Stevenson University

Accounting

The accounting program is designed to provide accounting major graduates with the knowledge required to become successful in today's multi-faceted business world. The core emphasizes financial accounting at the intermediate level, cost accounting, tax accounting, auditing, finance, and business law.

Applied Mathematics

The applied mathematics major provides students with an array of courses that build mathematical skills. Students graduate with a solid background in mathematics and statistics and the ability to use data to solve problems in various disciplines.

Biochemistry

Biochemistry is a scientific discipline that integrates and applies chemical and biological principles in exploring and understanding the chemistry of living organisms. Students are grounded in the chemical, physical, and biological principles that characterize living systems.

Biology (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program provides a broad biological background in environmental, organismal, cellular, and molecular biology.

Biology (B.S.)

The biology program provides students with a broad biological background in environmental, organismal, cellular, and molecular biology. Graduates are prepared for careers in industry or research, graduate school, and admission to medical, dental, veterinary, physical therapy, or other health profession schools.

Biomedical Engineering

The biomedical engineering program prepares students to solve important human health-related scientific problems through the application of engineering principles, ideas, methods, and inventions. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Business Administration

The business administration major provides a strong foundation in business functions and includes courses in management, marketing, finance, accounting, economics, information systems, international business, and business law.

Business Communication (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Communication, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program prepares competent communication practitioners with skills in business, writing, and design.

Business Communication (B.S.)

The business communication program offers a communication degree with specialized skills and knowledge in business, writing, and design in order to prepare competent communication practitioners.

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Chemistry (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program provides a broad background in the study of matter for scientific or technological careers.

Chemistry (B.S.)

Stevenson's chemistry program, planned in accordance with the requirements of the American Chemical Society, offers a broad selection of courses and provides an excellent background for any scientific or technological career. Laboratory work and research are emphasized throughout the curriculum.

Clinical Psychology

The Psy.D. program will prepare clinical psychologists to provide evidence-based and culturally competent clinical services to their communities in assessment, diagnosis, treatment and interventions, supervision, consultation, and advocacy. Students develop skills and competencies consistent with the APA Standards of Accreditation for Health Service Psychology for a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology.

Clinical Psychology

The Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology is a 51-credit, four-semester master's program that is embedded in Stevenson University's Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology curriculum. Admission to this program is only open to students already admitted to the Psy.D. Program.

Communication

The Master of Science in Communication is designed for professionals who want to build a foundation of effective communication competencies for personal and professional advancement. The program helps graduates translate fundamental ideas of communication into real-world applications across various cultural, social, and business settings.

Communication Studies (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program examines how communication functions in personal, public, and professional contexts.

Communication Studies (B.S.)

The communication studies program offers students an opportunity to examine critically how communication functions in personal, public, and professional contexts. Students learn to become ethical and responsible producers and users of messages.

Community-Based Education and Leadership

The Master of Arts in Community-Based Education and Leadership is designed to meet the growing demand for highly qualified professionals to teach, lead, and manage in non-formal education settings. The program prepares students to serve in educational and leadership positions with nonprofit organizations, private and public educational institutions, and government and community agencies.

Community-Based Education and Leadership

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Community-Based Education and Leadership is designed for practicing professionals in non-formal and informal education settings who want to expand their knowledge and leadership to become effective educators and change leaders in their organizations. Coursework for this 15-credit hour certificate program can be completed online.

Computer Information Systems

The computer information systems (CIS) major is designed for the student interested in pursuing a career that combines business and technology. This major consists of courses in computer programming, database design and management, and network administration.

Counseling and Human Services

The counseling and human services program, nationally accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education, equips students to pursue careers in counseling and human services, working with a broad range of age groups in many different areas.

Crime Scene Investigation

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Crime Scene Investigation is designed to prepare students with the skills to evaluate crime scenes and select the appropriate steps to be followed in documenting, collecting, preserving, and processing evidence. This certificate trains professionals to process forensic evidence and report their findings in an ethical manner for the purpose of communicating in a courtroom setting.

Crime Scene Investigation

The Master of Science in Crime Scene Investigation is designed to prepare students to identify, collect, and analyze crime scene evidence and to summarize and communicate their findings in a courtroom setting. Graduates of this degree program will be prepared for careers as crime scene investigators.

Criminal Justice

The criminal justice program provides students a comprehensive and critical understanding of the criminal justice system and the society in which it functions, preparing them for criminal justice careers and postgraduate work as liberal-arts educated professionals.

Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

The cybersecurity and digital forensics bachelor's degree equips students with the ability to protect an organization's information technology assets from cyber-attacks, detect and respond to cyber intrusions, and uncover digital evidence of criminal or unauthorized activity.

Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

The Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics prepares students with in-depth knowledge of forensic tools and techniques and provides opportunities to enhance specialized skillsets in areas such as network and cloud forensics, e-discovery, incident response, and penetration testing.

