Minors & CUGS
Minors & CUGS
Minors & Certificates of Undergraduate Study
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Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS)
Also available here: https://sites.rowan.edu/student-success/advising/exploring-academic-programs/certificate-of-undergraduate-study.html#communication
Art
A liberal arts program for students who wish to become art teachers or desire a broad academically-oriented education with an emphasis in art, Art Education or General Fine Arts.
Art History
The Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Art is a professional, studio-intensive degree program for students who wish to become illustrators, designers or fine artists and want to develop their work to a professional level. For graphic design and illustration, the BFA is intended to provide the experience and knowledge necessary to construct a professional portfolio for employment. For the fine art student, the BFA is intended to provide the knowledge and experience necessary to develop a body of work and portfolio for acceptance into graduate school or for working as a professional artist.
Audio Recording
Audio Recording is designed to combine courses in Music, Radio TV and Film, and Physics in order to provide students with a basic education in audio recording and technology. Students can take two classes per year for three years to satisfy the requirements for the concentration.
Communication Studies
Communication Studies students focus on the rich complexity of our lived experiences – which are created by and represented through communication.
Creative Writing
The Writing Arts Department at offers a program of study in creative writing leading to a minor. Students must complete 18 hours of coursework selected from a variety of courses in poetry, fiction, children’s stories, plays, television, and film scenarios.
Esports
The Esports Minor offers students the opportunity to acquire and develop foundational knowledge of the media and industries that support professional, competitive video gaming. Students will train in the areas of communication,production, and critical reflection essential to careers in esports.
Film & Television Studies
The Minor in Film and Television Studies offers students critical approaches to the study of film and television in media aesthetics, history, and theory.
Journalism
The Journalism Department prepares students to be successful news and media professionals.
New Media
The New Media Minor allows students to explore evolving media with a focus on the expressive qualities of interactive and digital technology.
Photography
The Photography Minor is designed to offer an aesthetic, technical, critical, and practical understanding of photography and its myriad applications, including marketable production knowledge and techniques. The curriculum emphasizes individual artistic development while integrating theory, experimentation, critique and professional preparedness.
Publishing & Writing for the Public
The Publishing & Writing for the Public Minor offers students an opportunity to study and create across publics, genres, and issues, and publish across multiple industries, communities, and media. Students will explore working in the publishing industry to gain a comprehensive understanding of and practice with the author as client, the text as a dynamic document, and the written work as product.
Social Media Content & Strategies
This minor includes Social Media Strategies; Social Media Content Creation; Social Media Management and Metrics; Digital Public Relations Strategies; Digital Advertising Strategies; Digital Media Processes; New Media; ESports Streaming and Social Platforms; Digital Media and Techniques; Social Media for Journalists; and Social Media & Sports Communication.
Special Events Communication
Courses in this minor include Sports and Entertainment Event Planning; News Trends and Media Relations; Fundraising and Friendrasing in Non- Profits; Strategic Visual Communication, Digital Advertising Strategies; Digital Public Relations Strategies; Publication Layout and Design; and Advanced Publication Layout and Design.
Sports Communication and Media
Rowan is one of only a handful of national universities offering Sports Communication and Media. This interdisciplinary program is designed for students interested in the coverage, promotion, broadcasting and language of contemporary sport.
Strategic Communication
Formerly known as Minor in Advertising, this degree option is now available to all majors. Students are encouraged to start with the introductory classes (PR, Advertising, and Research) and leave Integrated Marketing Communication for the end of the minor. The remaining three classes can be taken in any order, at any time.
Technical & Professional Writing
This 18-hour minor allows students to study techniques and strategies used in genres of technical and professional writing, including within technical, medical, scientific, nonprofit, and other professional contexts.
Writing Arts
Students studying Writing Arts will grow and develop as writers within a variety of writing genres, with opportunities to concentrate in creative writing, technical and professional writing, and publishing.
Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS)
