Schools
Academic history
BSU has 25 undergraduate majors, 11 master’s programs, and a doctoral program in disciplines such as as diverse as
computer science, education, human resource development, communications, and nursing. In partnership with the University of Maryland, Bowie State University became the first
historically black university to include overseas studies. It was also the first university in the nation to offer a bachleor
degree in pedology. Programs also include a rare doctoral degree in education
leadership, a program for educational administrators.In 1995, NASA and the National Science Foundation awarded $27 million as one of only six schools in the nation
declared
Model Institutions for
Excellence 
in science, engineering, and
mathmatics. This lead to a strengthening of the already growing computer science program; in 1999, the Maryland Higher Education Commission approved the schools additional focus in
computers and technology. Since then new technology related programs including music technology and a strengthened computer
science department have been added. Further examples of the technological focus include addition of the university grounds
becoming a Wireless campus, and in 2004, the online registration
program replaced the previous system.
