RCBC 2019-2020 Catalog

CATALOGFall 2O19 through Summer 2O2O 3+1 IS A PROGRAM THAT MAKES GETTING YOUR BACHELOR’S DEGREE EVEN EASIER BY STAYING AT RCBC FOR ONE MORE YEAR. Students who enroll in the 3+1 To enroll in the 3+1 program, please follow the steps below program will be able to complete (rcbc.edu/rowan/how-to-enroll): their freshman, sophomore and junior year courses with Rowan 1. Apply to Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC). Make sure you send College at Burlington County all college and high school transcripts to RCBC, fill out the free online application (RCBC) at the community at rcbc.edu/admissions, and declare a major. college cost and their senior year 2. See academic advising, rcbc.edu/advising, to discuss associate degree options and courses with Rowan University at the courses for years 1 and 2. You can also reference the major maps to assist in Rowan University’s tuition cost. selecting courses: rcbc.edu/rowan/major-maps. RCBC graduates enrolling in the 3. Before graduating from RCBC, fill out the 3+1 application for your intended 3+1 program will receive a 15% 3+1 program at rcbc.edu/webadvisor. The earlier the better! discount off of the prevailing on- Please note, nursing students cannot fill out the 3+1 application until they are accepted campus Rowan University tuition to the RCBC nursing major (AAS.Nursing). and fees for classes offered online and in Mount Laurel. 4. Your application will be reviewed. If approved, the Rowan Relations Office will Available 3+1 Majors: provide you with a list of courses to complete your junior year at RCBC. Students • BA in Applied Professional must have a 2.0 to continue on to junior year. Please note, Inclusive Education and Communication Engineering Technology majors need to have a 3.0 GPA and additional requirements before starting the junior year. • BS and BA in Biological Sciences 5. Sign and submit the 3+1 student contract provided by the Rowan Relations Office • BA in Computing to begin your junior year. The Rowan Relations Office will declare and Informatics AAS/AS Advanced and Continuous Studies as your RCBC major. • BS in Electrical Engineering 6. Before the senior year, RCBC will send your information from the 3+1 application Technology to Rowan University along with your RCBC transcript to assist in setting up your • BA in Inclusive Education Rowan University account. If you have transcripts from another school, please • BA in Law and Justice provide Rowan University with an official copy, even if you already provide (Criminal Justice) RCBC with a copy. • BA in Liberal Studies 7. To continue on to Rowan University for the senior year, students must have a (Concentration in Philosophy 2.0 GPA, completed an associate degree, sign the enrollment confirmation form, and Law and Justice Studies) and completed all the recommended courses by the Rowan Relations Office • BS in Mechanical to continue onto Rowan University. Please note, Inclusive Education majors and Engineering Technology Engineering Technology majors need to have a 3.0 GPA and meet all requirements • BS in Nursing of their program before transferring to Rowan University. Students will register for (RN-BSN only) senior year courses through Rowan University and pay their tuition to Rowan • BA in Psychology University’s Bursar’s Office.

For more information, please visit: rcbc.edu/3plus1 900 College Circle Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054 (856) 222-9311 rcbc.edu

A public community college accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) www.msche.org and approved by the State of New Jersey. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The college is approved under Title 38, U.S. Code, for veterans’ education.

Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) is a designated Servicemembers Opportunity College.

The statements, provisions, policies and fees listed in this catalog are not to be regarded as binding between the student and Rowan College at Burlington County. The college reserves all rights to change at any time any of the provisions, programs, courses, schedules, tuitions or fees as may be warranted by economic considerations, enrollments, and/or other circumstances requiring such administrative action.

Each student is held individually responsible for knowledge of the information contained in this catalog. Failure to read and comply with college guidelines, requirements and regulations will not exempt the student from responsibility.

CATALOG FALL 2019 - SUMMER 2020

Rowan College at Burlington County transforms lives by delivering innovative, high-quality and affordable educational experiences in an accessible and diverse environment.

rcbc.edu | 1 2019-2020 Academic Calendar FALL 2019 Early Registration without Service Fee Begins...... April 15 Registration with Service Fee Begins...... July 10 Day & Evening Classes Begin...... August 28 Holiday, Labor Day – College Closed**...... September 2 Last Day to Add...... September 4 Last Day to Drop...... September 11 Holiday, Thanksgiving – College Closed**...... November 27 – December 1 Classes Resume...... December 2 Exam Week...... December 10 – December 16 Holidays – College Closed**...... December 24 – January 1

SPRING 2020* – TENTATIVE Early Registration without Service Fee Begins...... October 15 Registration with Service Fee Begins...... November 15 Spring Intersession...... January 2 – January 13 Day & Evening Classes Begin...... January 17 Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - College Closed**...... January 20 Last day to Add...... January 24 Last day to Drop...... January 31 Spring Break - no classes, college open with full services on weekdays**...... March 2 – March 8 Classes Resume...... March 9 Holiday – College Closed**...... April 10 Holiday – No Classes**...... April 11 – 12 Exam Week...... May 5 – May 11 Health Sciences Commencement ~TENTATIVE...... May 14 Commencement ~TENTATIVE...... May 15

SUMMER 2020*** Summer Classes Begin ~TENTATIVE...... May 15 Holiday, Memorial Day – College Closed**...... May 25 Holiday, Independence Day – College Closed**...... July 4 Last Day of Summer Classes ~TENTATIVE...... August 25

* Payment arrangements must be made seven (7) calendar days from the day of registration* * The dates reference only the traditional 15-week semester; see Academic Calendar (rcbc.edu/academic-calendar) for specific term deadlines and information. ** Online services available. *** See Academic Calendar online (rcbc.edu/academic-calendar) for exact summer semester/term deadlines and information. Calendars are subject to change without notice. Rowan College at Burlington County also offers special classes and semesters in term lengths. Visit rcbc.edu for current dates and payment/refund deadlines.

2 | Rowan College at Burlington County Table of Contents The College at a Glance

Academic Majors...... 4 What does RCBC offer? General Information...... 8 Extensive academic programs and support services are available History, Philosophy and Mission of the College...... 9 to Rowan College at Burlington County students. Among the academic programs for 2019-2020 are the following: Confidentiality of Student Records...... 10 Admission...... 11 Transfer options — Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Associate International Students...... 13 of Science (A.S.) degrees. Designed for transfer to a four-year Financial Information...... 16 institution. Tuition and Fees...... 16 Career programs — Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Registration...... 23 degree. Designed for immediate employment of the student Services for Student Success...... 25 upon graduation. In some cases the student may transfer to Academic Advising...... 25 a four-year institution. Educational Opportunity Fund...... 25 Certificate programs— Career-oriented programs of study. Additional Resources and Services...... 27 For other non-credit and Community Enrichment programs Public Safety/Parking...... 28 visit the college website at rcbc.edu. Library...... 29 Military Education and Veteran Services...... 30 What does it cost to attend RCBC? Tuition and fees for Burlington County residents are Academic Information/Regulations...... 32 exceptionally affordable. For current tuition details Attendance Policy...... 32 please see page 16. Grading System...... 33 Dean’s List...... 34 Is financial aid available? Graduation...... 37 Yes. RCBC students may take advantage of a wide range of state and federal aid programs, as well as locally-sponsored Transcripts...... 37 scholarships. Most aid programs are need-based, while some Transferring to Four-Year Colleges and Universities...... 38 are based on academic achievement and/or potential. Student Life...... 40 Clubs...... 40 Can Veteran education benefits be used at RCBC? Athletics & Recreation...... 42 Veteran educational benefits are approved for use in any of the credit programs. See page 30 for further details. Special Programs and Courses...... 43 Study Abroad...... 45 What are RCBC’s admission requirements? Student Conduct and Responsibilities...... 46 Rowan College at Burlington County is an open-admission Academic Programs...... 47 institution. Anyone who feels he/she can benefit from a college education may enroll at RCBC. For further details, ­including Degree Requirements...... 48 information on the enrollment of non-high school graduates, General Education/Core...... 49 see page 11. A.A. Degree...... 50 A.S. Degree...... 51 A.A.S. & A.F.A. Degrees...... 52 The CEEB college code for A.A.S. for Health Sciences Degrees...... 53 Rowan College at Burlington County is 2180. Meta Majors...... 56 Program Descriptions...... 59 Course Descriptions...... 142 Personnel...... 186 Maps...... 198

Rowan College at Burlington County does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Visit rcbc.edu/hr for more details.

rcbc.edu | 3 Areas of Interest and Corresponding Academic Majors

Below you will find a listing of areas of interest and the major(s) that would fulfill your needs. To learn more about the major(s), turn to the page listed. Accounting Accounting AS.ACC 72 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice AS.CRJ 120 Accounting CRT.ACC 73 Culinary Cooking & Baking SPC.FCB 61 Advanced and Culinary Arts AAS.CUL 62 Continuous Studies Advanced and Continuous Studies AAS.ADC 136 Cybersecurity Cybersecurity AAS.IAC 119 Advanced and Dental Hygiene Dental Hygiene AAS.DHY 101 Continuous Studies AS.ADC 137 Diagnostic Medical Advertising Graphics Graphic Design Sonography Diagnostic Med. Sonography AAS.DMS 102 and Digital Media AAS.GDD 67 Education Education (Science) AS.EDU 86 Air Pollution Environmental Science AS.ENV 128 Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Alternative Energy Alternative Energy Tech. AAS.ALT 87 Electronics Electrical Engineering Tech. AAS.EET 91 American Sign Lang. American Sign Language AS.ASL/DEA 81 Electronic Art Art AA.ART 59 Health Records Elect. Health Records SPC.EHR 103 Art AFA.ART 60 Engineering Chemical Engineering AS.CGR 88 Graphic Design Electrical Engineering Tech. AAS.EET 91 and Digital Media AAS.GDD 67 Engineering AS.EGR 92 Biochemistry Biology AS.BIO 125 Mechanical Engineering Biology Biology AS.BIO 125 Technology AAS.MET 95 Biotechnology AS.BIT 126 English English AA.ENG 83 Business Business Administration AS.BUS 74 Communication Arts AA.COM 82 Business Management Tech. AAS.BMT 75 Entertainment Technologies Sound & Recording Hospitality Engineering AAS.ETS 63 & Tourism Mgmt. AS.HOS 78 Video & Digital Media Prod. AAS.ETV 64 Hospitality CRT.HOS 79 Environment Biology AS.BIO 125 Small Business CRT.BUS 80 Environmental Science AS.ENV 128 Business Technology SPC.BTC 76 Exercise Science Exercise Science Health Business Software Computer Info. Systems AS.INF 115 and Wellness Promotion AS.HWP 104 Computer Management Fashion Fashion Design AAS.FAD 65 Information Systems AAS.MIS 116 Fashion Design SPC.FDC 66 Chemical Technology Chemistry AS.CHE 127 Fashion Product Merch. AS.FPM 77 Chemistry Chemical Engineering AS.CGR 88 Finance Business Administration AS.BUS 74 Chemistry AS.CHE 127 Business Management Tech. AAS.BMT 75 Civil Engineering Construction Mgmt. AS.CON 116 Fine Arts Art AA.ART 59 Communications Communication Arts AA.COM 82 Art AFA.ART 60 Computers Computer Info. Systems AS.INF 115 Music AS.MUS 68 Computer Management Information Systems AAS.MIS 116 Photography AFA.PHO 69 Computer Networking Photography CRT.PHO 70 Support/Servicing SPC.EET 117 Theatre AA.THR 71 Computer Science AS.CSE 118 Fire Fighting Fire Investigation SPC.FSI 121 Computer Networking Fire Science SPC.FSC 122 Technology AAS.PCT 90 Food Cooking & Baking SPC.FCB 61 Cybersecurity AAS.IAC 119 Culinary Arts AAS.CUL 62 Graphic Design and Digital Media AAS.GDD 67 Geoscience Geoscience AS.GSC 129 Construction Construction Mgmt. AS.CON 90

4 | Rowan College at Burlington County Geospatial Nursing Nursing AAS.NUR 111 Technology Geospatial Technology AAS.GIS 93 Office Administration Business Administration AS.BUS 74 Geospatial Technology CRT.GIS 94 Paralegal Paralegal AAS.LEX 123 Graphic Arts/Design Graphic Design Paramedic Paramedic Science AAS.PAR 112 and Digital Media AAS.GDD 67 Paramedic Science Cert. CRT.PAR 113 Hazardous Waste Environmental Science AS.ENV 128 Pharmacy/ Health Professions Addictions Counseling SPC.HSA 132 Pharmaceutical Liberal Arts & Sciences AS.LSC 139 Cancer Registry Mgmt. AAS.MCR 96 Chemistry AS.CHE 127 Cancer Registry Mgmt. CRT.MCR 97 Philosophy Philosophy AA.PHI 85 Cancer Registry Mgmt. SPC.MCR 98 Photography Photography AFA.PHO 69 Coding SPC.ACO 99 Photography CRT.PHO 70 Computed Tomography Cert. SPC.CTC 100 Physical Education Exercise Science Health Dental Hygiene AAS.DHY 101 and Wellness Promotion AS.HWP 104 Diagnostic Med. Sonography AAS.DMS 102 Liberal Arts & Sciences AS.LSC 139 Electronics Health Record SPC.EHR 103 Physics Physics AS.PHY 131 Exercise Science Health Police Science Criminal Justice AS.CRJ 120 and Wellness Promotion AS.HWP 104 Political Science Political Science AA.POL 124 Health Information Pre-Med, Pre-Vet Biology AS.BIO 125 Technology AAS.HIT 105 Liberal Arts & Sciences AS.LSC 139 Health Science AS.HSC 107 Pre-Physical Therapy Biology AS.BIO 125 Health Sciences AAS.HSC 108 Liberal Arts & Sciences AS.LSC 139 Healthcare Informatics AAS.HCI 106 Psychology Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Human Services AAS.HMS 133 Psychology AA.PSY 134 Magnetic Resonance Imaging SPC.MRP 109 Radiography Computed Tomography Cert. SPC.CTC 100 Med. Billing Specialist Cert. SPC.MBS 110 Radiography AAS.RAD 114 Nursing AAS.NUR 111 Social Services Human Services AAS.HMS 133 Paramedic Science AAS.PAR 112 Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Paramedic Science Cert. CRT.PAR 113 Sociology AA.SOC 135 Radiography AAS.RAD 114 Social Sciences Human Services AAS.HMS 133 History History AA.HIS 84 Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Hotel Management Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt. AS.HOS 78 Sociology Sociology AA.SOC 135 Hospitality CRT.HOS 79 Sonography Diagnostic Med. Sonography AAS.DMS 102 Language Arts English AA.ENG 83 Structural Design Engineering AS.EGR 92 Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Sustainability Alternative Energy Technologies AAS.ALT 87 Law/Legal Fields Criminal Justice AS.CRJ 120 Teacher Education (Science) AS.EDU 86 Paralegal AAS.LEX 123 Technical Studies Technical Studies AAS.TES 141 Liberal Arts Liberal Arts AA.LIB 138 Theater Theater AA.THR 71 Liberal Arts & Sciences AS.LSC 139 Tourism Hospitality & Liberal Arts & Sciences CRT.LSC 140 Tourism Mgmt. AS.HOS 78 Management Business Administration AS.BUS 74 Hospitality CRT.HOS 79 Business Management Tech. AAS.BMT 75 Visual Arts Art AA.ART 59 Hospitality Art AFA.ART 60 & Tourism Mgmt. AS.HOS 78 Water/Wastewater Marketing Business Administration AS.BUS 74 Treatment Chemistry AS.CHE 127 Mathematics Mathematics AS.MTH 130 Music Music AS.MUS 68

Information in this catalog is valid at time of printing.

rcbc.edu | 5 College Phone Number/Department Extensions

Mount Holly Campus (609) 267-5618 (856) 222-9311 Willingboro Campus (609) 877-4520

In reference to Contact Extension In reference to Contact Extension Absence from classes Course Professor Non-Credit Courses Workforce Development Academic Advising Academic Advising...... 1461 Institute...... 2537 Accidents (on campus) Public Safety, Mount Laurel..... 2100 Parking Sticker Public Safety, Mount Laurel..... 2100 Adding a Course Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Parking Ticket Fines Conduct Address Change Office of the Registrar...... 1560 on Campus...... rcbc.edu/conduct Athletic Eligibility Athletic Director...... 1493 Racial/Ethnic Harassment Affirmative Action Officer...... 1523 Billing/Refunds Business Office...... 1285 Rentals, College Facilities Rentals...... 1314 Career Counseling Career Services Center...... 1034 Retired Senior Changing a Course Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Volunteer Program RSVP...... 1498 Chargeback Certificates Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Scholarships Foundation...... 2540 Clubs (starting a club, Services for Students faculty advisors) Student Life...... 1238 with Disabilities Student Support Services...... 1208 Counseling Student Support Services...... 1582 Sexual Harassment Public Safety Department...... 2100 Curriculum Change Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Student Support Services Student Support Services...... 1208 Customized Training Workforce Development...... 2520 Student Email Student Help Desk...... 1388 Degree Application Office of the Registrar...... 1203 Distance Education Distance Education...... 1790 Student Government Student Government...... 1443 Dropping a Course Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Student Help Desk Student Help Desk...... 1388 Educational Testing Testing Center...... 1661 Opportunity Fund EOF Director...... 1462 Theft, Stolen Property Public Safety, Mount Laurel..... 2100 Financial Aid Financial Aid...... 1575 Transcripts Office of the Registrar...... 1560 GED/ABE Educational Service...... 3016 Transferring to Graduation: Fulfillment of Requirements Office of the Registrar...... 1203 Another College Advising...... 2737 Graduation Ceremony Student Success...... 1596 Transferring of Credits Office of the Registrar.... 1524, 1378 Illness (on campus) Public Safety, Mount Laurel..... 2100 Tutors Learning Center...... 2096 Intercollegiate Sports Athletic Director...... 1493 Veterans’ Information Military Ed...... 1299 Job Opportunities Career Services...... 1034 Volunteering Volunteer Center...... 1492 Learning Is For Everyone LIFE...... 1498 WebAdvisor Account Student Help Desk...... 1388 Military Education Joint Base MDL...... 4702 Withdrawal from College Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Matriculation Office of Outreach and Admissions...... 1199 Withdrawal from Course Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Name Change Office of the Registrar...... 1560 Work-Study Jobs Career Services...... 1034

6 | Rowan College at Burlington County Terms to Know

When reading this catalog, it will be helpful to familiarize yourself with the following terms and phrases.

Accreditation - Regional agencies Course Number – The three-letter and Independent Study – Independent study regularly send teams to college campuses to three-digit designation that appears before involves a student’s work on course-related analyze academic programs, faculty quality, each course name. The designation will materials outside of regular classroom facilities, etc. Without accreditation, the indicate the curriculum area and level hours. degrees and credits offered by a college or of each course. Internship – Available in selected course university may be subject to skepticism Credit Hour – Each credit hour is a unit areas, the internship provides planned, from other institutions and may not of time, usually 50-60 minutes, that a practical on-the-job experience, in addition transfer to accredited schools. class will meet each week during a given to regular classroom work. Affirmative Action – Institutional efforts semester. Major – The subject area in which the toward equal employment and educational Curriculum – A set of courses designed student chooses to concentrate his/her opportunities for all segments of the to lead to a goal, such as a degree or academic work. population. certificate. Matriculation – To enroll in a college or Apply – Submitting an application to the Dean’s List – A listing of students who university as a candidate for a degree or college. This would be for new students have demonstrated significant academic certificate. and returning students to build a record achievements during a given semester. Navigate – An individualized interactive in Rowan College at Burlington County planning tool that displays a student’s next database system. Degree Audit – See Program Evaluation. steps towards program completion. Degree Requirements – A list of the Assessment Test – As identified by the Practicum – See internship. State of New Jersey, skills are assessed exact courses, subject areas, requirements in reading, writing and mathematics. and credit hours that a student must Prerequisite – A course or courses a All incoming degree-seeking students successfully complete to obtain a specific student must successfully complete before or students registering for eight or more degree. being allowed to register for a more advanced course in the same or related credits are required to take assessment tests Drop – The process of adjusting a student’s subject area. designed to demonstrate strengths and schedule by dropping courses after initial weaknesses. registration. The deadline for dropping a Program Evaluation – An individualized Associate Degree – The degree typically course is based on the semester/term of review of coursework (planned, in-progress, awarded by community and junior colleges that course. Students can drop courses on registered and completed) that displays following the completion of a two-year WebAdvisor or in-person up until the a student’s movement toward degree/ program of study. RCBC offers four such established deadline. certificate completion. degrees in a variety of career Electives – Courses in which the student Register – When a student signs up for and transfer fields. may enroll dependent upon interests, needs classes in a particular semester or term. Audit – The process by which a student and specified criteria. Generally a student Semester – A 15-week period during may register for a course on a no-grade may choose from among a large list of which a student will complete a particular basis. elective courses. course or courses. Auditor – A person taking a course on Freshman – A student who has earned no Semester Hour – See credit hour. a no-grade basis. more than 28 credits. Sophomore – A student who has Bachelor’s/Baccalaureate Degrees – General Education Requirements – completed 29 or more credits successfully. The degree typically awarded by a college Courses which provide all degree students Term – A concentrated period during or university for successful completion of with broad knowledge in a variety of which a student will complete a particular a four-year program of study. Although disciplines (i.e. math, science, English, etc.) course or courses. RCBC does not offer the bachelor’s degree, Grade Point Average – Also known as Transcript – The official record of a it does offer a variety of two-year parallel GPA, calculation to determine a student’s student’s academic performance. programs that will transfer into the third academic progress and status. To determine Tuition – Charges for each registered year of a baccalaureate degree program. the GPA, the student should divide the course for which a student registers. Several four-year colleges offer bachelor’s total number of credits attempted by the degree at RCBC locations. total numerical value of grades received. Withdrawal – A process that is available after the specified Add/Drop period for Commencement – Graduation Hybrid – A course that meets both ceremonies. students who are unable, or, no longer on-campus and online at a scheduled time. wish to complete a course for which they Corequisite – A course that you are Usually, classes meet one day a week in a are officially registered. Withdrawing from required to take while enrolled in another, classroom and the other online. a class will result in a “W” grade on the related course. official college transcript.

rcbc.edu | 7 General Information

Rowan College at Burlington County Rowan College at Burlington County is a Member Board of Trustees 2019 of the Following Educational Advancement Organizations: Mr. George N. Nyikita, Chair Accreditation Board for Engineering National Association for Mr. Christopher J. Brown, Vice Chair Technology (ABET) Research and Planning Mr. James C. Anderson, Jr. Accreditation Commission for Education National Association of College Mr. Kevin Brown in Nursing (ACEN) Admissions Counselors (NACAC) Dr. James Kerfoot African American Chamber of National Association of College and Ms. Renee C. Liciaga Commerce of New Jersey University Business Officers (NACUBO) Ms. Jamie Martin The American Association of Collegiate National Association of Colleges Mr. Daryl Minus-Vincent, Registrars and Admissions Officers and Employers (NACE) Interim Executive Burlington County The American Association of National Council for Instructional Superintendent Community Colleges (AACC) Administrators (NCIA) Mr. Dorion Morgan The American Health Information National Council for Marketing and Mr. Gino A. Pasqualone Management Association (AHIMA) Public Relations (NCMPR) Mr. Mickey Quinn Association of New Jersey Holocaust National Council for Staff, Program Ms. Jillian Volpe, Alumni Trustee Organizations and Organizational Development Dr. Michael A. Cioce, College President and Board Secretary Association of Physical Plant National League for Nursing (NLN) Administrators (APPA) Mr. William Burns, College Solicitor, New Jersey Association of Mathematics Malamut & Associates LLC Burlington County Coalition Teacher Educators (NJAMTE) for Healthy Communities (BCCHC) New Jersey Association of Physical Plant Trustees Emeriti Burlington County Regional Administrators (NJAPPA) Betty Lou Barnard Chamber of Commerce New Jersey Council of Associate Degree Dr. George W. Dean ∞ Center for Agile Partnerships in Nursing Programs (NJCADNP) Judge Victor Friedman Education (CAPE) New Jersey Council of County Colleges Lucille Gerber Chamber of Commerce (NJCCC) John F. Heimmer of Southern New Jersey New Jersey DEP - Bureau of X-Ray Dr. Joseph Howe ∞ The College Board Compliance, Radiologic Technology John Kelley ∞ Commission on Accreditation of Allied Board of Examiners Stephen V. Lee III Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) William K. McDaniel ∞ Consortium for Community New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium Dr. Eric Olandt College Development Lewis M. Parker New Jersey Presidents’ Council ∞ Consortium for Student Retention Malcolm P. Pennypacker ∞ Data Exchange North American Board of Certified Emmett Spurlock Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) ∞ Council of Holocaust Educators Carol H. Talbot Organization for Associate Degree Health Information Management Samuel Thomas Nursing (OADN) Systems Society (HIMSS) Ronald D. Winthers The Quality Matters Program (QM) Instructional Technology Council (ITC) ∞ Deceased United States Distance Learning Joint Review Committee of Education in Association (USDLA) Burlington County Radiologic Technology Board of Chosen Freeholders 2019 Virtual Academic Library Environment Mathematics Association of Two-Year of New Jersey (VALE) Tom Pullion, Director Colleges of New Jersey (MATYCNJ) Balvir Singh, Deputy Director Middle States Association Felicia Hopson of Colleges and Schools Daniel J. O’Connell Mid Atlantic Regional Commission Latham Tiver for Higher Education (MARCHE)

8 | Rowan College at Burlington County Character of the College Historical Perspective Mission In their praise of the college, students The college opened on Sept. 2, 1969 Rowan College at Burlington County and graduates consistently point to the in temporary facilities at Lenape High transforms lives by delivering innovative, excellent learning environment. The School in Medford, with 728 full-time high-quality and affordable educational unique Rowan College at Burlington and 323 part-time students. In 1971, experiences in an accessible and diverse County (RCBC) learning experience the college moved into the Physical environment. encompasses caring faculty and staff Education Center and the Parker Center who want our students to succeed in the on the Pemberton campus. In June of Goals classroom, in their careers, and in their 1972, the Middle States Association 1. Increase awareness and expand of Colleges and Schools accredited other personal endeavors. upon the high-quality academic Rowan College at Burlington County. and enrichment opportunities As an open door institution, RCBC To accommodate the modern needs is dedicated to the development and available and accessible to diverse of the workforce, the college has populations. maintenance of strong academic consistently expanded its program programs for people of all ages and offerings as well as the number of RCBC 2. Provide high school students with abilities. locations throughout Burlington County. skills evaluations and access to A variety of learning situations, including RCBC opened the doors to the Mount opportunities to prepare for college- classroom, lecture hall, laboratory, Laurel campus in 2006 and now also level work. offers classes in the Willingboro Campus, independent study, and distance 3. Provide effective student support Mount Holly Campus, Culinary Arts education, provide students with the Center and at the Joint Base McGuire- services and resources to enable utmost in flexibility. Classes are available Dix-Lakehurst (MDL). Online education learners and increase access. weekdays, evenings, and weekends. has also expanded and RCBC now offers 4. Strengthen and grow distance RCBC offers academic advising, 14 associate degrees and 4 certificates education in order to provide more free tutoring, financial aid opportunities, 100% online. convenient access to academic and other support services to enable New programs are added to the college programs. students to reach their educational curriculum each year to expand the 5. Align expenditures with revenues or and career goals. selection of majors. In addition to the new academic programs, the college identified cost savings. Another aspect of the RCBC offers an array of non-credit classes, 6. Develop and nurture significant environment is our student body. customized training and professional partnerships for cost-effective The average age of the student body is certifications through RCBC’s Workforce academic and employment approximately 24 years, and many classes Development Institute. Personal pathways. benefit from a healthy exchange of ideas enrichment courses are also offered and between students ranging from recent include an aquatics program for all levels 7. Measure quality and effectiveness in high school graduates to senior adults. of swimmers and for all ages. educational design and delivery In keeping pace with the ever-changing 8. Standardize information used to Philosophy technology, RCBC maintains more than gauge perceptions and objectively 950 computer lab stations, teleconference measure institutional quality and RCBC was founded by citizens who rooms, online education and free WiFi effectiveness. believed that learning is a lifelong activity access. The RCBC library maintains and that every person should have extensive online holdings in addition to 9. Provide meaningful educational the opportunity to pursue education. the physical collection and is partnered opportunities, including professional RCBC staff believes that education and with the Burlington County Library development and continuous attention to the past, present, and future System. Every credit course section has improvement. enables individuals to better understand access to a state-of-the-art online course 10. Strengthen the meaningful pathways themselves and actively shape their own environment. that best serve students’ academic, future. The accumulated knowledge In 2015, the college was renamed career and personal goals. and wisdom can improve the quality Rowan College at Burlington County of life for individuals and benefit society under a historic partnership with 11. Strengthen student persistence and as a whole. Rowan University that created seamless retention and achieve increased paths to affordable degrees, including graduation rates. onsite programs. All Rowan College 12. Facilitate an environment supportive at Burlington County students are of curricular and co-curricular conditionally accepted to the Rowan student needs. University upon completion of their associate degree. The 3+1 Program allows students to complete their bachelor’s degree for less than what most universities charge for a single year.

