Students will be awarded the Interstate Passport at Northern State University once they complete the 6 SDBOR System General Education Goals and Requirements, a total of 30 credits. Students transferring in to NSU with a completed Passport from another Passport school will start with the SDBOR General Education Goals considered complete.

This area aligns with SDBOR System General Education Goal #2: Students will communicate effectively and responsibly through listening and speaking. Students must take one course from the approved Oral Communication list.

This area aligns with SDBOR Goal #1: Students will write effectively and responsibly and will understand and interpret the written expression of others. Students will satisfy this by taking both ENGL 101 and 201.

This area aligns with SDBOR Goal #5: Students will understand and apply fundamental mathematical processes and reasoning: Students must take one course from the Quantitative Literacy list.

This area aligns with SDBOR Goal # 6: Students will understand the fundamental principles of natural sciences and apply scientific methods of inquiry to investigate the natural world. Students must take 2 lectures and co-requisite labs from the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences lists.

This area along with the Creative Expression area align with SDBOR Goal #4: Students will understand the diversity and complexity of the human experience through the study of the arts and humanities. Students must take two courses with different prefixes from the two lists. Students can accomplish by taking 1 course from the Creative Expression list and 1 course from the Human Cultures list.

Skills are acquired in courses taken for other areas from the list below. There are no specific credit requirements for this area.

This area along with the Human Cultures area align with SDBOR Goal #4: Students will understand the diversity and complexity of the human experience through the study of the arts and humanities. Students must take two courses with different prefixes from the two lists. Students can accomplish by taking 1 course from the Creative Expression list and 1 course from the Human Cultures list.

Skills are acquired through courses in the other areas including courses with labs, communications courses and theatre/acting courses. There are no specific credit requirements for this area.

This area aligns with SDBOR Goal #3: Students will understand the organization, potential, and diversity of the human community through study of social sciences. Students must take two courses with different prefixes from the Human Society and The Individual list.