Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Other Courses

  
  • FRSE 101 - Freshman Seminar

    3 Credits

    Freshman Seminar is designed to assist students’ pursuit of academic excellence and their successful social and academic transition into Bowie State University. It consists of exploring Bowie State’s history and, through engaging experiential and cultural activities, developing critical thinking skills for firm foundations that lead to higher education success. This course is required of all new students and transfer students with fewer than 12 CREDITS transferable semester hours.

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 417 - Accounting Systems

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 and BUIS 260. This course explores systems fundamentals relating to the design requirements to accommodate the flow of accounting information associated with an economic transaction. Consideration is given to such accounting fundamentals as internal controls and adequacy of information needed to complete the requirements of validation, recognition, valuation, and matching. Attention is also given to the part played by the accounting system as an integral part of the management information system.
  
  • ACCT 411 - Advanced Accounting I

    3 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. These courses emphasizes advanced accounting theory applied to specialized problems in partnerships, ventures, consignments, installment sales, insurance reports; the application of mathematics to accounting problems; home, office, and branch accounting; parent and subsidiary accounting; and foreign exchange.
  
  • ACCT 412 - Advanced Accounting II

    3 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 and ACCT 411. These courses emphasizes advanced accounting theory applied to specialized problems in partnerships, ventures, consignments, installment sales, insurance reports; the application of mathematics to accounting problems; home, office, and branch accounting; parent and subsidiary accounting; and foreign exchange.
  
  • ACCT 418 - Auditing

    3 Credits

    (Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. This course emphasizes factors involved in the design and installation of accounting systems: the organization, volume and types of transactions, charts of accounts, accounting manuals, the reporting system, techniques of report writing will be discussed.
  
  • ACCT 316 - Corp & Partnership Acct

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course focuses on those special tax provisions which are unique to corporations and partnerships. Also included are evaluations of potential tax consequences associated with managerial decisions.
  
  • ACCT 313 - Cost Accounting

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course is a study of the fundamental procedure of cost accounting, including cost definition, classification, and allocation, as related specifically to inventory valuation considerations associated with job order costing and processing costing, as well as such related areas as joint-product and by-product costing and the treatment of waste and spoilage.
  
  • ACCT 413 - Gvt & Institutional Acct

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. This course emphasizes the concept and use of funds in accounting for nonprofit institutions. The basis of accounting for municipal and other governmental units, with emphasis on fund accounts, and the related budgetary and encumbrance procedures, also will be discussed.
  
  • ACCT 315 - Income Tax Accounting

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course is a study of the important provisions of the federal tax laws, using illustrations, selected problems, and the preparation of returns.
  
  • ACCT 311 - Inter Accounting I

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 211, 212. These courses are a comprehensive study of the current accounting theories supporting the generally accepted accounting principles. The focus will be on problem solutions relating to the classification and evaluation of all accounts associated with the various types of accounting systems and their proper inclusion in the published financial statements, including a review and an understanding of all pronouncements, concepts, and principles relating to the accounting process.
  
  • ACCT 312 - Inter Accounting II

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 with a grade of C or better. These courses are a comprehensive study of the current accounting theories supporting the generally accepted accounting principles. The focus will be on problem solutions relating to the classification and evaluation of all accounts associated with the various types of accounting systems and their proper inclusion in the published financial statements, including a review and an understanding of all pronouncements, concepts, and principles relating to the accounting process.
  
  • ACCT 416 - Managerial Accounting

    3 Credits

    (Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course is a study of the cost relationships associated with a broad range of managerial decision-making. Concepts included relate to break-even contribution margin (direct US absorption accounting, variance analysis budgeting, including capital budgeting considerations, relevant costs, inventory planning and control, transfer costing) and linear programming techniques.
  
  • ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 101, MATH , 118,125, 127 or higher or Permission of Department. This course focuses on accounting principles, conventions, and concepts underlying financial reporting. Emphasis is placed on the accumulation of financial data, the processes of organizing it for presentation, and its use by managers for decision-making.
  
  • ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 211 with a grade of C or better. This course focuses on accounting principles, conventions, and concepts underlying financial reporting. Emphasis is placed on the accumulation of financial data, the processes of organizing it for presentation, and its use by managers for decision-making.

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 305 - Anthropological Theory

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Status. This course reviews various schools of thought, contributions of scholars, and major concepts that have developed into systematic theory; techniques and methods as related to archaeology, cultural and social anthropology; selected theoretical and methodological problems.
  
  • ANTH 102 - Introduction to Anthropology

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of human evolution, racial origins, fossil man, prehistoric cultures, problems of race, nationality, language, and growth and spread of religion and culture.
  
  • ANTH 304 - Language and Culture

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Status. This course is a study of language, its nature, its structure, and its cultural setting as a system of human communication and interaction through which man understands man and develops a view of the world.
  
  • ANTH 301 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa

    3 Credits

    (Fall Only)
    This course is a study of Africa, including its ethnic and tribal divisions and its cultural behavior, with attention given to the similarities and differences in structure and function of cultural elements.
  
  • ANTH 302 - Peoples of the World

    3 Credits

    (Spring Only)
    This course is a cross-cultural description and analysis of cultural and social institutions. The cultures of a representative number of groups will be studied in terms of their implications for present-day society. Biological and cultural facts about living races are reviewed and analyzed.
  
  • ANTH 405 - Urban Anthropology

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    This course is designed to familiarize students with the scope of urban anthropology through use of the comparative, cross-cultural perspective. Topics include the nature, roles, functions, and cultures of cities, as well as the urbanization process and the urban problems that currently face our society.

Applied Music

  
  • MUSA 145 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 146 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 245 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 246 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 345 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 346 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 445 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 446 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 159 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 160 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 259 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 260 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 359 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 360 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 459 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 460 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 183 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 184 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 283 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 284 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 383 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 384 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 483 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 484 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 175 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 176 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 275 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 276 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 375 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 376 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 475 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 476 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 165 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 166 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 265 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 266 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 365 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 366 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 465 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 466 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 171 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 172 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 271 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 272 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 371 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 372 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 471 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 472 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 177 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 178 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 277 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 278 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 377 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 378 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 477 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 478 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 113 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 114 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 213 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 214 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 313 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 314 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 413 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 414 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 185 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 186 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 285 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 286 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 385 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 386 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 485 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 486 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 157 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 158 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 257 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 258 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 357 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 358 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 457 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 458 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
 

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