rcbc.edu | 9 Confidentiality of Student Records

The Family Educational Rights and (3) The right to consent to disclosures Public Notice Designating Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students of personally identifiable information Directory Information: certain rights with respect to their contained in the student’s education RCBC hereby designates the following education records. They are: records, except to the extent that FERPA student information as public or (1) The right to inspect and review the authorizes disclosure without consent. directory information. Such information student’s education records within 45 One exception which permits disclosure may be disclosed by the institution for days of the day the college receives a without consent is disclosure to school any purpose, at its discretion: Name, request for access. officials with legitimate educational mailing address, email address, place of Students should submit to the Registrar interests. A school official is a person birth, photographs, grade level, dates or other appropriate official, written employed by the college in an of attendance, enrollment status, most requests that identify the record(s) they administrative, supervisory, academic recent educational institution attended, wish to inspect. The Registrar will make or research, or support staff position major field of study, awards, honors and arrangements for access and notify the (including law enforcement unit degrees received, height and weight of student of the time and place where personnel and health staff); a person or athletic team members and participation the records may be inspected. Records company with whom the college has in officially recognized activities and will be inspected under the supervision contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, sports. of an appropriate college employee. If consultant, or collection agent); a person Students may withhold permission to the records are not maintained by the serving on the Board of Trustees; or a disclose this information under the college official to whom the request was student serving on an official committee, Family Educational Rights and Privacy submitted, that official shall advise the such as a disciplinary or grievance Act of 1974, as amended (FERPA), by student of the correct official to whom committee, or assisting another school completing the Non-Disclosure form on the request should be addressed. official in performing his or her tasks. the college’s website and submitting it to (2) The right to request the amendment A school official has a legitimate the Registrar’s Office. Such notification of the student’s education records that educational interest if the official shall become effective as of the date on the student believes are inaccurate or needs to review an education record in which it is received in the Registrar’s misleading. order to fulfill his or her professional Office and will remain in effect for the responsibility. Rowan College at remainder of the academic year. Students may ask the college to amend Burlington County may also share with a record that they believe is inaccurate partner colleges and universities the or misleading. The written request must educational records of any students who clearly identify the part of the record indicate an intent to enroll in those they want changed, and specify why it is institutions. inaccurate or misleading. (4) The right to file a complaint with If the college decides not to amend the the U.S. Department of Education record as requested by the student, the concerning alleged failures by Rowan college will notify the student of the College at Burlington County to comply decision and advise the student of his with the requirements of FERPA. The or her right to a hearing regarding the name and address of the Office that request for amendment. Additional administers FERPA are: information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the Family Policy Compliance Office student when notified of the right to U.S. Department of Education a hearing. 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 A copy of the RCBC policy and a copy of the FERPA regulations are on file in the offices of the Registrar and the Vice President of Student Success.­

10 | Rowan College at Burlington County Admission

Rowan College at Burlington County Student Health Insurance NOTICE—State of New Jersey has an Open Enrollment Policy. Rowan College at Burlington County is Requires Immunizations RCBC’s academic, professional and no longer required to provide health The State of New Jersey requires all cultural opportunities are accessible insurance to students. full-time (12 or more credits), degree without regard to race, color, national Students will find information regarding seeking students provide proof of origin, sex or handicap. the purchase of insurance on the Business immunizations against measles, mumps, Office page of the RCBC website. and rubella, and hepatitis b. Proof of You may begin your studies at RCBC if: immunizations should be certified by • you have a high school diploma Change of Record Information your health care provider, utilizing the or “Certificate of Immunization” form, • you have an equivalency (GED) Students who wish to make any changes to their academic record must file proper which can be obtained from the college certificate website, rcbc.edu. or forms with the Office of the Registrar. • you are a high school or home- Changes include name, address, Students who are exempt from the schooled student with permission telephone number, or other items on the immunization requirements on grounds or initial application. of medical contraindication, religious • you are a non high school graduate reasons, or age (students born with ability to benefit from a Out-of-County, Out-of-State Students before 1957 are exempt from MMR post-secondary education. Individuals who wish to attend RCBC requirements only), should submit the but are not residents of Burlington “Certificate of Immunization”, indicating Applying to the College County are accepted for admission using the type of exemption, along with the same criteria for admission as for supporting documentation as required. 1. Submit an online application for county residents but will be charged a admission at rcbc.edu; the $20 Students may be admitted and enrolled different tuition rate. (for Chargeback on a provisional basis for their first term non-refundable application fee is Law see page 17). waived. A paper application for if required immunization documentation is not available at the time of registration. admission, submitted to the Office Admission of Adults with Neither a of Outreach and Admissions, must High School Diploma Nor a High If you have any questions about the be accompanied by the $20 School Equivalency Diploma regulations, please contact the Office non-refundable processing fee. Individuals aged 16 or older, who are of Outreach and Admissions at 2. Request an official transcript from out of school and have approved waivers (856) 222-9311, ext. 1199. your secondary school showing from certain authorized personnel, may subjects completed, grades earned, and be admitted to the college. Waivers may Residency Requirements date of graduation. An official General be submitted by high school authorities, Students who indicate on their Education Diploma (GED) transcript a probation or parole officer, New Jersey applications that they are residents of may be submitted as evidence of high State Vocational Rehabilitation counselor Burlington County satisfy the residency school graduation. or judge. requirements by either submitting their online application or signing a paper 3. Request official transcripts to be Students using this option may apply application. If requested, students forwarded from any college previously to the Department of Education, State must be able to submit a notarized attended to: of New Jersey, and petition for a high statement of residency. Any falsification Office of Outreach and Admissions school Equivalency (GED) diploma of information may subject the student 900 College Circle upon completion of 30 college-level to dismissal from Rowan College at Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 credits (numbered 100 or above) taken Burlington County. from categories specified by the State of Note: Some programs have select New Jersey. admissions. Refer to each program’s website for policies specific to the For details, please contact the program: Cancer Registry Management, Office of Outreach and Admissions Coding Certificate, Computed at (856) 222-9311, ext. 1199 or Tomography Certificate, Diagnostic [email protected]. Medical Sonography, Dental Hygiene, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Technology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nursing, Paramedic Science, and Radiography.

rcbc.edu | 11 Readmission Transfer Students must have their transcripts evaluated Students who have not registered Transfer students are welcome at Rowan (course-by-course) by any current for a credit course for three years or College at Burlington County. Students members of NACES (National more must submit an application for seeking to transfer credits from another Association of Credential Evaluation readmission. No application fee is accredited, post-secondary education Services) prior to submitting an charged for readmission. The catalog institution into RCBC must meet the official transcript. in effect at readmission will be used to criteria and fulfill the requirements stated 9. Credits may be awarded for military determine the appropriate curriculum. below. The Rowan College at Burlington training based on an evaluation by Students who have been dismissed for County Office of the Registrar, and the American Council on Education. academic reasons must petition the where appropriate, the Academic Students are responsible for Academic Standards Committee to be Divisions have the responsibility for contacting ACE to have official reinstated. Forms are available from oversight, updating and compliance with transcripts sent to Rowan College at the advising staff at the Mount Laurel the transfer credit policy and procedure. Burlington County. campus. Requirements: 10. Rowan College at Burlington 1. The post-secondary institution where County participates in NJ Transfer High School Students the credits were earned must be and accepts all course equivalencies In select cases, high school students may enroll for college credit courses. All high accredited by the appropriate regional listed on the NJ Transfer web site school students will need consent from accreditation agency. (njtransfer.org). The credits shall be their parent/guardian and the school 2. The transfer applicant must select a accepted for transfer in to RCBC principal or guidance counselor. For RCBC degree or certificate program. once an official transcript is received more information on this program visit: Credits will not be evaluated without and reviewed by the Office of the rcbc.edu/headstart. a selection of degree or certificate RCBC Registrar. program. 11. Courses taken in Mathematics, the College Acceleration Program (C.A.P.) 3. The course(s) to be transferred must Sciences, and Computer Science are The College Acceleration Program be compatible to a RCBC degree or subject to review after five years and provides students with the opportunity certificate program and the course(s) all other courses are subject to review to take college-level courses for credit at must be applicable to the student’s after ten years. Rowan College at Burlington County selected degree or certification 12. Rowan College at Burlington County while enrolled in their current high program. Non-equivalent courses are grants credit for acceptable scores school. Students in this program can elective credits. from the College Level Examination begin working toward an associate degree Program (CLEP), the College Board while completing their high school 4. The student transfer applicant Advanced Placement (AP and IB) coursework. must have successfully completed the course(s) with a grade of “C” exams. Refer to the sections in the Courses in this program are taught by or better, unless a higher grade is college catalog on CLEP, AP and high school teachers who have been required for a selective admissions Credit by Department examination. approved by RCBC. program as published in the Applicants to the Cancer Registry RCBC determines the courses that college catalog. Management, Coding Certificate, qualify for this program. 5. Transfer credits are not included in Computed Tomography Certificate, For more information on this program computing a grade point average Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Dental visit: rcbc.edu/CAP. and are listed as “TR” grades on the Hygiene, Electronic Health Records, student’s official RCBC transcript. Health Information Technology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nursing, Spring Ahead! Program 6. A student may not transfer more Paramedic Science, and Radiography and High School seniors at Burlington County than 49 credits toward an Associate’s Paralegal programs must consult program high schools and select out of county high degree program or more than 18 directors about transferring college schools may participate in a program for credits toward a Certificate program. courses into each discipline. early registration at RCBC. The program 7. Transfer students must be placed offers RCBC information sessions and After the Registrar’s Office has or waived from our Placement placement testing at most schools and all determined the acceptability and Exam (ACCUPLACER) prior to schools participate in a registration visit appropriateness of the credits to the registration as published in the on the RCBC campus, providing students student’s program, the transfer credit “College Assessment” section of the with early selection of courses for their will be applied to the student’s academic college catalog. first semester at the college. record. Students may view their academic 8. Transfer applicants must submit an For more information, contact your record in WebAdvisor. official transcriptfrom all previously high school guidance office or RCBC’s Appeals of transfer decisions are directed attended institutions of higher Office of Outreach and Admissions at to the Office of the Provost. education. Students who have (856) 222-9311, ext. 1199 or visit: rcbc.edu/spring-ahead. attended international universities

12 | Rowan College at Burlington County International Students • Copy of current valid passport; Services for Students with Disabilities Before you can apply at a U.S. Embassy • Copy of current valid visa and I-94 Rowan College at Burlington County or Consulate for a student visa (also (if currently in the U.S.); makes appropriate services and facilities known as an F-1 visa), you must first • Current and previous I-20s (if available to students with disabilities, apply to an eligible SEVP (Student and transfer student from another U.S. as de­fined by Section 504 of the Exchange Visitor Program) approved institution); Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which school. Rowan College at Burlington • A course-by-course evaluation by requires post-secondary­ institutions County is a SEVP certified school, any current members of NACES receiving federal financial assistance eligible to enroll non-immigrant visa (National Association of Credential to provide ‘‘program accessibility’’ to holders whose primary purpose for Evaluation Services) of any foreign students with disabilities. coming to the United States is to be college courses the student wants A student with a disability is defined a student. transferred to RCBC. Visit: as one who has a physical or mental RCBC admits F-1 students for the naces.org/members.htm; impairment which substantially limits Fall (deadline: June 30) and Spring • Immunization Record (measles, one or more major life activities, has (deadline: November 30) semesters. mumps, and rubella, and hepatitis B; a record of such an impairment, or is To gain admission to RCBC, a new * The TOEFL (Test of English as a regarded as having such an impairment. international student applicant must Foreign Language) is not required for At present, specialized services at the complete and submit the following admission; however, if the TOEFL college are made available to students documents to obtain a Form I-20 exam (paper-based, computer-based, or with disabilities on an individual basis. (Certificate of Eligibility for internet-based test) is taken within The college has a number of features Non-Immigrant F-1 Student Status): one year, scores can be considered for in its construction intended as aids to • RCBC International Student potential ESL assessment. individuals with physical disabilities as Application; Note: Some of RCBC’s programs have they move around the campuses. RCBC’s • $100 non-refundable application fee competitive and selective admissions vocational opportunities are accessible (check/money order only); requirements which do not guarantee without regard to race, color, national • Certified copy of high school admission into these selected programs. origin, sex or handicap. Students transcripts (translated into English), with disabilities are required to follow For more information, please contact that verifies completion of secondary established admissions procedures at the Office of International Student school; the college. Students with disabilities Services at [email protected]. • Official TOEFL test score report* are encouraged to visit the campus or (if applicable); contact the Office of Student Support • Sponsor’s Affidavit and Evidence on the Mount Laurel Campus, to discuss of Annual Cash Support with any special accommodations. It is the supporting documentation which student’s responsibility to provide the include: college with the proper documentation to substantiate any and all disabilities. – Original financial statements to This information enables the college verify sufficient funds. These statements must: personnel to be able to provide the accommodations necessary for a • Be written in English (or successful learning experience. officially translated into English) on bank letterhead; Services to students with disabilities at • Display the sponsor’s name as RCBC include the following: the owner of the account; • barrier-free design in all campus • Be less than 6 months old; buildings; • Show a minimum of $20,000 • special registration procedures as USD; requested; • Provide proof of individual • test-taking assistance for the visually sponsor income. and motor-skill-impaired; • access to tape recorders for in-class use with appropriate documentation; • special parking privileges; • an adaptive learning lab; • other services as needed. For further information contact the Office of Student Support at (856) 222-9311, ext. 1208.

rcbc.edu | 13 Dispute Resolution for 3. If the person is unable to reach College Assessment Students with Disabilities a satisfactory resolution of the The State of New Jersey requires all Rowan College at Burlington County has complaint in step 2 above, the institutions of higher education to assess developed an administrative procedure person should, within five work days all full-time and part-time entering to assist students with disabilities in of receipt of the written decision students for proficiency in reading, resolving any dispute in which the following the meeting with the writing, computation and elementary college or any of its agents or employees college employee’s supervisor, make algebra. Students will be assessed after allegedly act in violation of Section 504 a written request for a meeting with they have been admitted to the college. of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 the Vice President in whose area of All degree-seeking students must show USCA, 794. This statute, commonly supervision the matter has occurred. ability to benefit from college-level known as ‘‘the handicapped access This meeting is to take place within courses. The assessment will be used law,’’ prohibits discrimination against 10 college work days from receipt for course placement purposes. No otherwise qualified handicapped persons. of the request. The appropriate student will be denied admission to the There are four specific steps to follow in Vice President will review the college based on the assessment results this procedure. Students should proceed facts presented by the person and but course selection may be restricted as follows: collect data from other personnel based on the student’s performance on as needed. The Vice President will the assessment. The assessment is taken 1. Within five college work days of the render a decision on the matter after application materials have been alleged incident, the student should and communicate this decision in processed. Students may be exempt from attempt to resolve the problem writing to the person, the employee taking the assessment if they: personally with the college employee against whom the person has made • are enrolled in a bilingual or English involved. the complaint, and the employee’s as a Second Language (ESL) program. 2. If the person is unable to reach a immediate supervisor within five They must be evaluated after they satisfactory resolution of the work days after the meeting. complete the program. complaint in step 1 above, the 4. Any person may appeal the decision • already hold an associate degree or person should, within five working of the Vice President directly to the higher from an accredited college or days of the meeting with the college President of the college. The notice of university and can provide proof of employee, make a written request appeal must be received at the Office completion. for a meeting with the employee’s of the President within five college • have successfully completed the immediate supervisor. This meeting working days of the date of the Vice equivalent of English Composition with the supervisor is to take place President’s decision. The President, (ENG 101) and college-level math within 10 college work days from within 10 college work days of (MTH 107 or higher) with a grade receipt of the request. The immediate receiving the notice of appeal, shall of “C” or higher and can provide supervisor will hear the person and either confirm, reverse, or modify proof of completion. collect data as needed from the the decision of the Vice President. • met the following benchmarks on the: employee and other college personnel The President’s written decision shall SAT – and render a decision on the matter. include his/her reasons for arriving at The supervisor will communicate this – Prior to March 2016 students with said decision. Said decision shall be scores of: Math Score of 530 or decision in writing to the person and final. employee within five college work higher and a Critical Reading days after the meeting. The steps are outlined in Administrative Score of 540 or higher Procedure 904A, published­ in the – After March 2016 students with Student Handbook/Calendar. Copies scores of: Math Score of 500 or of this procedure are also available from better and an Evidence Based Catherine Briggs, Title IX and Section Reading and Writing Score of 450 504 Coordinator, located in the or better. Student Success Center, room 237 on PARCC – the Mount Laurel Campus or by calling – MATH PARCC with a minimum her at (856) 222-9311, ext. 1235. score of Level 4 or 750 on the In the event that litigation is brought Algebra II Exam against the college or any of its agents or – ENGLISH PARCC minimum employees alleging any statement of facts score of Level 4 or 750 on the constituting a violation of Section 504, English Language Arts/Literary the college will move to dismiss such Grade 11 Exam litigation in all cases where the plaintiff ACT – has failed to utilize this student dispute – Students with ACT scores of 23 or resolution procedure. higher in Reading and 20 or higher in Math

14 | Rowan College at Burlington County • have met the college’s requirement Credit Through CLEP Students should be aware of the various for CLEP or Advanced Placement in Rowan College at Burlington County drug counseling, rehabilitation and English, computation and elementary may grant up to 30 credit hours student assistance programs available. algebra. earned through the College Level Information is available in the Office of • have completed developmental Examination Program (CLEP) General Academic Advisement and college courses comparable to RCBC’s Examinations on scores recommended academic advisors/counselors can assist highest level of remediation at by the American Council on Education. with referral if a student so desires. another regionally accredited college. Similar credit may also be awarded for Students must provide a transcript subject examinations. To schedule an Student Conduct and a catalog course description. appointment for the CLEP Examination, It is the responsibility of all students of • are not working toward a degree contact the Test Center. Contact the Rowan College at Burlington County to and want to attempt fewer than Office of the Registrar for tests and read and be familiar with the rules and 30 credits. The assessment will be scores accepted by RCBC. regulations governing student conduct. required prior to attempting the Please reference Student Conduct and 30th credit. Foreign Language Placement Policy Responsibilities on page 46 of this • have taken the assessment at another Students may begin the study of a catalog. New Jersey college and the results foreign language at the elementary level, The code shall at all times be interpreted have been forwarded to: but students who have successfully on the general principle that all Test Center completed two years of a foreign students shall incur like penalties for Test Coordinator language in high school are encouraged like violations and that the accused are 900 College Circle to begin with 201. Students are assisted assumed innocent until proven guilty Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 in selecting the appropriate level at which based on a preponderance of evidence. to begin by a faculty member. Applicants cannot register for English Students accused of misconduct shall Composition (ENG 101) or college- be given written notice within five class New Student Orientation days of a formal disciplinary hearing. level mathematics (MTH 100 or higher) All new students are required to or courses with a math or English Notification must state specific charges, participate in the orientation session the name of the accuser, possible prerequisite if they have not taken nor held prior to the start of their first have been exempt from the assessment. penalties if found guilty, the date, time semester at RCBC. The orientation and place of the hearing and any other session is designed to acquaint students basic information relating to the case. Advanced Placement with college policies and procedures, Rowan College at Burlington County the layout of the campus and key The Rowan College at Burlington may grant credit hours for the College college personnel. New students will be County Public Safety Office receives Board Advanced Placement Program informed by letter of the dates for and investigates all incidents. If the examinations. Students must have an orientation. situation warrants police action, or if the official AP Score Report (transcript) individual reporting the matter makes sent from the College Board Advanced Drug-Free Campus a request, the Public Safety Office will Placement Program sent to the RCBC It is an objective of Rowan College at contact the applicable municipal police Office of Outreach and Admissions. Burlington County to provide a safe, department. The transcript will be evaluated and drug-free environment for members of RCBC’s Public Safety Department will credit given for courses offered by the college community and to comply summon the assistance of other agencies RCBC if the scores meet the RCBC with the provisions of the Drug-Free to provide services that require special criteria. Contact the Office of the Workplace Act and other applicable resources. Registrar for more information laws. Receipt of federal grant funds is or visit: rcbc.edu/registration/ conditioned upon the agreement of For assistance, call: transfer-credit-evaluation/tests. the college to comply with federal law; Mount Laurel failure to comply may result in the (856) 222-9311, ext. 2100 Credit by Departmental Examination suspension or termination of a grant Rowan College at Burlington County award or the college’s eligibility for Willingboro offers institutional credit-by-examination federal grants. (609) 877-4520, ext. 3100 in limited and specific areas. A non- The Student Code of Conduct (Board Mount Holly refundable fee is charged for each Policy 903 B) makes it unlawful to (609) 267-5618, ext. 4100 examination. A maximum of 30 credit manufacture, distribute, dispense, possess hours may be earned if procedure and or use a controlled substance on campus. criteria are met. No grades are recorded. Students found in violation will be Credit awarded is reflected on a student’s reported to the local authorities and may transcript. For forms, contact the Office be expelled from the college. of the Registrar.

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TUITION AND FEES Affordable Monthly Tuition Payments Delinquent Student Accounts RCBC offers an interest-free monthly Student accounts that have an Payment Policy and Due Date payment plan for each semester and mini outstanding balance but no acceptable All tuition and fees must be paid on or terms. Students may enroll in a payment payment arrangement are considered before the posted due date. Payment plan by logging into their WebAdvisor delinquent. Rowan College at Burlington arrangements, whether by full payment, account through “Manage Your Payment, County may refer the delinquent account payment plan, or financial aid, must be Payment Plans and More”. There is a to a collection agency. When the account made by the posted date for each full $25 enrollment fee for each term in is placed with the collection agency the term and mini terms. Please visit the which a student enrolls in a payment student will be responsible for paying Office of Student Accounts webpage plan. The enrollment fee amount is all collection agency fees. The collection or the posted Academic Calendar subject to change without notice. The agency fee is based on a percentage of the for all due dates. A registration fee is enrollment fee is in addition to the down total of the delinquent account placed charged to all students registering after payment amount. Monthly payments with the agency. Official transcripts will the posted payment due date. A late may be automatically deducted from a not be forwarded for any student with registration fee is charged to all students bank account, or may be charged to an an overdue account. Students with an registering on or after the first day of American Express, Discover, MasterCard outstanding balance will be prohibited classes. All students who register after the or VISA card If a student’s down from registering. payment due date, must make payment payment is returned for non-sufficient arrangements within 7 days after the date funds or for any other reason, the Application Fee of registration. Failure to make payment student payment plan will be terminated A fee must be paid by each applicant when arrangements may result in classes being immediately and classes may be dropped. first applying for admission to the college. dropped for non-payment. If a student sets up a new payment plan This processing fee is not refundable. they must use another method of International Student applicants must Payment Options payment. pay a fee for admission to the college. Payments can be made online at rcbc.edu/WebAdvisor through Financial Aid Tuition “Manage your Payment, Payment For information on financial aid For current tuition rates please visit plan and More.” Online payments are programs offered by the college, rcbc.edu/businessoffice/tuition-fees. accepted in the form of credit card see pages 18-20. Tuition, fees and other charges are subject (Visa, Mastercard, Discover and to change at any time in accordance with American Express) or electronic check. Financial Responsibility the policies established by the Board of In person payments are accepted at for Dropping Classes Trustees of Rowan College at Burlington the Office of Student Accounts in the Charges for the courses dropped within County. Student Success Center in the form of a the add/drop period will be removed General Fee check, cash, money order or credit card. at 100% from the student account A per credit hour fee is charged to all Students with tuition benefits offered and payment plan will be adjusted students to provide funds for student by an employer must submit a payment automatically according to the new cultural and social programs. Please see voucher, on company letterhead, prior to amount billed resulting from the page 18 for the current general/activity fee. the payment due date for approval. add/drop. Technology Fee Payment vouchers may not include any Dropping a course or courses after Enables the college to add and replace restrictions or contingencies (grades/ the add/drop period is considered computers, software, library resources, attendance/etc.) in order to be deemed “Withdrawal from Courses”. Charges for and other items for student use. Please see an appropriate payment arrangement. the courses withdrawn after the add/drop page 18 for the current technology fee. period remains in the student account Student Activity Fee at 100%. Additional information on A per credit hour fee is charged to all “Withdrawal from Courses” can be students to provide funds for student found under the “Registration” section. activities. Supplemental Fee A per credit hour fee provides for the costs associated with the graduation process and transcript requests. Facilities Fee A per credit fee to support capital and facilities needs at the college.

16 | Rowan College at Burlington County Chargeback Law Special Rates for Senior Adults Tuition Refunds (Non-Burlington County Residents) Students age 60 years and above pay Tuition refunds are processed during New Jersey residents living outside $32 per credit, plus technology and the 60 working days following the last of Burlington County and attending supplemental fees. They will pay all day of the official Drop/Add period. Rowan College at Burlington County applicable course fees as well as late Refunds are made by check for students in a Chargeback eligible program must and change fees, but no application or who paid by cash or check. A credit card obtain an Application and Certification general fee will be charged. refund is done for payments made by of Eligibility for Chargeback form from Senior adults must complete a waiver credit card. All check refunds are mailed the Recruitment Office or Registrar of form. They must also provide proof of to the student’s address on file. It is the the student’s home community college. age and Burlington County residency at student’s responsibility to see that his/ Failure to apply for a Chargeback will the time of registration. her correct mailing address is on record result in additional charges, covering the with the college. Students with questions cost of the course, to the student. Course/Materials Fees regarding refunds should contact the Completion of this process may result in Some courses at the college require Office of Student Accounts. the student being charged the in-county additional fees to pay for laboratory tuition rate. For further information hours and/or additional materials Exceptions and Appeals Committee regarding chargeback eligible programs required for the course. The Exceptions and Appeals Committee and requirements, please contact Office is responsible to review student petitions of Outreach and Admissions or the Returned Check Fee to the college’s financial policies. Office of Student Accounts. Any check returned to the college by the Exception and Appeal Petitions are bank on which it is drawn, for any reason reviewed in the order they are received. The Following Procedures whatsoever, will incur a processing­ fee Petitions must be submitted using an are to be Followed: and in the future, the student’s privilege RCBC student email or in person to the 1. First semester students will receive of writing personal checks to the college Student Services office on the 2nd floor a letter from the Office of Outreach may be revoked. of the Student Success Center. Petitions and Admissions verifying their and supporting documentation should Post-dated checks will not knowingly admission to Rowan College at be submitted within 90 days of the be accepted by the college, and if Burlington County. end of the term, which necessitates the returned by the bank, are subject to the 2. A copy of the College Assessment appeal. Petitions submitted after 90 days returned check fee. scores should be obtained from the must be supported with documentation Test Center. of extraordinary circumstances to be Identification Card favorably considered. In order for 3. All out-of-county students will receive Each student is issued a free ID card at information from the Office of the the committee to consider a petition, the time of registration. There is a $20 Registrar indicating the courses courses for the semester/term that is replacement fee for identification cards. or curriculum enrollment for the under review must have a status of semester. dropped “D”, withdrawal “W”, or Schedule Change Fee 4. All necessary information must be have been approved for administrative Once classes begin, a NON- processed by the appropriate office withdrawal “AW”. The Committee REFUNDABLE fee is charged EACH (Office of the Registrar, Office of makes its decision based on the student’s time a student ADDS a class or Outreach and Admissions and Office written explanation of the extenuating CHANGES a section when the change is of Student Accounts) of your home circumstance and the submitted county college. for the student’s personal convenience or documentation (i.e., verification of for a change in instructor. a. A ‘‘Certificate of Eligibility’’ hospitalization from a doctor or hospital, will be issued if approved transfer orders signed by a military Refunds Dropped Courses b. A refusal form will be commander, etc.). The Exceptions and A drop/add form must be completed completed if denied­ Appeals Petition form is available on the and filed with the Office of the Registrar website at rcbc.edu/forms. 5. A Residency Certificate must be by students dropping courses for any completed by the County Treasurer’s reason. Failure to follow this procedure Office of your ‘‘home’’ county. will result in the forfeiture of any 6. Return all information to the RCBC refunds. Office of Student Accounts, located in the Student Success Center. Refund amounts are based on the date a 7. This process must be completed by change in registration is received by the the deadlines established by your college. Specific withdrawal dates are ‘‘home’’ county. available from the Office of the Registrar 8. Renewal by semester depends on and on the academic calendar at rcbc. the procedures established by your edu/academic-calendar. ‘‘home’’ county college.

rcbc.edu | 17 FINANCIAL AID Deadline SUMMARY OF FEES* Mount Laurel, Student Success Center. For a file to be considered complete, Fees are Subject to Change For other locations, see our website. your FAFSA must be processed by Miscellaneous Fees Phone: (856) 222-9311, ext. 1575 the Department of Education and the Application Fee ...... $20 results received by RCBC. In addition, Email: [email protected] Credit by Exam Fee ..... $25 PCH you must submit any documentation requested by RCBC in order to complete Course fees for Federal School Code: 007730 your FAFSA application. If you are designated courses...... Contact rcbc.edu/financialaid selected for verification, you will be Test Center asked to submit documentation that Facilities fee...... $17 PCH Introduction allows RCBC to confirm the data you to support RCBC has a comprehensive financial submitted on your FAFSA. capital and aid program that includes scholarships, facilities needs grants, loans and work-study Visit rcbc.edu/financialaid/importantto at the college opportunities to assist students in see a current list of important dates and General Fee...... $13.50 PCH meeting college costs. Funds come deadlines pertaining to financial aid at RCBC. International Student from many sources, including state and application fee...... $100 federal governments, local business and Priority applications will be processed industry, and civic organizations. Funds Late Payment Fee ...... $50 prior to the start of the semester. are available not only to those with However, as long as we receive your Late Registration Fee ... $40 high financial need, but also to middle- FAFSA before the end of the enrollment Reinstatement Fee...... $75 income families that find it difficult to period for which you are applying for Replacement of pay for a college education. aid, we will review your eligibility. Student ID Card ...... $20 Replacement of Financial Aid Office Mission Completing the FAFSA Parking Sticker** ...... $10 Statement You should complete the FAFSA using Returned Check Fee .... $35 The Financial Aid Office of RCBC is tax information from the calendar year committed to providing quality financial Schedule Change ...... $20 indicated on the FAFSA you are filing. If aid services to all eligible students and you are a dependent student, according Student Activity Fee..... $4 PCH • Delivering Federal Title IV aid, to federal guidelines, then you must list Supplemental Fee...... $2 PCH New Jersey state aid, RCBC both your and your parent’s information. Technology Fee...... $11 PCH Foundation assistance, and outside If you are married, then you must list information for yourself and your spouse. PCH: Per Credit Hour* – In-county rate scholarship assistance to students who Sign and date the FAFSA and have your **for 3rd active parking permit are eligible for educational funding via these resources. parent sign if you are a dependent. We As of Fall 2018 • Acting as a resource to county encourage you to electronically file and residents, providing information sign your FAFSA with the Department about the financial aid application of Education at fafsa.gov. It is the fastest process. and easiest way to file your FAFSA every year that you are attending RCBC. In • Serving our students in a timely, the school choice section of the FAFSA, equitable, accurate, courteous, and you must tell the federal processor which fiscally responsible manner adhering schools should receive your information. to all federal, state, and college Enter RCBC’s Federal School Code: regulations. 007730 Applying for Financial Aid The first step in applying for financial How Do I Get Help? aid is to complete the Free Application For your convenience, you can apply for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This for a FSA User ID and file your FAFSA allows you to apply for federal and online using one of the ‘Student Use’ state grants and many institutional computers available on all campuses. scholarships. There is no charge for filing Online help with the filing process the FAFSA. Filing online at fafsa.gov is is available at fafsa.gov and at the fastest, most efficient way to apply studentaid.ed.gov. You can also obtain for financial aid. help at 1-800-433-3243. Note: You must complete a FAFSA every academic year.

