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Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Ph.D.
Dean

DEAN’S MESSAGE

Bowie State University has a long and distinguished history as the oldest HBCU in
the state of Maryland and a member of the University System of Maryland. In
1970, BSU was authorized to offer its first graduate degree, the Master of
Education, and has since then increased its graduate programs to nineteen
Masters and two doctoral programs which have been added to the inventory of
graduate level programs approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission
(MHEC).

We are pleased that you have taken an interest in matriculating with. We are
prepared to assist you in becoming a part of our educational community. Our goal
at Bowie State University is to ensure that you enjoy an excellent academic
curricula and a safe learning environment which will help you develop and
enhance quality leadership skills, broaden your social, intellectual, cultural and
international horizons. We present you with this 2016 – 2018 academic years
graduate catalog, and within the pages, you will learn more about the policies and
procedures governing graduate education. We describe in details the processes
that have to be followed and completed in order for a graduate degree to be
earned. We advise you to read and follow the policies in the catalog in order to
successfully navigate your degree.

If you have any questions about the programs as described in the catalog, I ask
that you contact my office at 301-860-3406, or send me an e-mail at
cnwokeafor@bowiestate.edu. I wish you all the best in your academic career with
us.

Sincerely,

Cosmas U. Nwokeafor

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