Services
Center for Professional Success
The Center for Professional Success (CPS) is a comprehensive resource center that supports the academic and career development of College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHSS) students. The CPS provides a variety of services including internship placement through the CHSS Match Internship Program, which allows students from any college to earn up to 12 credits through approved internship experiences, networking events, travel funding, and career development workshops.
CHSS Field School
The CHSS Field School offers impactful experiential learning opportunities, including field work, workshops, credit-bearing courses, and grant-funded programs for university and high school students during the summer and academic year. For 2023-2024, programs include the Battle Lab Archaeology and Public History summer course offered at Red Bank Battlefield Park; Ethics, Policy, and College Skills workshops for high school students; and a grant funded program: “Discover Cairo, Learn Arabic through STARTALK at Rowan University” for spring/summer 2024.
Hollybush Institute for Global Peace and Security
This institute builds on the legacy of the 1967 Glassboro Summit by promoting scholarly research, educational activities, and community outreach related to the history and practice of international dialogue to promote global security, peace, and the rule of law. Imbued with the “Spirit of Glassboro,” as President Lyndon Johnson called it, the Institute builds bridges between the humanities and the arts and sciences to inspire innovative global thinking.
The Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU)
The Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University serves the academic mission of the university as a unit for teaching and learning that contributes to academic excellence. Its collections, public service programs, and research serve to enhance the public understanding and appreciation of the human experience.
Rowan Center for the Study of Holocaust
Genocide, and Human Rights The Rowan Center for the Study of Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (RCHGHR) is a leading center in New Jersey for teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides. The RCHGHR offers a range of programs each semester dedicated to combating bias, prejudice, and anti-Semitism by highlighting human rights and the dignity of every person.
Rowan University Center for Social Science Research
The Rowan University Center for Social Science Research (RCSSR) conducts empirical social science research, data collection and evaluation. RCSSR provides skills, trainings, resources, and support for faculty, students, staff and the community at large who need to use social science methods to carry out systematic, evidence-based, and collaborative research, evaluation and grant writing.
Social-Behavioral, Security and Law Enforcement Cannabis Center (SSLC) Passage of voter-driven marijuana laws for recreational use signals a societal shift in attitudes for cannabis use in New Jersey. As part of the Rowan University Institute for Cannabis Research, Policy, & Workforce Development, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences houses the hub focusing on the Socio-Behavioral Impact and Enforcement of Legalized Cannabis. Our goal is to become the reference to New Jersey and other states for cannabis research and training for social science research, law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies, and public policy.
The Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy The Sweeney Center was created to fill the need for an independent bipartisan public policy center to conduct research and develop pragmatic solutions to complex policy issues based on data-driven analysis, rigorous academic research, and convening working groups that bring together policy experts, stakeholders, and advocates to reach consensus.
Programs Offered
The College provides expert faculty who have distinguished themselves in their disciplines through research, scholarship, and other professional activities. Our faculty help students learn both in the classroom, through engaging lectures and interactive pedagogical approaches, and outside of the classroom, through research projects and experiential learning, which is incorporated into every CHSS program. CHSS faculty care genuinely about the success of our students and make themselves available for mentoring and academic discussion. The College also houses the Exploratory Studies program for students who have not yet declared a major, including the pre-Business program for students interested in business, and provides Rowan Core courses in the humanities and the social sciences that give students a breadth of knowledge while developing skills in oral and written communication, critical thinking, and research.
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