18 | Rowan College at Burlington County What Happens Next? Educational Opportunity Fund Student Employment After you have completed your FAFSA, Program (EOF) Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) you should receive your Student Aid Students enrolled in the EOF program FWS is a federal employment program Report (SAR) from the US Department may be eligible to receive an EOF grant. in which the government allocates funds of Education’s Federal Processor. Eligibility requirements are located at to the institution to employ students RCBC receives the same information rcbc.edu/eof and include: on campus to help them pay for their electronically. We will inform you of the • Completion of the EOF application education expenses. FWS is available status of your application and tell you if to degree-seeking students enrolled for • Completion of the FAFSA and we need any additional documentation. at least six (6) credits and who show NJFAMS aid applications Once your file is complete, we will send financial need. Students generally you a notice of your eligibility. • Adherence to financial eligibility work an average of 20 hours per week. guidelines Recipients must be U.S. citizens or GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Full-time enrollment at RCBC, permanent residents and must be making seeking a degree satisfactory academic progress. In order Federal Pell Grants • One year residency (12 months) in to receive consideration for the FWS Federal Pell Grants are the single largest New Jersey students must file the Free Application grant program at RCBC. It is a federally- for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) • Completion of an interview with the funded program open to all RCBC each year. EOF Director students who are degree or certificate- seeking and demonstrate financial need. Interested students should call the EOF Rowan College at Burlington County The amount of the grant award is based office at(856) 222-9311, ext. 1462 or Foundation Scholarships on the number of credits of enrollment, email [email protected]. RCBC Foundation Scholarships are cost of attending RCBC, and the awarded each year to a select number of student’s EFC (a formula used by the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance recipients based on academic merit and Department of Education to determine Rewards Scholarship (NJ STARS) financial need. Scholarship amounts vary financial need). New Jersey residents who graduate in the but can cover up to the cost of tuition top 15% of their high school class are and fees. Application is made available Federal Supplemental Educational eligible for up to five semesters of free on the Foundation Scholarship website at Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) tuition. (Please note scholarship is a rcbc.edu/foundation and usually consists FSEOG is also a federal grant. It is tuition only award; no course fees will of an application, a personal essay, designed for students with exceptional be covered) You must be enrolled in a letters of recommendation, and a recent financial need. Eligible degree-seeking minimum of 12 college-level credits transcript. The Foundation Scholarship students must register for at least six every semester and maintain a 3.0 GPA. Committee reviews applications. Funds credits for each semester during which NJ STARS award will no longer pay for for the Foundation’s scholarships are they receive FSEOG funds. FSEOG remedial/developmental course work. made possible by a variety of local funds are awarded to the neediest Pell A NJ STARS-eligible student must organizations, business, industry, non- Grant recipients. complete all developmental course work profit organizations and individuals. one year from high school graduation. Tuition Aid Grants (TAG) It is recommended that developmental LOANS TAG is a state program, and is based course work be completed while the on a student’s family income, number student is in High School or in the Direct Lending of persons in the family, the number of summer term prior to his/her Fall Rowan College at Burlington County persons in the family who are attending enrollment. The student must enroll in participates in the William D. Ford college, the cost of tuition and fees at an associate degree program of a New Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) RCBC and other expenses met by the Jersey community college in the county Program. Under the Direct Lending student’s family. Grants do not have in which they reside. Out-of county Program, the funds for your loan come to be repaid and may be used during residents are considered only if their directly from the federal government. the fall and spring semester only. To be home-county college does not offer the This program is available to students eligible, a person must have resided in program they are interested in pursuing. enrolled in a minimum six credits New Jersey for at least 12 months prior (part-time) per semester. In addition to to the application date for the grant, be completion of the FAFSA, borrowers a degree-seeking student, register for at must complete a master promissory note least 6 credits, and file the FAFSA. and a loan entrance interview. Loans are repayable after graduation or when you enroll less than half time. For additional information about student or parent loans, visit the Direct Lending section on rcbc.edu/financialaid.

rcbc.edu | 19 Annual Limits NJ CLASS General Eligibility Requirements Dependent Student Annual Subsidized The CLASS loan program is for students To qualify for federal, state, RCBC and Unsubsidized and supplements the Direct Lending need-based financial aid and most 1st year (less than 29 credits earned)– program. Annual loan limit is the cost assistance other than scholarships, $3,500 of education minus any financial aid you must meet general eligibility 2nd year (29 or more credits earned)– received. There are three repayment requirements: $4,500 options: (1) defer all payments until after • Have a high school diploma, GED graduation; (2) pay interest only; Independent Student Annual Subsidized or equivalent (3) or pay interest and principal. and Unsubsidized • Be enrolled or accepted for 1st year (less than 29 credits earned)– Students must use their full Federal enrollment in a degree or certificate $3,500 eligibility first. For more information, program 2nd year (29 or more credits earned)– visit hesaa.org/NJCLASS. • Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national $4,500 or eligible non-citizen. How Aid is Awarded Dependent Student Annual Combined Unless otherwise noted as a merit-based • If you are selected for verification Subsidized and Unsubsidized scholarship, financial aid is awarded to by the Department of Education or 1st year (less than 29 credits earned)– students solely on the basis of their RCBC, complete the verification $5,500 financial need. Financial need is the process prior to disbursement of any 2nd year (29 or more credits earned)– difference between a student’s cost of financial aid funds. $6,500 attendance and their financial resources, • Maintain satisfactory academic Independent Student** Annual Combined as determined by RCBC using the progress in your degree or certificate Subsidized and Unsubsidized student’s FAFSA. program of study. 1st year (less than 29 credits earned)– • Not be in default on a federal $9,500 Cost of Attendance student loan. The student’s cost of attendance includes 2nd year (29 or more credits earned)– • Not owe a refund on a federal or allowances for such items as tuition, $10,500 state grant. fees, books, supplies, room and board, personal expenses and transportation for • Demonstrate financial need to qualify ** Includes dependent students whose for need-based funds. parents are unable to borrow PLUS loans. one academic year. • Meet the defined criteria for each Subsidized Loans Resources—Expected financial aid program section of the Subsidized direct loans are federally Family Contribution RCBC website. guaranteed loans based on financial need. The family’s expected contribution is Interest does not accrue on the loan computed from the data the family Financial Aid Satisfactory while you are enrolled for at least half submits on the FAFSA to the Academic Progress (SAP) Policy time, or during future deferment periods. Department of Education. If you are All students receiving student financial A student can not receive financial aid a dependent student, it comprises the aid from federal, state or institutional parent’s contribution and the student’s that will exceed the cost of attendance. sources must make satisfactory academic contribution from income and assets. If progress (SAP) at Rowan College at you are independent, it is based on your Unsubsidized Loans Burlington County (RCBC). SAP is and, if married, your spouse’s income Unsubsidized direct loans are federally monitored at the end of each semester and assets. guaranteed loans based on no financial for aid recipients who are degree-seeking need. Interest will begin accruing from or pursuing a certificate. SAP measures Other Resources a student’s performance for all terms of the time the loan is disbursed to the Other resources may include government school. enrollment, including terms in which education benefits, employer tuition the student does not receive financial A student can not receive financial aid payments, veteran benefits, and other aid. The three requirements measure above the cost of attendance. payments made to your student account cumulative grade point average, percent by outside third parties. All other of credits earned relative to those Federal Parent Loan for resources are used in determining your attempted, and percent of attempted Undergraduate Students (PLUS) financial need and must be reported to credits, including transfer credits, relative The PLUS program makes education the Financial Aid Office. to the credits required for program loans available for parents of completion. undergraduate students. Annual loan Outside Aid limit is the dependent student’s cost of Outside aid is typically a RCBC education minus any estimated financial Foundation scholarship, veteran benefits aid received. Repayment begins within or other private scholarships. All outside sixty days of disbursement, with up to aid is used in determining need and must ten years to repay. be reported to the Financial Aid Office.

20 | Rowan College at Burlington County A financial aid applicant is responsible If the number of attempted credits • If student has not met SAP for knowing the Financial Aid SAP exceeds 150% of the active program’s requirements after Warning Policy. The Financial Aid Office sends requirement for graduation, the period, he/she will need to submit a notification of aid eligibility (or student is placed on suspended status. an Appeal. If appeal is approved, ineligibility) to a student who has been The student may appeal based on student will be placed on placed on probation or suspended status. special circumstances or a change in Probation status. Whether or not a student receives the the academic program of study. • Suspended - Failure to meet the notification, responsibility for meeting See Appeal Process below. three minimum requirements, but the minimum SAP requirements to NOTE: RCBC permits the pursuit of student is eligible to appeal. If the qualify for student aid remains with the more than one academic program appeal is approved, the student can student. Students who are ineligible for concurrently. Maximum Time Frame continue financial aid eligibility for aid may enroll at RCBC if they are able will be measured using the credit another period of enrollment under a to pay for tuition and fees. Payment number requirements of the longest Probation status. Students may also arrangements can be made by contacting standing active program. choose not to appeal and attempt the RCBC Business Office. to regain financial aid eligibility by meeting SAP while paying out of 3. Cumulative Grade Point Average To maintain satisfactory academic pocket (without any financial aid). progress and aid eligibility, an aid A student must maintain at least a Students in this category are ineligible recipient must meet all three of the 2.0 cumulative grade point average for financial aid. following minimum requirements. (GPA) to be making Satisfactory • Probation - Failure to make SAP, progress and maintain aid eligibility. 1. Completion Rate but appeal is approved and student is The GPA is calculated by dividing A student must successfully complete financial aid eligible for one more total number of grade points earned a minimum of 66.67% of all credits period of enrollment, or possibly by the total credits attempted for attempted to be making Satisfactory more if following required courses with grades of A, B+, B, C+, progress and maintain aid eligibility. Academic Plan (which may include C, D, and F. Credits with a grade of A, B+, B, C+, documentation requirements C, D, or P are successfully completed. If the cumulative GPA is less not directly related to academic than 2.0, the student is placed on If a completion rate is below 66.67%, performance). suspended status. a student will be considered on • Ineligible - Failure to make SAP and/ suspended status. or failure to follow required Status Definitions and Aid Eligibility Academic Plan. This status also • Satisfactory Status – Student is applies to appeals that are not 2. Maximum Time Frame eligible for financial aid. This approved - the student is not eligible A student must complete a program category may include students with for financial aid until cumulative SAP of study within 150% of the number no SAP issue at all, students who standards are met. of credit hours required for degree have successfully completed their graduation or certificate completion Warning period of enrollment and Academic Amnesty for Financial Aid to be making Satisfactory progress are following their Academic Plan, Federal regulations make no provision and maintain aid eligibility. The and students who have met SAP for academic amnesty. If a student’s prior 150% is measured on the basis of requirements after being ineligible coursework was given special treatment attempted credits, including transfer previously. under RCBC’s provisions for Academic credits. • Warning – Defined as any student Amnesty, the student’s cumulative GPA For example, if an associate degree not making SAP standards for the must be calculated based on the inclusion program requires 64 credits for first time. Student may automatically of all credits attempted at RCBC. If the graduation, it must be completed receive aid for one semester while on recalculated GPA is less than 2.0, the within 96 credits to maintain Financial Aid Warning and no appeal student may appeal to the Financial Aid aid eligibility. Since credit hour is necessary. Office for special circumstances. requirements for academic programs • The Financial Aid Warning vary, check the college catalog for the period will consist of the next Transfer Credits for Financial Aid precise number of credits required. semester the student is enrolled Credits transferred from another college Multiply the number by 1.5. in classes. are counted in the number of credits NOTE: The measure of maximum • Students will continue to receive attempted and completed to measure time frame will exclude up to 30 financial aid while on Financial completion rate and maximum time credits of developmental course work Aid Warning. frame. Transfer credits are not counted in and all English as a Second Language the calculation of grade point average. (ESL) course work in the calculation of attempted credits.

rcbc.edu | 21 Withdrawals/Incompletes/Repeats/ Change in Program for Financial Aid Unless there are special circumstances, Other Grades for Financial Aid If a student changes academic programs, a student placed on suspended status NOTE: None of the following grades are the credits from the prior program will should demonstrate the ability to included in the calculation of cumulative be counted in attempted and earned successfully complete coursework GPA with the one exception of the highest credits. If the student does not meet without financial aid before making an grade earned on a repeated course. the minimum SAP requirements, the appeal. For example, a student enrolled student may appeal on the basis of a Credits with a grade of “AW” (academic for 12 semester credits who successfully change in program and request that only withdrawal), “W” (withdrawal) or “E” passes all courses with a minimum 2.00 credits applicable to the new program be (old excused withdrawal) assigned after GPA and with grades of “C” or better, included in the calculation of cumulative and who can complete the program of the drop/add period of a term are treated GPA, completion rate, and maximum as attempted but not earned. study within the allowable maximum time frame. time frame, is encouraged to file Credits with a grade of “I” (incomplete), an appeal. “X” (extended incomplete), “SR” Ineligibility for Financial Aid (stopped attending remedial level course) Students classified as on Academic A student who fails to meet the SAP or “ST” (stopped attending college-level Dismissal by RCBC are immediately requirements and chooses to enroll course) are treated as attempted but not ineligible for financial aid. Any aid without benefit of financial aid does earned. disbursed for a term in which the student not need to appeal for reinstatement of has been dismissed must be repaid to financial aid eligibility when the SAP Credits for repeated courses are treated as the college. minimum requirements are met. attempted but not earned, except for the course with the highest grade, which is Students who do not meet the minimum Students should be aware that being included in the GPA calculation. SAP requirements and have a SAP status re-admitted to RCBC does not of suspended are ineligible for financial automatically make them eligible for Credits for developmental and ESL aid. Any aid disbursed for a term in financial aid. Students must meet the coursework with a grade of “A*” which the student is disqualified must be standards above to qualify for financial (outstanding), “B*” (advanced), “C*” repaid to the college. aid eligibility. Students that have lost (pass), “P” (pass), “O” (outstanding), eligibility to participate in federal student “S” (satisfactory) are treated as attempted Appeal Process for Financial Aid aid programs for reasons of satisfactory and earned. The grades of “F*” Students placed on suspended status academic progress can regain that (unsatisfactory), “U” (unsatisfactory) may appeal their status and eligibility for eligibility only by enrolling at Rowan or “Q” (questionable) is treated as financial aid. Appeals must be submitted College at Burlington County at his/her attempted but not earned. in writing to the Financial Aid Office and own expense and demonstrating that he/ Credits with a grade of “N” (no grade will be evaluated by the Financial Aid she is capable of completing a semester reported) or “NA” (non-attendance) are SAP Committee for special circumstances. without any failures, incompletes or treated as attempted but not earned. Special circumstances with documentation withdrawals and showing the ability to that may be approved: complete his or her degree requirements A grade of “AU” (audit), “L” (old audit), in a more regular fashion. The mere “M” (old audit non-attendance), “Z” 1. student has a serious illness or accident, passage of time will not ordinarily restore (withdrew before the 10th day of a eligibility to a student who has lost term) or “EX” (credit by exam) are not 2. death, accident, or serious illness in the immediate family, eligibility for failure to make satisfactory included in attempted or earned credits. progress. 3. unanticipated military deployment, Second Degree Students or As of July 1, 2011 Students are responsible for the most current version of this policy, for Financial Aid 4. change in academic program Financial aid is available for students which is reviewed annually and published pursuing a second degree. Credits hours Documentation of the student’s special in the financial aid section of the RCBC attempted and/or completed toward a circumstances, past academic website. prior degree will be included in the performance, and assessment of ability measures of Completion Rate and to make up the SAP deficiencies will be evaluated. If the appeal is approved, the Maximum Time Frame, along with any student is placed on Probation for one transfer credits. term if pursuing a degree or certificate. Approval of financial aid based on an appeal is normally granted one time during a student’s academic career at Rowan College at Burlington County. If a student has not corrected the deficiencies after the first probationary period, the student is ineligible for aid until the deficiencies are corrected.

22 | Rowan College at Burlington County Registration

Registration Registration Schedule Changes Withdrawal from Courses An official registration must be processed Students wishing to make changes to After the specified Add/Drop period, online or in person to attend classes. their schedule following the beginning of students who do not intend, or, are No student is permitted to attend a class any semester/term may do so through the unable to complete any course for if his/her name does not appear on the Add/Drop period. Semester/term specific which they are officially registered must class list. Only students who have deadlines are published on the Academic complete a Withdrawal form. The officially registered and paid, and whose Calendar (rcbc.edu/academic-calendar). student is responsible for completing names appear on the official class list, are Students may Add/Drop courses using and submitting the form to the Office permitted to attend the class and receive their student BaronOne/WebAdvisor or of the Registrar on the 2nd floor of the a grade or credit for the course. Self-Service account, or by a submitting Student Success Center prior to the an Add/Drop Form to the Office of “Withdrawal Deadline”. Semester/term Prerequisite and Corequisite Courses the Registrar. A completed form may specific deadlines are published on the A prerequisite is a course that improves be submitted using an RCBC student Academic Calendar (rcbc.edu/academic- a student’s chance of success in another email account by emailing registration@ calendar). A student may withdraw from course. A corequisite is a course that a rcbc.edu, or by submitting the form in a course and receive a grade of “W” up student is required to take at the same person during normal business hours. to the end of the ninth week of classes time as another course in order to enroll. There is a minimum $20 fee for schedule in a regular semester. Withdrawing from Without them, a student is unlikely to changes, however some schedule changes a class will result in a “W” grade on the be successful in the course for which the may also incur additional costs. official college transcript. “W” grades prerequisite or corequisite is required. do not contribute to a student’s grade- In certain circumstances, students Students who add course(s) on or after the first day of any term will not be point average, but may affect a student’s may obtain approval from the Dean satisfactory academic progress. of the course or appropriate academic dropped for non-payment and must take administrator to take a course without action to remove themselves from the It is strongly recommended that students the prerequisite or corequisite. registered course. considering this option, speak with Students who drop course(s) within Advising and Financial Aid prior to Certification/Verification the published Add/Drop period of a withdrawing. Students who do not Certifications and verifications of semester/term will receive a 100% refund officially withdraw prior to the published enrollment and academic status are and no record of the course will appear deadline on the Academic Calendar processed by the Office of the Registrar. on the academic transcript. will receive a grade of “F” or “ST” or These verifications will normally be “SR” for the course. Students are not done after the end of the Add period. permitted to withdraw from courses after Enrollment Verification forms are the published “Withdraw Deadline”, available online at rcbc.edu. however, exceptions may be made under Veterans’ certifications are processed documented extenuating circumstances. by the Military Education and Veteran For more information, review the Services Office. Please allow five business Administrative Withdrawal Request. days for processing.

Cancellation of Classes Regularly scheduled classes may be cancelled due to snow or other condi­ tions beyond the control of the college. See page 197 for more information. Classes may be cancelled due to lack of or low enrollment. Affected students are in­formed by telephone and/or in writing by the academic division offering those classes. Students are given a choice of selecting other sections and/or other courses if they so desire or the refund of tuition and fees.

rcbc.edu | 23 Administrative Withdrawal Request College Action Student Appeals Occasionally, a student may have the Consistent with law, Rowan College at College policy establishes the following need to withdraw from their registered Burlington County reserves the right to student-related committees: courses after the Withdraw Deadline due dismiss at any time students who in its to an extenuating circumstance. In these judgment are undesirable and whose instances, students may submit a written continuation in the school is detrimental Academic Standards Committee request an appropriate documentation to themselves, the staff and/or their The Academic Standards Committee for an Administrative Withdrawal to the fellow students. reviews student appeal of academic Office of the Registrar. Administrative When a student is withdrawn from the dismissal. Forms to appeal academic Withdrawal decisions are academic and college as a result of administrative action dismissal are available in the Office of do not eliminate a student’s financial or for the convenience of the college Academic Advisement at the Mount obligation to the college, regardless (except for disciplinary reasons), he/she is Laurel, Willingboro and Mount Holly of the outcome. Students who receive entitled to full refund of tuition and fees. campuses. See page 36 for deadlines. approval for Administrative Withdrawals If the student is withdrawn­ from a course are still responsible for their tuition or courses for disciplinary reasons, he/she and fees. Students who wish to seek is not entitled to a refund. College Motor Vehicle Committee financial reimbursement should review The college Motor Vehicle Committee information for Exceptions & Appeals adjudicates appeals against motor vehicle Petitions on page 17. To Declare or Change a Major traffic violations issued on campus. Students must follow the appropriate Forms are available online at The following are Administrative rcbc.edu/conduct. Withdrawal criteria: steps to change and/or declare a new major: 1. Administrative Withdrawal Requests must be submitted using 1. Obtain a Change of Major form Student Grievance Committee an RCBC student email or in from Advising or from the website The Student Grievance Committee person, and substantiated by official (rcbc.edu/forms). reviews any item not covered by other documentation. 2. Submit the completed form to the committees. Appeals can be made 2. Requests will only be considered Office of the Registrar in Student through the Office of the Provost. if the date(s) of the extenuating Services for processing. circumstance coincide with the 3. Students who already have an applicable semester/ term in which Anticipated Graduation Date courses are attempted. listed on their Program Evaluation 3. Requests will only be considered up should ensure that their new major to 30 business days after the end of is assigned to a Graduation. the semester in question. 4. Administrative Withdrawals will be applied to ALL COURSES taken within the semester/term of the request.

24 | Rowan College at Burlington County Services for Student Success

Academic Advising – ext. 1559 Assignment to Faculty Advisors Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Generally, students in good academic Program (rcbc.edu/EOF) Program – ext. 1462 standing may be assigned to a faculty The Educational Opportunity Fund Student Support Services – ext. 1208 advisor in their major. The goal in Program, referred to as EOF, was Student Support Counseling – assigning students to a faculty advisor is established in 1968 by the New Jersey ext. 1582 to assist students in planning academic legislature. The EOF program provides programs consistent with their degree students from economically and Academic Advising and/or career objectives. The assignments educationally challenged backgrounds (rcbc.edu/advising) are designed to provide each student with an opportunity to pursue a degree at The Office of Academic Advising is academic information and assistance New Jersey colleges and universities. The committed to providing up-to-date with managing the college requirements. program typically recruits applicants information on academic programs Faculty advisor assignments will normally who are the first in their family to attend consistent with students’ degree and/ remain unchanged until such time as college, provides innovative support or career objectives. Early academic students complete their educational services designed to ensure student planning is: program, change their vocational goal or engagement, retention, graduation and withdraw from the college. transfer, and offers financial support • The key to ensuring students to offset the expense of college. To graduate within the expected Transferring to a Four-Year Institution be considered for admission into the timeline. RCBC has multiple partnerships program students must: • Part of a successful transition to the with in-state and out-of state 4-year • Complete the RCBC EOF job market. colleges and universities. Articulation application which is located on our • A component of the transfer process and Guaranteed Admission agreements website, rcbc.edu/eof. have been designed to help students to any four-year transfer institution. • Enroll full-time and plan to obtain a transition to a baccalaureate degree with Academic advisors/counselors work with degree from RCBC. students regarding academic, career, ease. Transferring to a 4-year college/ university involves significant planning. • Have held legal residence in the state transfer, personal and/or social matters. of New Jersey for at least 12 months. Academic advising is available through Therefore, all students interested in scheduled or walk in appointments on transferring must begin the planning • Plan to transfer to a four-year college the Mount Laurel campus. Limited process early upon entering RCBC. after obtaining their RCBC degree. advising services are available by To request a transfer appointment • Demonstrate financial need appointment at the Willingboro students should schedule an appointment determined by completion of the Campus. Students are expected to meet with an academic advisor early in their FAFSA and HESAA/NJFAMS with an Academic Advisor at least once academic career. They can do so by applications. visiting rcbc.edu/advising. per academic semester. • Complete an interview with the For more details on Academic Advising, EOF Director. go to the Academic Advising website Selection is based on evidence of promise (rcbc.edu/advising). and potential to succeed at college with the support of EOF and other campus partners. If selected, students are required to sign an agreement to take full advantage of program benefits.

rcbc.edu | 25 Services for Students with Disabilities Student Support Counseling (rcbc.edu/studentsupport) (rcbc.edu/counseling) In accordance with Section 504 of RCBC recognizes that attending college the Americans with Disabilities Act of paired with life circumstances, can be 1973, the Student Support Services stressful and at times overwhelming. Office’s mission is to ensure all students RCBC’s Office of Student Support with disabilities are provided access to provides experienced staff to counsel educational and extracurricular activities students who may need support and while on college premises through referral services to assist them in making support in the form of reasonable their college experience successful. accommodations such as adaptive Counseling services are confidential, technology, counseling, note-taking non-judgmental, voluntary, and free of assistance and American Sign charge to currently registered students. Language interpreters. Students Appointments can be set up by calling who have disabilities must provide (856) 222-9311, ext. 1582 or by using documentation of disability (ies), attend our online request form at: an intake appointment, rcbc.edu/counseling/request-form. and sign a Disability Release Form (rcbc.edu/PDFFiles/SP/Disability_ Release_Form.pdf) prior to the start of each semester to ensure reasonable accommodations. Copies of the Dispute Resolution for Students with Disabilities are available from Catherine Briggs, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator, located in the Student Success Center, room 237 on the Mount Laurel Campus or by calling her at (856) 222-9311, ext. 1235.

26 | Rowan College at Burlington County Additional Resources and Services

Test Center Career Services Service-Learning Scholars (rcbc.edu/testcenter) (rcbc.edu/careers) (rcbc.edu/service-learning) Rowan College at Burlington County The Career Services Center provides a The Service-Learning Scholars Program Test Center provides testing services full range of free resources and assistance provides an opportunity for students to to the college community. The Test to students and alumni of Rowan become leaders in campus and Center is located on the second floor College at Burlington County. Through community engagement through a of the Student Success Center on the the Career Services online job board guided service-learning experience. Mount Laurel Campus. The Test Center system – RCBC CareerLink – local Scholars commit to one full year in the administers and proctors exams to both employers post full-time, part-time, program and participate in a minimum RCBC students as well as external testing seasonal positions and internship of 200 hours of service. The program is customers. opportunities. On campus student highly selective and successful Scholars The Test Center also offers the employment positions are also posted are awarded a $1,000 scholarship. For Accuplacer placement exam. The college on CareerLink. Additionally, the Center details regarding the application process, placement exam is a computer based provides a free career interest assessment interested students should contact exam offered on a walk-in basis on the and counseling to assist with identifying [email protected]. Mount Laurel Campus. Scheduled a career path and choosing a major. assessments are also offered at the To support the resources listed above, Willingboro Campus. The Mount the Career Services Center conducts Holly Campus, Joint Base MDL and free workshops throughout the year on Burlington County High Schools during career exploration, resume and cover Spring Ahead testing. letter writing, improving your online image, networking, using LinkedIn and interview preparation. Individual Tutoring Program counseling sessions with a Career Advisor (rcbc.edu/tutoring) are also available to assist with any career Tutoring is available to currently related need. Internship and Job Fairs are enrolled RCBC students. The program held throughout the year. All Workshops provides academic assistance to students are free and open to all students, alumni who are experiencing difficulty in their and community residents. courses, including distance education. For more information, email The service is free and available at [email protected] or call the Mount Laurel and Willingboro (856) 222-9311, ext. 1034. campuses. All tutoring takes place in designated locations on college property. RCBC CareerLink – rcbc.edu/careerlink Appointments are scheduled at the Career Services Location: mutual convenience of the student Mount Laurel Campus and tutor. Student Success Center Anyone interested in becoming a tutor is welcome and encouraged to contact the Learning Center for an interview. All tutoring takes place in designated locations on college property. Appointments are scheduled at the mutual conve­ n­ ­ience of the student and tutor. For further details contact the Learning Center, (856) 222-9311, ext. 2096.

rcbc.edu | 27 Public Safety/Parking

The Rowan College at Burlington ID Cards To obtain an ID card and parking County Public Safety Department is The student ID card is your official permit, each student must be registered committed to enhancing the quality college identification and must be carried for classes, have paid all charges by the of life on campus by providing the at all times while on the college premises. established deadlines, and have a valid highest level of professional security and Students must obtain an ID card to photo ID, driver’s license, or passport. safety services. This is accomplished by use college services such as the Library, Parking is restricted to designated integrating the optimum combinations computer labs, Test Center and College parking lots. Students must park only of state-of-the-art technology and Store. In order to obtain an ID card, in designated spaces. Complete parking personal service to the college students must visit the Public Safety rules and regulations will be found in the community. Department. Your current class schedule Student Handbook. In accomplishing our mission we are and valid photo ID are required in order guided by the following values that serve to obtain your ID. There will be a $20 Traffic and Parking Violations as a foundation for every action we take: replacement fee for each additional card Users of the college campus who fail to Service, Integrity, Respect, required. ID cards are issued seven days comply with parking and traffic regula­ Professionalism, Accountability, per week. Your ID card must be validated tions and parking regulations on college Mentoring, and Appreciation. each semester by visiting the RCBC grounds are subject to the following fines: Public Safety office nearest you providing Contact Information a copy of your current class schedule. 1. Failure to register Mount Laurel (856) 222-9311, ext. 2100 a motor vehicle...... $10 Registration of Motor Vehicles Willingboro (609) 877-4520, ext. 3100 2. Parking violation Faculty, staff and students must register Mount Holly (609) 267-5618, ext. 4100 First offense ...... $10 their vehicles with RCBC’s Public Safety Second offense ...... $20 A Public Safety Officer is available Department. Vehicles can be registered Third offense ...... $30 24 hours a day to answer your call at the Public Safety Office at each Four or more offenses...... $40 at (856) 434-SAFE (7233). At the RCBC campus. You must show your and/or towing and/or Willingboro Campus, (609) 877-4520, state registration and a valid photo loss of parking privileges ext. 3100 and the Mount Holly Campus driver’s license in order to receive your at (609) 267-5618, ext. 4100, Public RCBC vehicle registration. All privately 3. Moving violation Safety is only available during hours of owned vehicles driven by students will First offense...... $25 operations. After hours, all incoming be parked only in student lots. Failure to Second offense ...... $40 emergency calls will be routed from the comply will result in a citation. Third offense ...... $75 centers to one of the campuses. Should a student, faculty or staff member 4. Parking violation in posted For life threatening emergencies call 911, need to temporarily park a vehicle on disabled area without then Public Safety: campus other than the vehicle NJ disabled decal...... $250 and/or towing and/or • Explain the nature of the emergency registered with the RCBC Public Safety Department, the individual must loss of parking privileges • Your name immediately report to the Public Safety 5. A service charge of $10 will be added • The building and campus from Department. A temporary parking pass to all violations. which you are calling will be issued for the necessary duration • Your exact location (room number) of time. Failure to comply will result in PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE • Answer all questions and do not hang a citation. GRASS, IN FIRE ZONES OR IN up until the operator if finished Users of the college parking lots will be THE ROADWAYS. issued two parking decals at no expense. The Public Safety Department has access Failure to pay fines or appeal within to all areas, buildings, classrooms, There will be a $10 charge for additional decals. Decals may be obtained in the the time limits will result in the custodial closets, offices, etc. The freezing of student records. Students parking lots, walkways, and outside Public Safety Office at any RCBC campus. Students must notify Public whose records are frozen may not register patios are well illuminated, patrolled, at any time in the future until their and monitored by the Public Safety Safety when a vehicle should be deleted from the Public Safety records. financial obligation is fulfilled. Fines Department. may be paid by mail or in person at the Accounting Office. RCBC reserves the right to tow vehicles (at the owner’s expense) for traffic violations.

