This course is designed to engage students in their college experience, both academically and personally. The course aids students as they acquire and develop the skills necessary to reach their educational objectives. Through readings, discussions, reflective writing, and class activities, all of which illuminate a specific topic, students will practice skills that will enable them to succeed in their college courses. In addition, the class will help students acclimate to the culture of The University of South Dakota.
Note Repeatable 3 times for credit with different topics.
A one-credit course designed for any student undecided about their academic major and/or career choice. The class meets twice a week for eight weeks and focuses on self-assessment exercises, class discussions, interest surveys and career research.
This course teaches students the research and information literacy skills that are necessary for successful completion of their academic work and for fulfilling their personal and professional information needs.
This course and accompanying lab will integrate principles and theories from a variety of scientific disciplines including astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and physics to explore contemporary issues relating to science and society and is the first part of a year-long sequence.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: MATH 102
Course corequisite: A&S 121L
This course and accompanying lab will integrate principles and theories from a variety of scientific disciplines including astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and physics to explore contemporary issues relating to science and society and is the second part of a year-long sequence.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: MATH 102, A&S 121/121L
Course corequisite: A&S 123L
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.
Prerequisites and Corequisites (C) denotes common course
Prepares students for internship experiences and for post-college employment. The class covers self-assessment, planning, identification and use of career resources, and the job search.
A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
This course provides an avenue for the development of bibliographic and library research methods and strategies in the student’s area of specialization. The course is not limited to any specific discipline, though students in the Humanities and Social Sciences will find it particularly useful.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor for these courses than is the case with field experience.
A study of fundamental accounting principles and procedures such as journalizing, posting, preparation of financial statements, and other selected topics. Accounting is emphasized as a service activity designed to provide the information about economic entities that is necessary for making sound decisions.
Involves the intensive study of financial accounting standards, both in theory and practice, as they relate to the preparation and analysis of financial statements. Accounting problems and their impact on the financial statements are addressed in regard to current assets, fixed assets, intangible assets, liabilities, and other selected topics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Provides an intensive study of accounting standards, both in theory and practice, as they relate to the preparation and analysis of financial statements. Accounting problems and their impact on the financial statements are addressed in regard to liabilities, investments, stockholders’ equity, leases, pensions, tax allocation and other selected topics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 310
The study of principles and techniques for accumulating, reporting, and analyzing cost information for decision-making and external reporting. The use of cost accounting systems for planning and controlling cost responsibility centers is emphasized. Consideration is given to the appropriate use of various cost accounting methods such as activity-based costing, target costing, and just in time management techniques in service and manufacturing industries.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Provides an understanding of the patterns of flow of accounting information in business, principles of internal control, and the use of computers in current and future accounting systems. Topics include concepts of accounting information systems, flowcharting and analysis of manual and computerized transaction cycles, decision support systems, electronic commerce, management reporting systems, control and audit of complex computerized information systems, and the development of accounting information systems.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Accounting concepts and practices for entrepreneurs/small business owners. Emphasis given to the use of accounting tools to solve small business problems.
Provides a discussion of the comparative accounting practices and problems in international environments. The course is designed to explore the concepts, principles, and practices underlying comparative international accounting systems.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Provides a study of current accounting theory and its applications. The course reviews theoretical aspects of accounting by means of problems, directed reading, and study of the various sources of accounting theory.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 311
Studies both theory and practice. Topics include audit planning, internal control, audit procedures, audit reports and opinions, materiality, audit risk, evidential matter, as required by generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), professional ethics, legal responsibilities, and other selected topics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 311
An introductory course in the study of internal auditing. This course is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of the concepts, principles, and skills underlying the practice of internal auditing.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ACCT 311 and 360 and 450
Addresses the accounting information needs of management for planning, controlling, and decision making purposes. The course integrates management accounting with other functional areas of business. Importance is placed on the use of technology to improve performance and quality in a highly competitive, global marketplace.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Involves the study of fund accounting, including reports, records, and special problems encountered by nonprofit entities and the generally accepted accounting principles related to them. Nonprofit entities include municipalities and state governments, universities, hospitals, and voluntary health and welfare organizations.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 211
Studies special accounting problems relating to the preparation of combined and consolidated financial statements, partnership accounting, and foreign exchange transactions and translations.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ACCT 311
A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ACCT 210 and 211
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Note Registration restriction: School of Business seniors with Instructor consent
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Note Registration restriction: Accounting majors in good standing who have completed junior level coursework
Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Note (C) denotes common course
Meets USD Graduation Requirement in Intensive Writing.
