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Capitol College is authorized by the stateof Maryland (Maryland Higher EducationCommission, 6 N. Liberty St., Baltimore, MD21201, 410-767-3301) to confer bachelor ofscience (BS) degrees in astronautical engineering, business administration, computerengineering, computer science, electricalengineering, information assurance, management of information technology, softwareengineering and web development. The college is authorized to confer BS and associatein applied science (AAS) degrees in computerengineering technology, electronics engineering technology, and telecommunicationsengineering technology. The BS programs inbusiness administration and management ofinformation technology are fully accreditedby the International Assembly for CollegiateBusiness Education (IACBE, PO Box 25217,Overland Park, KS 66225).The college is authorized by the state ofMaryland to confer master of science (MS)degrees in astronautical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, information assurance, information and telecommunications systems management, and Internetengineering. The college is authorized by thestate of Maryland to confer a master of business administration (MBA) degree. The MBAand information and telecommunicationssystems management programs are fullyaccredited by the International Assembly forCollegiate Business Education (IACBE, PO Box25217, Overland Park, KS 66225).The college is authorized by the state ofMaryland to confer a doctor of science (DSc)in information assurance.The college is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle StatesAssociation of Colleges and Schools (Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 MarketStreet, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215-6625606). The BS degree programs in electricalengineering, astronautical engineering andcomputer engineering are also accredited bythe Engineering Accreditation Commissionof Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology. The baccalaureate degree programs in computer engineering technology,electronics engineering technology and telecommunications engineering technology arealso accredited by the Technology Accredita-2tion Commission of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (111 MarketPlace, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202,410-347-7700). Capitol College is approvedfor veterans’ education by the MarylandHigher Education Commission.Equal OpportunitiesCapitol College actively subscribes to apolicy of equal educational and employmentopportunity and, in accordance with Title IXof the education amendments of 1972, doesnot discriminate on the basis of race, color,religion, gender, gender identity or expression, gender orientation, sexual orientation,national or ethnic origin, genetics, disability,age, or veteran status in admission, treatment of students or employment.The following members of the CapitolCollege community are designated to receiveinquiries concerning the college’s application of the equal opportunities statement.Inquiries related to the application of Title IXmay be referred to the campus Title IX Coordinator, Melinda Bunnell-Rhyne, the Directorof Administration, Jacqueline Enright, or anyVice President of the college or to the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.Melinda Bunnell-RhyneDean of Student Life and RetentionTitle IX Coordinator and Section 504Coordinator11301 Springfield Rd. Laurel, MD uJacquelyn EnrightDirector of Administration11301 Springfield Rd. Laurel, MD 20708301-369-2547jke@capitol-college.eduChanges in Catalog InformationCapitol College reserves the right to makechanges in policies, procedures, degreerequirements, schedules, course offeringsand other college standards or announcements to meet circumstances that may ariseafter publication.The provisions of this publication are notto be regarded as an irrevocable contractbetween the student and Capitol College.The college reserves the right to change anyCapitol Collegeprovision or requirement in any college publication without notice at any time during thestudent’s term of attendance.Capitol College reserves the right torequire a student to withdraw, or to refuseto grant a degree or certificate if, in the judgment of the administration of the college, thestudent fails to meet the college’s requirements satisfactorily. The college reserves theright to change tuition and fees at any time atthe discretion of the Board of Trustees.Student RecordsThe procedures and guidelines adoptedby Capitol College (hereinafter occasionallyreferred to as the “college”) regarding studentrecords comply fully with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).This federal law establishes the rights ofstudents to inspect and review their records,and provides students with a mechanismfor correcting inaccurate or misleading datafound within a student’s education record.Moreover, FERPA guarantees the privacy ofstudents’ education records. Specifically,FERPA limits the disclosure of personallyidentifiable, non-directory, information fromeducation records, without the consent ofthe student. Consistent with its obligations,Capitol College will not release personallyidentifiable information from a student’s education records without the student’s consent,except in circumstances permitted by FERPA(e.g., in connection with a health or safetyemergency).Education records are records, files, documents and other materials containing information directly related to a student that aremaintained by Capitol College. For example,records maintained by faculty advisors, theOffice of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid,the Business Office, the Office of Career Services, Dean of Students’ Office, and Office ofRegistration and Records, are generally education records.Student Review of Education RecordsStudents are entitled to inspect andreview education records maintained byCapitol College. Students who wish to accessa particular record should contact the officeresponsible for maintaining that record.The college will produce the record within areasonable period of time, although in mostinstances the college will allow the studentto review the record immediately uponrequest. Certain documents, including financial records of parents, are not available tostudents.A student who, after reviewing theirrecords, believes they contain informationthat is inaccurate, misleading, or in violationof the student’s rights of privacy, may requestthat Capitol College amend the record. Students should submit such requests, in writing, to the official from whom the record wasobtained. Alternatively, students may submitwritten requests to Melinda Bunnell-Rhyne,Dean of Student Life and Retention. CapitolCollege will decide whether to amend therecord, as requested by the student, within areasonable time after receiving the request.If Capitol College declines to amend therecord as requested, it will inform the studentof its decision. In this instance, the student isentitled to request a hearing to determine themerits of his or her request.Students may request copies of their Capitol College education records. Reproductionof academic transcripts costs 10 per copy.However, Capitol College will not copy recordsfor students with unpaid financial obligations.Disclosure of Information Contained inEducation RecordsCapitol College will generally not disclosepersonally identifiable information containedin a student’s education records without thestudent’s prior consent. However, FERPAdoes allow Capitol College to disclose suchinformation in certain, limited circumstances.For example, Capitol College may discloseinformation in a student’s education recordsto school officials within Capitol College whomthe college has determined to have a legitimate educational interest in the information.A school official generally has a legitimateeducational interest if the official needs toreview an education record in order to fulfillhis or her professional responsibility. Schoolofficials include: professors; instructors;administrators; health staff; counselors;attorneys; clerical staff; trustees; membersof committees and disciplinary boards; and acontractor, volunteer or other party to whomthe college has outsourced institutional services or functions.Capitol College may also disclose a student’s directory information without consent.Directory information includes, but is not2014-2015 Catalog3General InformationAccreditation