28 | Rowan College at Burlington County Library

The library serves the information substantial e-book collection provide Other items within the region, state, and research needs of RCBC students, an ever-growing selection of scholarly country or around the world can be faculty and staff. It supports all RCBC and reference works and can be easily requested via inter library loan. If your programs, provides direct and indirect accessed by staff and students. research should lead you to a book, an instruction including research and Electronic materials can be utilized off- article or a journal that RCBC does not information literacy training and campus, via the internet, using your own, RCBC can borrow them for you to provides access to a wide variety of RCBC library barcode on your RCBC use at RCBC from almost any library in physical and online resources that ID and your assigned PIN. Library staff the country. This service is available at support teaching and learning at the can assist with most access and PIN reset no cost to RCBC students and effectively college. The library provides information issues during normal operating hours, multiplies our holdings to meet your literacy education through our Library and there is a 24/7 PIN reset function academic needs. Interlibrary loan Resource Instruction program and also available from the catalog login screen. requests can be placed by clicking offers workshops on selected topics the JerseyCat Interlibrary Loan link at such as proper citation and plagiarism Off-campus access is particularly rcbc.edu/library. prevention techniques. important for students in the college’s Distance Education programs. Online A Library Information Specialist and databases and e-books support all college Library Hours a Paraprofessional are available at the programs. All members of the college and Contact Information library during operating hours, and can community may access resources such RCBC’s new state-of-the-art Knowledge be reached by telephone, e-mail, live as the New York Times and the Oxford Commons Library is located on the chat or text message. Messages received English Dictionary from anywhere in the second floor of the Student Success outside normal operating hours are world. The library also maintains special Center on the Mount Laurel campus answered as soon as possible the next collections on specific topics such as the and features a technology enhanced 21st business day. Please contact the library for Professional Development collection for century environment for collaborative all of your research and resource needs. teaching professionals which includes research including computers, books, The library is accessible to the entire books, DVDs and news journals for portable computing devices and digital community and provides free wireless educators and the Burlington County media resources as well as group study internet access as well as fully equipped Center for Social Justice and Holocaust rooms modeled after corporate meeting computers and portable Chromebooks Studies which includes select books and spaces. Quieter space for individual study for student use. RCBC students in videos on social issues. is available at all times. credit courses receive a library barcode Due to an innovative partnership with Visit our website at rcbc.edu/library, call affixed to their RCBC ID card; for more the Burlington County Library System, (856) 222-9311, ext. 2021 or email us at information on obtaining your library the RCBC library serves the academic [email protected] with your inquiries. card visit rcbc.edu/library/card. All needs of Burlington County residents Fall and Spring Semester Hours RCBC library users must register their and can provide certain library services barcode number for full access to all Monday - Thursday: 8 am - 9 pm not available elsewhere, while at the same Friday: 8 am – 5 pm services. Borrowers may easily place holds time working collaboratively to provide and renew items online, by phone, or in- Saturday: 11 am - 4 pm seamless borrowing privileges for most Sunday: CLOSED person. Call ext. 1482 or 2021 or visit the items between and among the county website at rcbc.edu/library for assistance. branch locations. Summer Hours Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm Materials borrowed from the RCBC Library Holdings Friday: 9 am - 5 pm library can be returned at other Saturday: 9 am - 3 pm There are over 25,000 items, both county branch locations and vice- Sunday: CLOSED print and non-print (media), in the versa. The library’s catalog is merged circulating, reference, reserve and special with the BLInC (Burlington Libraries Library hours may vary. Before collections, including many current Information Consortium) system, to give making a trip to campus, please visit textbooks. These holdings, as well as users potential access to over one million rcbc.edu/library or call us for specific over 45,000 e-book titles and thousands items. Items within the county system, library hours. of streaming videos, are listed in the including on- and off-campus holdings The college will enforce fines for not library’s online catalog. Additional can be requested online and received complying with library regulations. resources, available from anywhere in at any participating branch location, A list of rules and fines can be found at the world, are provided via inter-library including the RCBC library, usually rcbc.edu/library/lending-fees. loan services. Electronic databases, most within a few business days. featuring full text documents, and a

rcbc.edu | 29 Military Education and Veteran Services

The Military Education and Veteran Change in Status Veteran Absenteeism Services Office serves as the focal point of It is essential that every person using Excessive absenteeism can result in contact for student veterans. The office Veteran Education benefits contact the benefits being decreased or terminated. offers assistance to military affiliated Military Education and Veteran Services The Military Education and Veteran students attending RCBC (Active, Guard Department each semester to report their Services Department is kept informed and Reserve, Veteran, and military registration, and to make sure they have of attendance records and will dependents). While primary emphasis is been certified for that semester. Veterans take appropriate action to prevent placed on education, information and must also report any course changes overpayments by VA. Reported changes assistance is provided to students and during the semester to keep their file sent to VA are based on the student community residents for veteran, updated and to avoid any unnecessary veteran’s date of last attendance. military and military dependent state conflict in their pay status. According to VA, the date of last and federal educational benefits. The attendance is defined as one of the staff is sensitive to the needs of veterans Veteran Affairs Work-Study Program following: and their families. RCBC strives to assure Veteran students can participate in each a successful academic experience. the VA work study program. The 1. Date officially withdrawn. A drop/ work-study veterans add an important add form must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar. Application for Benefits personal touch to the services provided 2. Date that the veteran failed to Veterans must be enrolled in a degree- by the Military Education and Veteran demonstrate satisfactory progress, as seeking program to qualify for benefits. Services Department. These student defined by the institution’s Standards First-time RCBC students who believe veterans assist new applicants in the of Academic Progress. they are eligible for veterans’ educational initial process of enrolling in the college assistance should apply for benefits at and applying for educational benefits, 3. Definite date of last attendance from the Military Education and Veteran as well as performing Veterans’ Office instructor’s records. Services Department. Veterans must duties. Student veterans are paid with 4. For classes where attendance is not submit proper documentation with their funds provided by the VA work-study mandatory, the date is determined application. It may take approximately program. This program enables them to from the last activity date reflected six to ten weeks to receive the first supplement their income while providing in the instructor’s records; either the payment following submission of the a valuable service to fellow veterans. last paper submitted or the last application package and certification of examination completed. enrollment. Disabled Veterans – Chapter 31 Any veteran with a disability rating from VA does not pay for non-punitive grades the Department of Veterans Affairs of such as auditing of a course (AU), or for Academic Program at Joint Base MDL courses that will not fulfill criteria for RCBC offers courses at the Joint Base 10% or more is entitled to apply for Vocational Rehabilitation. Voc Rehab graduation in the chosen major. If MDL Education Centers, as well as student veterans anticipate being absent on the Mount Laurel campus.. Any provides payment of tuition, fees, books, and required supplies along with a from classes, they should notify their veteran needing information concerning instructors and VA certifying official to eligibility for educational assistance monthly subsistence allowance. Those veterans who believe they are eligible for discuss the situation with them, which is welcome to visit the office or call may prevent an excessive absence report. (856) 222-9311, ext. 1299. Chapter 31 benefits should contact the Military Education and Veteran Services Note: Coordinate with the instructor Department for more information. and Military Education and Veteran Services if unique military circumstances General Information are preventing you from completing the Information is available from the course. Your instructor may approve an Military Education and Veteran “Incomplete” grade. An “I” is a better Services Department. The number is option than a failing grade resulting (856) 222-9311, ext. 1299. in paying back Tuition Assistance and having to retake the course.

30 | Rowan College at Burlington County In-County Tuition for Military, Benefits for Members of the Post 9/11 – Chapter 33 Veterans and their Eligible Dependents Selected Reserve – Chapter 1606 Eligibility is for individuals with at least Military members, veterans and their Effective July 1, 1985, members of the 90 days of aggregate service on or after dependent family members are eligible selected reserve of the U.S. Armed September 11, 2001 or individuals to receive in-county tuition regardless Forces may be eligible for Chapter discharged with a service connected of their residence. Members and 1606 educational assistance. The Unit disability after 30 days. You must have dependents will be asked to substantiate Commander will provide a “Notice of received an honorable discharge to be their military affiliation and dependent Basic Eligibility” (NOBE). Veterans eligible for the post-9/11. The post-9/11 status. must bring this NOBE in and fill out an will become effective for training on or Spouses and domestic partners of application for GI Bill benefits online at after August 1, 2009. Qualifying active active duty and activated Guard and gibill.VA.gov. These will be submitted duty includes: Reserve members are eligible for a to the DVA with a certification of • full-time duty in the armed forces, tuition scholarship. Spouses must follow enrollment at RCBC. Veterans are other than active duty for training; entitled to 36 months of training under the RCBC process to receive benefits • a call order to active duty under Chapter 1606, and it must used within including mandatory completion Title 10. of FAFSA and RCBC Scholarship ten years of the date of eligibility on the For more information please contact application as well as providing proof of NOBE. the Military Education and Veteran eligibility, and comply with registration Services Department at (856) 222-9311, deadlines. Registration timelines Dependents of Military Personnel ext. 1299, email [email protected] or visit are limited, and the most current and Veterans – Chapter 35 rcbc.edu/vets for the most current information is available on the website: Children and spouses of veterans who information. rcbc.edu/vets. died or are permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service- VetCenter Outreach for The Military Spouse Tuition connected disability are eligible for Veteran Counseling Waiver Program benefits under Chapter 35 of the RCBC recognizes the unique experiences The Military Spouse Tuition Waiver Montgomery GI Bill. of military personnel, and their family Program is available to spouses of Active Children must be between 18 and 26 members and works with the Trenton Vet Duty military members who have years of age. Spouses must use the benefit Center to conduct on-sight counseling completed their Federal Financial Aid within ten years of becoming eligible. for eligible veterans and their family Application (FAFSA) in its entirety, and members. The counselor may be reached received a final status notification. Any New Jersey Educational Benefits through the RCBC website (rcbc.edu/ necessary appeals or other requirements Veterans Tuition Credit Program vets) or contact the Military Education as determined by Financial Aid must also New Jersey offers a stipend to certain and Veteran Services Department for be completed. If a student is ineligible veterans who are or were eligible for the next campus visit. Services are for grants, tuition will be waived and the GI Bill benefits, who served on active offered free of charge and are completely student is eligible to register for any open duty between December 31, 1960 confidential. course (excluding culinary) four days and May 7, 1975, and who were legal prior to the start of every term. residents of New Jersey at the time of induction, the time of discharge, or for Deployment During a Class one year prior to application for this If you receive Military Orders and you benefit. have completed more than half of any course, you may be entitled to receive National Guard Tuition-Free Program a grade for the completed work. Please Available to members of the New Jersey discuss the situation with the instructor National Guard, use of this program and coordinate with the Office of requires the student to produce a Military Education & Veteran Services Commanders Certificate each semester, to determine eligibility. Orders must be and file for all available state and federal provided. financial aid for each academic year by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA application can be completed online at fafsa.ed.gov.

rcbc.edu | 31 Academic Information/Regulations

Student Attendance Policy Credit Unit and Loads Phi Theta Kappa General Attendance Requirement A credit hour, the unit of credit, is the Phi Theta Kappa is the International Students are required to attend all class, equivalent of a subject pursued one Honor Society of the two-year college. clinical, laboratory, and studio sessions 50-minute period a week for 15 weeks Each fall and spring semester, invitations for the full duration of each such or 750 minutes of instruction. In gen­ to join Chi Iota, Rowan College at instructional session. eral, for laboratory courses, 100 to 200 Burlington County’s chapter, are sent to Faculty are required to take attendance, minutes per week for 15 weeks equals eligible students. Eligible students have and grade penalties for absence will one credit hour. The 15th week of the completed at least 12 college-level credits be imposed when a student exceeds a semester will be exam week. Credits at Rowan College at Burlington County ten percent absence rate, not to exceed for clinical in­struction vary with the with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, 10% of the final grade. However, class program. and have received no grade of D, F, ST, participation may be considered a The normal academic load for stu­dents or I and no more than one semester separate grading component according in the fall and spring semesters is 15-17 grade of X. to individual instructor’s syllabi. credits; the minimum full-time load is Additionally, students are responsible to 12 credits and the maximum full-time Participation in Assessment Activities be aware of and follow specific program load is 17 credits. Rowan College at Burlington County is committed to providing each student requirements regarding attendance and Students who would like to register for participation. a quality college experience. In order an overload – 18 or more credits, must that we continue to improve the quality Instructors will distribute their have an overall GPA of a 3.0 or higher. of our programs and activities, it is attendance and participation expectations Signed permission from a counselor/ necessary to assess our efforts in student at the beginning of the semester, and it is academic advisor is required on a learning, student satisfaction, student the student’s responsibility to understand schedule which contains an overload. development and student involvement. and adhere to the expectations for The normal academic load for students Therefore, students will be requested each course. Faculty expectations for in summer terms is not to exceed a to participate in college assessment student attendance and participation are maximum of 10 credits per term. activities. subject to review and approval by the appropriate division dean. Students who are receiving financial­ Educational Technology Statement aid, veterans’ benefits, Social Security Rowan College at Burlington County Students are responsible for or other types of aids/grants must carry communicating with instructors to advocates a technology-enhanced a 12-credit hour load during the fall or teaching and learning environment. make reasonable arrangements for the spring semester for full benefits. completion of course requirements not Advanced technological tools may be completed due to absence. International students who have been used in any course section to facilitate issued a student visa to attend the college instruction. Many of our sections are Appeal Procedure: must complete at least 12 credits in web-enhanced, which means that some Appeals of grades affected by this policy the fall and spring semesters. This is a of your work will be submitted or may be made using the most current requirement of the U.S. Immigration completed online. Web enhancements grade appeals process. and Naturalization Service. may include on-line materials, grade books, testing and quizzes and Students carrying a load of one to 11 Special Note for Students Receiving assignment submission. Financial Aid and/or Veterans Aid: credits are considered part-time students, Attendance will be reviewed by Financial during the fall or spring semester. Many students enjoy the flexibility Aid and Veterans Aid programs, and and convenience that these online benefits will be contingent upon Student Classification (Applied to enhancements have provided; however, if compliance with the program’s degree-seeking students only) you have concerns about the technology regulations. Earned Credit Hours Level involved, please speak to your instructor 0–28 Freshman immediately. 29–64 Sophomore

32 | Rowan College at Burlington County Grading System

The following grades are used on the student’s permanent record (transcript) Grades for Developmental Courses* for all courses in which the student is enrolled after the initial registration and Developmental courses (those with numerical at the end of the schedule adjustment period (Drop/Add period): designations of less than 100) do not count toward A, B+, B, C+, C, D, F, PS, I, X, AU, W, AW, NA, SR and ST. graduation and are not computed into a student’s grade Grades remain on a student’s permanent record. They may only be changed point average (GPA). Although no grade points are by the course instructor following approval by the appropriate Division Dean. assigned, developmental courses count toward enrollment Extraordinary circumstances will be handled on a case by case basis. status (i.e. full-time, half-time, etc.). I and X contracts may be arranged with the instructor of the course. Credit Course Grade Explanation Grade Points Per Credit Hour A Mastery of essential elements and related concepts, plus demonstrated excellence or originality. 4 B+ Mastery of essential elements and related concepts, showing higher level understanding. 3.5 B Mastery of essential elements and related concepts. 3 C+ Above average knowledge of essential elements and related concepts. 2.5 C Acceptable knowledge of essential elements and related concepts. 2 D Minimal knowledge of related concepts. 1 F Unsatisfactory progress. This grade may also be assigned in cases of academic misconduct, such as cheating or plagiarism. I Temporarily Incomplete. At the discretion of the instructor, a grade of ‘‘I’’ may be assigned when the student cannot complete the requirements of the course during the semester. The grade of ‘‘I’’ is given only by mutual agreement between the faculty member and the student and requires completion of an ‘‘I’’ contract form. The student must complete all grade requirements satisfactorily within 30 calendar days of the onset of the following semester or term. If this condition is not met, the ‘‘I’’ will automatically become the grade assigned­ in the ‘‘I’’ contract form. X Extended Incomplete. The grade of ‘‘X’’ is awarded to allow the student additional time to master the content of the course. The grade of ‘‘X’’ is to be awarded only when the student shows that he/she is making satisfactory progress. This grade is given only upon mutual agreement between the faculty member and the student and requires completion of the ‘‘X’’ contract form. Students receiving a grade of ‘‘X’’ must register and pay to retake the course. If the course is not repeated, the ‘‘X’’ will become an ‘‘F’’. Grades of ‘‘X’’ must be made up within the next 12 months that the student is enrolled at the college. X* Resolved Extended Incomplete. The grade of X* is an administrative grade which is assigned by the Registrar when a student retakes and successfully completes a course that was previously awarded an X grade. PS Pass (for nursing clinical courses only). The student met the objectives of the course with a grade of 80% or better. This is a non-numerical grade that is not calculated into the student’s GPA; credits will be applied towards graduation requirements. AU A grade of audit is awarded to a student for a course that they registered for, but do not wish to accrue credit or grade points. ST Designation for students in college-level courses who stopped attending before sufficient evaluations were completed. ST may be assigned in lieu of “F” grade. Instructors will include last date of attendance. W Denotes withdrawal from a course or courses. Any student who withdraws must complete a withdrawal form, stating the reason(s) for withdrawal, within the established semester/term withdraw deadlines. Students may withdraw up to the ninth week of classes in a semester or up to an equivalent time in a given semester or term. The Withdraw Form must be initiated by the student and submitted to the Office of the Registrar in order for the withdrawal to be considered official. Students who fail to withdraw according to established procedures will receive a failing grade for all courses in which they are registered. AW Denotes an administrative withdrawal due to exceptional circumstances. NA Indicates that a student enrolled but never attended a course. ESL and Developmental Course Grade A* Outstanding: The student has done clearly superior work. B* Advanced comprehension of course objectives. C* Pass: The student has achieved the objectives of the course and is ready to proceed to the next level. F* Unsatisfactory: The student has done unsatisfactory work during the semester. SR Designation for students in Developmental courses who stopped attending before sufficient evaluations were completed. SR may be assigned in lieu of “F” grade. Instructors will include last date of attendance.

Final grades for all RCBC courses will be provided electronically at rcbc.edu under the listing for WebAdvisor

rcbc.edu | 33 Semester Grades This policy requires: 2. If a student completes an increment Grades are issued at the end of each 1. A written request for a formal of 12 college level credits during a semester/term. Final grades for all RCBC meeting with the course professor semester/term, the whole semester/ courses will be provided electronically at related to the grade dispute, term will be counted. The next rcbc.edu under the listing for increment of 12 credits will start with 2. A review and recommendation by the WebAdvisor. the following semester/term. divisional Dean, and 3. Criteria for recognition on the 3. An appeal to the Provost who will Grade Point Average Dean’s List is a grade of “C” or better convene the Grade Appeal To determine grade point average (GPA), in unduplicated 12 credit intervals. Committee to review the records multiply the number of grade points The grade point average (GPA) for relevant to any dispute and make a for each grade received by the number each 12 credit interval must be 3.50 recommendation to the President or of credit hours (cr) for the course; then or higher. divide the total number of grade points designee, whose decision will be final. by the total number of credit hours Audit Policy Recognition of Scholastic Achievement attempted. Grades in courses­ transferred A student may audit a course if they Students who are recommended­ by from another institution­ are not included do not want credit for the course. A the faculty, are honored at the annual in computing grade point average. student may declare audit status at the Academic Awards Ceremony. Example: time of registration or within the first HIS 103 3cr. with a grade ‘‘A’’ eight weeks of each semester or up to an Dean’s List (4 points) = 12 equivalent time in a given term. See the The Dean’s List is official recognition ENG 101 3cr. with a grade ‘‘B’’ Academic Calendar for Audit Deadline by the college of outstanding academic (3 points) = 9 dates for specific semesters/terms. An achievement. Students with a declared BIO 101 4cr. with a grade ‘‘C’’ audited course may be dropped during major are awarded this recognition (2 points) = 8 the Drop/Add period. Fees for an during the fall and spring semesters. audited course are based on the regular CIS 101 3cr. with a grade ‘‘C’’ A break in enrollment of two or more credit value of the course. The student (2 points) = 6 semesters/terms results in a restart of record will indicate the no grade, grade Total points = 35 the Dean’s List calculation. The new points, or credits attempted/ completed Divide 35 grade points by 13 cr. calculation will be based on the most will be awarded for an audited course. 2.69 GPA recent enrollment. Once the request to audit a course is Student Grade Appeals Note: College Acceleration Program processed, the status of the course cannot The Student Grade Appeal policy (C.A.P.) courses are not considered for be changed back to credit earning. applies to all students enrolled in credit the Dean’s List. bearing courses, offered under any A student must complete a minimum Repeating a Course mode of delivery. The Student Grade of 12 college level credits with no grade Conditions Appeal policy offers students an avenue lower than a “C” in any given semester, 1. Any course may be taken two times. to discuss and resolve problems, in a and who further has achieved a semester Permission to exceed this limit may timely manner that may arise with his/ grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or be granted after the completion of the her educational progress. This document higher, to quality for this honor. Third Repeat Petition by the Director establishes a policy that defines a grade of Academic Advising. appeal process that provides due process Full-Time Students 2. The grade of each attempt is as articulated in Procedure 217, for 1. For purposes of this policy, a full- entered on the permanent record students in the event of a final grade time student shall be defined as an of the student. However, only the dispute with a course professor. individual enrolled in 12 or more highest grade is computed into the Grade appeals governed under this policy college level credits during a semester cumulative grade point average must be formally initiated by a student or six or more college level credits (GPA). in a timely manner that shall not exceed during a term. 3. The credit hours assigned to the conclusion of the next successive Part-time Students the course will be counted only semester of the regular academic year or, once toward meeting graduation in the case of a summer term appeal, the 1. Students enrolled in fewer than 12 requirements regardless of the next successive Fall semester. Student college level credits in a semester number of times the course is grade appeals that do not conform to this are eligible for this honor upon the repeated. deadline for appeal shall be considered completion of 12 college level credits untimely and without merit. and thereafter for each additional 12 college level credit interval which they complete. However, lists will only be published following the fall and spring semesters.

34 | Rowan College at Burlington County Change of Program or Degree Status Academic Amnesty Satisfactory Academic Students who wish to declare or change This policy allows a student to restart the Performance and Progress their major must complete a ‘‘Change of calculation of her/his grade point average This policy establishes the standards Degree Status’’ form and submit it to (GPA).The requirement and submission for academic performance and progress the Office of the Registrar. In addition for Academic Amnesty are as follows: which must be met by all Rowan College notification of the change of major and a 1. Student has been away from RCBC at Burlington County students. request for an updated evaluation should for three or more years. Students receiving financial aid from be sent to [email protected]. 2. Student met with a counselor/advisor federal and state sources must also Academic Amnesty and completed comply with the provisions of “Special Declaring Courses Non-Applicable the Academic Amnesty application. Conditions of Satisfactory Academic This provides a means by which a Performance and Progress for Financial student may have certain grades removed 3. If approved all previous grades and credits will remain on the student’s Aid Recipients,” in order to maintain from the calculation of her/his grade eligibility for financial aid. point average (GPA) as result of a change permanent record but will be of her/his program of study. disregarded in the determination of Students using veteran education benefits the new GPA and the fulfillment of must also maintain satisfactory progress When a student changes her/his program graduation requirements. toward degree completion and failure to of study, it may be possible to have maintain this progress must be reported certain grades declared non-applicable. 4. The student’s record will restart with a 0.00 GPA. to the Veteran’s Administration which The initial courses and grades remain a may result in a debt to Veteran’s Affairs. permanent part of the student’s academic 5. The transcript of the student will continue to reflect all of her/ record; however, their weight is removed Definitions from the cumulative grade point average his previous grades. However, the transcript will include a line For purposes of this policy the following (GPA) calculation. Credits earned in terms are defined: courses declared non-applicable are not indicating where the old record ends considered as credits completed toward and the new record begins. Student: An individual enrolled at graduation. If a student has been away from RCBC Rowan College at Burlington County in for three or more years, they may apply a degree-seeking program taking college- The criteria used in determining level or developmental courses. non-applicability are as follows: for Academic Amnesty by meeting with 1. The student has officially declared an advisor and completing the Academic Full-time Student: An individual enrolled a new major or changed from Amnesty application. This application for 12 or more credits during a semester. non-degree to degree-seeking status. may be filed only one time. For further details please contact the Advisement Satisfactory Academic 2. The courses to be considered are Office at ext. 1557. Performance and Progress not pertinent to the student’s new A student is considered to hold the status program of study and are not part of Calculation of GPA of satisfactory academic performance and the general education requirements. 1. All previous grades and credits will progress if she/he meets the following 3. The student has completed at least remain on the student’s permanent two criteria: 12 college level credits of required record but will be disregarded in the 1. Has a grade point average (G.P.A.) of courses (program or general determination of the new GPA 2.0 or higher; education) in her/his new program of and the fulfill­ment of graduation 2. Has completed a minimum of 66% study with grades of “C” or better in requirements. each such course. of all credits attempted by attaining 2. The student’s record will restart with grades of A, B+, B, C+, C, D, O, This policy may be applied for a student a 0.00 GPA. P, I, X and marks, if applicable, of only one time. Contact the Advisement 3. The transcript of the student will AW, NA, W, or AU in all courses Office for procedural information. continue to reflect all of her/his old attempted. grades. However, the transcript will include a line indicating where the old record ends and the new record begins.

rcbc.edu | 35 (TIER 1) Early Warning Students using veteran education Petition to Re-Enroll in Courses The first semester that a student’s benefits who are placed on probation that Carry Academic Credit cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 and the must be reported to Veteran’s Affairs Students who are academically dismissed completion rate is below 66.67%, the and will be restricted from receiving due to poor academic performance, student will be placed on Early Warning benefits at another institution or from based on the college’s Satisfactory status. The student will receive a letter changing their program of study until Academic Performance and Progress from the college indicating that they their academic performance returns Policy, will need to sit out for a full should meet with a college representative to satisfactory progress. Please note 15-week semester. prior to choosing classes. that veteran education benefits restrict Toward the end of the dismissal period, the number of times a course may be the student meets with an academic (TIER 2) Academic Probation repeated. advisor/counselor and completes a After the Early Warning semester, Students who fail more than one course Petition to Re-Enroll in Courses that student’s whose cumulative GPA falls while using military education/tuition Carry Academic Credit form. below 2.0 and the completion rate assistance benefits may be required is below 66.67% will be placed on The form is reviewed by the Academic to take two courses demonstrating Standards Committee and the student Academic Probation status. satisfactory academic progress prior to The student will receive a letter from would appear before the Committee. As eligibility for tuition assistance being a result of the Committee meeting with the college indicating that registration is restored. restricted and requires the approval of a the student, a decision will be rendered regarding a student’s next step. college academic advisor/counselor. (TIER 3) Academic Dismissal There are restrictions on online and After the probation semester, students accelerated courses and a limit of 13 whose semester GPA falls below 2.0 credits per semester. A student placed will be moved to dismissal status. The on academic probation will be notified student will receive a letter from the of that action at the time grades are college indicating that they are on issued. Further, the student will be dismissal status. informed of the requirement to be interviewed by a college academic Conditions of Dismissal advisor/counselor. Students will also 1. A student who has been dismissed be required to participate in a college may not enroll in any course which workshop. A probationary student must carries academic credit for a period of obtain approval of all course selections at least one 15- week semester, with by consulting with a college academic reinstatement occurring only in a fall advisor/counselor prior to registering. or spring semester. A student will be allowed to continue 2. Permission for a dismissed student on probationary status provided their to re-enroll in a credit course(s) semester GPA remains at 2.0 or higher. is granted only by the Academic A student will be removed from Standards Committee. academic probation status when his/ Deadlines for petitions are as follow: her cumulative GPA has risen to 2.0 or above and the completion rate is above August 5 – Fall Semester 66.67%. Once removed from probation (Eligible to Pick Up Form June 5) status for one semester, any student December 5 – Spring Semester returned to probation status will begin (Eligible to Pick Up Form October 5) the probation cycle again. If permission to re-enroll is granted by the Academic Standards Committee, the student must have written approval of a college academic advisor/counselor for course selection. Please note that the Academic Standards Committee will determine which course(s) and the number of credits students will take. Students will be placed on Tier 2 of the Academic Probation policy upon their return. See Petition to Re-Enroll for Academic Credit Course process.

