Accounting |
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Educate students through a learning-centered environment. Graduates will be prepared for entry into and advancement in careers in business and for contributions to their global and local communities.
B.S. in Accounting
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Biology |
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To foster, through our programs and facilities, the personal, educational, and professional development of our students and faculty in the field of biology within the Bemidji State University community.
B.S. Clinical Laboratory Science
To provide both the essential framework of biology and an introduction to the specific aspects of biology that give rise to the technical assays and tests regularly used within the clinical laboratory setting.
B.S. in Science Education, Life Science Specialty
B.S. and B.A. in Biology/B.S. in Aquatic Biology
B.S. Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
No mission statement or student learning outcomes available
M.S. in Biology
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Business Administration |
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Educate students through a learning-centered environment. Graduates will be prepared for entry into advancement in careers in business and for contributions to their global and local communities.
B.S. in Business Administration
B.S. in Computer Information Systems
B.S. in Marketing Communication
M.B.A. Business Administration
Educate students through a learning-centered environment. Graduates will be prepared for advanced and managerial entry into careers in business and for contributions to their global and local communities.
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Center for Sustainability Studies |
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B.S. in Economics
The Economics Program in the Center for Sustainability Studies offers courses leading to a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics and an Economics minor. Vision: For students to be able 1) to critically analyze issues related to the economy, business, public policy and society; 2) to engage in research by applying economic theories to the development of dynamic public policy and business decisions; 3) more broadly, to obtain the problem solving skills that can be applied to their higher academic training in varies disciplines or their professional career in varies fields. Mission: Members of the Economics faculty within the Center for Sustainability Studies engage in research and in turn offer their expertise in the classroom 1) to provide students with interdisciplinary training of knowledge and skills necessary for critical thinking in economics and the social sciences; 2) to teach students qualitative and quantitative methodology necessary for economic and social science research; 3) to instill in students the tools necessary to engage in socio-economic problem solving.
B.S. in Environmental Studies
B.S. in Science Education, Earth and Space Science Specialty
No mission statement or student learning outcomes available
M.S. Environmental Studies
B.A. and B.S. in Geography and B.A.S. in Wilderness Management
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Chemistry |
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The mission of the Chemistry Department is to provide a challenging and supportive environment for students to learn chemical principles and laboratory skills, enhance their critical thinking and communication skills, and become responsible in their use of scientific knowledge.
B.A. and B.S. in Chemistry
B.S. in Science Education, Chemistry Specialty
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Criminal Justice |
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The Department’s mission is to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of how the Criminal Justice system functions, and to introduce students to the basic knowledge that scholarship has produced relating to crime and the administration of justice. Having an interdisciplinary focus, the major develops critical thinking, communication skills, technology skills, and exposure to scientific and theoretical models. Equally important, the department will instruct students in the use of ethical professional behavior.
B.S. in Criminal Justice
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English |
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B.A. in English
To foster the ability to appreciate, evaluate and create the myriad forms of practical and aesthetic communication. Based on these results, we are pleased with curriculum and our successes. We will continue to monitor student success in these areas, communicate with the Reacting to the Past materials with suggestions based on our students' experiences, and introduce study of poetic meters into lower-level classes to better prepare students for Shakespeare study.
B.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing
B.S. in English Education, Teacher Licensure
To foster the ability to appreciate, evaluate and create the myriad forms of practical and aesthetic communication.
M.S. and M.A. in English
To foster the ability to appreciate, evaluate and create the myriad forms of practical and aesthetic communication at the graduate level.
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Honors Program |
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The Honors Program of Bemidji State University offers motivated students an intellectually challenging, supportive environment that encourages transdisciplinary learning, academic excellence and service to the global community.
Honors Program Participation
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Humanities |
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The Department of Humanities embraces diverse ways of knowing and communicating with intellectual rigor. We strive to promote courses and programs that cultivate critical and creative thinking, that sharpen contextual interpretations of the many different modes in the expression of human experience and thought. We seek to cultivate an appreciation and grasp of the methods and traditions central to studies within the Humanities, Philosophy, Art History, Theatre and History that will inspire life-long learning and creative activity, an appreciation of inquiry and learning, a tolerance of opposing views, and a thoughtful openness to new ideas.
B.A. in Humanities
B.A. in Philosophy
B.A. and B.S. in History
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International Studies |
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The International Studies program seeks to promote awareness and knowledge of the global community and its component cultures/nations and to encourage an appreciation of other peoples. It will seek to achieve this mission through the achievement of the following objectives: 1. The International Studies Program will subscribe to a process of continuous improvement in its curriculum, teaching methodologies, and faculty development. 2. It will seek to recruit interested and committed faculty across campus in order to offer its courses. 3. It will strive to engage students from the area in its programs, courses, and study abroad offerings so that they may become active participants in the global community. 4. It will encourage a campus-wide global perspective to raise overall awareness of other regions, nations, and cultures. 5. It will encourage its faculty to embark on a process of continual improvement and professional development. 6. It will promote enrollment in the International Studies major and minor, and will also seek to enroll students from other disciplines in its courses.
