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 Child and Adolescent Studies
 Sociology
 Criminal Justice
 Technology Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement

Child and Adolescent Studies and the Sociology major offer either a B.A. or B.S. degree. The B.A. degree
requires 12 semester hours of a foreign language, while the B.S. does not and the Technology Criminal
Justice/Law Enforcement major offer B.S. degrees. The Technology Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement
Track is limited to transfer students who enter Bowie State University with an associate’s degree (60
semester hours) in a technology curriculum and who therefore need only 60 more of 120 semester hours
towards completing a bachelor’s degree. The department also offers minors in Sociology, Criminal Justice
and Child and Adolescent Studies.

THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT STUDIES MAJOR
This major introduces students to the scientific study of the life, development, and socialization of
children and adolescents. The Child and Adolescent Studies Program is an interdisciplinary
undergraduate program that prepares the student for a wide range of research, assessment, evaluation
and management opportunities in institutions and agencies serving children and adolescents, such as:
juvenile correctional institutions, Head Start administration and programs, counseling centers, children’s
hospitals and hospices, daycare centers, schools, social welfare agencies, adoption agencies, youth
centers, clinical settings, street outreach, transitional living, entrepreneurship, and more.

Majors are required to earn at least a “C” in all courses in their major. Seniors also are required to perform
one semester (150 hours) of field placement. After completing ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, Expository
Writing and Argument and Research, students must take and successfully pass the Bowie State University
English Proficiency Examination. Transfer students who complete their English composition requirements
must take the English Proficiency Examination during the First Semester of enrollment at the University.
Exceptions to, or substitutions for, the following major requirements are considered only through a formal
process of departmental recommendations. To receive a degree in Child & Adolescent Studies, the
student must complete 120 hours.

CORE REQUIREMENTS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT STUDIES (54 SEMESTER HOURS)
Development
• CAAS 101 Intro to Child and Adolescent Studies
Sociological Topics and Childhood
• CAAS 250 Intergenerational Aspects of Family
• CAAS 270 Sociological Issues
Child Abuse
• CAAS 282 Child Abuse and Family Violence
Legal and Ethical Issues regarding working with children
• CAAS 314 Child Policy & Program Development
• CAAS 354 Legal & Ethical Standards
Field Placement
• CAAS 306 Intro to Field
• CAAS 424 Field and Seminar

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