36 | Rowan College at Burlington County Graduation

All students who have successfully Types of Honors Students pursuing multiple degrees should completed all requirements for degrees Cum Laude (Honors) – Required meet with a college academic advisor/ and academic/career certificates will Cumulative GPA: 3.50 – 3.74 counselor to prepare a program. This automatically be graduated from the should be done prior to the completion Magna Cum Laude (High Honors) – college. Students must complete the of 32 credits. Required Cumulative GPA: 3.75 – 3.89 graduation requirements in effect at the time they declared their major, unless the Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors) Transcript of Final Grades current catalog of record is beneficial for – Required Cumulative GPA: 3.90 & Grades are issued at the end of each the student, in which case, the student above. semester/term. Final grades are accessible record may be updated. Participation in by logging into WebAdvisor and selecting The Office of the Registrar will create Commencement Ceremony the ‘Grades’ link located under the graduation applications for all students Students who wish to participate in the Academic Profile section. who have active degree, academic and/ annual May commencement ceremony Students may also use Academic Profile or career certificates programs and must meet the following criteria: to request an official transcript showing have completed 75% of the program. 1. Student has met all degree degree completion. A review of the Graduation Applications will be created requirements for declared degree transcript information is recommended to in the order that majors were added to a program by the current year’s fall or ensure that the degree is posted prior to student’s record. Additional information spring terms or is registered for the submitting the online transcript request. on automatic graduation can be found on final courses necessary to meet degree the website (rcbc.edu/graduation). requirements in the summer term of Transfer of Academic Record (Transcript) NOTE: A student cannot graduate until that same academic year. In accordance with the Family Educa­ the requirements for “X” and “I” contracts 2. The Program Evaluation (available tional Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, are fulfilled. through BaronOne/WebAdvisor Rowan College at Burlington County or Self-Service account) status is is not permit­ted to release a student’s Catalog that Applies ‘Complete’ or ‘In Progress’. academic record without the student’s to a Student’s Graduation 3. Responded ‘Yes’ to participate in the written permission. A candidate for graduation will be annual commencement ceremony. An official transcript bearing the college evaluated based on the catalog that is 4. Has a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or seal and the signature of the Registrar will most advantageous for the student. The higher. be sent directly to another educational status of the catalog and/or applicable institution or employer upon receipt of courses must be active and the catalog Additional information on participating a written or online WebAdvisor request year must be on or after the year in which in Commencement can be found on the from the student. Written requests the student matriculated. website (rcbc.edu/commencement). should be submitted to the Office of the Diplomas Registrar. Allow at least one week for Graduation with Honors Diplomas are ordered at the end of processing. Transcripts of students who Graduation with Honors is official the fall, spring and summer semesters. owe money to the college will not be sent recognition by the college of outstanding Students will be notified of pick-up and until the balance is paid. academic achievement by a student during delivery information via their RCBC To protect the security of student the entire period of her/his enrollment at email accounts. records, any official transcript handled the college. Diplomas will not be released/mailed if by a student bears the notation “Issued Criteria: the student owes money to the college. to Student.” Most institutions will not 1. To be considered for Graduation with Additional information on diplomas accept as of­ficial a transcript bearing this Honors, a student must have earned can be found on the website (rcbc.edu/ notation. a minimum of 30 semester hours at graduation/diplomas). Rowan College at Burlington County. Multiple Degrees Transcript Errors 2. Only courses that carry college credits Students pursuing more than one degree Errors on transcripts regarding grades will be used in computing grade point from Rowan College at Burlington must be brought to the Registrar’s averages (GPA) for graduation. County must meet the following criteria: attention within one year of the 3. Graduation with Honors is available 1. Satisfy the General Education occurrence of the error. No changes to only to individuals receiving Associate Re­quirements­ for each degree, the transcript will be made after one of Applied Science, Associate of year. Under extraordinary circumstances, 2. Satisfy the program requirements­ for Science, Associate of Arts, or appeals can be made to the Provost. each ma­jor, and Associate of Fine Arts degrees. 3. Earn at least 15 additional credits for 4. Requests for exceptions due to each declared major beyond the credit circumstances of an extraordinary requirements for completion of the nature may be submitted to the first degree. Provost.

rcbc.edu | 37 Transferring to Four-Year Colleges and Universities

The Convenient, Affordable Route Transfer to Other Institutions Premier Partnership to a Bachelor’s Degree Students should be aware that RCBC with Rowan University A primary goal of Rowan College at offers four different associate degree Graduates of RCBC have the Burlington County is to help prepare programs: the Associate of Arts (AA); opportunity to stay in Mount Laurel students to transfer to four-year colleges the Associate of Science (AS); the for a BS or BA through the 3+1 and universities. All students who attend Associate of Fine Arts (AFA); and the program. RCBC graduates enrolling Rowan College at Burlington County Associate of Applied Science (AAS). in programs offered through Rowan will be conditionally-accepted to Rowan The AA and AS degrees are designed to Global (online, in Mount Laurel, or in University. Once the students receive provide the freshman and sophomore Camden) will receive a 15% discount their associate degree, they may attend level courses for a baccalaureate program off of the prevailing on-campus Rowan the university online, on the main and therefore, are designated as Transfer University tuition and fees. RCBC and campus in Glassboro, on the Camden Degree Programs at RCBC. The AAS Rowan University offer 2+2 and 3+1 Campus or for selected programs on and the AFA programs are not designed programs. Please visit rcbc.edu/rowan Rowan College at Burlington County’s for transfer. Students should be aware of for a list of degree offerings. RCBC Mount Laurel Campus. Certain this distinction so they do not experience students are automatically admitted to degrees will require program-specific disappointment if they seek to transfer to Rowan University, if students graduate requirements. RCBC has also created four-year schools. from RCBC with an Associate of Arts a wide range of transfer opportunities Students planning to transfer to four- or Science degree, complete prerequisite including GUARANTEED year schools are advised to speak with an course requirements, and meet the ADMISSIONS and ARTICULATION academic advisor early in their academic GPA standards of each program. The AGREEMENTS, with a considerable program at RCBC. Advisors will assist tuition discount will not apply for number of colleges and universities. students in developing an academic RCBC graduates who continue onto to These agreements are designed to help plan for graduation from RCBC and the University in Glassboro. For more students plan for transfer during the time transfer to four-year schools. In addition, information, visit rcbc.edu/rowan. they are students at RCBC and help ease students should consult the catalogs and the process of transfer after they graduate websites of the schools they are interested Guaranteed Admissions Programs from RCBC. in to learn more about their academic Rowan College at Burlington County’s programs and requirements. Students can Guaranteed Admissions Programs are an also access information about many inexpensive way for students to complete New Jersey four-year institutions through their bachelor’s degrees by providing a NJ Transfer at njtransfer.org. seamless transfer of courses and credits from RCBC to many four-year colleges and universities. Through this program, students are guaranteed admission to “partner schools” from RCBC provided that all criteria associated with the Guaranteed Admission Program have been fulfilled. Students who are interested in transferring into one of the Guaranteed Admissions partner schools should contact the Advising Office during their first semester at RCBC. The steps for entering the Guaranteed Admissions Program (GAP) and the criteria for successful transfer through GAP can be found on the Intent to Transfer Form. Intent to Transfer Forms are found online at rcbc.edu/forms or by contacting the Academic Advising Department.

38 | Rowan College at Burlington County Degree Completion Programs Transfer Tips at RCBC • Be certain you are enrolled in an After earning an associate degree, academic program that is designed students can pursue a bachelor’s degree for transfer (A.A. and A.S. degree at RCBC with our onsite partners: programs are designed for transfer, while most A.A.S. and A.F.A. Rowan University, Rutgers University programs are not). – School of Business Camden and Wilmington University each provide • Meet with an Advisor early in your their same quality programs with their academic career at RCBC to talk own faculty in RCBC classrooms. These about your interests and transfer partnerships allow RCBC graduates to goals; learn how RCBC can help enroll in a high-quality baccalaureate you transfer; and build an academic program while remaining in Burlington plan for graduation from RCBC and County. To learn more about a transfer to four-year schools. four-year degree program at RCBC, • Begin to identify schools that have contact the Academic Advising the major(s) you are interested in. Department at rcbc.edu/advising or Students can visit the RCBC advising (856) 222-9311, ext. 2737. website to use college search engines to assist them in their research on Students may also contact each onsite four year college/universities. partner directly: • Arrange to visit the four-year schools Rowan University you are interested in and meet with (856) 222-9311, ext. 2222 admissions representatives and faculty [email protected] who can tell you more about their Rutgers University – academic programs and requirements. School of Business Camden • Arrange follow-up meetings with an (856) 225-6135 Academic Advisor regarding your [email protected] transfer plans. Wilmington University • Make sure you are aware of the (856) 291-7400 application process and deadline [email protected] dates for the schools you are considering for transfer. • Study hard and set aside the appropriate amount of time for your academic work each semester so you can earn the best grades possible.

The CEEB college code for Rowan College at Burlington County is 2180.

rcbc.edu | 39 Student Life, Government, Clubs & Organizations

Office of Student Life Clubs and Organizations A list of current clubs and organizations The Office of Student Life is located In order for a club or organization to can be viewed via the Student Life online on the first floor of the Student Success be officially recognized, students must engagement system, Campus Labs, at Center in Mount Laurel. For information follow the procedure for recognition rcbc.edu/campus-labs. New groups are about clubs, organizations, and Student developed by the Office of Student Life. always being formed. Current recognized Government you may call (856) 222- If you would like to form a new student organizations include: 9311, ext. 2251. If you need information organization on campus please visit American Sign Language Club about athletics, intramurals or recreational the Office of Student Life, located on activities, please call (856) 291-4257. the first floor of the Student Success Art Center in Mount Laurel or contact Book Club Student Participation in [email protected]. Business Club College Governance Recognition allows funding for events and Students have opportunities to participate the use of a variety of college facilities. Campus Crusade for Christ in the college decision-making process All clubs, in addition to adhering to the Computer Science Club through the Student Government stated purpose of the group, are involved in Creative Arts Guild Association and Student Senate. Please campus service projects. Clubs bring to the call (856) 222-9311, ext. 2251 for details college a variety of events including but not Criminal Justice Club on how you can participate. limited to speakers, films, and entertainers. Dental Hygiene Club Student Government Association Diagnostic Medical Sonography Club Student Government is composed of a group of active students involved in Education Club representing the interests of the associated Environmental Club students of RCBC on college governance EOF Club committees and programs. Participation allows a student to work cooperatively Fashion Design Club with fellow students, faculty, staff, and Film Club administration. The RCBC Student Government is composed of the following Gamers Club branches: Executive Board, Programming Gay Straight Alliance Board and Student Senate. Human Services Club International Students Club Lamplight Players Marketing Club Math Club Phi Theta Kappa Philosophy Club Psychology Club Radiography Club Student Government Association Student Nurses Association

40 | Rowan College at Burlington County Campus Involvement and Social Media Public Notices The Office of Student Life understands Any student wishing to post public notices that RCBC students are busy, so we’ve must have them approved by the Office of come up with a way for you to get involved Student Life. Notices may only be placed with student life without having to take on official bulletin boards. time away from your job, friends, or academics. By using an online platform, Student Areas on Campus OrgSync, students can engage online with There are various areas on campus student clubs and easily access information where students can congregate for social on campus activities and student clubs. interaction. These areas include: OrgSync is available on your computer, tablet, or phone. It provides students with Student Lounges a way to meet new students, join clubs, get There are a number of lounge areas information about activities, weigh in on situated throughout college buildings. polls, voice your student concerns, and so All activities in lounges must be requested much more. You can access the system at through the Office of Student Life. rcbc.edu/orgsync, On the Mount Laurel Campus, there are a Log into your OrgSync account NOW! number of different lounges available Enter your RCBC student email for students located in each building. ([email protected]. A list and description of each lounge and edu) and the password sent to you from student space on campus can be found at OrgSync via the welcome email message rcbc.edu/student-life/lounges. (or the password you picked if you’ve already logged in). Once a student logs in, Cafeteria you can start exploring all aspects of the The Mount Laurel Campus cafeteria is RCBC Student Life programs! located on the first floor of the Student Success Center. The cafeteria is a main Not sure about your initial password? gathering place for students. It is a self- Check the email sent to your RCBC busing area and your cooperation is student email account or click the requested in keeping it clean. “Forgot my Password” link on the OrgSync login page! Do you have questions? Contact the Office of Student Life at (856) 222-9311, ext. 2251 or email [email protected] and we’ll be more than happy to help with any of the above questions, or anything else you can come up with regarding OrgSync or other student life programs!

rcbc.edu | 41 Athletics and Recreation

Intercollegiate Sports There are many exceptions and variations Competition Barons Athletics is a member of the to these regulations. If you have a Seasonal competition is offered on the National Junior College Athletic question about eligibility, you should intramural level in a variety of sports. Association (NJCAA), which has over contact the Athletic Director. 500 member schools in 42 states. Each Caution: dropping a course may affect an Activities year nearly 60,000 student-athletes athlete’s eligibility to participate. Check with the Intramural and recreational activities are compete in one of 28 different sports, athletic director before dropping any courses. usually scheduled for weekdays but some and the organization sponsors 48 national activities are held on weeknights and championship events and eight football Note: weekends. Not all activities are offered bowl games. • Transfer students from a two-year or each year. The NJCAA member colleges in New four-year college/university may be Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Pennsylvania immediately eligible for participation Information make up Region XIX of the NJCAA. on an NJCAA sponsored team. Announcements about both intramural This organization holds post-season Barons NJCAA Sponsored Programs: and recreational activities will be tournaments which are the stepping stones Division I advertised on bulletin boards and on TV to the NJCAA national tournament. Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer monitors throughout the college campus. Call the Athletics Department at Division II Eligibility (856) 291-4257 for more information. Baseball Men’s Basketball Any RCBC student or employee is eligible Women’s Basketball Softball to participate in intramural/recreation Participation on Athletic Teams Division III events, provided he/she has a validated ID In order for students to participate in Men’s Golf Women’s Golf intercollegiate athletics in an NJCAA card. Students who are members of an sport, they must: intercollegiate team may participate Athletic Facilities in that sport on the intramural level 1. Be a graduate of a high school with an Please be aware that all RCBC Athletic according to specific guidelines established academic diploma, general education Facilities are currently located off campus. by the Athletic Director. diploma or state department of education approved high school The Athletics Department, along with Awards equivalency test. the college training room, is located on the first floor of the Student Success Each member of the winning team in a 2. Be enrolled in 12 or more credits Center. The college training room is fully sport and persons finishing in first place on the 15th day of the semester of equipped and staffed to provide injury in individual activity tournaments will participation. care, prevention and rehabilitation for receive an intramural T-shirt. 3. Have passed a physical examination. student-athletes. 4. Maintain an appropriate GPA as Uniforms determined by the NJCAA and Intramurals and Recreation In team competition, each member of a the college. Recreational activities are those that are team should wear similar colored jerseys. 5. Show evidence of making satisfactory informal in nature, while intramurals are All teams or individuals must provide progress toward graduation as determined more formally structured competitive their own apparel. by the NJCAA and the college. activities. Rowan College at Burlington County offers a variety of both. Waiver of Liability 6. Maintain amateur status as defined by All individuals participating in an the NJCAA. organized recreation/intramural activity will be required to sign a waiver of liability form.

Accidents/Incidents All accidents/incidents occurring as a result of participation in college sponsored events should be reported to the intramural/ recreation administrator in charge of the activity, the Athletic Director and Public Safety personnel.

42 | Rowan College at Burlington County Special Programs and Courses

Service-Learning Workforce Development Institute It provides easy access to demand- Rowan College at Burlington County The Workforce Development Institute driven and comprehensive employment, offers students the opportunity to officially opened in July 2015, bringing educational, training and economic participate in Service-Learning activities. all of the county and college workforce development services to meet the Service-Learning enhances the academic development resources together to better needs of job seekers, employers and the curriculum by extending learning serve job seekers and employers in the community, such as: experiences outside the classroom. It region. • Management Certificates encourages students to develop a sense of A national model of shared services, the • Health Sciences Certificates civic responsibility and caring for others. institute has three divisions: Business • Supply Chain & Logistics Certification Students will devote a specified number Outreach, Educational Program & • Human Resources Certification of hours to community service through Grants and Career Services. It is • Entrepreneurial Certification the coordination of their classroom the regional center for workforce instructor. Interested students should • Graphic Design Certification development initiatives and resources • Professional Licensing Preparation check with their instructor or contact to assure our community has a quality • Employment Services the Service-Learning Coordinator at workforce to meet the changing needs of (856) 222-9311, ext. 1601. the labor market. • Retired and Senior Volunteer Program • Learning Is For Everyone (LIFE) The Institute works closely with leading Experiential Learning and Internships • Pinelands Institute for Natural and local employers to align the workforce rcbc.edu/careers/experiential-learning Environmental Studies (P.I.N.E.S.) development training and educational A student majoring in any field may • Economic Development Services apply for experiential learning related to programs with the skills employers and • Customized Training his/her academic goals. Students already employees need today and in the future. em­ployed may also participate in this • On-the-Job Training Contracts program. • Incentive Based Employee Placement • Labor Market Information Earning Experiential Learning and Internship credit is based upon • Career Pathway Consultation developing and achieving learning • Military Transition Support objectives based on new learning and/ A brochure listing Personal and or increased proficiency. Students are Professional Development certificate assigned to a Faculty Coordinator programs and courses is produced by who oversees the development and the college three times a year and posted achievement of the objectives and visits online at rcbc.edu. the student and their supervisor at the work location. The Experiential Learning program at Rowan College at Burlington County has a ‘‘rolling registration’’ which allows a 15-week semester to begin at any time that a student is selected for a position or a currently employed student receives approval to earn credit for his/her position. Students interested in obtaining an internship or who have a position which may qualify for Experiential Learning credit should contact (856) 222-9311, ext. 1034. For more information, visit rcbc.edu/careers/experiential-learning.

rcbc.edu | 43 Air Force GEM Distance Education Developmental Education Courses (General Education Mobile) Rowan College at Burlington County (Students whose native language is English) RCBC is one of the first colleges to has been actively involved with distance Developmental education courses support the GEM (General Education learning since 1978, providing classes for Mobile) program and consistently offers those who want or need an alternative to provide students with the skills needed one or more of the core courses online classroom based courses. Each semester to succeed in college. These courses in every general education area required classes are offered which span the are designed to serve several types of for all CCAF degrees. Many courses are disciplines from Art to Music and from students, including the student: also offered in seven-week military terms Biology to Physical Science. Our online 1. who has been away from school for on Joint Base MDL in addition to our courses utilize a state-of-the-art course some time and needs to ‘‘brush up’’ extensive online offerings that meet management system to deliver dynamic in some area of study, all GEM requirements. Please visit college level instruction over the Internet. 2. who did not complete a college rcbc.edu/gem for specific course Online courses typically include textbook preparatory program in high school, offerings and enrollment information. readings, web-based resources, interaction with highly qualified faculty, interaction 3. whose placement assessment scores Servicemembers with fellow students, projects and exams. indicate the probability­ of future Opportunity College (SOC) College faculty are available to answer difficulty in successfully com­pleting Rowan College at Burlington County questions and direct student learning. college-level courses, has been designated as an institutional Distance Education courses are fully 4. whose SAT scores fall below 540 in member of Servicemembers Opportunity accredited and part of the curriculum, Verbal/Critical Reading and/or 500 Colleges (SOC), a group of over 400 allowing students to learn whenever in Math. colleges and universities providing and wherever it’s convenient for them, voluntary postsecondary education to The college offers a variety of members of the military throughout while satisfying degree requirements. developmental courses. These courses are the world. As an SOC member, Rowan Students who are self-motivated and not calculated as part of a student’s grade College at Burlington County recognizes highly organized tend to be successful point average and do not count towards the unique nature of the military lifestyle in Distance Education courses. For the graduation. Students who place into and has committed itself to easing latest and most up-to-date information developmental courses must see an the transfer of relevant course credits, on distance learning and current course academic advisor to register for courses. providing flexible academic residency offerings, please visit our website at These students are permitted to enroll in requirements and crediting learning rcbc.edu/distance-education or contact college-level courses once the appropriate from appropriate military training and the Office of Distance Education by developmental courses have been experiences. SOC has been developed emailing [email protected] or by calling successfully completed. jointly by educational representatives (856) 222-9311, ext. 1790. of each of the Armed Services, the Students who take developmental courses Office of the Secretary of Defense and a in English, Reading, Mathematics or consortium of 13 leading national higher Alge­bra skills, may extend the time education associations. It is sponsored required to graduate. by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).

44 | Rowan College at Burlington County English as a Second Language Courses included Study Abroad (Students whose native language is not English) in the ESL program Credits Students may apply to study abroad Students whose native language is not ESL 066 ESL Reading I 4 through Rowan College at Burlington English often need specialized instruc­ ESL 067 ESL Reading II 4 County. Several world locations are available for academic semesters or tion in English before attempting col­ ESL 068 ESL Reading III 4 lege-level courses. RCBC offers a pro­ summer offerings. Information about ESL 074 Intermediate the application process and eligibility gram in English as a Second Language Intensive Grammar 4 for this purpose. requirements is available at rcbc.edu/ ESL 076 ESL Writing I 4 study-abroad or by contacting the Study Participation in the program is open to ESL 077 ESL Writing II 4 Abroad Coordinator. all students, both full-time and part- ESL 078 ESL Writing III 4 time. Courses included in the ESL ESL 081 Speaking and Listening I 4 program are in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Grammar, ESL 082 Speaking and Listening II 4 TOEFL, and English for Academic ESL 083 Speaking and Listening III 4 Purposes. Interested students can look ESL 093 ESL English for for a complete list of courses on pages TOEFL I 4 160-161. ESL 094 ESL English for RCBC’s vocational opportunities are TOEFL II 4 accessible without regard to race, color, ESL 097 ESL English for national origin, sex or handicap. For Academic Purposes 4 more information please contact the For information about ESL courses, Office of International Programs, ext. contact the ESL office at ext. 1599. 1350 or 2232.

rcbc.edu | 45 Student Conduct and Responsibilities

As a Rowan College at Burlington County student, you are Students have a responsibility to: a member of the college community. All RCBC students • Take ownership of their educational planning including are considered to be adults in the eyes of the college and are academic requirements for their degree expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Students are ultimately responsible for their own conduct and the conduct of • Maintain good academic standing their guests and visitors. • Prepare for class and complete course requirements The Student Code of Conduct and the college policies and • Minimize distracting behavior that could impact other procedures are designed to ensure that students are aware of students’ learning acceptable and appropriate behavior on campus, in classrooms, • Follow standard expectations for student behavior, including on campus trips, online and in the community. Students can following the code of conduct and civility policies access the Code of Conduct online at rcbc.edu/conduct. • Engage in mutually respectful interactions with other Students also have rights and responsibilities while taking classes students, faculty and staff on campus or online. • Self advocate, seek help and provide documentation when Students have a right to: needed to support requests for assistance or support • Mutually respectful interactions with other students, faculty • Report suspicious behavior, follow established campus rules and staff and exercise driving and parking lot etiquette • Knowledgeable faculty and staff • Follow college deadlines for registration and services • Receive student-focused college services and support as • Not share passwords for email and other college systems or appropriate disclose private information about others • Discuss various ideas in a civilized manner in and outside of • Check email regularly for communication from the college the classroom and instructors • Feel safe on campus • Be aware of college finances and make payment arrangements • Access campus policies and procedures prior to deadlines • Access to technology and other resources • Understand student rights, campus services, and college • Receive timely communications regarding campus policies and procedures information and updates • Use college resources appropriately and respect college • Receive timely follow ups to questions or concerns facilities • Receive accommodations for disabilities with appropriate For more information on the Student Code of Conduct documentation procedure, prohibited behavior, or the Hearing Process for violations, please visit rcbc.edu/conduct. • Due process in addressing matters such as behavioral or academic disputes • The confidentiality of their educational records as referenced in the published catalog policy • Discuss policy, procedures and campus changes through the Student Government and other appropriate channels

46 | Rowan College at Burlington County Title IX Procedure Overview

Rowan College at Burlington County seeks to provide a • Private, non-confidential reporting is available for individuals campus environment free from all forms of harassment and seeking to report an incident for investigation by the college discrimination. Students and staff are encouraged to report any or other law enforcement office. Students or staff reporting incidents of gender-based misconduct, such as in this manner will also be offered support counseling as • Sexual Harassment the report and investigation process is initiated. An online • Gender-based Harassment reporting form is available at rcbc.edu/titleIX. • Sexual Intimidation Contact Information for RCBC Title IX Coordinator: • Sexual Exploitation Reports submitted through the private, non-confidential • Sexual Assault and Non-Consensual Sexual Contact reporting to a responsible reporter, online reporting form • Relationship Violence submissions, or reports initiated with the Office of Public • Stalking Safety are all submitted to the Title IX Coordinator. • Retaliation The contact information for the Title IX Coordinator is: RCBC offers two options for reporting Title IX incidents: Catherine R. Briggs, Ed.D. Dean of Student Success / Title IX Coordinator • Confidential reporting is available through the Student (856) 242-5391 Support Counselor. The reporting through this staff member [email protected] can result in counseling only or result in both counseling and official reporting. Support for students seeking confidential Additional details regarding reporting forms, investigation reporting is available through the Student Success Center. processes, responsible reporters, and support resources are Students can make an appointment online through available at rcbc.edu/titleIX. rcbc.edu/counseling or call (856) 222-9311, ext. 1585.

Academic Programs

Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.) Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) The Associate of Fine Arts degree provides students with This degree differs from the Associate of Arts and Science a concentrated focus and immersion into the fine arts. degrees previously outlined because the Associate of Applied It may be used as a transfer program. Science degree is not generally intended as a transfer program. It is a degree that emphasizes career preparation for job entry Associate of Arts (A.A.) after graduation. Credits earned in these degree programs The Associate of Arts is a transfer degree designed to complete may be applicable to a four-year degree depending upon the the first half of a baccalaureate or four-year liberal arts degree institution and the content area. program. Traditionally, the purpose of this degree has been to give students a broad, highly academic background in the fine Academic Certificate Programs arts, humanities, and social sciences. Some career areas require less than two years of postsecondary education for entry into the field. At Rowan College at Associate of Science (A.S.) Burlington County, these programs are generally one year in The Associate of Science degree offers students a program duration and include courses specifically related to career emphasizing coursework in mathematics, the sciences, business require­ ments­ as well as general education­ courses designed to or certain health sciences fields. The Associate of Science is a assist students to better understand the world in which they live transfer degree and is designed to complete the first half of the and work. requirements for a baccalaureate. Career Certificates Career Certificates encompass courses specifically related to employment requirements. In some cases, general education coursework may also be required.

rcbc.edu | 47 Degree Requirements

Rowan College at Burlington County Degree Requirements • Use computer systems or other offers four degrees: the Associate of To receive an associate degree (A.A., appropriate forms of technology to Arts, Fine Arts, Associ­ate of Science, A.F.A., A.S., A.A.S.) students must: achieve educational and personal and the Associate of Ap­plied Science. 1. apply and be ad­mitted to the goals. In addition, the college offers a variety program in which they seek a degree. • Analyze works in the fields of art, of one-year certificate programs, certain music or theater; literature; and special programs, non-credit programs, 2. complete the General Education­ Requirements for the degree sought. philosophy and/or religious studies; and workshops for the college and the and will gain competence in the use 3. fulfill all the course and credit hour community. of a foreign language. requirements with a cumulative 2.0 Advisory Statement GPA for their particular curriculum • Understand historical events and All degree-seeking students must show as outlined in the Aca­demic Programs movements in World, Western, an ability to benefit from college-level section of the catalog. non-Western or American societies and assess their subsequent courses. Proficiency is demonstrated 4. complete at least 25% of the credits significance. either by receiving appropriate scores on required in attendance­ at Rowan the College Assessment or by completion College at Burlington County. • Understand the importance of a of course work in the areas where the global perspective and culturally 5. fulfill all financial obligations to the student did not receive appropriate diverse people. college. assessment scores. • Understand ethical issues and 6. apply for graduation. Ap­plications are All degree-seeking students must situations. demonstrate proficiency in reading, available online through WebAdvisor The General Education requirements writing, and mathematics. Students who and at the Mount Laurel Campus successfully achieve a passing grade on and the Willingboro Campus. All are grouped into major categories the College Assessment or are exempt applications must be accompanied (Communication, Mathematics, Science, should register for ENG 101 during by a graduation fee. See page 37 for Social Science, Technology, Humanities, their first semester. Students enrolled deadline dates. History, Diversity, Ethical Reasoning and in a developmental writing course must Action) and by degree (A.A., A.F.A., follow the appropriate sequence of General Education Philosophy A.S., or A.A.S.) courses leading to ENG 101. Rowan College at Burlington County Students have considerable flexibility in is committed to providing educational Students who have not completed selecting courses in most of the opportunities shaped by the traditions of ENG 101 at the point of having categories. However, there are some higher education and the demands of the at­tempted 15 college-level credit hours categories where the options are limited. (100 or higher), should enroll in contemporary world. The General These courses are called the core ENG 101 concurrently with their other Education program provides a curriculum. It is the philosophy of the coursework. foundation in the knowledge and skills college that all students graduate with needed to develop a life of personal knowledge, skills, and abilities in a core If the selected program requires a sec­ond fulfillment and contribution to society. written communication course and of courses regardless of major. These core students have not completed this course Students enrolled in the General course requirements are identified on at the point of having attempted 32 Education requirements will be able to: pages 49-53. college-level credit hours, they should • Communicate effectively in both NOTE: Specific General Education enroll in the appropriate English speech and writing. Requirement courses are required and course concurrently­ with their other • Use appropriate mathematical and suggested for each program. See each coursework. statistical concepts and operations to program page for specific requirements Students who successfully achieve a interpret data and to solve problems. and suggested coursework. passing grade on the algebra portion • Use the scientific method of inquiry, of the College Assessment or are through the acquisition of scientific exempt should refer to the catalog knowledge. page describing their program of study. Generally, AS and AAS Degree • Use social science theories and programs require or recommend specific concepts to analyze human behavior mathematic courses to fulfill the general and social political institutions and to education mathematics requirement. act as responsible citizens. Students may enroll in MTH 107 or a higher mathematics course if a specific mathematics course is not required.

