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Students complete the Advanced Placement test administered by their high schools and request that the scores be reported to Dakota State University. AP sends scores to the students and to DSU. The Vice President's Office notifies the Registrar of the exam results, and if the scores meet or exceed DSU's standards, the Registrar enters the credit for the examinations on the students' transcripts. (Nothing is entered on transcripts if the AP scores do not meet DSU credit standards.)

Business Administration and Management, General

Accounting

Finance, General

Computer and Information Sciences, General

Information Technology

Computer Programming/Programmer, General

Information Science/Studies

Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

Computer Graphics

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

Network and System Administration/Administrator

System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Elementary Education and Teaching

Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education

English/Language Arts Teacher Education

Mathematics Teacher Education

Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

Computer Teacher Education

Biology Teacher Education

Educational/Instructional Technology

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Medical Informatics

Mathematics and Statistics

Strategic Intelligence

Exercise Science and Kinesiology

Physical Sciences, General

Design and Visual Communications, General

Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator

Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Humanities/Humanistic Studies

General Studies

Mathematics, General

Dakota State University (DSU) is located in Madison, S.D. Founded in 1881 as a teacher training institution or "normal" school, DSU now offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs through its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Systems, Computer and Cyber Sciences, and Education. DSU has a special focus on the development, application, implications, and impacts of computing, information technologies, and cyber security in all areas of human endeavor. DSU has received multiple Center of Academic Excellence designations in education, research, and as a regional resource development. DSU is home to the Madison Cyber Labs (MadLabs ), a cyber R&D hub with labs and institutes that explore and advance technology application, workforce development, business expansion, economic growth, and policy improvement across multiple disciplines and fields. The Paulson Cyber Incubation and Entrepreneurial Center opened in 2021 in the Entrepreneurial Center, providing a tech-transfer, entrepreneurship, and business start-up center to work with both intellectual property from the Madison Cyber Labs and the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) Club on campus. For more information, contact mediarelations@dsu.edu, 605-270-3816, or visit the DSU website at dsu.edu.

Dakota State University

Comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities

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Dakota State University

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