School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management

Message from the Dean

I would like to welcome you to the School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management (SBEAST) at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore!

The School’s programs, which encompass business, engineering, and technology are organized
administratively into the Departments of Engineering, Aviation Sciences, Computer Science and
Engineering Technology, Business Management and Accounting, Hospitality and Tourism Management and
The Built Environment. These departments offer strong vibrant undergraduate degree programs in
thirteen (13) undergraduate major fields which include Accounting, Aviation Science, Biomedical
Engineering, Business Administration, Computer Science, Construction Management Technology,
Engineering, Engineering Technology, Finance, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Marketing, PGA
Golf Management and Technology and Engineering Education. The School also offers Master’s degrees
in Applied Computer Science, Career & Technology Education, Cybersecurity Engineering Technology,
Data Science and Analytics Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Applied Computing and Engineering.

Our academic programs are up-to-date and challenging and provide the skills for you to be marketable
and employable in today’s global workforce.

I invite you to browse the School’s website and those of the departments’ links, as well as the other
pages of UMES’s website to learn more about the University and all the opportunities it has to offer.
If you need further information or if you have any comments/suggestions, please feel free to call us,
email, or better yet, visit the campus to meet our faculty and staff and tour our departments and
facilities.

As Dean of the School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management,
it is a pleasure for me to have the opportunity to serve you: our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.
I am excited to be here and look forward to working with the campus community as we continue to propel the
School to become a premier school of learning and discovery.

Sincerely,

Derrek B. Dunn, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management

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