The Capitol CollegeCommitmentLaurel CampusCapitol College occupies the grounds ofthe former Beltsville Speedway. Located justoff the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, thecampus is minutes away from NASA GoddardSpace Flight Center, the Beltsville AgriculturalResearch Center, the laboratory headquartersof the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, andthe Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.The tree-ringed suburban campus features gentle slopes and a small pond. Thesleek white forms of M/A-COM Hall, MCI Halland Telecommunications Hall are connectedby glass-enclosed pedestrian walkways. TheWilliam G. McGowan Academic Center housesstate-of-the-art classrooms, the Space Operations Institute and the Cyber Battle Lab. Thebuildings have high ceilings, skylights andexterior reflective glass walls overlooking thewoods. Apartment-style student housing isavailable for 90 to 120 students.Southern MarylandCapitol College guarantees its qualifiedbachelor’s degree graduates placementin the field of engineering, engineeringtechnology, computer sciences, informationtechnology or business with a competitivesalary within 90 days of graduation,or Capitol College will provide up to 36additional undergraduate credits tuitionfree while students continue their jobsearch.The Capitol College Commitment is awritten job guarantee between the studentand Capitol College. The commitmentis open to all full-time undergraduatestudents (U.S. citizens or permanentresidents).Contact the Office of Career Services formore information.4LocationsSelected courses leading to degrees inelectrical engineering and computer scienceare offered in classrooms at the SouthernMaryland Higher Education Center in California, Maryland, near the Patuxent River NavalAir Station.Mission, Vision andLearning GoalsMotto from the College SealAut viam inveniam aut faciam (Latin).Either find a way or make one.MissionThe mission of Capitol College is to educate individuals for professional opportunitiesin engineering, computer and informationsciences, and business. We provide relevantlearning experiences that lead to success inthe evolving global community.Capitol CollegeVisionIn 2020, in accordance with the MissionStatement, Capitol College will be seen by itsconstituents and by the public as:A STEM focused institution educating inengineering, information sciences and business, that has flexibility and opportunities togrow, and that adapts offerings to emergingworkforce and societal needs.A provider of hands-on, career-relevantlearning that is conducted in an interdisciplinary and interactive environment, where faculty and staff support student achievementand success.A university that delivers programs of similarly outstanding quality through face-to-faceand virtual classrooms, and other forms andmixtures of teaching methods that align withthe learning needs of our students.An organization with faculty and leadership who stimulate and implement new curricula for the professions we serve, and thatbenefit a diverse community of learners.An organization that is closely linked to itsconstituency of local, national, and international partners in business and government,and that provides influence for future technology development and policies.A university that develops graduates withcommunications, analysis and critical thinking skills that allow them to be successful in aglobal environment and pursue lifelong learning as technical professionals, leaders andinnovators.ValuesThe core values are the characteristics weembrace in working together to fulfill the mission and achieve the vision of the institution. Quality – always striving for continuousimprovement Growth – expanding and changing tomeet new needs of society Leadership – offering creative, supportive and shared leadership Balance – maintaining a balancebetween competing needs Integrity – being honest, ethical andopen Teamwork – exercising collective effortto support students and staff Communications –providing timely anduseful information Flexibility – discovering and seizingopportunities Safety – maintaining awareness andprevention of accidents and threatsStudentsCapitol College’s student body mirrorsthe 21st century diversity of American highereducation. Academically prepared and motivated high school graduates come to CapitolCollege to complete educational experiencesthat will open career opportunities for them.Working adults, veterans and transfer students come to Capitol College to completeundergraduate programs of study that willopen or enhance career opportunities forthem. Established professionals come toCapitol College to expand their skills by earning graduate degrees or completing shortterm learning experiences. The diversity ofstudents enriches the learning environmentof the college.Learning GoalsCapitol College seeks to prepare graduates who demonstrate four characteristics:Employability: The ability to enter andadvance in technical and managerial careers,appropriate to their level and area of study,immediately upon graduation.Communications: Mastery of traditionaland technological techniques of communicating ideas effectively & persuasively.Preparation of the Mind: The broad intellectual grounding in technical and generalsubjects required to embrace future technicaland managerial opportunities with success.Professionalism: Commitment to life longlearning, ethical practice and participation inprofessions and communities.2014-2015 Catalog5General Informationlimited to, the student’s name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, photograph, date and place of birth, major fieldof study, grade level/class, enrollment status(e.g., undergraduate or graduate, full-time orpart-time), dates of attendance, participationin officially recognized activities and sports,degrees, honors, and awards received, andprevious educational agencies or institutionsattended.Students may restrict the release of directory information, except to school officialswith legitimate educational interests. To doso, a student must make a written requestdirected to the Office of Registration andRecords. Once filed, this request will becomea permanent part of the student’s record untilthe student instructs the college, in writing, toremove the request.Allegations that Capitol College is not incompliance with FERPA may be directed, inwriting, to the Family Policy Compliance Officeat the U.S. Department of Education.

