The Bachelor of Science in technology program is designed for community college graduates of two-year applied sciences career programs. Students will be granted a maximum of 60 semester hours for the associate degree and will be required to complete a minimum of 60 semester hours at Bowie State University to qualify for the bachelor's degree. Additional courses may be required to satisfy the University general education requirements. On admission to the program, students will develop a degree completion plan in consultation with their advisors, selecting 20 courses that will meet their educational and career objectives.

Business Technology General Degree Requirements

HEED 102Life and Health3
PHIL 103Introduction to Principles of Reasoning3
HIST 114African American History to 1865 or 
HIST 115African American History Since 18653
MGMT 344Organizational Behavior3
ENGL 361Technical Writing I3
COMM 404Organizational Communication3
PSYC 410Group Dynamics3
ECON 498Economics for Management3
ECON 351Business and Economics Statistics3
  1. Students who have taken any of the courses listed above as business technology general degree requirements as part of the associate degree program will not be required to repeat the course. The student's BS degree program in technology will compromise general degree requirements and upper-level business and technology-focused courses. A total of 60 credits must be taken at Bowie State University to complete the baccalaureate degree program.
  2. Students must have two science courses (one with a laboratory experience) to meet bachelor's degree requirements. Science courses taken as part of the associate degree program will meet this requirement. Bowie State University will offer science courses to fulfill the general requirements for those students who did not meet this requirement as part of the associate degree program.
  3. Students must have a college algebra course equivalent to Bowie State University's MATH 125 to meet bachelor's degree requirements. An equivalent mathematics course taken as part of the associate degree program will fulfill this requirement.
  4. ENGL 101 and 102 are prerequisites for the program and must be taken prior to admission to the program.
  5. Students must take the English Proficiency Examination at Bowie State University during the first semester, if ENGL 101 and 102 have been successfully completed.

Core Curriculum

ACCT 211Principles of Accounting I3
BUIS 260Computer Applications in Business3
BUIS 360Information Systems for Management3
BUIS 361Analysis and Design for Business Information Systems3
BUIS 362Databases for Business3
BUIS 461Telecommunications Systems in Business3
BUIS 462Decision Support Systems3
BUIS 463Electronic Commerce3
CTEC 125Introduction to Visual Basic3
CTEC 291Object-Oriented Programming in C++3
CTEC 302Computer Networking3
FINA 320Principles of Finance3
MKTG 231Principles of Marketing3
MGMT 241Principles of Management3
MGMT 440Business Strategy and Policy3
MGMT 480Production and Operations Management3
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Electives (select any four courses and the Business School elective)

BUAD 350Business Law I3
BUAD 351Business Law II3
ECON 321Money and Banking3
COSC 375Object-Oriented Design and Development3
CTEC 214Client Operating Systems3
CTEC 305Server Administration I3
CTEC 396Java Programming3
CTEC 405Server Administration II3
CTEC 410Internet Technology3
CTEC 415Internet Applications I3
CTEC 425Internet Applications II3
CTEC 435UNIX System Administration3
MGMT 441Entrepreneurship and New Enterprises3
MGMT 442Small Business Operations and Management3
 Business School Elective3

Business School electives are 300-400 level courses selected from ACCT, BUAD, BUIS, ECON, FINA, MGMT, or MKTG

For more information please contact:

Tony Yorkman, MS, Coordinator
Phone: 301-860-3649
Fax: 301-860-3593
Email: tyorkman@bowiestate.edu

Or

David Anyiwo, PhD, Chair
Phone: 301-860-3626
Fax: 301-860-3593
Email: danyiwo@bowiestate.edu