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UMS Shady Grove Center
9640 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 738-6033 • FAX (301) 738-6330
Director: Jerry L. Isaac
(jisaac@bowiestate.edu)

Southern Maryland
Higher Education Center
(SMHEC)
44219 Airport Road
California, MD 20619
Director: Jerry L. Isaac
(jisaac@bowiestate.edu)

Summer Semester
Bowie State University’s SUMMER School offers a wide variety of courses that provide individuals
with the opportunity to accelerate a degree program, explore a special interest, or acquire new skills.

Several Summer sessions are offered from June through mid-August. Course offerings are designed
to allow continuing students to take general education and major requirements that will enable
them to shorten their time-to-degree. Our courses are also available to students from other
colleges and universities. Students who have just graduated from high school have an opportunity to
get a head start in the University program of their choice. A maximum of seven semester hours, or
two courses, may be taken in each session.

Credit courses and workshops are available during the day, in the evenings, and on weekends.

Interested persons should contact Continuing Education and External Programs (301-860-3997; toll
free 877-772-6943, x3997) for SUMMER session information.

Mini-Semester
The January Mini-Semester, a three-week session, is designed to give students and faculty the
opportunity to explore topics in an intense and focused session. A student may accelerate his/her
degree program, explore a special interest, or acquire new skills. Graduate and undergraduate
credit and non-credit courses and workshops are available during the day, in the evening, and on
weekends. A maximum of seven semester hours may be taken in the MINI-SEMESTER.
Interested persons should contact Continuing Education and External Programs at (301-860-3997;
toll free 877-772-6943, x3997).

The Portfolio Program (Credit for Life Experience)
Non-traditional undergraduate students who have formally applied to Bowie State University, have
been accepted, and have paid the application and acceptance fees may apply for credit for
experiential learning through the Portfolio Program. Normally, a student should apply to the
Portfolio Program during the First Semester of enrollment at the Institution. A portfolio that
documents and describes adult learning experiences may be done independently or by
participating in a Portfolio Development Seminar following guidelines in the Student Guide to
Portfolio Development.

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