B.A. in International Studies
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Languages & Indigenous Studies |
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Vision: Students are transformed through linguistic proficiency and culture literacy, to act with greater awareness of self, of other cultures, and of their own relationship and responsibility to those cultures. Mission: To provide excellent instruction in language, literature, culture and linguistics.
B.A. in Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Studies Bemidji State University: Vision Statement To achieve this wisdom the Indigenous Studies Bachelor of Arts degree at Bemidji State University recognizes that a significant amount of empowerment must be transferred from Indigenous educators to students of Indigenous Studies in order to advance the unique scholarly framework which supports diverse Indigenous nations. Mission Statement The opportunity to meet the challenge to integrate Indigenous knowledge at Bemidji State University observes frameworks unintended to recognize such approaches and perspectives. Yet, this opportunity offers cutting edge opportunities in setting the pace with Two Plus Two colleges with Indian Studies programs locally and regionally. It invites an all-encompassing transformation in thinking that is needed so that Indigenous knowledge is seen from a position of strength and equality. It also opens up a true equitably balanced (bi-cultural) partnership between Bemidji State University and the Indigenous Studies Program. The mission of Indigenous Studies is unique to Bemidji State University to recognizing the unique relationships native academics have with their extended families, communities, and nations. It includes acknowledging the Minnesota homeland of the Anishnabe and Dakota people. This sensibility identifies the need to collaborate with the local/regional educational tribal leaders at the community college level as an inclusive way to address their visions. This broader scope is a paradigm shift from learning and studying to experiencing Indigenous intellect and thought through Indigenous world views and interactions. (World view is consciousness, language, and identity.) The Indigenous Studies program at Bemidji State University acknowledges that Indigenous knowledge is embedded in the community and is passed on by doing. Everything done at the college must resonate with the local Indigenous communities because the communities who define who are their citizens. This mission is open to unique delivery methods and educational opportunities for tribal people, who are less assimilated and less likely to attend classes on campus. (Many traditional individuals hold key cultural positions, some are leaders, and some work directly in their communities.) This opportunity reaches out to those who can have a tribal-nation-wide- impact utilizing traditional and contemporary Indigenous Studies frameworks that address issues regarding Indigenous sovereignty federal government, law, culture, language, spirituality, identity, education, poverty, violence and substance abuse.
B.A. in Spanish
B.S. in Spanish Education, Teacher Licensure
Minor in Ojibwe
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Mass Communication |
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The mission of the BSU Mass Communication Department is to shape skilled, knowledgeable and ethical mass communicators for a dynamic, complex global venue.
Integrated Media Program Outcomes
B.S. in Mass Communication
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Mathematics & Computer Science |
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The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Bemidji State University is dedicated to providing outstanding academic courses of study in mathematics, mathematics education, computer science and statistics. The Department is committed to preparing mathematics, mathematics education and computer science majors for work in industry and the public sector, secondary/middle school teaching and graduate school. The Department is also committed to minors in computer science and mathematics which complement a wide variety of majors and to a mathematics specialty for elementary education majors. In addition, the Department provides useful and needed mathematics and computer science courses for liberal education to all University students and service courses to students in other departments. At the graduate level the Department offers two master’s programs serving the region’s mathematics teachers. In order to achieve its fundamental goals, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science has identified the following professional obligations as basic objectives.
B.S. in Computer Information Systems
B.S. in Computer Science
B.S. in Mathematics
B.S. in Mathematics Education, Teacher Licensure
M.S. Elementary and Middle Level Mathematics Education
M.S. in Mathematics
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Music |
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The primary mission of the Department of Music at Bemidji State University is to prepare students for professional careers in music. The faculty recognizes the need for excellence within a broad liberal education, so the department places equal emphasis on music education, performance and theoretical/historical study in its degree offerings. The Department, an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, also maintains a cultural leadership and development role locally and regionally, while striving to achieve a national and international reputation. The specific objectives of the Music Department are: 1. To provide students interested in teaching careers with the professional knowledge and skills necessary for success in the field. 2. To train students to become critical, independent, creative musicians with necessary background in applied music (private instruction in voice/instrument), music theory, music history and literature, keyboard skills, sight-reading, and music technology; and to become full participants in music professions. 3. To provide all students of the university with opportunities to enrich themselves through participation in Music Department ensembles, academic courses, applied lessons and through attendance at concerts, recitals and lectures. 4. To develop the creative potential of the region through workshops, performances, and a summer music camp.