Digital Forensics

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Digital Forensics prepares students and forensic professionals to identify, acquire, restore, and analyze electronic data. Graduates will be equipped with the skills to communicate their findings, analysis, and conclusions effectively, especially as expert witnesses during trials. The 18-credit hour program can be completed entirely online.

DIGITAL FORENSICS

Digital Transformation and Innovation

The Master of Science in Digital Transformation and Innovation equips students with the skills and knowledge required to help organizations achieve a competitive advantage in an increasingly global, technology-driven, and information-rich marketplace. It addresses the organization, the individual, and the technology across two tracks: emerging technology and innovative leadership.

Early Childhood Education: Liberal Arts and Technology

Stevenson offers a bachelor's degree program in early childhood education: liberal arts and technology (pre-K - grade 3). Courses provide candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be successful elementary teachers, and the program is approved by the Maryland State Department of Education.

Elementary Education: Liberal Arts and Technology

Stevenson offers a bachelor's degree program in elementary education: liberal arts and technology (Grades 1-6). The curriculum provides a strong foundation in liberal arts, mathematics and science, technological competency, and understanding of child development.

English Language and Literature

The English major combines courses in literary analysis, creative and professional writing, publishing, digital studies, and career development to hone the intellectual skills most critical across industries.

Environmental Science

The environmental science program is designed to prepare students to address the integral relationship between humankind and the environment through a study of the principles, methodologies, and practices of the life, physical, and mathematical sciences as they relate to the environment.

Fashion Design

The Fashion Design degree curriculum synthesizes the individual esthetic of the designer with an understanding of the market, historical context of fashion and costume, consumer psychology, materials, and techniques of apparel construction.

FASHION DESIGN

Fashion Merchandising

The fashion merchandising program provides majors with an understanding of merchandising as it relates to the apparel and retail industries, focusing on the business and marketing aspects of production, distribution, and promotion of goods and services.

Film and Moving Image

The Department of Film & Moving Image educates students to be adaptable, flexible, and capable practitioners of filmmaking who can work as directors, writers, producers, cinematographers, editors, motion graphics artists, and sound designers.

FILM, VIDEO AND THEATRE

Forensic Accounting

A Master of Science in Forensic Accounting is designed to prepare students to synthesize the accounting and auditing skills necessary to investigate and analyze financial evidence and to interpret, summarize, and communicate their findings in a courtroom setting.

Forensic Accounting

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program in Forensic Accounting provides accounting students and professionals with the necessary skills in asset protection and financial reporting to prepare them for careers in both investigative accounting and fraud prevention. Coursework can be completed entirely online for this 18-credit hour program.

Forensic Investigation

The Master of Science in Forensic Investigation is designed to prepare students to plan and conduct investigations for business and government agencies. Courses emphasize the gathering and reporting of testimonial and physical evidence and synthesizing results into factually accurate and objective investigative reports and court testimony.

Forensic Investigation

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Forensic Investigation prepares students and law enforcement professionals to effectively conduct interviews and collect physical evidence for the purpose of synthesizing the results into factually accurate and objective reports and court testimony. Coursework can be completed entirely online for this 18-credit hour program.

Forensic Science

The Master of Forensic Science degree, with areas of concentration in Forensic Biology and Forensic Chemistry, provides students with a wide array of training and experience in all areas of forensic science. Graduates are prepared for careers in local, state, or federal government crime laboratories, forensics laboratories, DNA testing facilities, the biotechnology industry, and/or continued study at the doctoral level.

FORENSIC SCIENCES

Forensic Studies

The Master of Science in Forensic Studies is designed to prepare professionals to conduct investigations and examine evidence for presenting findings in legal proceedings as experts in forensic accounting or digital forensics. It is designed for students whose career goals overlap two or more areas within forensics or who wish to develop general knowledge in forensic accounting, information technology, and investigations.

Graphic Design (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program prepares students for professional practice and graduate study in graphic design.

Graphic Design (B.S.)

The graphic design major is designed to prepare students for professional practice and graduate study in graphic design or related fields. Courses address theoretical and practical questions about visual literacy, graphic design, and visual communication theory.

Healthcare Management

The Master of Science in Healthcare Management prepares its graduates for leadership positions in which they plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care, public health agencies, or similar organizations. The program has two areas of concentration: Quality Management and Patient Safety, and Project Management.

Healthcare Management

The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management (HCM) major provides a strong foundation in healthcare administration and includes courses in accounting, finance, healthcare management, healthcare marketing, economics, healthcare information systems, healthcare regulations, and ethics and law.

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

History

Stevenson's history major provides the breadth of a traditional American history major, combined with the opportunity to study and practice the public presentation of history through specialized coursework and internships.

