Arizona State University Digital Immersion

What is the history of Arizona State University Digital Immersion?

Arizona State University Digital Immersion is the reporting designation associated with ASU's online education, rather than a separate university with a traditional campus in Scottsdale. Its institutional history begins with Arizona State University, founded in Tempe in 1885 as the Territorial Normal School to prepare teachers.

The institution expanded beyond teacher education, adopted several names and became Arizona State University in 1958. ASU later developed a broad portfolio of online degrees under the ASU Online name. That distinction matters when reading historical claims: ASU's 1885 founding date describes the university, not the date its online programs began.

What are the faculties and departments at Arizona State University Digital Immersion?

Arizona State University Digital Immersion draws its online programs from ASU's academic colleges and schools. Students earn ASU credentials in programs approved for online delivery; they are not enrolled in a separate Scottsdale-based faculty.

The online catalog includes programs associated with colleges such as the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, W. P. Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, College of Health Solutions, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Representative subjects include business, psychology, computer science, engineering, health, education and public service. ASU offers online bachelor's, master's and other credentials, but availability varies by degree level and major. A program's catalog entry is the place to check required courses, any in-person components and professional-licensure disclosures.

What is the location of Arizona State University Digital Immersion?

Arizona State University Digital Immersion is identified with Scottsdale, Arizona, for institutional reporting, but students generally attend through ASU Online rather than traveling to a Scottsdale classroom campus. ASU's main physical campus is in nearby Tempe, and the university has other locations across metropolitan Phoenix.

This arrangement gives online students geographic flexibility: most coursework can be completed from outside Arizona, while a particular program may still require placements, clinical work, field experiences or other activities at an approved site. Students considering an occasional campus visit should check the location of the relevant office or event; "Scottsdale" in the reporting designation does not mean every ASU service is based there.

What is the mission and vision of Arizona State University Digital Immersion?

Arizona State University Digital Immersion operates within ASU's stated mission to be a comprehensive public research university that expands access and measures its success partly by whom it includes. Online delivery is one way ASU pursues that institutional purpose.

ASU's charter also emphasizes research that benefits the public and responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves. Those are institutional priorities, not a promise that every online course or individual student outcome will meet them. For applicants, the practical question is how a particular degree translates those aims into curriculum, advising and opportunities to apply what they learn.