48 | Rowan College at Burlington County General Education Requirements Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degrees See appropriate program page in catalog for recommended/required course(s). 1. Written and Oral Communications – 9 credits 6. Arts and Humanities – 9 credits ENG 101 College Composition I Group A – 3 credits chosen from: ENG 102 College Composition II ART 101 Introduction to Art *‡ SPE 102 Public Speaking MUS 101 Music Appreciation *‡ PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy 2. Mathematics – 3 credits THR 101 Introduction to Theatre MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics Group B – 6 additional credits chosen from Group A OR higher math course (above) or: ART 250 Art History I 3. Natural Science – 7 or 8 credits ART 251 Art History II Group A – 4 credits chosen from: ASL 101 Elementary American Sign Language I BIO 103 & 104 General Biology I and Lab ASL 102 Elementary American Sign Language II BIO 107 & 108 General Biology II and Lab ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I BIO 110 & 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II and Physiology I and Lab CHI 101 Elementary Chinese I BIO 114 & 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy FRE 101 Elementary French I and Physiology II and Lab FRE 102 Elementary French II BIO 120 & 121 Basic Biology and Human Affairs and Lab FRE 201 Intermediate French I BIO 130 & 131 Environmental Science and Lab GER 101 Elementary German I BIO 155 & 156 Basic Microbiology and Lab GER 102 Elementary German II CHE 107 & 108 Chemistry and Lab HIS 101 United States History I CHE 115 & 116 General Chemistry I and Lab HIS 102 United States History II PHY 110 & 111 Principles of Physics I and Lab HIS 103 Ancient and Medieval Foundations PHY 112 & 113 Principles of Physics II and Lab of Western Civilization PHY 120 & 121 Introduction to Astronomy and Lab HIS 104 Modern European History PHY 210 & 211 General Physics I and Lab HIS 230 Islamic Civilization PHY 212 & 213 General Physics II and Lab PSC 105 & 106 Physical Science I and Lab HIS 266 African-American History I PSC 107 & 108 Physical Science II and Lab HIS 267 African-American History II SST 100 Principles of Sustainability ITA 101 Elementary Italian I Group B – 3 or 4 additional credits chosen from ITA 102 Elementary Italian II Group A (above) or any 101 or higher LIT 203 Masterpieces of World Literature I course from BIO, CHE, PHY, or PSC LIT 206 Women’s Literature LIT 207 British Literature I 4. Technology – 3 credits LIT 208 British Literature II CIS 101 Introduction to Computers LIT 209 American Literature I CIS 161 Computer Applications LIT 210 American Literature II LIT 218 Literature and Film 5. Social Science – 6 credits LIT 220 Shakespeare Take 6 credits from different disciplines from the following: PHI 105 Introduction to Logic ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology PHI 112 Eastern Philosophy ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics *PHI 205 Ethics ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics REL 205 Comparative Religion GEO 102 Principles of Geography SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I POL 101 American National Gov’t & Politics SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II POL 103 Comparative Government and Politics SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I POL 220 Western Political Thought TUR 101 Elementary Turkish I POL 250 International Politics TUR 102 Elementary Turkish II *‡ PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology PSY 251 Child and Adolescent Psychology PSY 256 Developmental Psychology continued on next page *‡ SOC 101 Principles of Sociology *SOC 160 Society, Ethics & Technology

rcbc.edu | 49 General Education Requirements Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degrees See appropriate program page in catalog for recommended/required course(s).

7. History – 6 credits HIS 101 United States History I HIS 102 United States History II HIS 103 Ancient and Medieval Foundations of Western Civilization HIS 104 Modern European History HIS 230 Islamic Civilization HIS 266 African-American History I HIS 267 African-American History II

8. Diversity – 3 credits Three credits chosen from: ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ASL 103 American Deaf Culture ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II FRE 201 Intermediate French I HIS 213 Genocide HIS 230 Islamic Civilization HIS 266 African-American History I HIS 267 African-American History II LIT 203 Masterpieces of World Literature I LIT 206 Women’s Literature LIT 211 Masterpieces of World Literature II LIT 216 Poetry of the Holocaust LIT 217 The Holocaust in World Literature PHI 112 Eastern Philosophy REL 205 Comparative Religion SOC 209 Introduction to Women’s Studies SOC 210 Minority Groups SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I

*This course meets the ethical reasoning and action goal. ‡ This course meets the information literacy action goal.

50 | Rowan College at Burlington County General Education Requirements Associate of Science (A.S.) Degrees See appropriate program page in catalog for recommended/required course(s).

1. Written Communications – 6 credits 5. Arts and Humanities – 3 credits ENG 101 College Composition I Three credits chosen from: ENG 102 College Composition II ART 101 Introduction to Art MUS 101 Music Appreciation 2. Mathematics – 3 credits *‡ PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics THR 101 Introduction to Theatre OR higher math course 6. History – 3 credits 3. Natural Sciences – 7 or 8 credits Three credits chosen from: Group A – 4 credits chosen from: HIS 101 United States History I BIO 103 & 104 General Biology I and Lab HIS 102 United States History II BIO 110 & 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy HIS 103 Ancient and Medieval Foundations and Physiology I and Lab of Western Civilization BIO 120 & 121 Basic Biology and Human Affairs and Lab HIS 104 Modern European History BIO 130 & 131 Environmental Science and Lab HIS 230 Islamic Civilization BIO 155 & 156 Basic Microbiology and Lab HIS 266 African-American History I CHE 107 & 108 Chemistry and Lab HIS 267 African-American History II CHE 115 & 116 General Chemistry I and Lab PHY 110 & 111 Principles of Physics I and Lab 7. Diversity – 3 credits PHY 112 & 113 Principles of Physics II and Lab Three credits chosen from: PHY 120 & 121 Introduction to Astronomy and Lab ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology PHY 210 & 211 General Physics I and Lab ASL 103 American Deaf Culture PHY 212 & 213 General Physics II and Lab ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I PSC 105 & 106 Physical Science I and Lab ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II PSC 107 & 108 Physical Science II and Lab FRE 201 Intermediate French I SST 100 Principles of Sustainability HIS 213 Genocide Group B – 3 or 4 additional credits chosen from HIS 230 Islamic Civilization Group A (above) or any 101 or higher HIS 266 African-American History I course from BIO, CHE, PHY, or PSC HIS 267 African-American History II LIT 203 Masterpieces of World Literature I 4. Social Science – 6 credits LIT 206 Women’s Literature Take 6 credits from different disciplines from the following: LIT 211 Masterpieces of World Literature II ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology LIT 216 Poetry of the Holocaust ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics LIT 217 The Holocaust in World Literature ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics PHI 112 Eastern Philosophy GEO 102 Principles of Geography REL 205 Comparative Religion POL 101 American National Government & SOC 209 Introduction to Women’s Studies Politics SOC 210 Minority Groups POL 103 Comparative Government and Politics SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I POL 220 Western Political Thought POL 250 International Politics *‡ PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology PSY 251 Child and Adolescent Psychology PSY 256 Developmental Psychology *‡ SOC 101 Principles of Sociology *SOC 160 Society, Ethics and Technology

*This course meets the ethical reasoning and action goal. ‡ This course meets the information literacy action goal.

rcbc.edu | 51 General Education Requirements Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) and Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.) Degrees See appropriate program page in catalog for recommended/required course(s).

1. Written and Oral Communications – 6 credits 4. Social Science – 3 credits ENG 101 College Composition I Three credits chosen from: ENG 102 College Composition II ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology *‡ SPE 102 Public Speaking ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics GEO 102 Principles of Geography 2. Mathematics – 3 credits POL 101 American National Government & See appropriate program page in catalog Politics for recommended course. *‡ PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology *‡ SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3. Natural Science – 4 credits *SOC 160 Society, Ethics & Technology Four credits chosen from: BIO 103 & 104 General Biology I and Lab 5. Arts and Humanities – 3 credits BIO 110 & 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy Three credits chosen from: and Physiology I and Lab ART 101 Introduction to Art BIO 120 & 121 Basic Biology and Human Affairs and Lab MUS 101 Music Appreciation BIO 130 & 131 Environmental Science and Lab *‡ PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy BIO 155 & 156 Basic Microbiology and Lab THR 101 Introduction to Theater CHE 107 & 108 Chemistry and Lab CHE 115 & 116 General Chemistry I and Lab 6. Additional General Education Requirements – 3 credits PHY 110 & 111 Principles of Physics I and Lab See appropriate program page in catalog for required and/or PHY 120 & 121 Introduction to Astronomy and Lab recommended course. PHY 210 & 211 General Physics I and Lab PHY 212 & 213 General Physics II and Lab PSC 105 & 106 Physical Science I and Lab PSC 107 & 108 Physical Science II and Lab

*This course meets the ethical reasoning and action goal. ‡ This course meets the information literacy action goal.

52 | Rowan College at Burlington County General Education Requirements Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degrees for Health Sciences Programs See appropriate program page in catalog for recommended/required course(s).

1. Written and Oral Communications – 6 credits 4. Social Science – 3 credits See appropriate program page in catalog for required course. See appropriate program page in catalog ENG 101 College Composition I for recommended course. ENG 102 or *‡ SPE 102 College Composition II ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology or Public Speaking ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics GEO 102 Principles of Geography 2. Mathematics – 3 credits POL 101 American National Government & See appropriate program page in catalog Politics for required course. *‡ PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology *‡ SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3. Natural Science – 4 credits See appropriate program page in catalog 5. Additional General Education Requirement – 6 credits for required course. These 6 credits are determined by each specific health science BIO 103 & 104 General Biology I and Lab program. Please see appropriate program page in catalog BIO 110 & 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy for required courses. and Physiology and Lab CHE 115 & 116 General Chemistry I and Lab PHY 110 & 111 Principles of Physics I and Lab PHY 210 & 211 General Physics I and Lab PHY 212 & 213 General Physics II and Lab

*This course meets the ethical reasoning and action goal. ‡ This course meets the information literacy action goal.

rcbc.edu | 53 Recommended Semester Sequences

The recommended course sequence is designed for full-time students who average twelve (12) to fourteen (14) credits per semester, enroll in mini-semester courses or attend summer term courses. It is intended only as a guide. Students may need more time to complete major requirements based on placement testing and the meeting of course prerequisite skills.

Associate of Arts and Associate of Fine Arts Degree

First Semester Second Semester Summer or Mini Semester English 101* 3 cr. English 102 3 cr. Social Science 3 cr. Mathematics* 3 cr. Arts & Humanities 3 cr. History 3 cr. Social Science 3 cr. CIS 101 or CIS 161 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr.

Third Semester Fourth Semester Summer or Mini Semester SPE 102 3 cr. Arts & Humanities 3 cr. History 3 cr. Natural Science 3-4 cr. Natural Science 3-4 cr. Elective 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Elective 3 cr. Diversity Course 3 cr. History 3 cr.

Associate of Science Degree

First Semester Second Semester Summer or Mini Semester English 101* 3 cr. English 102 3 cr. Social Science 3 cr. Mathematics* 3 cr. Diversity Course 3 cr. History 3 cr. Natural Science 4 cr. Natural Science 3-4 cr. Program Course ** 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr.

Third Semester Fourth Semester Summer or Mini Semester Program Course** 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Elective 3-4 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Elective 3-4 cr. Program Course** 3 cr. Arts & Humanities 3 cr. Social Science 3 cr. Elective 3 cr.

* Placement testing required ** Program courses are specified in the Program Outlines section of this catalog.

Important Note Decisions regarding the transferability of courses are made by the baccalaureate degree granting colleges/universities and differ from school to school. Students who are planning to transfer should select courses according to the expectations of the transfer institution. Transfer articulation guides for New Jersey colleges can be found at njtransfer.org or by meeting with a Transfer Advisor in the Transfer Office. Transfer deadlines can be found on the Advising Website atrcbc.edu/advising .

54 | Rowan College at Burlington County Programs and Contact Person

Liberal Arts (LA) Division – During periods when the faculty are not available students may contact the LA Division at ext. 1441. Dean Donna Vandergrift 1400 Fine Arts Jeffery Bailey 1317 Associate Dean LA Division 1441 History James Judge 1346 Accounting Frank Caranci 1618 Human Services Brina Sedar 2713 Tina Burrell 1628 Languages Michelle Harkins 1648 Advanced and Liberal Arts Academic Advising 1559 Continuous Studies Academic Advising 1559 Music Russ Gartner 1353 American Sign Language LA Division 1441 Art Jeffrey Bailey 1317 Paralegal Lauren Brill 1441 Business Administration LA Division 1441 Philosophy Jack Kerwick 1612 Business Management Tech. LA Division 1441 Photography Lila Ingui 1441 Communication Arts Erica Osmond 1466 Political Science Ken Mariano 1603 Criminal Justice Joseph Rizzo 2343 Psychology Elizabeth Lavertu 1759 Developmental English Gina Yanuzzi 1546 Reading Diane Schellack 1521 Education Corvena Francis-Denton 2342 Small Business LA Division 1441 English Erika Baldt 1613 Sociology LA Division 1441 Entertainment Technologies Brooke Mailhout 2529 Study Abroad Jessica Gicking-Aspden 1614 ESL Meral Muyesser 2724 Theatre Patricia Cohill 1779 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Division – During periods when the faculty are not available students may contact the STEM Division at ext. 1446. Dean Edem G. Tetteh 1239 Cybersecurity Paul Warner 2750 Associate Dean Elizabeth Price 1259 Electrical Engineering Tech. Dave Wilson 1052 Advanced and Engineering STEM Division 1446 Continuous Studies Academic Advising 1559 Environmental Science Marc Zamkotowicz 1622 Alternative Energy/ Fashion Design Lisa Steinberg 1370 Sustainability Robert Brzozowski 1941 Geoscience Marc Zamkotowicz 1622 Biology Jenn Rienzi 2030 Geospatial Technology Marc Zamkotowicz 1622 Laura Ritt 1233 Biotechnology Laurie Meadows 2050 Graphic Design and Tiffany Ruocco 1230 Digital Media Chemical Engineering Laura Stewart 2011 Hospitality & Tourism Nicolette DiPietro 4404 Chemistry Laura Stewart 2011 Computer Info. Systems Christopher Simber 2090 Liberal Arts and Sciences Academic Advising 1559 Computer Mgmt. Info. Sys. Aloyius Nagbe 2026 Mathematics Jianene Meola 1442 Computer Science Christopher Simber 2090 Diane Veneziale 1515 Computer Networking Dave Wilson 1052 Crystal Bourne 1347 Technology Mechanical Engineering Tech. Dave Wilson 1052 Construction Management STEM Division 1446 Physics Nam Kim 2034 Culinary Arts James Brudnicki 4426 Technical Studies STEM Division 1446

Health Sciences Division – During periods when the faculty are not available students may contact the Health Sciences Division at ext. 1410. Dean Karen Montalto 1579 Exercise Science Advanced and Health & Wellness Health Sciences Division 1410 Continuous Studies Academic Advising 1559 Health Informatics Susan Scully 1257 Cancer Registry Susan Scully 1257 Health Information Tech. Susan Scully 1257 Computed Tomography Pamela Joseph 1407 Health Sciences Health Sciences Division 1410 Coding Fran DiLorenzo 1668 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pamela Joseph 1407 Dental Hygiene Gail Vasilenko 1419 Nursing Martin Manno 1578 Diagnostic Med. Sonography Sepideh Abdollahzadeh 1629 Paramedic Sciences Chris Corson 2519 Radiography Pamela Joseph 1407

rcbc.edu | 55 Meta Majors

Rowan College at Burlington County uses meta-majors to The college has assigned all Associate of Arts (AA) group together degree and certificate programs that share degree programs, Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degree commonalities including subject matter, courses, and/or programs, Associate of Science (AS) degree programs, career opportunities. For students, the benefit Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree programs, of using meta-majors is that rather than exploring each Academic Certificates (CRT), and Career Certificates individual major offered at the college, students can think (SPC), to one of the following meta-majors: Art and about broader areas where they have an interest. In addition, Design, Business, Communications and Humanities, students can readily identify similar or related programs Education, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, should they choose to change their major. Information Technology, Law and Public Service, Science and Mathematics, and Social and Behavioral Science.

Social and Art and Behavioral Design Science Science and Mathematics Business

Law and Public Service Communication and Humanities

Information Technology Education

Health Engineering Sciences and Technology

56 | Rowan College at Burlington County Art (AA.ART, AFA.ART) Paramedic Science (AAS.PAR, CRT.PAR*) Cooking and Baking (SPC.FCB) Radiography (AAS.RAD) Culinary Arts (AAS.CUL) Computer Information Systems (AS.INF) Entertainment Technologies (AAS.ETS, AAS.ETV) Computer Management Information Systems (AAS.MIS) Fashion Design (AAS.FAD, SPC.FDC*) Computer Networking Support and Servicing (SPC.EET) Graphic Design and Digital Media (AAS.GDD) Computer Science (AS.CSE) Music (AS.MUS) Cybersecurity (AAS.IAC) Photography (AFA.PHO, CRT.PHO) Criminal Justice (AS.CRJ) Theater (AA.THR) Fire Investigation Certificate (SPC.FSI) Accounting (AS.ACC, CRT.ACC) Fire Science Certificate (SPC.FSC) Business Administration (AS.BUS) Paralegal (AAS.LEX) Business Management Technology (AAS.BMT) Political Science (AA.POL) Business Technology (SPC.BTC) Biology (AS.BIO) Fashion Product Merchandising (AS.FPM) Biotechnology (AS.BIT) Hospitality and Tourism Management (AS.HOS) Chemistry (AS.CHE) Small Business (CRT.BUS) Environmental Science (AS.ENV) American Sign Language/Deaf Studies (AS.ASL/DEA) Geoscience (AS.GSC) Communication Arts (AA.COM) Mathematics (AS.MTH) English (AA.ENG) Physics (AS.PHY) History (AA.HIS) Addictions Counseling (SPC.HSA*) Philosophy (AA.PHI) Human Services (AAS.HMS) Education (AS.EDU) Psychology (AA.PSY) Alternative Energy Technologies (AAS.ALT) Sociology (AA.SOC) Chemical Engineering (AS.CGR) DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Computer Networking Technology (AAS.PCT) NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A META-MAJOR Construction Management (AS.CON) The following degree and certificate programs are offered by Rowan College at Burlington County, but are not associated with a specific meta-major Electrical Engineering Technology (AAS.EET) due to their generalized nature. Liberal Arts and Liberal Arts and Sciences Engineering (AS.EGR) prepare students for entering a Bachelor’s degree program with a broad-based foundation in Art and Design, Communication and Humanities, Science Geospatial Technology (AAS.GIS, CRT.GIS) and Mathematics, and Social and Behavioral Science. Technical Studies Mechanical Engineering Technology (AAS.MET) provides a pathway to an associate degree by allowing students to earn credits Cancer Registry Management (AAS.MCR, CRT.MCR*, for approved apprenticeships and corporate, industrial, or military training programs. Advanced and Continuous Studies provides students with the SPC.MCR) means to progress beyond the standard number of credits corresponding to Coding (SPC.ACO) a first associate degree and earn a second associate degree while maintaining Computed Tomography (SPC.CTC) matriculation status and financial aid eligibility. The total accumulation of approximately 90 unique credits can be transferred to Rowan University Dental Hygiene (AAS.DHY) through the 3+1 partnership or to another four-year college willing to accept Diagnostic Medical Sonography (AAS.DMS) up to ninety credits taken at RCBC. Electronic Health Record (SPC.EHR) Advanced and Continuous Studies (AS.ADC, AAS.ADC) Exercise Science Health and Wellness Promotion (AS.HWP) Liberal Arts (AA.LIB) Health Information Technology (AAS.HIT) Liberal Arts and Sciences (AS.LSC, CRT.LSC*) Healthcare Informatics (AAS.HCI) Technical Studies (AAS.TES) Health Science(s) (AS.HSC, AAS.HSC) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SPC.MRP*) Medical Billing Specialist Certificate (SPC.MBS) Nursing (AAS.NUR) *These certificates are NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

rcbc.edu | 57 Meta Majors – Alphabetical Order

Accounting AS.ACC...... 72 Exercise Science Health and Accounting CRT.ACC...... 73 Wellness Promotion AS.HWP...... 104 Addictions Counseling SPC.HSA...... 132 Fashion Design AAS.FAD...... 65 Advanced and Continuous Studies AS.ADC...... 136 Fashion Design SPC.FDC...... 66 Advanced and Continuous Studies AAS.ADC...... 137 Fashion Product Merchandising AS.FPM...... 77 Alternative Energy Technologies AAS.ALT...... 87 Fire Investigation Certificate SPC.FSI...... 121 American Sign Lang/Deaf Studies AS.ASL/DEA...... 81 Fire Science Certificate SPC.FSC...... 122 Art AA.ART...... 59 Geoscience AS.GSC...... 129 Art AFA.ART...... 60 Geospatial Technology AAS.GIS...... 93 Biology AS.BIO...... 125 Geospatial Technology CRT.GIS...... 94 Biotechnology AS.BIT...... 126 Graphic Design & Digital Media AAS.GDD...... 67 Business Administration AS.BUS...... 74 Health Information Technology AAS.HIT...... 105 Business Mgmt. Technology AAS.BMT...... 75 Health Science AS.HSC...... 107 Business Technology SPC.BTC...... 76 Health Science AAS.HSC...... 108 Cancer Registry Management AAS.MCR...... 96 Healthcare Informatics AAS.HCI...... 106 Cancer Registry Management CRT.MCR...... 97 History AA.HIS...... 84 Cancer Registry Management SPC.MCR...... 98 Hospitality and Tourism Mgmt. AS.HOS...... 78 Chemical Engineering AS.CGR...... 88 Hospitality CRT.HOS...... 79 Chemistry AS.CHE...... 127 Human Services AAS.HMS...... 133 Coding SPC.ACO...... 99 Communication Arts AA.COM...... 82 Liberal Arts AA.LIB...... 138 Computed Tomography SPC.CTC...... 100 Liberal Arts and Sciences AS.LSC...... 139 Computer Information Systems AS.INF...... 115 Liberal Arts and Sciences CRT.LSC...... 140 Computer Management Magnetic Resonance Imaging SPC.MRP...... 109 Information Systems AAS.MIS...... 116 Mathematics AS.MTH...... 130 Computer Networking Support Mechanical Engineering Technology AAS.MET...... 95 and Servicing SPC.EET...... 117 Medical Billing Specialist Certificate SPC.MBS...... 110 Computer Science AS.CSE...... 118 Music AS.MUS...... 68 Computer Networking Technology AAS.PCT...... 89 Nursing AAS.NUR...... 111 ­Construction Management AS.CON...... 90 Paralegal AAS.LEX...... 123 Cooking and Baking SPC.FCB...... 61 Paramedic Science AAS.PAR...... 112 Criminal Justice AS.CRJ...... 120 Paramedic Science CRT.PAR...... 113 Culinary Arts AAS.CUL...... 62 Philosophy AA.PHI...... 85 Cybersecurity AAS.IAC...... 119 Photography AFA.PHO...... 69 Dental Hygiene AAS.DHY...... 101 Photography CRT.PHO...... 70 Diagnostic Medical Sonography AAS.DMS...... 102 Education AS.EDU...... 86 Physics AS.PHY...... 131 Electrical Engineering Technology AAS.EET...... 91 Political Science AA.POL...... 124 Electronic Health Record SPC.EHR...... 103 Psychology AA.PSY...... 134 Engineering AS.EGR...... 92 Radiography AAS.RAD...... 114 English AA.ENG...... 83 Small Business CRT.BUS...... 80 Entertainment Technologies AAS.ETS...... 63 Sociology AA.SOC...... 135 Entertainment Technologies AAS.ETV...... 64 Technical Studies AAS.TES...... 141 Environmental Science AS.ENV...... 128 Theater AA.THR...... 71

58 | Rowan College at Burlington County Art Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.ART)

The A.A. Art program provides students with both a broad- General Education Courses † Credits based liberal arts education and a strong foundation in the Written & Oral Communications 9 visual arts. Art students learn technical skills and the basic Mathematics 3 principles of drawing, design, and color. Students may also Natural Science 7-8 elect courses in painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, art history, and an introduction to computer graphics. Students Technology 3 develop competency in studio arts, an appreciation of the role of Social Science (PSY 101 recommended) 6 visual art in society, and an understanding of the works of past Arts & Humanities (ART 101 recommended) 9 and present major artists. History 6 This transfer program is designed for students interested in a Diversity 3 career in the arts but not necessarily as working artists. Many Total 46-47 career opportunities in the arts require a broad liberal arts education along with studio competency. Some of these † See General Education Requirements on page 49. professions include: art conservation, museum studies, and curatorial studies. Program Courses Credits Graduates of this program should be able to: ART 110 Design I 3 • Demonstrate proficiency in the basic artistic materials, ART 112 Design II 3 techniques, and principles of art and design; ART 120 Drawing I 3 • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication ART 214 Portfolio Preparation 2 skills; • Demonstrate an understanding of major art works Select three credit hours from the following: from the past, the styles they represent, and their ART 121 Drawing II 3 significance for artists today; ART 122 Figure Drawing 3 • Discuss and analyze major issues facing the art world today; ART 220 Painting 3 • Demonstrate an ability to select and prepare artworks for ART 252 Introduction to Modern Art 3 3 exhibition; GDD 101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 • Prepare a comprehensive portfolio that demonstrates PHO 102 Black & White Photography 3 competence in all areas of art foundations. PHO 103 Color Photography 3 PHO 115 History of Photography 3 Total 14

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 59 Art Associate of Fine Arts, (AFA.ART)

The Associate in Fine Arts degree in Art provides a strong General Education Courses † Credits foundation in drawing, design, and 3 dimensional design. Written and Oral Communications 6 This degree is not a transfer degree but is designed as an Mathematics (MTH 107 or higher) 3 immersion experience in program, studio, and art history Natural Science (PSC 105/106 recommended) 4 courses for students planning to pursue a four-year degree in studio art. Students will prepare a comprehensive portfolio Social Science 3 demonstrating competence in all areas of art foundations. Arts and Humanities (ART 101 required) 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: Additional General Education (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 • Demonstrate their proficiency in the basic artistic materials, Total 22 techniques and principles of art and design; • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills; † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Demonstrate an understanding of major art works from Program Courses Credits the past, the styles they represent, and their significance for artists today; ART 120 Drawing I 3 • Discuss and analyze major issues facing the art world today; ART 110 Design I 3 ART 112 Design II 3 • Demonstrate an ability to select and prepare artworks for exhibition; GDD101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 • Demonstrate the ability to document their artwork; ART 122 Figure Drawing 3 ART 135 3D Design 3 • Prepare a comprehensive portfolio that demonstrates competence in all areas of art foundations. ART 214 Portfolio Preparation 2 ART 250 Art History I 3 ART 251 Art History II 3 ART 252 Introduction to Modern Art 3

Select six credit hours from the following: ART 121 Drawing II 3 ART 220 Painting I 3 ART 221 Painting II 3 ART 222 Sculpture I 3 ART 223 Sculpture II 3 6 GDD 110 Graphic Design 3 PHO 102 Black and White Photography 3 PHO 115 History of Photography 3 PHO 120 Digital Photography I 3 Total 35

Electives 3

Total Required for Degree 60

60 | Rowan College at Burlington County Cooking and Baking Career Certificate, (SPC.FCB)

This certificate provides students with the knowledge and skills Program Courses Credits necessary for an entry-level position in a commercial kitchen CUL 107 Culinary Arts 4 or bakery. Students will be able to demonstrate basic culinary CUL 125 Foundations of Baking 3 skills, practice sanitary food handling, and incorporate basic CUL 160 Patisserie 4 nutrition principles into recipes. CUL 203 Garde Manger 4 Students can use these courses towards the Food Service CUL 230 Culinary Practicum 2 and Hospitality Management Certificate and the Culinary Arts degree. FSM 125 Food Service Sanitation & Accident Prevention 2 FSM 215 Elementary Nutrition 2

Select one 4-credit course from the following: CUL 122 Techniques and Traditions 4 or 4 CUL 235 Advanced Baking 4 Total Required Credits 25

rcbc.edu | 61 Culinary Arts Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.CUL)

The Culinary Arts curriculum provides specific training General Education Courses † Credits required to prepare students to assume positions as trained Written & Oral Communications 6 culinary professionals in a variety of food service settings Mathematics (MTH 113 required) 3 including full service restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering Natural Science 4 operations, contract food service, and health care facilities. Course offerings emphasize practical application, a strong Social Science 3 theoretical knowledge base, professionalism, and provide the Arts & Humanities 3 critical competencies to successfully meet industry demands. Additional General Education Requirements Graduates should qualify for entry-level positions, such as line (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 cook, station chef, and assistant pastry chef. With experience, Total 22 graduates may advance to positions such as sous-chef, executive chef, or food service director. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate and apply proper use of professional food Program Courses Credits service equipment, safety and sanitation in the work CUL 107 Culinary Arts 4 environment; CUL 122 Techniques and Traditions 4 • Use basic principles and techniques of food preparation to CUL 125 Foundations of Professional Baking 3 produce various types of foods; CUL 203 Garde Manger 4 • Apply knowledge of traditional and contemporary cooking CUL 206 Italian Traditions and and baking procedures within a variety of world cuisines; American Regional Cuisine 4 • Evaluate and alter recipes and menus based on different CUL 211 Purchasing and Menu 3 needs, such as quantity and nutrition; CUL 216 A La Carte 3 • Identify the concepts of cost control, purchasing and CUL 230 Culinary Practicum 2 receiving in food service operations; FSM 122 Quality Service in Food/Restaurant Operations 4 • Apply industry related knowledge and skills in a professional FSM 125 Food Service Sanitation and Accident Prevention 2 culinary and service setting. FSM 215 Elementary Nutrition 2 HOS 110 Introduction to Hospitality 3 Total 38

Total Required for Degree 60

62 | Rowan College at Burlington County Entertainment Technologies | Sound & Recording Engineering Option to Entertainment Technologies, (AAS.ETS)

The Entertainment Technology Program provides students with General Education Courses † Credits a solid foundation in the knowledge and skills needed for entry Written & Oral Communications 6 into the entertainment field or to transfer to a baccalaureate Mathematics 3 program. Students may choose from the following two options: Natural Science 4 Sound and Recording Engineering (AAS.ETS) and Video and Digital Media Production (AAS.ETV). Students who wish to Social Science 3 transfer to a baccalaureate program are strongly advised to seek Arts & Humanities 3 information regarding admission and transfer requirements. Additional General Education Requirements The Sound and Recording Engineering Option provides (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 students with opportunities for entry-level positions in Total 22 theatrical performance, entertainment events, audio production for theatre, concerts, theme parks, industrial/corporate settings, † See General Education Requirements on page 52. and in sound and recording studios. Graduates may also work as freelancers and entrepreneurs. Program Courses Credits Students will learn amplification, sound reinforcement, and ETC 105 Entertainment Law 3 recording of live performances. They will develop a practical ETC 222 Entertainment Tech Field Experience 3 and operational understanding of the various hardware elements MUS 105 Music Fundamentals 3 including speakers, mixers, amplifiers, microphones, analog and SOC 207 Communication, Mass Media, and Society 3 digital recording, mixing consoles, signal routing and processors Total 12 (equalizers, compressors, limiters, gates, etc.). Students will also have hands-on experiences that enable them to edit audio, mix audio, utilize acoustics, synchronize audio with video and Specialized Courses multimedia, and add sound effects. ETS 101 Live Sound Production I and Lab 4 Graduates of this program should be able to: ETS 105 Recording Engineering I and Lab 4 • Explore and acquire broad-based knowledge of audio ETS 225 Advanced Music Production 3 engineering technology and demonstrate proficiency in Total 11 the application of critical listening and practical audio engineering skills; Electives 15 • Employ, apply, and operate sound engineering technologies Electives may be taken from the other Entertainment Technology and techniques in a manner that displays practical and Specialized Courses. creative understanding and fluency; • Demonstrate independent, imaginative, and creative Total Required For Degree 60 approaches to problem-solving in the field of sound engineering; • Use microphones, outboard gear, consoles, and software effectively to conduct studio recording sessions featuring live instruments and vocals; • Integrate knowledge and theory of the recording industry, sound recording, music technology and laws and regulations into productions. Graduates of this program can transfer to Rowan University to continue their education towards a Bachelor of Science in Music Industry.

rcbc.edu | 63 Entertainment Technologies | Video & Digital Media Production Option to Entertainment Technologies, (AAS.ETV)

The Entertainment Technology Program provides students with General Education Courses † Credits a solid foundation in the knowledge and skills needed for entry Written & Oral Communications 6 into the entertainment field, or to transfer to a baccalaureate Mathematics 3 program. Students may choose from the following two options: Natural Science 4 Sound and Recording Engineering (AAS.ETS) and Video and Digital Media Production (AAS.ETV). Students who wish to Social Science 3 transfer to a baccalaureate program are strongly advised to seek Arts & Humanities 3 information regarding admission and transfer requirements. Additional General Education Requirements The Video and Digital Media Production option of the (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 Entertainment Technology Program prepares students for Total 22 jobs such as broadcast or production engineers, producers and assistant producers, video editors, camera operators, master † See General Education Requirements on page 52. control and technical directors, freelance business persons, and the associated video production opportunities in the expanding Program Courses Credits video and Internet areas. COM 120 Radio Production 3 Non-linear digital video editing is the industry standard for ETC 105 Entertainment Law 3 professionals working in television and film — and now on ETC 222 Entertainment Tech Field Experience 3 Web pages and the Internet. Industry demand for editors skilled SOC 207 Communication, Mass Media and Society 3 in the leading digital post-production techniques has caused Total 12 non-linear editing to emerge as a rapidly growing specialty. With the expansion of digital video, DVDs, webstreaming, Specialized Courses video CDs, and the associated media, opportunities exist for ETV 101 TV Production (Studio) 4 employment on production teams, serving as freelancers or operating as independent producers, or entrepreneurs for ETV 102 TV Production (Field) 4 recording special events, weddings, social functions, corporate ETV 105 Editing 3 content media, instructional and multimedia productions, and a Total 11 host of varied content and media applications. Graduates of this program should be able to: Electives 15 • Demonstrate proficiency in the operation of video cameras, Electives may also be taken from the other Entertainment lighting equipment for location and studio production, Technology Specialized Courses. audio for digital production, and digital video editing hardware and software; Total Required for Degree 60 • Evaluate technical and aesthetic qualities of digital video productions in the context of historical and contemporary trends in society; • Employ current business practices as well as legal knowledge to all aspects in the field of digital video production; • Produce “content” both in studio and field settings, such as television programs, videos for broadcast, cable, web streaming, interactive multimedia projects, entertainment productions, and a wide variety of applications used within public and private sectors. Graduates of this program can transfer to Rowan University to continue their education towards a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television and Film.

