What’s New for 2023-2024

Items approved for the 2023-2024 academic year are listed below.

New Academic Programs

New Majors

• Elementary Education (B.S.)  
• Special Education (B.S.)  

New Certificates

• Basic Oceti Sakowin Language Certificate  
• Basic Spanish Language Proficiency Certificate  
• Pharmacology Certificate   

New Minors

• Concrete Materials Science Minor  
• Geospatial Intelligence Minor  
• Pharmacology and Toxicology Minor  
• Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Minor  

New Locations for Existing Programs

• Human Development and Family Services (A.S.)  - added online delivery
• Concrete Industry Management (B.S.)  - added online delivery
• Respiratory Care (A.S.)  - added delivery at the Brookings Health System, Huron Regional Medical Center, and Madison Regional Health System
• Respiratory Care (B.S.)  - added delivery at the Brookings Health System, Huron Regional Medical Center, and Madison Regional Health System

New Prefix

• LATI (Latin)
• SPED (Special Education)

New Courses

• ACCT 360 - Accounting Systems (COM) Credits: 3  
• BADM 459 - Analytics (COM) Credits: 3  
• CHEM 180 - Introduction to Laboratory Safety Credits: 1  
• CHEM 468 - Chemical Biology Credits: 3  
• CIM 120 - Introduction to Industrial Safety Credits: 3  
• CIM 480 - Industrial Sales and Marketing Credits: 3  
• ELED 230 - Assessment and Classroom Management Credits: 2  
• ELED 310 - K-8 Methods of Music, Art and Drama (COM) Credits: 2  
• ELED 320 - K-8 Science Methods (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 330 - K-8 Math Methods (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 360 - K-8 Social Science Methods (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 440 - K-8 Language Arts Methods (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 450 - K-8 Reading Methods (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 466 - P-12 ELL Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (COM) Credits: 3  
• ELED 471 - Foundations of Reading Credits: 3  
• ENGL 471 - Academic Editing and Publishing Credits: 3  
• ENGL 472 - Film Criticism (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 473 - Creative Writing: Screenwriting (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 475 - Creative Writing: Non-Fiction (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 476 - Creative Writing: Fiction (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 478 - Creative Writing: Poetry (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 485 - Writing Center Tutoring Credits: 3  
• HMGT 481 - Travel Studies Credits: 1-5  
• LAKL 301 - Intermediate High Lakota I Credits: 3  
• LAKL 302 - Intermediate High Lakota II Credits: 3  
• LATI 101 - Elementary Latin (COM) [SGR #4] Credits: 4  
• LATI 102 - Advanced Elementary Latin (COM) [SGR #4] Credits: 4  
• LATI 201 - Intermediate Latin I (COM) Credits: 3  
• LATI 202 - Intermediate Latin II (COM) Credits: 3  
• MATH 412 - Linear Algebra (COM) Credits: 3  
• NRM 410 - Conservation Biology (COM) Credits: 3  
• POLS 101 - Introduction to Political Science (COM) Credits: 3  
• READ 145 - Reading Strategies (COM) Credits: 3  
• RECR 311 - Ethics in Sport and Recreation Management Credits: 3  
• RECR 315 - Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Recreation Management Credits: 3  
• RECR 486 - Sport Law (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 100 - Introduction to Persons with Exceptionalities (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 330 - Language Development and Assistive Technology Credits: 3  
• SPED 380 - Neurodiversity Credits: 3  
• SPED 410 - Behavior Management of Exceptional Children (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 413 - Serving Students with Severe Disabilities (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 420 - K-12 Curriculum and Instructional Strategies (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 431 - Identification and Assessment in Special Education (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 460 - Family Systems and Professional Collaborations (COM) Credits: 3  
• SPED 485 - Special Education Law (COM) Credits: 2  
• STAT 454 - Statistical Machine Learning and AI Credits: 3      

General Education Revisions

• LATI 101 - Elementary Latin (COM) [SGR #4] Credits: 4  - added to the SGR #4 course list
• LATI 102 - Advanced Elementary Latin (COM) [SGR #4] Credits: 4  - added to the SGR #4 course list
• PHYS 207 - Fundamentals of Physics I (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 3  - added to the SGR #6 course list
• PHYS 207L - Fundamentals of Physics I Lab (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 1  - added to the SGR #6 course list
• PHYS 209 - Fundamentals of Physics II (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 3  - added to the SGR #6 course list
• PHYS 209L - Fundamentals of Physics II Lab (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 1  - added to the SGR #6 course list
• PS 244 - Geological Resources of South Dakota Lab Credits: 1  - removed from the SGR #6 course list

Department Updates

• The Operations Management (B.S.)  is now aligned with the Ness School of Management & Economics  in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences  and Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering . 
• The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics combined into the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics .