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F-1 students may not be eligible for state or federal financial support, including
scholarships, grants, and fellowships. The applicants may rely fully on private
sponsors (family, friends, etc.) or on personal sources of income.

To ensure adequate time for admission review, applicants inside the U.S. must
apply four months before the application deadline. Applicants outside the U.S.
must apply 10 months prior to the date of entry to allow time for the exchange of
correspondence, evaluation of all necessary documents and the settling of
financial, immigration and housing matters.

Applicants may contact the International Student Advisor 301-860-3830 or
Graduate Admissions 301-860-3448 for information concerning graduate
admission to Bowie State University.

Certificate Program Application

Students in an approved certificate program must complete a Request for a
Certificate Application upon completion of the requirements for a certificate in the
following certificate programs:

Addiction Counseling
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Computer Science
Information Systems Analyst
Organizational Communications
Public Management
Psychotherapy
School Psychology

An application may be obtained from the Graduate School Office and the
completed form should be returned there. Certificates will be awarded upon
completion of the required courses with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0
or better and issued at the end of the semester.

Procedure:

I. Students will complete the courses specified in the Graduate Catalog for
a certificate program.
II. Once courses have been completed the student will obtain from the
Office of the Registrar a copy of the Certificate application form.
III. The student will complete the form and submit it to the Office of the
Registrar for processing.
IV. Certificates will be printed at the end of each semester.

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