Nov 20, 2024

2024-2025 Rowan University Academic Catalog

Accelerated Dual Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Master of Arts in Diversity & Inclusion

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Overview

This Accelerated Dual Degree program offers students an opportunity to earn a B.A. in Anthropology with a Diversity & Inclusion track and an M.A. in Diversity & Inclusion in five years. Students may apply to the program after earning at least 60 credits or, for transfer students, after earning 15 credits at Rowan. The 12 graduate credits will be applied towards the undergraduate program as well as the graduate program, i.e. students only need to earn 108 undergraduate credits. In addition to earning an M. A. more quickly, students in this program will save tuition through taking 12 credits of M.A. courses as a senior at undergraduate tuition rates.

Accelerated Dual Degree Undergraduate Program Requirements

Required Major Courses: 37 s.h.

BA in Anthropology

In addition to the standard Rowan Core and Rowan Experience requirements (21 s.h.), students must take:

Non Program Courses: 18 s.h.

Any foreign language (3 s.h.)
Same foreign language (3 s.h.)
GEOG 16110 - Cultural Geography Credits: 3 (counts towards Global Literacy.)
or
GEOG 16140 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3
PHIL 09341 - Biomedical Ethics-WI Credits: 3
PHIL 09222 - Business Ethics Credits: 3
PHIL 09218 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 3
or
PHIL 09346 - Feminist Ethics - WI Credits: 3
Humanistic or Global Literacy course
Any Rowan Core Course

Major Requirements

Foundational Courses: 15 s.h.
Required Upper Level and Capstone Courses: 10 s.h.
Anthropology Electives: 12 s.h.
Total: 37 s.h.

Foundational Courses: 15 s.h.

All students must take:

ANTH 02202 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3
ANTH 02203 - Introduction to Archeology Credits: 3
ANTH 02221 - Human Variation Credits: 3
ANTH 02250 - Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics Credits: 3
ANTH 02295 - Introduction to Qualitative Research Credits: 3

Upper Level and Capstone Courses: 10 s.h.

ANTH 02395 - Anthropological Theory Credits: 3
ANTH 02450 - Anthropology Senior Seminar - WI Credits: 3
ANTH 02315 - Forensic Anthropology Credits: 4
or
ANTH 02324 - Archaeological Field Methods Credits: 4

Anthropology Electives: 12 s.h.

Students must take 4 courses from the Elective bank including 3 Upper Level courses (9 s.h.) For this dual major, student must choose to use their elective credits for a track in Diversity & Inclusion. A track is a recommended selection of courses that represents a focused area of study and completes defined requirements for degree completion.

Diversity & Inclusion Track

ANTH 02310 - Native North America Credits: 3
ANTH 02275 - Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity Credits: 3
ANTH 02322 - Sex and Sex Roles in a Cross Cultural Perspective Credits: 3
ANTH 02350 - Comparative Cultures Credits: 3

Free Electives

Students shall take 32 Free Elective credits.

Total Required Credits for the Undergraduate Portion of the Program: 120 or 108** s.h. total.

**The first number is the official number of credits required for the undergraduate degree; however, the second number reflects the actual number of credits students will take through undergraduate coursework since 12 of the graduate credits are completed in the senior year and count towards both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Accelerated Dual Degree Graduate Program Requirements

MA in Diversity & Inclusion

Graduate Level Courses

Required Diversity & Inclusion Graduate Courses taken as an undergraduate: 12 s.h.

DI 68501 - Introduction to Diversity & Inclusion Credits: 3
ANTH 02510 - Qualitative Research Credits: 3

Two out of the following three courses:

HIST 05519 - Political and Social Movements in the US Credits: 3
ENGL 02530 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in U.S. Literature Credits: 3
PHIL 09521 - Philosophical Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Identity Credits: 3

Core Courses taken as a graduate student: 6 s.h.

Any of two the following four courses not taken within their Undergraduate degree:

PHIL 09521 - Philosophical Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Identity Credits: 3
HIST 05519 - Political and Social Movements in the US Credits: 3
ENGL 02530 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in U.S. Literature Credits: 3
SOC 08578 - Critical Race Theory: Application and Intervention Credits: 3

Capstone Courses: 6 s.h.

(Pre-requisites: all core courses)

DI 68590 - Applied Diversity and Inclusion Credits: 3
DI 68591 - Capstone in Applied Diversity and Inclusion Credits: 3

Elective Courses: 6 s.h.