Four principles define the educationalphilosophy of Capitol College. Academic programs must be: Grounded in both theory and practice inorder to prepare graduates for immediate employment and long-term professional careers, Fundamentally hands on and practiceoriented to provide the technical skillsfor students to be immediately employable upon graduation, Tied to the contemporary needs ofindustry so that curriculum reform anddevelopment are pragmatic, and Enriched by courses in the liberal artsto provide every graduate with anenhanced sense of self, society, historyand aesthetics.Strategic GoalsElevating Education and ExpandingEnrollmentCapitol College is an institution that offerscareer relevant curriculum with quality learning outcomes. The strategy includes continuing to expand educational offerings at higherlevels of degree attainment, program completion, and learner qualifications and outcomes.Capitol will accelerate the strategy to becomemore globally known and active in servinginternational countries, companies and learners. The 52-acre campus will be built-out toaccommodate current and future growth involume and diversity of educational programsand student services. Capitol will increasestudent enrollment to 1500 by Fall 2018.Diversifying Institutional ResourcesCapitol will enhance its financialresources by expanding the range andamount of funding available to the institution,aligning costs with strategic initiatives, andexpanding corporate relationships. Capitolwill increase annual revenue from philanthropy to 1.34 million by 2018 through acoordinated advancement plan.Extending Family of OrganizationalPartnersThe mission of Capitol College is to provide relevant learning experiences that leadto success in the evolving global community.6In order to achieve the mission, Capitol willenhance and expand corporate relationships.Capitol will increase annual revenue fromservices to corporations and governmentagencies to 500,000 by 2018.Maintaining Institutional ViabilityCapitol College is committed to providingrelevant learning in a quality learning environment. Capitol continuously reviews the highereducation landscape to identify opportunitiesto revise and enhance the learning environment, either online or on campus. Capitol willdevelop plans to ensure the sustainability ofthe organization.HistorySince its start more than 80 years ago,Capitol College has remained true to its mission – preparing students for careers in aquickly changing world. With a tradition ofacademic excellence and practical learning,Capitol College has equipped its alumni withthe knowledge and skills to evolve with theadvanced sophistication of technology.Capitol College was founded in Washington, DC as the Capitol Radio EngineeringInstitute in 1927, by Eugene H. Rietzke. ANavy veteran and radio operator, Rietzkeforesaw the need for an advanced school thatcould produce talented radio and electronicstechnicians. CREI began as a correspondenceschool, but its popularity led to the 1932opening of a residence division allowingstudents to work hands on in laboratories.As radio technology improved, new trainingprograms and courses were quickly added.Following World War II, CREI became one ofthe first three technical institutes accreditedby the Engineers’ Council for ProfessionalDevelopment.The institute entered a new era in themid-1950s when it began awarding threeyear AAS degrees. The school expanded itsreach to new programs in applied engineering and electronics. To reflect this evolution,the institute changed its name to CapitolInstitute of Technology in 1964. It awarded itsfirst bachelor of science degrees in 1966 tofour graduates of its electronics engineeringtechnology program. Anticipating the needfor more room, Capitol relocated in 1969 to aleased space in Kensington, Maryland.Capitol CollegeDuring the following decade, enrollmentincreased and so did the program offerings.In 1976 the Middle States Association ofColleges and Secondary Schools grantedaccreditation to Capitol, and the Nat

may be referred to the campus Title IX Coor-dinator, Melinda Bunnell-Rhyne, the Director of Administration, Jacqueline Enright, or any Vice President of the college or to the Depart-ment of Education's Office of Civil Rights. Melinda Bunnell-Rhyne Dean of Student Life and Retention Title IX Coordinator and Section 504 Coordinator