Miami University-Middletown

Applied Biology

Biology is the study of all living organisms, from the microscopic to macroscopic. The biology faculty at the Regionals offer a wide range of courses that provide a solid background in two primary concentrations for the BS in Applied Biology: 1) Environmental Biology and 2) Human Biology & Health Sciences. Each concentration trains students in critical thinking, scientific inquiry, and the application of science to societal issues.

Commerce

The associate of applied business degree is for those who want to enter business fields and those who want to improve their career opportunities. Associate's degree programs emphasize the development of practical business skills. Graduates without extensive work experience typically start in entry-level, management-support positions and advance to more responsible positions with experience, motivation, and ability.

Communication Studies

Communication is broadly defined as the process people use to generate meaning through messages across a variety of different contexts, channels, and cultures. The Communication Studies major will help students develop in-demand job skills that will assist them in their career path. The major provides students with a strong core foundation in the study of communication, while also offering students advanced studies in particular communication contexts.

Community Arts and Cultures

The Bachelor of Arts in Community Arts and Cultures degree prepares students for a variety of careers in the arts and related fields through its focus on critical thinking, creative problem solving, community involvement, collaborative enterprise, and practical methods for communicating aesthetic and cultural values.

Computer and Information Technology

Computer and Information Technology focuses on the development and support of computing and networked systems.

Computer Technology

The computer technology major continuation option is designed for students who wish to earn an associate degree at the regional campuses and ultimately obtain a bachelor's degree in one of three computing programs that can be completed at the Oxford campus. It allows students to complete an Associate Degree in Applied Science by taking approximately half of the courses for a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering.

Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Science in criminal justice at Miami's Regional locations offers students a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of crime, justice, punishment and corrections, policing, and the legal system within the context of a liberal arts education.

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice is the study of law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Graduates are employed as law enforcement officers; probation and parole officers; corrections officers; and may work within private security agencies. Courses required within this program may be applied to bachelor degree programs in Criminal Justice and related fields.

Cybersecurity & Networking

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a major in Cybersecurity & Networking addresses the technology and processes used by IT and Network professionals to protect an organizations' computer systems and networks from digital attacks. This program provides hands on instruction in computing, routers and switches with a focus on security including designing secure networks, penetration testing, cryptography, and ethical hacking.

Digital Commerce

Commerce is the broad system of organizations producing goods and services for their markets to satisfy their stakeholders. The Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Digital Commerce major includes courses that prepare students to work in Digital Commerce positions with a focus on the needs of small businesses.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

This program includes course work in both electrical and electronic and computer fields, providing depth and breadth in the fundamentals as well as in the advanced technology found in modern electrical/electronic and computing systems. Topics of study include AC and DC circuit analysis, analog and digital electronics, programmable logic controllers, microprocessors, local area networks (LAN), and C++ and assembly language programming.

Engineering Technology

The Engineering Technology baccalaureate degree is a completion program for graduates of associate degree programs in engineering technology and related fields, allowing students who possess an associate degree to complete the bachelor's degree in approximately the equivalent of two years of full-time work. Graduates are engineers prepared to fill industrial positions in areas directly related to product design, process control, testing, manufacturing, sales, and service.

English Studies

A Bachelor of Arts with a major in English Studies prepares students to be critical and creative readers, thinkers, and writers. The major will develop students' ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate, and communicate knowledge in multiple mediums. The BA in English Studies will reflect the rich and varied nature of the discipline, allowing students to draw on courses in literature, creative writing, professional writing and rhetoric, cultural studies, and linguistics.

General Studies

This program is available to students enrolled at any campus of Miami University who have not completed the requirements for a Bachelor's degree. Students completing Miami's Associate in Arts degree are required to complete 36 semester hours of Ohio Transfer 36 approved coursework in the Miami Plan Perspectives Areas, and select a 12 semester hour concentration area to complete within the required 62 semester hours of the degree.

Hospitality Management

Commerce is the broad system of organizations producing goods and services for their markets to satisfy their stakeholders. The Bachelor of Science in Commerce Hospitality Management major draws courses from a variety of disciplines to prepare students to work in hospitality management as well as other organizations in managerial and staff capacities.

