1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE DES SUPERNOVA PROGRAM
2.1. Dark Energy Survey
2.2. Exposure Time and Depth
2.3. Field Locations
2.4. Observing Strategy
2.5. Survey Summary
3. SPECTROSCOPY
4.1. Supernova Follow-up Strategy & Target Selection
4.2. ATC
4.3. Data
4.4. Transient Spectroscopic Classification
4.5. Spectroscopy Summary
5. SELECTION FUNCTION
5.1. SSF Derivation
5.2. Data Comparison to Simulations
5.3. Simulation-Based Derivation
5.4. Mu-Bias
6. CONCLUSION