University of Baltimore - New & Renamed Majors!

Integrated Arts - In the new B.A. in Integrated Arts program, students will immerse themselves in an artistic world, experiencing arts production and performance while studying arts analysis and management. They’ll concentrate in the art that interests them most: visual art, music, theater, dance, creative writing, and filmmaking. They’ll take courses in arts production and performance, history, appreciation and analysis of the arts, government and business as they relate to the arts, and technology’s impact on and importance to the arts. They’ll learn about the cultural, political and economic aspects of the arts while specializing in areas like creative writing, creative multimedia, graphic design, visual arts, theater, dance, music, photography and filmmaking. When they graduate, they’ll be prepared to work for businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies that deal in, represent or interact with artists and the arts.

Real Estate and Economic Development, Construction Management – Students who successfully complete an associate’s degree in Construction Management (or a related field) are invited to apply for our B.S. in Real Estate and Economic Development. As part of the 60 transfer credits, we will waive 15 credits of the upper division electives, giving students the opportunity to complete the major requirements and general education requirements within the 120 credit degree program. Students will graduate with a B.S. in Real Estate and Economic Development.

For more information, please contact Dr. Deborah Ford, professor of finance, at 410.837.4997 or dford@ubalt.edu.

UPDATE! Information Systems and Technology Management (formally Management Information Systems) - Combining business knowledge with an emphasis on information systems technologies and management, the Information Systems and Technology Management program will teach how to analyze work flow and design information systems or Web sites, implement middleware that bridges mainframes and the Internet, build and manage networks and intranets, conceptualize and implement complex databases, set up security measures and build business-to-business networks. ISTM provides the in-depth technical skills and business background students need to serve as an information manager and prepares students for career opportunities in the areas of applications programming, data warehousing administration, database administration, database development and implementation, e-business development and implementation and IT consulting.

Faculty and alumni are looking for classes to visit. To learn more, contact Dr. Danielle Fowler, assistant professor, at 410.837.6625 or dfowler@ubalt.edu.

Research Majors by Looking at the Big Picture

As a student at Montgomery College, it’s easy to focus on the first two years of courses for a major without looking at the big picture. To choose a major carefully, you’ll need to see what the upper-level courses look like – what will you take in your junior and senior year?

Some schools offer charts which show course titles required – Salisbury University gives students a good overview of all the courses, 120 credits, required for a degree. Here is the full list of Salisbury’s Majors: www.salisbury.edu/checklists/undergrad.html These are course titles for Exercise Science at Salisbury University.

Here's another example of courses required at the junior and senior-level for Environmental Studies, at Shenandoah University, VA

Reading upper-level course descriptions gives you the full picture of what you’ll actually be studying. On any school’s website, find “Academics” or “Majors” and go to the major’s page – for example, these are the 300- and 400-level course descriptions for students who study History at UM College Park: www.history.umd.edu/Programs/majWorksheet.html

Some schools will divide information by ‘undergraduate’ (bachelor’s degrees) and ‘graduate’ – master’s and doctoral degrees available after you finish your four-year undergraduate work.

You can roughly estimate that a four-year degree consists of 40 courses (5 per semester, 10 per year) – which 40 courses will you need for YOUR degree?