64 | Rowan College at Burlington County Fashion Design Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.FAD)

The fashion design program prepares students to either begin work as an independent business within the fashion design field General Education Courses † Credits or have the optimum opportunity to transfer program credits to Written & Oral Communications a 4 year university. (ENG 101 required, ENG 102 recommended) 6 Students who successfully complete the Fashion Design Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 program will receive a solid introduction of all aspects of the Natural Science 4 apparel design industry. An emphasis on sewing construction, Social Science 3 pattern making, sketching, fashion technology, textiles and business aspects in a global marketplace are included. Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 required) 3 Additional General Education Requirements Students will have the opportunity to explore employment (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 opportunities within the apparel design industry. Positions Total 22 available with a 4 year education in fashion design include: Assistant Fashion Designer, Fashion Designer, Technical Designer, Pattern-Drafter, Fashion Product Development, † See General Education Requirements on page 52. Textile Designer, Fashion Trend and Color Analyst, and Fashion Stylist. Program Courses Credits Graduates of this program should be able to: ART 120 Drawing I 3 FAD 107 Fashion Drawing 3 • Present knowledge of seasonal fashion, color and fabric trends to design concepts and original collections; FAD 120 Apparel Construction 4 • Proficiently execute garment sewing and construction as well FAD 131 Fashion Research Methods 3 as utilizing skills from pattern drafting techniques; FAD 135 Introduction to Textiles 3 • Use a variety of art media to sketch original garment ideas FAD 142 Pattern Development 4 on a fashion figure using industry standard techniques; FAD 144 History of Fashion Design 3 • Demonstrate the ability to use industry standard tools FAD 160 Fashion Technology 3 such as; industrial sewing machines, computer software FAD 222 Fashion Design Collection 4 and research media to create and/or assemble garments Total 30 and presentations; • Identify fiber, fabric and surface textures relating to textiles Electives (recommended): 8 within the apparel and home fashion industry; ART 110 Design I • Conceptualize design ideas through historical context and ART 122 Figure Drawing primary and secondary research. ART 250 Art History I TEC 101 Career Readiness I TEC 201 Career Readiness II TEC 202 Career Readiness III

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 65 Fashion Design Career Certificate, (SPC.FDC) §

This certificate program is for students who would like to Program Courses Credits develop and enhance their personal skills or use this program for FAD 107 Fashion Drawing 3 specific industry related knowledge. FAD 120 Apparel Construction 4 Students who successfully complete this certificate program will FAD 142 Pattern Development 4 be able to: sketch and design original concepts using industry FAD 160 Fashion Technology 3 standard media, create technical apparel illustrations for Total Required Credits 14 development packages using industry standard software, develop immaculate sewing skills for apparel construction, and develop original pattern concepts for fashion apparel.

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

66 | Rowan College at Burlington County Graphic Design and Digital Media Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.GDD)

The Graphic Design and Digital Media program provides General Education Courses † Credits students with a solid foundation in design concepts and Written & Oral Communications (SPE 102 required 6 practices, and encourages the development of informed Mathematics responses to issues surrounding visual communication. (MTH 107 or MTH 112 or MTH 113 recommended) 3 In completing the Graphic Design and Digital Media program, Natural Science 4 students prepare themselves for entry-level positions in the Social Science 3 design professions, such as junior designers, designers’ assistants, Arts & Humanities 3 and production artists. Additional General Education Requirements Students who wish to transfer are strongly advised to seek (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 information about the admission requirements to a four-year Total 22 institution of their choice early in their studies at RCBC. Students of graphic design should display an aptitude in the † See General Education Requirements on page 52. visual arts. An interview and/or portfolio review may be helpful before enrolling in this program to assess student interests and Program Courses Credits aptitudes, and to ensure appropriate placement in the program. ART 110 Design I 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: ART 112 Design II 3 • Discuss and apply the principles of visual composition, ART 120 Drawing I 3 typography, symbolic representation, illustration, and GDD 101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 history to the design process; GDD 110 Graphic Design I 3 • Exercise effective written, oral, and visual communication GDD 112 Illustration 3 skills concerning issues relevant to design and the design GDD 115 Typography 3 problem-solving process; GDD 214 Graphic Design II 3 • Use industry tools and technologies to produce original GDD 220 Portfolio 3 creations for print and digitally-based distribution; GDD 225 History of Graphic Design 3 • Demonstrate effective working habits, including an ability to Total 30 meet deadlines, and incorporate constructive criticism while generating alternative solutions to design problems; • Prepare a professional portfolio and develop strategies to Electives (recomended): 8 pursue employment and transfer opportunities. ART 250 Art History I ART 251 Art History II ART 252 Introduction to Modern Art TEC 101 Career Readiness I TEC 201 Career Readiness II TEC 202 Career Readiness III

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 67 Music Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.MUS)

The Associate of Science in Music degree provides students General Education Courses † Credits with a variety of courses in music appreciation, theory, harmony, Written & Oral Communications 6 and performance. In addition to music teaching, students who Mathematics 3 complete the Music major may pursue employment Natural Science 7-8 opportunities as a church musician or director, professional performer, or in the music industry. Social Science 6 Arts & Humanities (MUS 101 required) 3 All students are advised to select academic courses which will coincide with their intended careers. Students should become History 3 familiar with the college catalog of the intended transfer college. Diversity 3 Total 31-32 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate proficiency on an orchestral/band instrument, † See General Education Requirements on page 51. piano, voice, or guitar; • Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of music; Program Courses Credits • Write harmonizations in both diatonic and chromatic styles; MUS 105 Music Fundamentals 3 • Utilize aural skills developed through sight-singing, MUS 110 Aural Skills 2 ear training and musical dictation; MUS 115 Music Theory I 3 • Perform in a recital, demonstrating both the technical and MUS 210 Aural Skills II 2 artistic components of music. MUS 215 Music Theory II 3 Students who plan to transfer are encouraged to check the MUC 101 Class Piano I 1 catalogs from four-year colleges or universities for MUC 102 Class Piano II 1 baccalaureate requirements. MUC 103 Class Piano III 1 MUP 131-138 Applied Music I 2 MUP 141-148 Applied Music II 2 MUP 231-238 Applied Music III 2 MUP 241-248 Applied Music IV 2

Select four 1-credit courses from the following MUS 150-153 Chorus I-IV 1 4 MUS 161-164 College Community Concert Band) 1 Total 28

Electives 0-1

Total Required for Degree 60

68 | Rowan College at Burlington County Photography Associate of Fine Arts, (AFA.PHO)

The photography program provides students with a foundation General Education Courses † Credits in the skills necessary for continuation and/or completion of a Written & Oral Communications 6 baccalaureate photography program at a four-year institution. Mathematics (MTH 113 recommended) 3 The program also prepares students for entry-level work in Natural Science (PSC 105/106 recommended) 4 commercial, editorial, corporate, portrait, wedding, and public relations photography. In addition, graduates of the program Social Science (PSY 101 recommended) 3 may choose to work as a self-employed freelance photographer. Arts & Humanities 3 Students planning to transfer to a baccalaureate program should Additional General Education Requirements consult the catalog of the college where they intend to complete (CIS 101 required) 3 their studies. Total 22 Graduates of this program will be able to: † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Demonstrate proficiency with analog and digital camera systems for traditional and digital output; Program Courses Credits • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of industry standard ART 110 Design I 3 image editing software; ART 112 Design II 3 • Design lighting set-ups for studio and location photography; • Produce a cohesive body of work for printed or online Select 3 credits from the following: presentation; ART 250 Art History I 3 • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills ART 252 Introduction to 3 as used in critiquing art. Modern Art 3

GDD 101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 PHO 102 Black and White Photography I 3 PHO 115 History of Photography 3 PHO 120 Digital Photography I 3 PHO 202 Black and White Photography II 3 PHO 203 Portfolio Production 2 PHO 207 Portrait Photography 3 PHO 215 Digital Photography II 3 PHO 220 Studio Photography 3 Total 35

Electives 3

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 69 Photography Certificate, (CRT.PHO)

The photography certificate program enables students to General Education Courses Credits venture into entry-level positions in commercial, corporate, ENG 101 English Composition 3 editorial, portrait, wedding, and public relations photography. ART 101 Introduction to Art 3 In addition, graduates of the program may choose to work as a Total 6 self-employed freelance photographer. Graduates of this program should be able to: Program Courses Credits • Operate both traditional and digital cameras with varying GDD 101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 formats; PHO 102 Black and White Photography I 3 • Use photo imaging software; PHO 115 History of Photography 3 • Employ lab procedures in both film processing and printing; PHO 120 Digital Photography I 3 • Design lighting set-ups for both studio and location PHO 202 Black and White Photography II 3 photography; PHO 203 Portfolio Production 2 • Operate scanners and ink jet printers; PHO 207 Portrait Photography 3 • Work collaboratively with colleagues in photography PHO 215 Digital Photography II 3 and supported occupations; PHO 220 Studio Photography 3 • Develop critical thinking skills necessary to be an effective Total 26 photographer; • Demonstrate entry-level competence in the photography Total Required for Certificate 32 profession.

70 | Rowan College at Burlington County Theatre Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.THR)

The Associate of Arts in Theatre is designed to prepare students General Education Courses † Credits for transfer to a four-year school offering a Bachelor of Arts or Written & Oral Communications 9 Bachelor of Fine Arts with concentration in Theatre or Speech Mathematics 3 and Theatre. Natural Science 7-8 Students planning to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree may Technology 3 intend to teach in the public schools, with proper school Social Science 6 certification, either at the elementary or secondary level. Students who transfer to a four-year school offering a Bachelor Arts & Humanities of Fine Arts may intend to pursue a career in the professional (THR 101 required & LIT 220 recommended) 9 theatre in acting, directing, scene design or technical theatre. History 6 Diversity 3 Students who earn degrees in Theatre often find careers in sales, marketing, broadcasting, public relations, and law or pursue Total 46-47 higher degrees in Communications. † See General Education Requirements on page 49. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Discuss the culture of the theatre, including the ethics, Program Courses Credits financial implications, and necessary personal commitment; THR 105 Fundamentals of Acting I 3 • Identify personal strengths and weaknesses in the areas of THR 110 Stagecraft I 3 voice, body and imagination; THR 113 Children’s Theatre 3 • Execute, either onstage or backstage, a college produced or 3 play; THR130 Musical Theatre Workshop 3 • Define and apply the vocabulary of the theatre; THR125 Voice and Diction 3 • Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills Total 12 as used in critiquing art. Students who wish to complete a baccalaureate degree in theatre Electives 2 should become familiar with the college catalog for the intended transfer institution. Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 71 Accounting Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.ACC)

The Associate in Science program in Accounting is designed to provide the first two years of a four-year program leading to a General Education Courses † Credits baccalaureate degree. Graduates of this program have transferred Written & Oral Communications 6 to area institutions. Mathematics (MTH 118 or MTH 142 recommended) 3-4 Students may study full-time or part-time. Courses are offered Natural Science 7-8 both in the day and evening. Social Science (ECO 204 required) 6 Students who wish to transfer to a baccalaureate program are Arts & Humanities 3 strongly advised to seek information regarding admission and History 3 transfer requirements for those programs. Diversity 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: Total 31-33 • Analyze, record and interpret transactions to make ethical business and financial decisions; † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Prepare and interpret financial statements for different types of organizations; Program Courses* Credits • Perform all the steps in the accounting cycle; ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 • Utilize the computer and accounting systems ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 to record accounting information; • Apply business concepts to current events Select a minimum of 15 credit hours from the following: to understand causes that may affect our economy. ACC 116 Computerized Accounting 3 BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 BUA 205 Business Law I 3 15 BUA 206 Business Law II 3 BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Total 21

Electives* ACC 210** Intermediate Accounting I 3 ACC 211** Intermediate Accounting II 3 BUA 101 Business Functions in a Global Society 3 6-8 MTH 143 Statistics I 4 MTH 243 Statistics II 3 PSY 259 Social Psychology 3

Total Required for Degree 60

*Selection of program and elective courses should be based on knowledge of their acceptability in transfer to the receiving college. Rowan University requires the completion of MTH 143 and MTH 142 or MTH 118 for admission into the College of Business. **ACC 210 and ACC 211 recommended for Wilmington University.

72 | Rowan College at Burlington County Accounting Certificate, (CRT.ACC)

This certificate program provides the knowledge, skills, and General Education Courses Credits practice in accounting and related fields for a person with work Written Communication (ENG 101 required) 3 experience or educational background in a non-accounting Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 field. This certificate program requires a minimum of 33 credit Total 6 hours. Persons with either a bachelor’s degree or associate degree may substitute business courses or computer science courses in place of math and English courses. In other words those with an Program Courses Credits AS, BS or BA degree may use this program to gain a foundation ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 in accounting. Certificate holders can also enter either private ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 or public service areas. ACC 116 Computerized Accounting 3 Students may be able to transfer certificate credits for use in ACC 210 Intermediate Accounting I 3 associate or baccalaureate degree program. Students are strongly ACC 211 Intermediate Accounting II 3 advised to seek information regarding admission and transfer ACC 213 Cost Accounting 4 requirements for those programs. BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: CIS 101 Introduction to Computers 3 • Perform all the steps in the accounting cycle; Total 25 • Record business transactions; • Prepare financial statements for different types of Elective 3 organizations; • Utilize the computer to record accounting information; Total Required for Certificate 34 • Demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical decision making process; • Apply economic concepts to current events to understand causes for situations.

rcbc.edu | 73 Business Administration Option to Liberal Arts and Science, (AS.BUS)

The Business Administration curriculum is designed for the General Education Courses † Credits student who plans to earn a business-related baccalaureate Written & Oral Communications 6 degree at a four-year college or university. The program provides Mathematics (MTH 118 or MTH 142 recommended) 3-4 the necessary preparation in the business disciplines, accounting, Natural Science 7-8 business law, economics, management, statistics, and other business-related courses necessary for acceptance into third-year Social Science (ECO 204 required) 6 status at a four-year college. Arts & Humanities 3 Some four-year colleges and universities have mathematics- History 3 oriented programs, and all business schools require a high level Diversity 3 of written and oral communication skills. Students should Total 31-33 consult college and university catalogs before selecting a particular RCBC business program and/or courses. † See General Education Requirements on page 51. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate knowledge and skills of accounting, finance, Program Courses Credits economics, management, and marketing; ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 • Use written and oral skills as well as technology to BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 communicate effectively; ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics 3 • Interpret business law and recognize the importance of MTH 143 Statistics I 4 institutional policies; • Examine business situations and apply knowledge and skills Electives (Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following): to solve problems and make business decisions. ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 BUA 205 Business Law 3 9 BUA 206 Business Law II 3 CIS 111 Programming in BASIC 3 CIS 161 Computer Applications 3 Total 22

Electives* (MTH 243 OR SPE 102 or COM 200 recommended) 5-7

Total Required for Degree 60

*Selection of electives should be based on knowledge of their acceptability in transfer to the receiving college. Rowan University requires the completion of MTH 143 and MTH 142 or MTH 118 for admission into the College of Business.

74 | Rowan College at Burlington County Business Management Technology Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.BMT)

This program prepares students for entry-level and middle General Education Courses † Credits management positions in business, government, and Written & Oral Communications (SPE 102 required) 6 social service agencies. A combination of general business, Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3 management, and general education courses provides the Natural Science 4 necessary decision-making and problem solving skills needed in a changing business environment. Social Science (PSY 101 recommended) 3 Arts & Humanities 3 Students wishing to transfer to baccalaureate degree programs are strongly advised to seek information regarding admission Additional General Education Requirements and transfer requirements for those programs. (CIS 161 required) 3 Total 22 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Recognize the importance of the global market; † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Demonstrate the capacity to utilize terminology common to the business environment in order to facilitate effective Program Courses Credits communication; ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 • Demonstrate an awareness of and a concern for the ethical ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 implications of institutional policies and individual BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 practices; BUA 205 Business Law I 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of accounting systems; BUA 211 Human Resource Management 3 • Be proficient in the use of technology for business BUA 215 Finance 3 applications and research. BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics 3 ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 ENG 105 Technical Writing 3 or 3 COM 200 Business and Prof. Communication 3 Total 30

Electives (COM 200, CIS 111, BUA 101) 8

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 75 Business Technology Career Certificate, (SPC.BTC)

This program will give students exposure to coursework that Program Courses Credits will assist them in attaining business technology jobs, focusing CIS 161 Computer Applications 3 on entry-level office positions. Also if students choose to Select three courses (9 credits) from the following: continue at RCBC after attaining the certificate, the coursework will provide a solid foundation for students seeking to attain a BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 Business Administration degree. The certificate program BUA 205 Business Law I 3 requires a minimum of 18 credits. BUA 215 Finance 3 BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3

Elective: Select one 3-credit course from the following: ENG 101 College Composition I 3 COM 200 Business and 3 Professional Communication 3 SPE 102 Public Speaking 3

Elective: Select one 3-credit course from the following: PSY 101 General Psychology 3 SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3 3 ECO 203 Prin. of Microeconomics 3 ECO 204 Prin. of Macroeconomics 3 Total Required Credits 18

76 | Rowan College at Burlington County Fashion Product Merchandising Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.FPM)

This program prepares students for careers within the fashion General Education Courses † Credits marketing, merchandising, production and product Written & Oral Communications development industry. (ENG 101 required, ENG 102 recommended) 6 The program is structured with the understanding that Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3 students will be electing to transfer to a four year university that Natural Science 8 specializes in Fashion Merchandising, Product Development, Social Science (ECO 203 & PSY 101 required) 6 Production, Business and/or Marketing. Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 required) 3 Students will have the opportunity to explore employment History (HIS 101 or HIS 102 recommended) 3 opportunities within the apparel industry. Positions available Diversity (ANT 102, LIT 203 or REL 205 recommended) 3 with a 4 year education: Fashion Product Development, Fashion Total 32 Production, Fashion Buying and Planning, Fashion Trend and Color Analyst, Fashion Stylist and Fashion Management. † See General Education Requirements on page 51. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Present knowledge of seasonal fashion, color and Program Courses Credits fabric trends; ACC 110 Principles of Accounting 3 • Identify fiber, fabric and surface textures relating to textiles ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 within the apparel and home fashion industry; FAD 120 Apparel Construction 4 • Demonstrate knowledge of garment construction utilizing FAD 131 Fashion Research Methods 3 basic sewing and assembly techniques; FAD 135 Introduction to Textiles 3 • Strategize for fashion marketing, branding, product FAD 144 History of Fashion Design 3 development and online retail technology; FAD 155 Fashion Merchandising 3 • Conceptualize fashion trends though historical context Total 22 and primary and secondary research; • Apply accounting and economic concepts to the fashion industry. Electives (ACC 115, BUA 205, BUA 220, FAD 160, MTH 112 or MTH 130) 6 Students who wish to prepare for more technically-oriented or artistically expressive careers in fashion are encouraged to review Total Required for Degree 60 the Associate in Applied Science Fashion Design program in this catalog.

rcbc.edu | 77 Hospitality and Tourism Management Associate of Science, (AS.HOS)

In preparing students for careers as restaurant, hotel, and General Education Courses † Credits tourism leaders, event planners, and entrepreneurs in the Written Communications 6 21st century, we offer innovative learning experiences. Math (MTH 107 required) 3 The students experience learning in both informal and formal Natural Science 8 learning spaces during their time in the hospitality program. One day you will be in the cranberry bogs learning about Social Science 6 ecotourism and the next you will experience being a manager at Arts and Humanities 3 our student run restaurant, Vaulted Cuisine. History 3 The Hospitality and Tourism Management program at RCBC Diversity 3 takes pride in its partnerships with industry organizations Total 32 in our community. These professional relationships provide our students with diverse job opportunities. Our Hospitality † See General Education Requirements on page 51. and Tourism Management graduates leave RCBC prepared to transfer to many of the area’s best four-year schools for Program Courses Credits Hospitality and Tourism Management. Students who wish CUL 107 Culinary Arts 4 to transfer are strongly advised to seek information about the admission requirements to a four-year institution of their choice FSM 125 Food Service Sanitation & Accident Prevention 2 early in their studies at RCBC. HOS 110 Introduction to Hospitality 3 HOS 120 Service Management 4 Graduates of this program should be able to: HOS 225 Hotel Operations 3 • Assess the structure and function of the hospitality industry; HOS 235 Ecotourism Destinations/NJ Focus 3 HOS 250 Hospitality Human Resource Management 3 • Analyze the best hospitality practices; TEC 101 Career Readiness I 1 • Demonstrate teamwork, leadership, and interpersonal skills within the hospitality industry; TEC 201 Career Readiness II 1 TEC 202 Career Readiness III 1 • Examine and solve industry related problems using 21st century hospitality tools and resources; • Practice effective planning in the hospitality industry; Select 3 credits from the following: CUL 211 Purchasing and Menu Planning 3 • Describe the diverse sectors of the global hospitality 3 industry. HOS 160 Accounting for Hospitality 3 Total 28

Total Required for Degree 60

78 | Rowan College at Burlington County Hospitality Certificate, (CRT.HOS)

In preparing students for careers as restaurant, hotel, and General Education Courses † Credits tourism leaders, event planners, and entrepreneurs in the 21st Written Communications (ENG 101 required) 3 century, we offer innovative learning experiences. Mathematics (MTH 107 or higher) 3 The students experience learning in both informal and formal Total 6 learning spaces during their time in the hospitality program. One day you will be in the cranberry bogs learning about Program Courses Credits ecotourism and the next you will experience being a manager at FSM 125 Food Service Sanitation and our student run restaurant, Vaulted Cuisine. Accident Prevention 2 The Hospitality and Tourism Management program at RCBC HOS 110 Introduction to Hospitality 3 takes pride in its partnerships with industry organizations in HOS 120 Service Management 4 our community. These professional relationships provide our HOS 160 Accounting for Hospitality 3 students with diverse job opportunities. HOS 225 Hotel Operations 3 Students may be able to transfer certificate credits for use in HOS 235 Ecotourism Destinations/NJ Focus 3 associate or baccalaureate degree program. Students are strongly advised to seek information regarding admission and transfer HOS 250 Hospitality Human Resource Management 3 requirements for those programs. Total 21 Graduates of this program should be able to: Electives (TEC 101, TEC 201, TEC 202) 3 • Summarize how the hospitality industry is organized; • List the most common hospitality practices; Total Required for Degree 30 • Outline the concepts of teamwork, leadership, and interpersonal skills within the hospitality industry; • Solve industry related problems using 21st century hospitality tools and resources; • Explain the role of effective planning in the hospitality industry; • Describe the diverse sectors of the global hospitality industry.

rcbc.edu | 79 Small Business Certificate, (CRT.BUS)

The Small Business certificate program is designed to provide General Education Courses Credits students with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate or Written Communications (ENG 101 required) 3 assist in the operation of a small business. Small business Mathematics (MTH 107 or higher required) 3 continues to be a major engine of growth in our economy, Total 6 outstripping the rate of growth in all other business sectors. Students may be able to transfer certificate credits for use in Program Courses Credits associate or baccalaureate degree program. Students are strongly ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 advised to seek information regarding admission and transfer requirements. BUA 101 Business Functions in a Global Society 3 BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: BUA 205 Business Law I 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of how new business is BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 started; BUA 230 Small Business Management 3 • Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics 3 concept of customer relationship management; COM 200 Business and Professional Communication 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of a strategic marketing plan, which effectively combines the marketing mix elements of Total 24 product, price, promotion and place; • Demonstrate effective communication skills; Total Required for Certificate 30 • Demonstrate an understanding of accounting systems; • Analyze and resolve problems common to small business.

80 | Rowan College at Burlington County American Sign Language / Deaf Studies Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.ASL/DEA)

This program is designed for students who intend to complete General Education Courses † Credits a baccalaureate degree in a chosen field (e.g. Biology, Business Written & Oral Communications 6 Administration, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Mathematics (MTH 113 recommended) 3 Education, Nursing, Medicine, Social Sciences, the Arts) Natural Science (BIO 103/104 recommended) 7-8 which serves individuals who are deaf and who use ASL to communicate. Social Science (PSY 101 & SOC 101 required) 6 Arts & Humanities (THR 101 recommended) 3 Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult the catalog of the college where they intend to complete their History 3 studies. Diversity 3 Total 31-32 Graduates of this program customarily transfer to baccalaureate institutions. Graduates not immediately pursuing an additional degree frequently work as paraprofessionals in the student’s † See General Education Requirements on page 51. chosen field of study which serves individuals who are deaf and who use ASL to communicate. (Positions include lab technician; Program Courses Credits office technician in a business, criminal justice or social services ASL 101 Elementary American Sign Language I 3 organization; teacher’s aide; a substitute teacher.) ASL 103 American Deaf Culture 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: ASL 102 Elementary American Sign Language II 3 • Be proficient in all aspects of American Sign Language across ASL 104 Fingerspelling 3 registers and dialects; ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of American Deaf ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II 3 Culture; Total 18 • Explain the historical, social, political, recreational, medical, educational, and linguistical issues that affect individuals Electives (recommended): 10-11 who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing; ENG 252 Semantics • Identify the laws and legislations that impact the civil rights SPE 101 Effective Oral Communication of Deaf people; SPE 102 Public Speaking • Demonstrate knowledge of the prevalent models (pathological vs. humanistic) of deafness; Total Required for Degree 60 • Identify the various types, causes, and levels of deafness. Selection of electives should be based upon knowledge of prospective major of the receiving college and of the acceptability of transfer to that receiving college.

rcbc.edu | 81 Communication Arts Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.COM)

Communication Arts trains students in interpersonal, group, General Education Courses † Credits and public communications. The Communication program Written & Oral Communications 9 has as its goal the education of individuals who will actively Mathematics 3 engage in successful communications in various areas of public Natural Science 7-8 life. This preparation is concentrated in two areas: writing and production. The first area is concerned with providing students Technology 3 with the education needed in fields such as print and broadcast Social Science (POL 101 recommended) 6 journalism, public relations, advertising, and marketing. Arts and Humanities (PHI 105 recommended) 9 The second area is concerned with providing students with History 6 education needed in radio and television behind the scenes Diversity (ANT 102 recommended) 3 production. Students are advised that employment in both of Total 46-47 these fields traditionally requires education beyond the A.A. degree and practical experience in the field. † See General Education Requirements on page 49. Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult the catalog of the college where they intend to complete their Program Courses Credits studies. ENG 252 Semantics 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: COM 200 Business and Professional Communication 3 • Demonstrate practical application of skills in their area of specificity; Select six credit hours from the following: • Form critical judgments about the interaction of society COM 105 Writing for Mass Media 3 and the various media; ENG 251 Creative Writing 3 6 • Make ethical decisions about the duties and responsibilities JOU 101 Introduction to Journalistic Writing I 3 of the media and those involved in public communications; SOC 207 Communication, Mass Media & Society 3 • Analyze the effective use of language in a variety of Total 12 environments and modes.

