Phone: 701-231-7015 (local); 800-726-1724 (toll-free)

Fax: 701-231-7016

E-mail: NDSU.DCE@ndsu.edu

Graduate Courses

Courses approved at the 600 and 700 level may be taken for graduate credit and used to satisfy course requirements on the student's graduate plan of study. Didactic courses are those courses approved for graduate credit numbered 601-689, 691, 700-789 and 791. Courses numbered 690, 692-699, 790, and 792-799 are considered special or experimental courses and are not to be included as didactic courses on a plan of study. Courses that a student has used to fulfill the requirements of a baccalaureate degree may not be used on that student's graduate plan of study. (Graduate School-General Policies)

Continuing Education Graduate Courses

Graduate courses administered through the Office of Distance and Continuing Education (DCE) are eligible for graduate degree plans of study if they carry a permanent course number, or the 691/791 or 696/796 designation. Courses numbered 691/791 are trial courses and course numbered 696/796 are special topic courses; courses 691/791 are viewed as didactic courses. The 696/796 courses can be counted as didactic courses if they are later approved as permanent courses.

Courses designed for professional advancement are given the number 600. Although such courses are considered graduate level, they cannot be included on NDSU graduate degree plans of study. (Graduate School-General Policies)