Choose two

CJ 09529 - Community Justice Credits: 3
SOC 08575 - Social Determinants of Health: Theory and Intervention in Urban Settings Credits: 3
SOC 08599 - Urban Environmental Health Credits: 3
SOC 08600 - Social Experience of City Life and Urban Inequalities Credits: 3
HIST 05561 - Early American History Seminar Credits: 3
HIST 05562 - Nineteenth Century American History Seminar Credits: 3
HIST 05563 - Twentieth Century American History Seminar Credits: 3
MAWR 01630 - Writing Difference Credits: 3
MAPR 01541 - Understanding and Writing Grants and Proposals Credits: 1
CASE 90512 - Examining Intersectionality in Critical Theories of Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality and Citizenship Credits: 3
CASE 90513 - History of Urban Education and Communities Credits: 3
CASE 90534 - Disability Studies Credits: 3
CASE 90710 - Power & Privilege: The Social Construction of Difference Credits: 3
DI 68520 - Topics in Diversity and Inclusion Credits: 3

Total credit hours BA 120 (inclusive of 12 graduate hours) + remaining MA: 18 138 s.h.

Total Required Credits for the Graduate Portion of the Program: 30 s.h.

This number includes the 12 graduate credits that may be applied towards both the graduate and undergraduate portions of the program.

Total Required Credits for the Entire ADD Program: 138 s.h.

Requirements for Admission: Students may be admitted to this program as early as the fall of their Junior year (60 credits). Students are encouraged to apply as early as possible to ensure timely completion of the program, but assuming they’ve taken the required courses listed below, they may apply at a later point. Transfer students with at least 60 credits may apply after they have earned at least 15 credits at Rowan, i.e. in their second semester at Rowan. Students must earn at least a C- in all courses that count towards the Anthropology major.

Junior Admission: After earning 60 credits, students who apply to the program must meet the criteria listed below:

Anthropology with a Diversity & Inclusion track
Minimum overall GPA of 3.3 in undergraduate coursework;
Successful completion of
- ANTH 02221 - Human Variation ,
- ANTH 02202 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ,
- ANTH 02295 - Introduction to Qualitative Research
- One course in the Diversity & Inclusion track.
3.3 GPA in the major and overall.
Enrollment in ANTH 02395 - Anthropological Theory and one other course in the Diversity & Inclusion track.

Anthropology majors must also submit the following to be considered for admission to the program.

BA/MA application form.
One letter of recommendation from an undergraduate professor

Requirements for Beginning M.A. Program as a Senior: 90 credits:

Anthropology with a Diversity & Inclusion track
Minimum overall GPA of 3.3 in undergraduate coursework;
Successful completion of
- ANTH 02221 - Human Variation ,
- ANTH 02202 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ,
- ANTH 02295 - Introduction to Qualitative Research
- One course in the Diversity & Inclusion subfield track.
3.3 GPA in the major and overall.
Enrollment in ANTH 02395 - Anthropological Theory and one other course in the Diversity & Inclusion subfield track.

Anthropology majors must also submit the following to be considered for admission to the program.

BA/MA application form.
One letter of recommendation from an undergraduate professor

Requirements for Graduation: To graduate from this accelerated dual degree program with a B.A. and an M.A., students must:

Complete all requirements for the Anthropology B.A. including General Education and Rowan Experience requirements;
Complete all requirements for the M.A., which is a level III program at Rowan. Completion of all requirements for the BA in Anthropology with Diversity & Inclusion track with a grade of C- or better in undergraduate courses, and a C or better in graduate level courses. Completion of all requirements for the MA in Diversity & Inclusion (30 Credit hours) with GPA of at least 3.0, earning no grades lower than a C and no more than two grades of C or C+. Students may repeat a graduate course once when the minimum GPA has not been met.

Student Status: Students will be expected to maintain satisfactory progress through the program: maintain an overall 3.0 GPA, earn at least a C in all M.A. courses, no more than two grades of C or C+, and meet the level III criteria in the M.A. program. Students who enroll in the ADD program who do not maintain satisfactory progress or who wish to discontinue the program may apply up to 12 credits of graduate work, if completed with a C or better, to their undergraduate free elective bank. Students enrolled in this accelerated B.A./M.A. program may take up to 12 credits of graduate courses at the undergraduate rate in their senior year providing they meet the criteria listed above. Beyond this, students will pay graduate tuition rates for their M.A. courses.

Contingency for Students who do not Complete the M.A. program: Students who are dropped from the graduate program or choose not to complete the B.A./M. A. program may earn a B.A. in Anthropology once they have completed all requirements for that undergraduate degree, achieved at least a 2.0 GPA, and earned at least 120 credits. Students may count up to 12 credits of their graduate courses towards their B.A. requirements; these courses will count as free electives towards the 120 credits required for a B.A. If all 12 credits are attained, the student may receive a Graduate Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion after the “Transition and Transfer” form is submitted.