Accelerated Dual Degree: Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management, Master of Arts in Diversity & Inclusion

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Overview

The Department of Management and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies have created this accelerated program to provide a seamless transition between undergraduate and graduate coursework for students wishing to become diversity and inclusion champions. The program will allow qualified students to complete both programs and earn their initial certification in five years.

General Education

All students starting before Fall 2018 and transfer students must complete the University General Education Requirements as described in the Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Rowan Core

All first-time Freshmen starting in Fall 2018 or after must complete the University Rowan Core Requirements as described in Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Rowan Experience

All students must complete the Rowan Experience requirements as described in Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Undergraduate Program Requirements

As listed in Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management

Accelerated Program Requirements

Take one course from the following list of required courses for the MA not taken as an undergraduate:

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

Master of Arts Electives: 6 s.h.

Take two courses from the following list:

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 90710 - Power & Privilege: The Social Construction of Difference Credits: 3
CASE 90513 - History of Urban Education and Communities Credits: 3
CASE 90534 - Disability Studies Credits: 3
DI 68520 - Topics in Diversity and Inclusion Credits: 3

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

Graduate courses in the “Electives for the B.S. and Required Courses for the M.A. taken as an undergraduate” section above
are counted in the 120 s.h. undergraduate program.

Requirements for Admission:
Applicants to the Accelerated Degree program will submit applications for admission to the graduate program in the fall semester of the junior year of the undergraduate program. Application requirements are as follows:

A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 in undergraduate coursework
A complete online Rowan Global application
One letter of recommendation from an undergraduate professor

Requirements for Graduation:
To graduate from the accelerated program students must have a 2.50 GPA in Business courses and a 2.00 overall GPA for the B.S., plus a 3.00 GPA with no grades below C and no more than two grades of C or C+ for the M.A.

Contingency for Students who do not Complete Master of Arts program: Students who choose not to complete the Master’s in Diversity and Inclusion will still be eligible to earn the B.S. in Human Resource Management.