Master of Business Administration with Concentration in Management

at Rowan University USA

Pursuing your MBA degree at Rowan drives you to learn strategies outside of your comfort zone. You will explore the latest international business trends, apply the newest management tools and techniques, and challenge yourself to improve your business skills, including decision making and collaboration. Studying for your MBA:

• Prepares you for a changing business environment
• Allows you to develop, hone and utilize the best tools you have to adapt to the unavoidable changes in industries, the marketplace, and how people do business
• Helps you adapt and find a new direction in your career or new business opportunities

Accounting Concentration
Join one of the most flexible and customizable MBA programs in the country to hone your skills in specific targeted areas of business – or explore building knowledge across sectors – to expand your insights and set yourself apart from the competition.

An MBA Concentration in Accounting is an ideal option for those that want a career that draws on their quantitative strengths and detail-oriented skill sets along with working on cyclical and special projects involving advising, problem-solving, management and planning. Explore preparing and using financial reporting statements, mastering budgeting processes and operational planning, and advanced accounting principles that are crucial for careers in roles such as CPA, tax manager, budget analyst, or auditing manager. Accounting talent is in demand across diverse industries such as insurance, healthcare, or information technology, as well as in the public sector, serving accounting or financial management functions in nonprofit or government. Long term career goals might include positions such as chief financial officer, financial analyst, or financial manager.

Public relations practitioners create strategy and content to manage an organization’s reputation and tell its story to audiences. Classes simulate real-world challenges as you work with real clients and participate in problem-solving competitions.

Our program holds the Certified Educator in Public Relations credential from the Public Relations Society of America, one of only 30 programs worldwide. Join our student public relations society, named outstanding chapter in the nation eight times.

To play a meaningful role in world discourse, protect our national security and to compete with our international counterparts in every field of study imaginable, the knowledge of modern languages is now a fundamental and indispensable part of every student's education.

As citizens of today's world, our students are equipped with the ability to communicate and interact with large populations of speakers coming from different cultural and ideological backgrounds.

Rowan University's B.A. in Sports Communication and Media (Sports CaM) is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Communication and Creative Arts designed for students interested in the coverage, promotion, broadcasting, language, and cultural impact of contemporary sport. All majors complete Sports CaM's core courses and then choose a concentration in either communication studies, esports, journalism, public relations and advertising, or radio/TV/film production. The degree culminates with an internship in sports communication and media.

Concentration in Sports Communication and Media

• Communication Studies and Sports
• Sports Journalism
• Sports Public Relations & Advertising
• RTF Sports Production
• Esports

Our M.A. in Writing encourages you to explore the principals of craft and the practices of writing. As a graduate student, you have the opportunity to focus on a central area of interest or create a diverse course of study that explores the intersections between creative writing, professional writing, new media, journalism, writing studies, and writing pedagogy.

Our program appeals to many creative professionals, such as:

• Creative writers interested in writing and publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, or other genres
• Educators who currently teach K-12 or who wish to teach writing on the college level
• Professionals who write regularly at work or who aspire to writing-related careers
• Students who wish to prepare for advanced graduate work leading to the M.F.A. or Ph.D.

Our Master of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering provides interdisciplinary coursework designed to increase the understanding and application of engineering principles. All of our program faculty possess expertise in transportation, geo-technology, structures, water resources, and the environment. Courses include applied, hands-on education, and build the knowledge and training needed for students to contribute to the engineering field.

Interdisciplinary areas include mechanics and materials, and sustainability. This specialization also includes the following focus areas: Mechanics and Materials; Signals, Systems and Computational Intelligence; Sustainability; and Transportation Engineering.

Rowan English majors explore how meaning is made in and through language. They study a wide range of literary texts, learning to read closely, to ask sharp questions, and to write skillfully and with purpose. Rowan English majors form a unique and diverse learning community—one that celebrates intellectual curiosity, civic responsibility, and the rigors of research and critical analysis. At all levels of the curriculum, English majors engage with questions of genre, form, style, author, and audience as well as with questions of history, nation, culture, and social identity. The departmental mission is to teach and model the range of traditions and perspectives necessary for the study of literature, its history, and its contexts today.

Pursuing your MBA degree at Rowan drives you to learn strategies outside of your comfort zone. You will explore the latest international business trends, apply the newest management tools and techniques, and challenge yourself to improve your business skills, including decision making and collaboration. Studying for your MBA:

• Prepares you for a changing business environment
• Allows you to develop, hone and utilize the best tools you have to adapt to the unavoidable changes in industries, the marketplace, and how people do business
• Helps you adapt and find a new direction in your career or new business opportunities

HR Management Concentration

Join one of the most flexible and customizable MBA programs in the country to hone your skills in specific targeted areas of business – or explore building knowledge across sectors – to expand your insights and set yourself apart from the competition.

An MBA Concentration in HR Management is an ideal option for those that want a career that builds on their interpersonal skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence. Explore talent management concepts such as hiring, recruiting, training, and managing staff to ensure that a business’s most important assets (its employees) are well prepared and encouraged to thrive in their everyday work environment. Career roles include recruitment and employee screening, performance management, employee relations, enforcement of disciplinary actions, compensation negotiation, management of employee records, continued education, and so on. HR Management is in demand across an unlimited number of industries. Long term career goals include SHRM certification, HRCI certification, succession planning, HR data and analytics, HR information systems, and introducing/maintaining company culture.

Rowan University integrates the study of dance within a liberal arts curriculum that prepares students for lifelong learning. Housed within the Department of Theatre and Dance, a multidisciplinary program committed to experimentation and collaboration, the BA in Dance creates informed artists whose technical training in movement and performance is coupled with intellectual engagement.

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geology are physical science majors composed of foundation courses in science and mathematics; core courses in geology; and upper-level geoscience electives. The BA programs are designed to prepare students to enter the geoscience workforce in consulting firms or government agencies; pursue professional studies; or undertake advanced graduate studies in geoscience disciplines. Students who pursue a BA in Geology have greater flexibility to take electives in environmental science, geography, social sciences, and other disciplines.