Course Numbers
| 001-099 |
Non-degree credit, pre-college level courses including remedial skills courses do not count toward graduation. (ASC 066, 067, 068, 069, 087, 091, 092, and 093).
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| 100-199 |
Taught at the freshman level, or the first course in a sequence. |
| 200-299 |
Taught at the sophomore level. |
| 300-499 |
Taught at the junior and senior level, but open to sophomores with permission from the instructor. |
| 500 |
Designation as a professional non-degree course that cannot be applied to an undergraduate or graduate degree. |
| 501 or higher |
Graduate level course. |
DSU Graduate Course Credit Hour Policy
Graduate Courses: Dickinson State University courses numbered 501 and above may be taken for graduate credit. Derived from the U.S. Department of Education regulations, the definition of a credit hour is based on direct faculty instruction - contact hours, plus independent (out-of-class) work. While variability among and between courses is anticipated, in general, graduate-level students are expected to spend 3-4 hours outside of class for each hour spent in class. That said, historically and philosophically the emphasis in graduate education has been and is predicated on subject-matter mastery—meaning that, to a degree, the appropriate amount of time (hours) spent by a student out-of-class is determined by the student’s ability to demonstrate mastery to the satisfaction of the professor.
Graduate Course Content Criteria: The following criteria (derived based on a review of graduate program best-practice exemplars) are put forth to provide guidance to graduate-level course preparation and delivery.
- Course content should be intellectually challenging to graduate students.
- Graduate-level subject matter should emphasize the literature of the discipline(s) and/or be drawn from relevant research and scholarly activity.
- Graduate courses should build on previous discipline-specific knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences.
Special course numbers include:
| X90 |
Education methods courses within disciplines |
| X91 |
Discipline Seminar |
| X92 |
Experimental Course |
| X93 |
Peer Tutoring |
| X94 |
Independent Study, Undergraduate Research |
| X95 |
Service Learning |
| X96 |
Study Tours |
| X97 |
Internship, Externship, Cooperative Education |
| X98 |
Pre-professional Experience, Clinical, and Student Teaching |
| X99 |
Special Topics, Readings |