Over the next year you will see both this site grow with opportunities for personal and professional activities designed to advance both an individual's personal and career goals as well as the expansion of Bowie State University beyond the physical boundaries of our home campus.

Some of the activities Continuing Education and External Program will be responsible for are:

• Management of the Non-Degree enrollment process.
• This office will work with individuals who would like to enroll into courses for continued certification or personal of career advancement without the entry into a degree program.
• We will process the non-degree application, work with you on the initial course enrollment and make ensure that you have the tools to reach your educational goals.
  
• Manage the expansion of Bowie State University to off-campus locations to serve the needs of our extended communities.
• This office will work closely with academic departments that wish to offer their programs in off-campus locations.
• We will work with the departments in identifying the sites for offering programs, coordinate the logistics for facilities and assist in the identifying the targeted pool of potential student.
• Once the off-campus program has become established the Office will coordinate the site logistics and requirements.
  
• Manage both the Winter term and the Summer School sessions.
• This office will work with the academic departments to develop and course schedule for both terms.
• We will publicize the course offerings and work with the administration and faculty to insure a smooth and peaceful winter and summer.
  
• Manage the development of non-credit courses and programs
• The office will lead the university towards the development of a continuing education curriculum that can provide non-credit courses and programs to assist in the professional develop needs of our extended community.
• Manage the university's experiential program
• The Protfolio program offers students the opportunity toutilize their prior work experiences to satisfy the requriements of coursework.  
  
• The program assists inaccelerted time to degree by allowing students the option of not sitting through a class if they can document the manner in which their work experiences satisfy the objectives and outcomes of the class.

These are a few of the areas in which this office will become involved.  We are looking forward to becoming an essential part of the Bowie State University community. 

To the left are some links that will allow you to navigate the Bowie State University site.  There is also a link to the Non-Degree Application form.

Welcome to Bowie State University.

Jerry L. Isaac
Director, Continuing Education 
and External Programs