DCB catalog 2024-25

2 Contents The 2024-2025 Catalog........................................................................... 3 College Majors/Programs of Study ......................................................... 5 Dakota College at Bottineau in Brief....................................................... 7 Academic Calendar ................................................................................ 8 A Message from the Dean...................................................................... 9 History and Mission of Dakota College at Bottineau...............................10 Notification of Rights Under FERPA .......................................................12 General Information .............................................................................16 Admission.......................................................................................16 Summary of Costs ...........................................................................20 Students Services and Campus Life ..................................................23 Academic Information.....................................................................29 Affiliate Programs.................................................................................40 Minot State University/Trinity Campus............................................41 Valley City State University .............................................................42 Development Foundation .....................................................................42 Farm Management Education Program .................................................42 Academic Center for Excellence (ACE)....................................................43 Distance Education ...............................................................................44 Academic Curricula...............................................................................47 Accounting .....................................................................................54 Biology ...........................................................................................55 Business Administration..................................................................55 Business Education .........................................................................55 Chemistry.......................................................................................56 Computer Information Systems.......................................................56 Early Childhood Education...............................................................56 Economics ......................................................................................57 Elementary Education .....................................................................57 English............................................................................................57 Finance...........................................................................................58 Health Professions ..........................................................................58 History ...........................................................................................58 Human Services ..............................................................................59 Natural Resource Management .......................................................59 Marketing & Management ..............................................................59 Mathematics ..................................................................................60 Natural Resource Management .......................................................60 Pharmacy .......................................................................................60 Physical Education ..........................................................................61 Pre-Engineering ..............................................................................61 Psychology .....................................................................................61 Secondary Education.......................................................................62 Social Science .................................................................................62 Special Education ...........................................................................62 Veterinary Science..........................................................................63 Wildlife and Fisheries Technology ...................................................63 Wildlife Management .....................................................................63 Career/Technical Curricula....................................................................65 Agriculture .....................................................................................68 Agriculture Management & Technology AAS..............................68 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.............................................69 Horticulture..............................................................................69 Industrial Hemp Production ......................................................70 Business .........................................................................................71 Advertising and Marketing ........................................................71 Accounting Technology .............................................................72 Information Management .........................................................72 Bookkeeping.............................................................................73 Human Resource Management .................................................73 Reception Services ....................................................................74 Small Business Management .....................................................74 Computer Technology.....................................................................75 Information Technology ............................................................75 Cybersecurity............................................................................76 Education & Human Development ..................................................76 Child Development ...................................................................76 Paraprofessional Education K-12 ...............................................77 Health Professions..........................................................................78 Paramedic Technology ..............................................................78 Dental Assisting ........................................................................79 Dental Hygiene .........................................................................82 Medical Assistant......................................................................84 Medical Administrative Assistant ..............................................84 Medical Coding .........................................................................85 Diagnostic Medical Sonography.................................................85 Practical Nursing.......................................................................86 Natural Resources ..........................................................................92 Natural Resource Management .................................................92 Recreation Management...........................................................93 Urban Forest Management .......................................................94 Wildlife and Fisheries................................................................94 Photography ..................................................................................95 Technical Studies..................................................................................96 Course Descriptions..............................................................................97 Dakota College Administration and Faculty .........................................151 Faculty Ameriti...................................................................................152