Integrative Learning

The Master of Education in Integrative Learning is designed to equip teachers, instructional leaders, and educational professionals with the knowledge, skills, and ability necessary to promote students' 21st century learning, lead curricular reform, and engage community stakeholders. Degree candidates in this 36-credit program are grounded in social and emotional development of learners, problem-based learning approaches, emerging technologies, and community engagement and leadership.

Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The individually designed major integrates study from two academic disciplines.

Interdisciplinary Studies (B.S.)

The interdisciplinary studies program enables students to develop from two academic disciplines an integrated course of study. This is an individually designed major that allows students to work closely with faculty pursuing academic interests that transcend traditional majors.

Legal Studies

Stevenson's legal studies program was the first in the state, and one of the first in the nation, to be approved as a paralegal education program by the American Bar Association. It is the only ABA-approved bachelor's degree paralegal education program in Maryland.

Literacy Education

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Literacy Education is designed to equip classroom teachers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to increase student success for all learners. Teachers explore current trends in literacy instruction, align curricula with Common Core State Standards and the Every Student Succeeds Act, and meet Maryland State Department of Education coursework requirements for a Reading Teacher endorsement.

Marketing

The marketing major is a program of study using the fundamentals of business and the principles of marketing to learn how to effectively compete for customers and clients through a strong presence on traditional and emerging digital communication channels.

MASTER OF ARTS TEACHING

MAT: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Medical Laboratory Science

Medical laboratory science combines the basic sciences of biology and chemistry with medicine and the clinical sciences. Offered in partnership with Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, the program is accredited by NAACLS and prepares graduates to work as medical laboratory scientists.

Medical Laboratory Science (Categorical Certificate Training Program)

The Categorical Certificate Training Program is available for students who want to become certified as a technologist in a laboratory discipline to be eligible for employment in the clinical laboratory. Requirements can be satisfied by pursuing the minor in Medical Laboratory Science or completing the required courses for the chosen laboratory discipline.

Middle School Education: Liberal Arts and Technology

Stevenson offers a bachelor's degree program in middle school education: liberal arts and technology (Grades 4-9). Candidates complete an area of concentration in either mathematics and science or English language arts and social studies.

NATIONAL BOARD TEACHING PROFESSIONAL

Nursing

The Stevenson University nursing program, fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing, prepares graduates to earn a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing and to take the NCLEX-RN licensure examination.

Nursing

The Master of Science in Nursing is designed to help meet the significant national and state need for more nurses prepared at the graduate level, with a special focus on education, forensic nursing, leadership/management, or population health nursing. The part-time, accelerated, online program is offered to registered nurses who already have a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Nursing Education

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Nursing Education is a 15-credit graduate certificate option designed for registered nurses prepared at least at the baccalaureate level who want to expand their knowledge and practice in the field of nursing education. It helps meet the need for nurse faculty and prepares students to contribute to the nursing profession as educators.

Population Health Nursing

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Population Health Nursing is a 15-credit graduate certificate option designed for registered nurses prepared at least at the baccalaureate level who want to expand their knowledge and practice in the growing fields of population health and care coordination. Students learn the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care coordination services for diverse populations.

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Psychology (B.A.)

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program develops a science-based understanding of human and animal behavior.

Psychology (B.S.)

The psychology major helps students develop a detailed, integrated, and science-based understanding of behavior, including mental processes, and promotes the application of this understanding to benefit human welfare.

Public History

Students have the option of completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public History, fulfilling all SEE requirements, program requirements, and two semesters of a foreign language. The program combines a traditional history major with the public presentation of history.

Quality Management and Patient Safety

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Quality Management and Patient Safety is designed for healthcare professionals who want to learn how to plan, organize, and lead efforts to improve the effectiveness of patient treatment in healthcare organizations. Coursework can be completed entirely online for this 15-credit hour certificate program.

SALES MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Secondary (7-12) STEM Teaching and Learning

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary (7-12) STEM Teaching and Learning is an 18-credit graduate certificate program designed for middle or high school math and science teachers who want to expand their knowledge and practice of inquiry-based collaborative teaching and learning. Graduates can become STEM leaders and resources for their schools.

Teaching with an Early Childhood Focus

The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with an Early Childhood focus prepares candidates for initial certification in early childhood education (grades Prekindergarten-3rd). The program focuses on early childhood social, emotional, and cognitive development, learning science, and effective teaching strategies for diverse learners including an emphasis on multilingual learners.

Teaching with a STEM Focus

The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with a STEM focus prepares candidates for initial certification in secondary education (grades 7-12) in the areas of biology, chemistry, earth/space science, physics, physical science, and mathematics. The program is delivered in an online cohort format and focuses on a STEM approach to teaching and learning.

Theatre and Media Performance

Stevenson's bachelor's degree in Theatre and Media Performance trains the entrepreneurial actor for the 21st century. Students study performance technique, physical and vocal production, text analysis, design, and stagecraft, culminating in a career-focused internship.