This course provides an introduction to the use, abuse and addictive nature of ethyl alcohol. Students will explore the history of alcohol use, basic knowledge of the medical effects of alcohol use and abuse, the basic premise behind the biopsychosocial model, the continuum of care and personal risk for alcohol problems.
Fundamentals of mood-altering chemicals other than ethyl alcohol and the symptomatology and treatment of the abuse of them. Provides facts and insights concerning the abuse of a wide variety of “legal” and “illegal” mood-altering chemical substances and approaches to treatment and prevention of drug abuse.
An introduction to multicultural counseling theories and skills. The student will develop basic communication and individual helping skills appropriate in dealing with abusers of alcohol and other drugs.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117
Introduces basic theories and dynamics of counseling groups. Develops the facilitative skills appropriate to working with those groups in the management of alcohol and drug abuse.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 and 220
ADS 315 - Ethical & Legal Issues in the Substance Abuse Profession
This course will explore the ethical and legal issues within the substance abuse field. This course will include an opportunity for identification and discussion of ethical and legal issues frequently encountered by prevention and treatment professionals.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 and 220 and 222 or Instructor consent
Understand the key adolescent developmental tasks, gain knowledge on how alcohol and other drugs impact adolescent developmental tasks and understand the complex nature of determining adolescent substance abuse or addiction.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 and 220 and 222
ADS 391 - Independent Study in Alcohol/Drug Abuse (C)
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic. Consent of instructor required.
ADS 410 - Working with Families on Alcohol and Drug Issues
Traditional and contemporary theories of family counseling will be studied and applied to alcohol and drug abusing families. The role of the partner/family in the onset, progression, treatment, and prevention and alcohol and drug abuse will be reviewed.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and ADS 117 and ADS 220 and ADS 222
Note Required of ADS majors.
Dual listed with ADS 510.
Cross-listed: Prior to 10-26-09 course was listed as ADS 318
ADS 412 - Alcohol and Drug Use in Diverse Populations
Alcohol and other drug use among diverse groups such as adolescents, people of color, women, elderly, and homosexuals will be studied. Strategies for effective treatment and prevention will be examined.
ADS 415 - Native Americans and Substance Use and Abuse
This course is designed to acquaint the substance abuse student/professional with the cultural and spiritual basics of effective substance abuse prevention and treatment with Native American populations and individuals. This will aid the student in applying culturally and spiritually appropriate prevention and treatment with Native American clients.
ADS 420 - CADE: Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Education
The fundamentals of the use, abuse and addictive nature of ethyl alcohol and other mood altering chemicals and the symptomatology of alcoholism and other drug addiction. Provides facts and insights concerning the nature, scope and complexity of mood altering chemical substances and current approaches to treatment and prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ADS 116 or 117 or Instructor consent
ADS 421 - Foundations of Alcohol and Drug Prevention
Past and current models of alcohol and other drug prevention will be studied to determine what led to their origin, strengths, weaknesses and effectiveness.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 or 420 or consent of instructor
The concept that alcohol and drug abuse treatment is a continuum from intervention through continuing care is emphasized. Acquaints the student with theories, models, stages and functions of alcohol and drug abuse treatment.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 or 420; and 220 and 222
A study of the psychopharmacology of substance related disorders coexisting with mental health disorders. Includes implications prescription drugs have for treating individuals with a dual diagnosis.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 or 117 and 220 and 222
Introduces the student to advanced dynamics and theories of addiction counseling. An examination of the major theories of addiction and an exploration of the meaning of addiction and substance abuse counseling will be undertaken.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ADS 116 and 117 and 220 and 222
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: Instructor Permission
This course formally introduces Native Studies as a discipline or field of study. The course examines the historical development of the discipline, including its theoretical frameworks and intellectual foundation, basic disciplinary concepts, research foci, criticism of the discipline, and the discipline’s future development within and without the academy.
Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
AIS 214 - Introduction to American Indian Literature (C)
This introductory course in American Indian literature allows students to read and study a variety of genres, including traditional oral literature, autobiography, poetry, fiction, and drama by American Indian authors. Students learn basic research and critical skills needed in reading Native American texts.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 210, or UHON 110
AIS 257 - Early American Indian History and Culture (C)
A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North America from time immemorial to the end of the nineteenth century.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
AIS 369 - Modern American Indian History and Culture Since 1867 (C)
A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North America from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
AIS 417 - American Indian Government and Politics (C)
An in-depth investigation of federal, state, and tribal laws, and the historical development and status of treaties, legislation, court decisions, and tribal governments.
Study of the development, structure and powers of Indian tribal government. Special emphasis is placed on the law and legal relationships between tribal, state and federal governments.
An analysis of current American Indian life including inquiry into government policies, economics, social adjustment to non-Indian society, and cultural changes as these relate to Indian citizens on and off the reservation.
Examines culture of the Siouan-speaking tribes of the Northern Plains using historical, anthropological, and linguistic approaches. The course focuses on the three divisions of the Sioux peoples, namely Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota. It also may include other Siouan-speaking tribes such as the Mandan, Omaha and Winnebago.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: AIS/HIST 257 or Instructor consent
Approaches American Indian thought from an experiential point of view. Examines myth and legends to construct outlooks or world views of American Indians.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: AIS/HIST 257 or Instructor consent
This course explores Native conceptualizations of mental health and illness and the impact of colonization. It also covers the resiliency of native peoples and the role of psychology in the healing process.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Suggested course prerequisite: PSYC 101
This course focuses on Sioux tribes and covers the history of Indian-White relations by reviewing national Indian policy and the history of the Great Plains and by examining the history of reservation societies in the United States.
This course examines the leadership and activism of American Indian women during the Red Power Movement of the 1970s. The course explores a definition of resistance that is culturally and historically specific to Native women. By viewing gender as a social construction that has cultural fluidity, students will analyze how Native women understood and contested their many roles through time and across cultures.
AIS 490 - Seminar: Senior Capstone for AIS Majors (C)
A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Note Registration restriction: Department and Instructor consent
Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
A complete dissection of the human subject is performed. Clinical correlations are emphasized. This course is open only to students enrolled in the Medical Biology or Health Sciences program, have completed at least 60-credit hours of coursework, and have a current Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: ANAT 411 and consent of instructor
Introduces the nature of human culture as an adaptive ecological and evolutionary system, emphasizing basic anthropological concepts, principles and problems. Draws data from both traditional and industrial cultures to cover such concepts as values & beliefs, social organization, economic and political order, science, technology, and aesthetic expression.
Note (C) denotes common course
Meets USD Graduation Requirement in Globalization.
A course designed to prepare the student for writing social science papers and other written communications. This course is intended for students in pre-professional programs and will provide practical writing and editing experience.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: SOC 100, and three hours of English composition.
Focuses upon the interactive process between human biology and human culture, drawing relationships among such concepts as human evolution, human heredity, human biological diversity, and biological micro-adaptations.
An introduction to anthropological archaeology. Examines long-term cultural development, man-land interaction, and field and laboratory methods. Includes a survey of world prehistory.
The study of human sexuality as it relates to anthropology and sociology. Topics include: primate sexuality, evolution of sexuality, human reproductive physiology, sexual behavior in non-Western cultures, and sociological perspectives on sexuality in contemporary American society.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: SOC 100 or ANTH 210 or SOCW 200
An introduction to the nature of theories of human social and cultural behavior and their construction. Major approaches from anthropology and sociology will be examined in order to better comprehend elements essential to generating knowledge of social behavior.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ANTH 210 OR SOC 100
Focuses on the evolution of Native American cultures in South Dakota from the first Paleo Indian big game hunters through the advanced horticulture and nomadic hunting people at the time of European contact.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ANTH 230
A comprehensive survey of forensic science with technical and scientific detail that introduces the breadth and richness of forensic science, including introductions to forensic pathology, crime scene investigation, laboratory forensic science, forensic applications in the social sciences, and ending with ethical and legal issues. Laboratory activities will be incorporated throughout the course.
The discipline of historical archaeology employs the methods of archaeology and history. Historical archaeologists study the past by integrating material culture and documentary research. Interpretations are anthropologically oriented. Students will survey historical archaeology, examine case examples, and study methods and theories. They will practice historical archaeology in a laboratory setting using artifacts and documents.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Examines specific cultural adaptations of Plains Indian tribes from prehistoric through modern ecological situations with an emphasis on the Northern Great Plains.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ANTH 210 or 230