational experience. It is a unique institution where students are provided the opportunity to engage with the best of academics, cultural arts, and athletics. It is also a place where international cultures come together for the purpose of exploring the very finest elements of an undergraduate or graduate education. As a teaching institution, Northern faculty are committed to presenting academic materials in a challenging but intimate environment. Your classes here will be small. Your interactions, though, will be very large in scale. We are proud to be the E-Learning and International Business campus for the state of South Dakota. Our offerings reflect the importance of these two specific designations to the academic life of our campus. This catalog will bring you a solid introduction to all that Northern has to offer. By choosing specific courses or a specified plan of study, we are confident that our curriculum will allow you to be tremendously successful in whatever field you might choose. Northern is a place where you can truly be yourself; we are an institution that is dedicated to allowing you to explore and create to the absolute limits of your imagination. I urge you to begin your explorations right now.

Be You. Be Us. Be Northern! James M. Smith, Ph.D. President Volume 99 Fall 2009 Number 1 Published by Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401-7198. Third class postage paid at Aberdeen, South Dakota

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WELCOME TO NSU Welcome to Northern State University. Information between the covers of this catalog will acquaint you with the history and objectives of Northern State University; admission information and academic standards; student life and services; and the academic offering. This catalog is not a contract and is published for purposes of information only. Rules, regulations, procedures, courses, programs and costs are current only on the date of publication and are subject to change as needs and reason may dictate.

Affirmative Action Statement

Catalog RequirementsStudent Responsibility

The policy of Northern State University is to provide equal opportunity for employment, admissions and services to all individuals. This shall include, but is not limited to, the following practices: • The recruiting, hiring, training and promoting of all persons in all job classifications, except where any of the above are limited by a bonafide occupational qualification. • All personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfer, layoffs, returns from layoff, university-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreation programs. • All aspects of student management, including but not limited to recruiting, admissions, scholarships and awards, employment placement, academic decisions and all student services. If you feel you have been treated unfairly or unjustly because of any of the above items, you should contact the Affirmative Action Office on campus.

Each student is responsible for knowing and meeting graduation requirements stated in the catalog current at the time of his or her initial enrollment as a freshman. Transfer students must complete degree requirements in effect in the catalog at the time of their initial enrollment at Northern State University. Re-admitted students are required to meet degree requirements of the catalog in effect at the time of their initial enrollment unless they have interrupted their enrollement for at least one calendar year. In this event the catalog in effect at the time of re-admission is used to determine degree requirements. The catalog is the only official statement of requirements for each degree. Students are solely responsible for meeting those requirements. No course may be substituted to meet degree requirements except with the approval of the Registrar. To avoid any possible delay in graduation, students should obtain written permission prior to scheduling a course which they believe may be substituted for a required course.

Disability Services Northern State University recognizes its responsibility for creating an institutional climate in which students with disabilities can thrive. If you have any time of disability for which you require accommodations, please contact the NSU Office of Disability Services (ODS) as soon as possible to discuss your particular needs. The mission of the Office of Disability Services is to provide equal access to university programs, as mandated by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Any student requesting accommodations must submit adequate documentation of disability before accommodations can be provided. Contact information for the ODS: phone – (605) 626-2371; location – Student Center 217; FAX – (605) 626-3399

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Welcome to NSU About Northern State University

Values

Northern State University is a premier residential, liberal arts institution characterized by outstanding instruction, extraordinary community relations, and unparalleled co-curricular opportunities. In August of 2008 NSU was named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best undergraduate public institutions in the Midwest. For more information about NSU, visit our Web site at www.northern.edu

NSU’s students, faculty, and staff are drawn together by the following values:

Mission Statement

Citizenship: We educate individuals for a lifetime of learning and service to their ever-changing communities, nations, and world.

The legislature established Northern State University to meet the needs of the State, the region, and nation by providing undergraduate and graduate programs in education and other courses or programs as the Board of Regents may determine. (SDCL 13-59-1) The Board implemented SDCL 13-59-1 by authorizing graduate and undergraduate programs in education to promote excellence in teaching and learning, to support research, scholarly and creative activities, and to provide service to the State of South Dakota, the region, and the nation. The Board approved a special emphasis on E-learning in the university curriculum and service.

Community: With strong ties to our city and region, we are a welcoming community of scholars and learners, with a focus on a student-centered environment. Scholarship: We engage in research and creative activities in an innovative atmosphere of intellectual rigor, with academic freedom and integrity.

