institution of higher education open to qual-
ified men and women without regard to race,
religion or national origin. Established ini-
tially to provide mature adult students with
evening instruction in Business and Law, the
University has grown steadily in purpose and
function over the past half century.
In 1975 as the result of Chapter 694,
Acts of 1973, the University of Baltimore
was brought into the State higher educa-
tional system as "an upper division academic
institution, that is, third and fourth colle-
giate year and post graduate studies." The
University was also instructed to maintain
"professional schools and graduate pro-
grams" and was placed under the adminis-
trative direction of the then Board of Trus-
tees of the State Colleges.
As a specialized upper division, graduate
and professional institution, the only one of
its kind in Maryland, the University con-
sists of the College of Liberal Arts, the
School of Business, the Graduate School, the
School of Law and the College of Continu-
ing Education which operates extension and
summer programs and enrolls part time,
special and non-degree candidate students
in a variety of credit and non-credit courses
and activities. Undergraduate programs in-
clude twenty areas of specialization leading
to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of
Science degrees. Graduate programs include
the Master of Business Administration with
nine areas of concentration, the Master of
Science in Accounting, Applied Psychology,
Criminal Justice, Economics and Taxation
and the Master of Public Administration.
Professional programs include the Juris Doc-
tor in Law and four combined programs
with the Graduate School, three in Business
and Law, one in Criminal Justice and Law.
All degree programs are available in the
evening as well as during the day. Enroll-
ment for the Fall, 1975 semester was 1,858
full time day students, 4,116 part time and
evening students, 5,974 total.
The University is accredited by the Mid-
dle States Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools, the Maryland State Board
of Education and the American Bar Asso-
ciation (Code 1957, 1975 Repl. Vol.. Art.
77A, sees. 11(a), 12(g), 14L and 14M). |
Staff: 1975, 236 (full-time),
157 (part-time);
1976,260 (full-time),
183 (part-time);
1977, 307 (full-time),
185 (part-time).
BOWIE STATE COLLEGE
Samuel L. Myers, Ph.D., President
Bowie (Prince George's
County) 20715 Telephone: 262-3350
Bowie State College was established orig-
inally in 1967 as the Baltimore Normal
School, a private Institution. By Chapter
599, Acts of 1908, the State purchased this
School and moved it to its present location.
It was then renamed the State Teachers
College at Bowie. The College adopted its
present name and became a general State
College on July 1, 1963. Bowie State Col-
lege is located on a 237-acre tract approxi-
mately eighteen miles northeast of Washing-
ton and situated in the middle of a triangle
of Baltimore, Washington, and Annapolis.
The College is fully accredited by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education, the
Council on Social Work, and by the De-
partment of Education of Maryland.
The College currently offers baccalaureate
degree programs both in teacher education
and in the arts and sciences. "There are
fifteen major departments with offerings in
seventeen areas. A graduate program lead-
ing to the master's degree in education with
concentrations in nine areas was initiated in
September 1967. The Adler-Dreikurs Insti-
tute of Human Relations, initiated in 1975,
offers the master's degree as well as a va-
riety of certificate programs. Special Pro-
grams include a five-year Cooperative Work-
Study Program, Student Special Services Pro-
gram, Center for Educational Technology
and Communications, three-year / two-year
Engineering Program with George Washing-
ton University, and Evening and Weekend
Programs for Continuing Education.
The enrollment for 1975-1976 was 3,098.
Faculty and Staff (all Divisions) : 510. |