Information Technology

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a major in Information Technology (BSIT) is a broad program of study that prepares students to support the computing infrastructures and needs of individuals and organizations across a variety of domains.

Integrative Studies

Integrative learning is a process by which students connect knowledge and skills from multiple sources and experiences, apply knowledge and skills in varied settings, analyze diverse points of view, and understand issues contextually. Students in Integrative Studies build a Bachelor's degree that works best for them, by making connections among fields of study that fit their educational, career, and personal goals.

Liberal Studies (Bachelor of Arts)

The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies program extends students' breadth of learning across multiple disciplines and develops their competencies in critical thinking, written and oral communication, problem solving, and collaboration. Through the selection of two cognate areas and the completion of two advanced Liberal Studies courses, students marshal their breadth of learning and competencies to address real-world challenges.

Liberal Studies (Bachelor of Science)

The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies program extends students' breadth of learning across multiple disciplines and develops their competencies in critical thinking, written and oral communication, problem solving, and collaboration. Students completing a primary cognate in Business, Engineering and Computing, Education, Health and Society, or Professional Studies and Applied Sciences will earn a Bachelor of Science.

Manufacturing Foundations

The Miami University Manufacturing Foundations Certificate is a state-wide program that prepares students for entry-level positions in the high demand field of Manufacturing. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to use a commercially available CAD system to create meaningful engineering drawings and will learn methods to apply fundamental knowledge of engineering materials and why they are utilized in an industrial application.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

This program emphasizes courses in computer-aided drafting (CAD), computer-aided engineering analysis and design, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer numerical control programming (CNC), and engineering mechanics. Courses include laboratory experiences working with modern materials-testing equipment, CAD/CAM hardware and software, and microprocessor-controlled robots.

Nursing

The MSN program is designed for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) prepared nurses at all levels of experience who are seeking to move forward into advanced nursing practice. The program will appeal to registered nurses who prefer online flexibility in education, but who also desire some face-to-face instruction for high-level skills and advanced technology.

Nursing

Miami University offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, which is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). This program provides a balance of liberal arts and professional nursing courses, with emphasis on the nursing process as it pertains to health promotion and health restoration for clients, families, and populations in communities and in acute care settings.

Nursing Practice

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is designed to build upon prior learning acquired through an MSN program. The focus of this DNP program is to prepare advanced practice nurses for roles in organizational/systems leadership and innovative and evidence-based approaches for increasingly complex leadership roles. This program will be completely online with the exception of site-based practicum experiences.

Prekindergarten Education

This program prepares students to provide education and care for children up to five years of age who are not yet in kindergarten. Graduates may be employed in public, corporate, or private care centers, preschools, or Head Start facilities, either as teachers or in administration. Successful completion of the Prekindergarten Program meets the Ohio Department of Education academic requirements for the Initial Five-Year Professional Licensure in Prekindergarten Education.

Psychological Science

Psychological Science uses empirical evidence to understand how and why people act, think, feel, and behave. Psychological Science majors can expect to gain an in-depth understanding of how to design, conduct, and interpret empirical research as they are developing a broad understanding of current knowledge regarding the contributions of biological, behavioral, cognitive, cultural, social, individual, and developmental influences.

Sales Management

Commerce is the broad system of organizations producing goods and services for their markets to satisfy their stakeholders. The Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Sales Management major draws courses from a variety of disciplines to prepare students to work in sales/sales management as well as other organizations in managerial and staff capacities.

Small Business Management

Commerce is the broad system of organizations producing goods and services for their markets to satisfy their stakeholders. The Bachelor of Science in Commerce and the Small Business Management major draws courses from a variety of disciplines to prepare students to work in small businesses and other organizations in managerial and staff capacities.

Technical Study

This technically-oriented program is offered through the combined disciplines of commerce, computer information technology, health technology, services technology, and engineering technology. Students work with a university advisor to develop an interdisciplinary plan of study with an area of concentration and a well-rounded program, providing the flexibility to tailor an associate degree to specific needs.