Curriculum Degrees are authorized at the associate, baccalaureate, and masters levels. The following curriculum is approved for the university. A. Undergraduate Programs Associate degree programs in arts and sciences, business, education and fine arts. Baccalaureate degree programs in arts and sciences, business, education, and fine arts. B. Graduate programs Masters degree in education and E-learning.

Vision Northern State University is an historic, public institution of higher education established on an attractive campus in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The NSU community takes pride in the institution and in providing an advanced teaching and learning environment. Integrating technology across the curriculum, NSU offers excellence in liberal and professional education with programs in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Fine Arts.

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Welcome to NSU Academic Freedom and Responsibility 1. Academic freedom is guaranteed to faculty members subject only to accepted standards of professional responsibility including, but not limited to, those herein set forth: A. The importance of academic freedom to teaching and learning is recognized and accepted. Academic freedom includes the right to study, discuss, investigate, teach and publish. Academic freedom applies to both teaching and research. Freedom in research is fundamental to the advancement of truth. Academic freedom in its teaching aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher in teaching and of students to freedom in learning. It includes the freedom to perform one’s professional duties and to present differing and sometimes controversial points of view, free from reprisal. The faculty member is entitled to freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the performing of other assigned academic duties. B. Faculty members are entitled to freedom in the classroom in the discussion of their subject. They have the freedom to include the presentation of various scholarly views. C. The concept of freedom should be accompanied by an equally demanding concept of responsibility. The faculty members are members of a learned profession. When they speak or write as citizens, they must be free from institutional censorship or discipline, but their special position in the community imposes special obligations. As learned people and as educators, they should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence, they should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others and should indicate that they are not speaking for the institution. 2. To secure student freedom in learning, faculty members in the classroom and in seminar should encourage free and orderly discussion, inquiry and expression of the course subject matter. Student performance may be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. A. Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. B. Each institution shall establish an academic appeals procedure to permit review of student allegations that an academic evaluation was tainted by prejudiced or capricious consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic standards. These procedures shall prohibit retaliation against persons who initiate appeals or who participate in the review of appeals. C. Students are responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in which they are enrolled.

Affiliations Northern State University is an accredited institutional member of National Association of Schools of Music 11250 Roger Bacon Drive Suite 21 Reston, VA 20190 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036-1023 Higher Learning Commission Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 30 North LaSalle Street Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602 South Dakota Department of Education Kneip Building 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501

Member of American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers American Council of Learned Societies American Council on Education Association for Institutional Research College and University Personnel Association Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences National Association College Admissions Counselors National Association for Business Teacher Education National Association of College and University Business Officers National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators National Association of Student Personnel Administrators National Association of Schools of Art and Design National Association of Schools of Music National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Upper Midwest Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Affirmative Action Statement Mission Statement Affiliations/Membership

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Board of Regents Officers of Northern State University Academic Administration Academic Calendar Institution and Campus

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ADMISSION INFORMATION Procedures Immunization Requirements Admission Requirements

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION Financial Assistance Applying for Financial Assistance Types of Financial Assistance Monthly Payment Plan

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FEES AND EXPENSES Tuition Fees Residence Hall Rental Food Cost Estimated Cost of Attendance

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STUDENT INFORMATION Rights and Responsibilities Residence Hall Living Food Service Career Development and Placement Student Health Services Children’s Center Bookstore and Post Office Counseling Center Disability Services Discovery Program

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Multicultural Student Affairs International Student Concerns Student Activities Privacy Rights Standards of Conduct Disciplinary Proceedings

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

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NSU CENTER FOR STATEWIDE E-LEARNING

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PROGRAMS

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Arranged alphabetically

ACADEMIC INFORMATION Registration Program Planning Academic Load Classification of Students Grades and Grade Point Average Academic Amnesty Incompletes and Withdrawals Scholarship and Academic Honors Graduation Requirements Additional Degrees/Major/Teacher Certification Credit By Validation Academic Probation and Suspension Transcripts Academic Services Technology Services Technology Support Honors Program Extended Studies Undergraduate Programs Program Requirements Institutional Graduation Requirements Degree Requirements

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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Arranged alpha-numerically by prefix

FACULTY

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INDEX

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GRADUATE STUDIES General Information Admission Immunization Policy Academic Requirements Summary of Procedures

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