B.A. in Music
B.S. in Music Education, Teacher Licensure
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Nursing |
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We educate professional nurses to lead inspired lives. To engage in scholarship that supports the development of critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and innovative leaders in care delivery. (Essentials 1, 2 and 3) To teach and support professionalism and professional values in the care of individuals and populations across diverse cultures, ages, and environments. (Essentials 7, 8 and 9) To educate the baccalaureate nurse generalist for a future that includes lifelong learning and professional practice. (Essential 1)
B.S. and A.S. in Nursing
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Human Performance, Sport & Health |
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The Department of Human Performance, Sport and Health provides students with opportunities to excel through purposeful experiences resulting in skills for lifelong learning, skills for citizenship, and skills for work that include communication, use of technology, and appreciation of individual differences. Through our programs, students develop an appreciation of the contributions of physical activity and sport to health by developing personalized exercise programs.
B.A. in Sport Management
B.S. in Community Health
The Department of Physical Education, Health & Sport provides students with opportunities to excel through purposeful experiences resulting in skills, including leadership, communication, use of technology, and appreciation of individual differences. Through our programs, students develop an appreciation of the contributions of physical activity, wellness, and sport to society.
B.S. in Exercise Science
B.S. in Health Education, Teacher Licensure
B.S. in Physical Education, Teacher Licensure
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Physics |
B.S. in Science Education, Physics Specialty
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Political Science |
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The program trains its students to become responsible and effective global citizens, with focus on the application of disciplinary concepts and methods to issues of local, state, national and international concern.
B.A. in Political Science
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Professional Education |
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BSU prepares teachers through inquisitive, involved, reflective practice. The framework outlining our program sets a standard that is rigorous, exemplary and innovative. The curricular structure is research based and organized around the Standards of Effective Practice. Graduates are proficient, collaborative, technologically literate and environmentally aware teachers, who work effectively in various settings with diverse learners.
B.S. in Education
The licensure requirements and subject matter standards for teachers of elementary education are at https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.3200/
Certificate in Online Teaching
MAT in Education
Upon completion of the Master of Arts in Teaching, students will:
M.S. or M.E.d. in Special Education
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Psychology |
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The Psychology Department educates students in the science and applications of psychology, to enhance student development, to prepare students for advanced training in graduate schools and to prepare students for paraprofessional and professional work in the field.
B.S. and B.A. in Psychology
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Social Studies |
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The social studies program prepares students to identify, understand, and work to solve the challenges facing our diverse nation in an increasingly interdependent world. It helps students acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. Competent and responsible citizens are informed and thoughtful, participate in their communities, are involved politically, and exhibit moral and civic virtues.
B.A. in Social Studies
B.S. in Social Studies
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Social Work |
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Prepare students for generalist social work practice that is grounded in community involvement, diversity-informed practice, social and economic justice, professional values and ethics, critical thinking, and global interconnectedness.
B.S. in Social Work
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Sociology & Communication Studies |
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To create learning environments in which we examine social structures and explore capacities for change.
B.A. in Sociology
Women's Studies
Women's Studies Gender Studies (WSGS) offers a gendered perspective of the diversity of human experiences. WSGS courses are interdisciplinary and emphasize participatory education that allows students to explore the role of gender and its practical implications of their basic life experiences. As a result, students will recognize the present and future roles of women and men in the world. Students use the lens of gender to examine such issues as stratification, colonization, power relationships, and cultural stereotypes. In addition, WSGS students extend their learning beyond the classroom through community engagement and social action. Our students will have an opportunity to explore how their future careers are gendered and how their own perceptions affect expectations in work environments.
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Technology, Art & Design |
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Imagine, Create, Innovate & Lead. Developing leaders to imagine, create & innovate. Imagining new worlds of artistic & technological thought, creating responsible citizens and professionals for a sustainable future and global community.
B.A.S. in Applied Engineering, CEL Program
The Applied Engineering Degree Program is designed to prepare individuals to work in a variety of applied engineering settings in business and industry, including construction, communications, manufacturing and transportation. The program is designed ideally for individuals who possess a two-year technical degree. Coupled with a technical degree which provides a focused foundation, junior and senior level courses in the major cover a broad range of applied engineering concepts and applications in areas such as product design, material science, automation, quality, engineering economics and project management. The program provides maximum flexibility for graduates to pursue diverse employment opportunities.
B.A.S. in Applied Management, CEL Program
No outcomes available.
B.S. In Art & Design
Developing leaders to create innovative design solutions for a technological world.
B.S. in Engineering Technology
No outcomes available.
B.S. in Project Management
Developing progressive and thoughtful leaders with the capabilities to successfully meet a future of global challenges in Construction and Facilities Management. No outcomes available. |