Electives 1-2

Total Required for Degree 60

82 | Rowan College at Burlington County English Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.ENG)

The English major option provides students with a Liberal Arts General Education Courses † Credits concentration aimed at developing excellent reading and writing Written & Oral Communications 9 skills. Students develop the ability to analyze text, collect and Mathematics 3 organize research data, and write clearly and effectively. In Natural Science 7-8 addition, the program emphasizes critical reading and writing skills required in a variety of career fields including law, Technology 3 medicine, teaching, communications, business, and industry. Social Science 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: Arts & Humanities 9 History 6 • Write for different audiences and purposes; Diversity 3 • Develop and argue a thesis supported in coherent paragraphs with relevant citation format; Total 46-47 • Apply critical perspectives to select texts that comment on † See General Education Requirements on page 49. the human experience; • Relate the cultural, historical, and social significance of texts. Program Courses Credits Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult Select 12 credit hours from the following: the catalog of the college where they intend to complete their studies. LIT 203 Masterpieces of World Literature I 3 LIT 207 British Literature I 3 LIT 208 British Literature II 3 12 LIT 209 American Literature I 3 LIT 210 American Literature II 3 LIT 211 Masterpieces of World Literature II 3 Total 12

Electives 1-2

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 83 History Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.HIS)

This program is designed to introduce students to the changes General Education Courses † Credits in human society over time, to expose students to the diversity Written & Oral Communications 9 of the human experience, to chronologically examine the global Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3 struggle of all people, and to assist students to scientifically Natural Science 7-8 evaluate their own heritage. Technology 3 Written composition, oral presentation, problem solving, and Social Science (POL 101 required) 6 critical thinking are essential skills used in historical study. The history curriculum prepares students for study in a variety of Arts & Humanities (ART 250, ART 251 recommended) 9 fields including education, public service, and political science. History (HIS 101 and HIS 103 required) 6 Moreover, the study of history prepares students for careers Diversity (REL 205 or Foreign Language required) 3 in law, journalism, business, public relations, international Total 46-47 relations, archives, museums and historical societies. Majoring in history provides an excellent bridge to any career requiring an † See General Education Requirements on page 49. in-depth study of the human condition. Students planning to teach History on the Elementary or Program Courses Credits Secondary level, should include the following as open Electives; HIS 102 United States History II 3 EDU 112 History Foundations and PSY 250 Educational HIS 104 Modern European History 3 Psychology. Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult Select three credit hours to include the following: the catalog of the college where they intend to complete their HIS 266 African-American History I 3 studies. HIS 267 African-American History II 3 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: HIS 212 The American Civil War • Demonstrate a factual knowledge of significant past events; & Reconstruction 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of history as a process of cause and effect, rather than solely as memorization of Select three credit hours to include the following: facts, dates, or people; HIS 210 New Jersey History 3 • Utilize critical thinking to evaluate the impact of complex HIS 215 Renaissance and Reformation 1300-1700 3 3 human behavior on significant past events; HIS 220 Modern Britain 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of historical perspective as an HIS 230 Islamic Civilization 3 instrument to determine what makes a past event significant; Total 12 • Use their knowledge of recurring historical themes to understand varied outcomes in differing historical time periods. Electives (recommended): 1-2 LIT 211 Masterpieces of World Literature II POL 103 Comparative Government & Politics POL 215 Constitutional Law POL 250 International Politics or any Foreign Language

Recommended Courses for Elementary/Secondary Education: PSY 250 Educational Psychology EDU 112 Historical Foundations of American Education

Total Required for Degree 60

84 | Rowan College at Burlington County Philosophy Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.PHI)

Philosophy training teaches students how to think, especially General Education Courses † Credits about the most fundamental questions. Growing out of this Written & Oral Communications 9 belief, the Philosophy program has two general aims. Mathematics 3 The first is to provide students who may enter a variety of Natural Science 7-8 majors at the upper division level with a liberal arts foundation Technology 3 centered in disciplined thought and moral awareness. Such a Social Science 6 foundation is important for many professions today, including law, and other graduate programs. Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 required) 9 History 6 The second is to provide students whose eventual goal is Diversity 3 teaching and/or research in philosophy, religion or ethics with a strong two-year foundation for entering a philosophy major at a Total 46-47 transfer college. † See General Education Requirements on page 49. Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult the catalog of the college where they intend to complete their studies. Program Courses Credits PHI 105 Introduction to Logic 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: or 3 • Think critically about a variety of philosophical or PHI 112 Eastern Philosophy 3 religious issues; PHI 205 Ethics 3 • Write at a level that uses discourse and analysis appropriate PHI 210 History of Philosophy 3 to philosophy or comparative religion; or 3 • Demonstrate breadth and diversity by discussing approaches PHI 220 Environmental Ethics 3 from a variety of philosophical or religious traditions; REL 205 Comparative Religion 3 • Demonstrate sound judgment in approaching contemporary Total 12 moral problems. Electives 1-2

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 85 Education Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.EDU)

In accordance with New Jersey State guidelines and the General Education Courses † Credits requirements of many four-year colleges, students who plan Written & Oral Communications 6 to enter the field of education should engage in a broad-based Mathematics (MTH 211 recommended) 3 liberal arts curriculum during their freshmen and sophomore Natural Science (BIO 103/104 recommended) 7-8 years. Students in this program will also study (1) the historical and philosophical foundations of education and (2) the Social Science (SOC 101/PSY 101 recommended) 6 application of psychological theories to educational practices. Arts & Humanities 3 Students are advised to select academic courses which will History (HIS 101 or 102 recommended) 3 coincide with the subject matter they intend to teach. All Diversity (ANT 102 recommended) 3 students should become familiar with the college catalog of the Total 31-32 intended transfer institution. Graduates of this program customarily transfer to baccalaureate † See General Education Requirements on page 51. institutions. Graduates not immediately pursuing an additional degree are eligible to substitute teach in New Jersey schools. Program Courses Credits Graduates from this program should be able to: Select at least 9 credit hours from the following: • Describe the historical and philosophical foundations of American education; EDU 105 Teaching as a Profession 3 • Discuss and evaluate current trends and issues facing the EDU 112 Historical Foundations American educational system today; of American Education 3 EDU 130 Human Exceptionality 3 9 • Demonstrate a knowledge of the most widely accepted theories and philosophies of education; PSY 250 Educational Psychology 3 • Apply an understanding of psychological concepts to the PSY 251 Child Psychology 3 learning behaviors of children; PSY 256 Developmental Psychology 3 • Develop personal responses to classroom situations based on Total 9 educational theories; Select 9 credit hours from the following: • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills; Art (ART), Biology (BIO), Chemistry (CHE), Geography (GEO), History (HIS), Literature (LIT), Mathematics (MTH), • Display an awareness of the history and variety of human Music (MUS or MUC), Political Science (POL), Psychology achievement, experiences, values and modes of expression; (PSY), Sociology (SOC), Spanish (SPA) or Theatre (THR) • Identify the elements of good teaching; Total 9 • Compare and contrast the role of federal, state and local governments in education. Electives* (EDU 210, MTH 212, SPE 102 recommended) 11 Please Note: The New Jersey Board of Education revised teacher education guidelines in 2016. It is important that all students Total Required for Degree 60 who choose a teacher education program contact the Transfer Office at RCBC or the college/university where they intend *Students are encouraged to meet with a Transfer Advisor to to complete the program to determine the content areas determine which courses will transfer to their intended four-year which are acceptable majors for teacher education candidates. college or university. Students graduating on or after September 1, 2016 must achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 or higher for NJ ** Literature and GEO 102 Principles of Geography are certification. Courses taken at accredited two-year colleges recommended courses for transferring to Rowan University. are accepted toward meeting requirements for NJ teacher certification only if such courses appear on an official transcript of a regionally accredited four-year college. It is recommended that students take the Praxis Core before transferring to a four-year college in New Jersey.

86 | Rowan College at Burlington County Alternative Energy Technologies Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.ALT)

This program is designed to prepare students to move directly General Education Courses † Credits into the energy workforce with a broad, hands-on education Written and Oral Communications approach. Students will be exposed to various alternative energy (ENG 101 & SPE 102 recommended) 6 technologies, with a concentration on solar electric systems Mathematics (MTH 113 or higher) 3 (solar panels), energy storage (battery systems), and energy Natural Science 4 auditing (building energy efficiency). The curriculum is vetted by energy professionals and prepares students with the skills Social Science 3 needed in today’s job market. Arts and Humanities 3 Students will be prepared to pass industry-recognized entry level Additional General Education Requirements credentialing exams at the completion of certain courses: (SOC 160 Recommended) 3 Total • NABCEP Photovoltaic Associate 22 • BPI Building Analyst Professional † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • OSHA 30 Industry Certificate Program Courses Credits Career opportunities include entry level positions in: ALT 110 Energy Auditing for Residential Buildings 3 • Solar photovoltaic systems design and installation ALT 111 Energy Auditing for Residential Buildings • Installation of energy storage & microgrid systems Laboratory 1 • Building energy auditing & retrofitting ALT 113 Alternative Energy Sources 3 ALT 115 Solar Photovoltaic Systems I 3 • Sales representatives/estimators ALT 116 Solar Photovoltaic Systems I Laboratory 1 • Site surveyors/assessors ALT 215 Solar Photovoltaic Systems II 3

ALT 216 Solar Photovoltaic Systems ll Laboratory 1 Types of employers: ALT 222 Energy Storage and Microgrids 3 • Solar photovoltaic installation companies ALT 141 Energy Investment Analysis 3 • Residential energy auditing/retrofitting companies PHY 107 Fundamentals of Physics 3 • Builders/construction management companies SST 100 Principles of Sustainability 3 • Engineering/architecture firms (experience required) TEC 120 Safety Management 3 TEC 212 Project Management 3 Graduates of the program should be able to: Total 33 • Apply critical thinking and communication skills; Electives (recommended): 5 • Assess building energy use and provide recommendations for improvement; CON 101 Building Materials and Construction Methods CON 220 Understanding Construction Drawings • Demonstrate proficiency in solar photovoltaic technology, including site evaluation and system installation; EGR 110 Design Computer Graphics I • Demonstrate an understanding of the business aspects of TEC 101 Career Readiness I energy, including project management; TEC 201 Career Readiness II • Apply knowledge to understand future advanced TEC 202 Career Readiness III technologies and trends in energy. TEC 211 Entrepreneurship

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 87 Chemical Engineering Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.CGR)

This program is designed to parallel the first two years of a General Education Courses † Credits program in Chemical Engineering at a four-year college or Written & Oral Communications 6 university. Some of the area institutions offering programs Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 in Chemical Engineering are: Rowan University, New Natural Science (PHY 210/211 & PHY 212/213 required) 8 Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark), Drexel University (Philadelphia), and Rutgers University (New Brunswick). Social Science 6 Selection of courses should be made on the knowledge of their Arts & Humanities 3 acceptability in transfer to the receiving college or university. History 3 Graduates of Chemical Engineering work at manufacturing Diversity 3 companies in chemical processes such as petrochemical Total 33 refineries and pharmaceutical companies to name a few. Graduates of this program should be able to: † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of chemistry by analyzing information and solving problems; Program Courses Credits • Have the skills required to work safely and effectively in a CHE 115 General Chemistry I 3 scientific laboratory; CHE 116 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 • Discuss areas related to chemistry such as ethics, information CHE 117 General Chemistry II 3 technology, intellectual property and regulatory compliance; CHE 118 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 • Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively both CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 verbally and in writing. CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 EGR 104 Engineering Design Fundamentals 4 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 Total 24

Electives* (MTH 220, MTH 201, or MTH 230 recommended) 3

Total Required for Degree 60

*CSE 135 or CSE 110 is a required elective for admissions to Rowan University’s College of Engineering.

88 | Rowan College at Burlington County Computer Networking Technology Option to Electrical Engineering Technology, (AAS.PCT)

The Computer Networking Technology option to General Education Courses † Credits the Electrical Engineering Technology program provides a solid Written & Oral Communications theoretical foundation as well as practical “hands-on” laboratory (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 experiences in electronics and computers. This option includes Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 some electronic courses as well as computer and networking Natural Science (PHY 110/111 required) 4 courses to enable graduates to pursue a career as a computer and network technician. Social Science (SOC 160 required) 3 Arts & Humanities 3 The mission of the Rowan College at Burlington County Electrical Engineering Technology program and Computer Additional General Education Requirements Networking Technology option is to produce graduates who (MTH 118 required) 4 are able to obtain employment as a technician or transfer to Total 24 a four-year college. In addition, graduates will be technically competent, able to communicate effectively, work well with † See General Education Requirements on page 52. others and demonstrate professionalism. Graduates of this option should be able to: Program Courses Credits • Apply the knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools CIS 138 Introduction to Operating Systems 4 of the discipline to engineering technology activities; CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 • Apply knowledge of analog and digital electronics, CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 computers, networks, mathematics and science to technical EET 121 Circuits I 4 problems or projects; EET 210 IT Essentials: A+ 4 • Conduct standard laboratory tests and measurements, EET 230 Semiconductor Electronics 4 and to analyze and interpret experiments; EET 240 Digital Electronics 4 • Function effectively as a member of a technical team; Total 28 • Identify the characteristics of, analyze and solve technical problems; • Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both Program Electives Credits technical and nontechnical environments; and an ability to Select 8 credit hours from the following: use appropriate technical literature; CIS 165 Network and Systems Administration 4 • Express a commitment to address professional development CIS 200 Fundamentals of Computer Security 4 through conferences, seminars, courses and the pursuit of CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 advanced degrees; EET 222 Circuits II 3 8 • Express a commitment to address professional and ethical EET 232 Analog Integrated Circuits 4 responsibilities, including societal and global issues and a respect for diversity; EGR 151 Freshman Engineering Clinic I 2 • Recognize a commitment to quality, timeliness and EGR 152 Freshman Engineering Clinic II 2 continuous improvement; Total 8 • Apply circuit analysis and design, computer programming, associated software, analog and digital electronics, and microcomputers, and engineering standards to the Total Required for Degree 60 building, testing, operation, and maintenance of electrical/ electronic(s) systems; • Apply principles of physics or chemistry to electrical/ electronic(s) circuits in a rigorous mathematical environment at or above the level of algebra and trigonometry.

rcbc.edu | 89 Construction Management Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.CON)

Construction management is a dynamic profession – a General Education Courses † Credits combination of technology, art and science. While an Written & Oral Communications 6 understanding of the technical aspects of construction is Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 extremely important, it is also essential that construction Natural Science (PHY 110/111 & PHY 112/113 required) 8 professionals have a comprehensive knowledge of the business Social Science (ECO 203 required) 6 and management aspects of the profession. Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 recommended) 3 And though construction has traditionally been a very History (HIS 102 recommended) 3 conservative industry, the increasing rate of technological development and competition in the industry have served Diversity 3 to accelerate the development of new construction methods, Total 33 equipment, materials, and management techniques. As a result of these forces, there is an increasing need for innovative † See General Education Requirements on page 51. and professionally competent construction professionals. Students enrolled in the Construction Management program Program Courses Credits receive broad academic, technical, business, and construction BUA 205 Business Law I 3 management courses that are designed to produce well-rounded CON 101 Building Materials and Construction Methods 3 construction professionals. CON 102 Building Materials and Construction Methods II 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: CON 220 Understanding Construction Drawings 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of safety, management EGR 110 Design Computer Graphics I 3 and supervision principles; TEC 120 Safety Management 3 • Apply construction law and knowledge of contracts TEC 212 Project Management 3 to construction principles; Total 21 • Analyze construction documents, drawings and building materials; Program Electives Credits • Communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders; Select 6 credit hours from the following: • Use technology to support management projects. TEC 101 Career Readiness 1 TEC 201 Career Readiness II 1 Options after graduation: TEC 202 Career Readiness III 1 EGR 203 Surveying 3 6 Career Opportunities: Graduates of the Construction Management program have secured entry-level positions as SST 100 Principles of Sustainability 3 assistant project managers, estimators, schedulers, and field ALT 110 Energy Auditing Residential Buildings 3 superintendents for general contractors, subcontractors, and ALT 113 Alternative Energy Sources 3 construction managers. Some are employed as owner- TEC 211 Entrepreneurship 3 representatives working for architectural firms, consulting engineering firms, commercial companies, and institutions that Total 6 have needs for building or other construction projects. Total Required for Degree 60

90 | Rowan College at Burlington County Electrical Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.EET)

The Electrical Engineering Technology program provides a General Education Courses † Credits solid theoretical foundation as well as practical “hands-on” Written & Oral Communications laboratory experiences in Electronics. This program includes (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 traditional EET courses as well as some computer courses to Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 enable graduates to pursue a career as an industrial electrical Natural Science (PHY 110/111 required) 4 engineering technician. Social Science (SOC 160 required) 3 The mission of the Rowan College at Burlington County Arts & Humanities 3 Electrical Engineering Technology program and Computer Networking Technology option is to produce graduates who Additional General Education Requirements are able to obtain employment as a technician or transfer to (MTH 118 required) 4 a four-year college. In addition, graduates will be technically Total 24 competent, able to communicate effectively, work well with others and demonstrate professionalism. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools Program Courses Credits of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the EET 121 Circuits I 4 discipline; EET 222 Circuits II 3 • Design solutions for well-defined technical problems EET 230 Semiconductor Electronics 4 and assist with engineering design of systems, components, EET 232 Analog Integrated Circuits 4 or processes appropriate to the discipline; • Conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments EET 240 Digital Electronics 4 to analyze and interpret results; EGR 151 Freshman Engineering Clinic I 2 • Function effectively as a member of a technical team; EGR 152 Freshman Engineering Clinic II 2 • Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both EGR 251 Sophomore Engineering Clinic I 1 technical and non-technical environments; and identify and EGR 252 Sophomore Engineering Clinic I 1 use appropriate technical literature. ENG 102 College Composition II 3 PHY 112 Principles of Physics II 3 The Rowan College at Burlington County Electrical Engineering Technology Program is PHY 113 Principles of Physics II Laboratory 1 Accredited by: Total 36 Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, 415 North Charles St., Total Required for Degree 60 Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 347-7700

The Computer Networking Technology Option is on page 89.

rcbc.edu | 91 Engineering Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.EGR)

This program is designed for students who intend to transfer General Education Courses † Credits to a baccalaureate degree in Engineering. Students planning Written & Oral Communications 6 to transfer after graduation should consult the catalog of the Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 college where they intend to complete their studies and enroll in Natural Science (CHE 115/116 & PHY 210/211 required) 8 courses which will meet transfer requirements. Social Science *** (ECO 203 Recommended for RU) 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: Arts & Humanities 3 • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; History 3 • Demonstrate effective mathematical skills and application of Diversity 3 scientific principles in solving engineering problems; Total 33 • Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills in the analysis of data, in the design of experimental procedures † See General Education Requirements on page 51. and evaluation of outcomes. RCBC has formal transfer agreements with several area Program Courses Credits four-year institutions. EGR 151* Freshman Engineering Clinic I 2 EGR 152* Freshman Engineering Clinic II 2 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 220 Calculus III and Analytic Geometry 4 PHY 212 Physics II 3 PHY 213 Physics II Laboratory 1 Total 16

Program Electives Select 11 credit hours from the following: BIO 103/104 General Biology I and Lab 4 CHE 117/118 General Chemistry II & Lab 4 CSE 110** Introduction to Computer Science I 4 CSE 112 Introduction to Computer Science II 4 CSE 135** Comp. Programming & Problem Solving 3 EET 240 Digital Electronics 4 EGR 110 Design Comp Graphics 3 11 EGR 201 Engineering Statics 3 EGR 251* Sophomore Engineering Clinic I 1 EGR 252* Sophomore Engineering Clinic II 1 EGR 230 Strength of Materials 3 MTH 201 Linear Algebra 3 MTH 230 Differential Equations 4 SPE 102 Public Speaking 3 Total 11 * Required for Rowan University Engineering Total Required for Degree 60 ** CSE 110 is a required elective for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and CSE 135 or CSE 110 is a required elective for Biomedical, Chemical, and Civil Engineering for admissions to Rowan University’s College of Engineering. *** ECO 203 recommended as one of the Social Science courses for Rowan University.

92 | Rowan College at Burlington County Geospatial Technology Option to Liberal Arts, (AAS.GIS)

This program consists of a sequence of introductory courses in General Education Courses † Credits geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning Written & Oral Communications 6 systems (GPS), and remote sensing (RS). Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 These courses will emphasize the application of geospatial Natural Science 4 technology to a broad range of issues such as sustainable Social Science 3 population growth, land use management, transportation route Arts & Humanities 3 planning, and water-quality management. Additional General Education Requirements Graduates of this program should be able to: (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of geographic information Total 23 systems and how they can be used to manage and analyze spatial information; † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Demonstrate the principle of data acquisition and management; Program Courses Credits • Demonstrate an understanding of the principle of CIS 139 Introduction to Python 3 remote sensing and image processing; CSE 213 Database Systems 3 • Discuss the value and applicability of geospatial technology GEO 102 Principles of Geography 3 in the real world. GIS 101 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 3 GIS 201 Advanced Applications in GIS 3 GIS 202 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing 3 GIS 203 Fundamentals of Global Positioning Systems 3 GIS 293 Geospatial Tech. Projects/Internship 3

Select 13 credit hours from the following: GIS 160* Introduction to Mapping & GIS 3 BIO 130 Environmental Science 3 BIO 131 Environmental Science Lab 1 CIS 111 Programming in BASIC 3 CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 CSE 135 Computer Programming and Problem Solving 3 13 ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 EGR 110 Design Computer Graphics I 3 EGR 113 Design Computer Graphics II 3 EGR 203 Surveying 3 MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics 3 Total 37

Total Required for Degree 60

* GIS 160 recommended if transferring to Rowan University

rcbc.edu | 93 Geospatial Technology Certificate, (CRT.GIS)

The certificate program provides training in geospatial General Education Courses † Credits technologies to individuals who are interested in obtaining Written Communications (ENG 101 required) 3 employment or enhancing their workplace skills within the field Mathematics (MTH 107 or higher required) 3 of geospatial technology. Total 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of geographic information † See General Education Requirements on page 52. systems and how they can be used to manage and analyze spatial information; Program Courses Credits • Demonstrate the principle of data acquisition and CIS 139 Introduction to Python 3 management with the global positioning system; CSE 213 Database Systems 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of remote GIS 101 Fundamental of Geographic sensing and image processing; Information Systems 3 • Discuss the value and applicability of geospatial technology GIS 201 Advanced Applications in GIS 3 in the real world. GIS 202 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing 3 GIS 203 Fundamentals of Global Positioning Systems 3

Select 6 credit hours from the following: CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 CSE 135 Computer Programming and Problem Solving 3 ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 EGR 110 Design Computer Graphics I 3 6 GEO 102 Principles of Geography 3 GIS 160 Introduction to Mapping and GIS 3 MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics 3 Total 24

Total Required for Certificate 30

94 | Rowan College at Burlington County Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate in Applied Science, (AAS.MET)

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Mechanical General Education Courses † Credits Engineering Technology (AAS.MET) is designed to provide Written & Oral Communication a high-quality educational opportunity that prepares students (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 to achieve career goals in the field of MET. Mechanical Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 engineering technology involves understanding how products Natural Science (CHE 115/116 required) 4 and machinery work as well as how to design, fabricate or use them. Examples of societal improvements due to mechanical Social Science (SOC 160 required) 3 engineering technology include engines, air-conditioned Arts and Humanities 3 environments, and jet aircraft. Additional General Education Requirements Graduates of this program should be able to: (MTH 118 required) 4 Total 24 • Apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to † See General Education Requirements on page 52. the discipline; • Design solutions for well-defined technical problems Program Courses Credits and assist with engineering design of systems, components, CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 or processes appropriate to the discipline; EGR 151 Freshman Clinic I 2 • Conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments EGR 152 Freshman Clinic II 2 to analyze and interpret results; EGR 201 Engineering Statics 3 • Function effectively as a member of a technical team; EGR 251 Sophomore Engineering Clinic I 1 • Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in EGR 252 Sophomore Engineering Clinic II 1 both technical and non-technical environments; and identify ENG 105 Technical Writing 3 and use appropriate technical literature. MET 210 CNC Programming I 4 MET 215 Applied Thermal Energy I 3 MET 220 Introduction to Mechanical Design 3 MET 235 Material Science and Manufacturing 3 PHY 210 General Physics I 3 PHY 211 General Physics I Lab 1 Total 33

Elective (EGR 230 recommended) 3

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 95 Cancer Registry Management Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.MCR)

This program prepares students for a career in the field of General Education Courses † Credits Cancer Registry Management. Cancer registration is an Written & Oral Communications important and fundamental tool in cancer control. A cancer (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 registry has been defined as a system for the collection, storage, Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 analysis, and interpretation of data on persons with cancer, Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 within a healthcare facility or group of healthcare facilities. Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 Certified Tumor Registrars (CTR) are data information Additional General Education Requirements specialists that capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, (BIO 114 and CIS 161 required) 6 and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The data provide essential information to researchers, healthcare Total 22 providers, and public health officials to better monitor and advance cancer treatments, conduct research, and improve † See General Education Requirements on page 52. cancer prevention and screening programs. Registrars work closely with physicians, administrators, researchers, and Program Courses Credits healthcare planners to provide support for cancer program BIO 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 development, ensure compliance of reporting standards, and COM 200 Business and Professional Communication 3 serve as a valuable resource for cancer information with the HIT 103 Legal Aspects of Health Information 3 ultimate goal of preventing and controlling cancer. HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 Students interested in this program should attend a HIM HIT 115 Pathophysiology 3 information session and visit the HIM website at rcbc.edu/ HIT 117 Pharmacology 3 HIM. The Cancer Registry Management program applies HIT 224 Healthcare Information Systems 3 selective admission standards. Therefore admission to the college does not guarantee admission to the program. Students MCR 101 Cancer Registry Structure & Mgmt. 3 must apply to the program and meet all admission standards MCR 104 Cancer Registry Operations 3 prior to taking program level courses (see program website). MCR 111 Cancer Disease Coding and Staging 3 Interested applicants are encouraged to review the standards of MCR 114 Oncology Treatment and Coding 3 the program prior to applying for admission. A criminal history MCR 201 Abstracting Methods 3 background check is required. MCR 204 Follow Up, Data Quality, & Utilization 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: MCR 211 Multiple Primary Histology & Hematopoietics 3 • Demonstrate skills in relation to Data Collection (case MCR 220 Cancer Registry Clinical I 2 finding; abstracting; and follow-up, survivorship & MCR 221 Cancer Registry Clinical II 2 outcomes), Data Quality Assurance, Analysis and Data Total 43 Usage, Operations & Management, Cancer Committee and Conference, and Activities Unique to Centralized Registries; • Have knowledge and skills required to be competent in all Total Required for Degree 65 registry tasks necessary for an entry level cancer registrar position and attain the technical knowledge appropriate for entry level on the CTR examination; • Demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary to interact with other health care professionals; • Model professionalism including; demonstrate a good work ethic and participate in personal and professional growth opportunities. The Rowan College at Burlington County Cancer Registry management is Accredited by the Formal Education Program Review Committee (FEPRC) of the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), 1330 Braddock Place, Suite 520, Alexandria, VA 22314. (703) 299-6640

96 | Rowan College at Burlington County Cancer Registry Management Certificate, (CRT.MCR) §

This program prepares students for a career in the field of General Education Courses † Credits Cancer Registry Management. Cancer registration is an Written Communication (ENG 101 required) 3 important and fundamental tool in cancer control. A cancer Social Science (PSY 101 recommended) 3 registry has been defined as a system for the collection, storage, Total 6 analysis, and interpretation of data on persons with cancer, within a healthcare facility or group of healthcare facilities. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. Certified Tumor Registrars (CTR) are data information specialists that capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, Program Courses Credits and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The MCR 101 Cancer Registry Structure & Management 3 Cancer Registry Management Program curriculum was designed so that: MCR 104 Cancer Registry Operations 3 MCR 111 Cancer Registry Disease Coding & Staging 3 • a student who is a credentialed registered health information technician (RHIT) and possesses an A.A.S. degree can take MCR 114 Oncology and Coding 3 the cancer registry courses and receive a certificate upon MCR 201 Abstracting Methods 3 completion. MCR 204 Follow Up Data Quality & Utilization 3 • a student who possesses an A.A.S. degree and completes MCR 211 Multiple Primary and Hematopoietics 3 the five (5) prerequisite courses: Medical Terminology, MCR 220 Cancer Registry Clinical I 2 Anatomy & Physiology I & II Lecture and Lab, Pathology, MCR 221 Cancer Registry Clinical II 2 and Pharmacology can take the cancer registry courses and Total 25 receive a certificate upon completion. The program will consist of nine courses including lectures, Total Required for Degree 31 hands on activity and 160-180 hours of clinical. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate skills in relation to Data Collection (case finding; abstracting; and follow-up, survivorship & outcomes), Data Quality Assurance, Analysis and Data Usage, Operations & Management, Cancer Committee and Conference, and Activities Unique to Centralized Registries; • Have knowledge and skills required to be competent in all registry tasks necessary for an entry level cancer registrar position and attain the technical knowledge appropriate for entry level on the CTR examination; • Demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary to interact with other health care professionals; • Model professionalism including; demonstrate a good work ethic and participate in personal and professional growth opportunities.

The Rowan College at Burlington County Cancer Registry Management is Accredited by the Formal Education Program Review Committee (FEPRC) of the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), 1330 Braddock Place, Suite 520, Alexandria, VA 22314. (703) 299-6640

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

rcbc.edu | 97 Cancer Registry Management Career Certificate, (SPC.MCR)

The Cancer Registry Management Certificate is offered to Program Courses Credits individuals who possess the technical and clinical knowledge MCR 101 Cancer Registry Structure and Management 3 and skills required to maintain cancer-related data collection MCR 104 Cancer Registry Operations 3 systems. These individuals manage and analyze clinical cancer MCR 111 Cancer Registry Disease Coding and Staging 3 information for the purposes of processing, maintaining, compiling, and reporting health information in many areas MCR 114 Oncology and Coding 3 including: Research, Quality Management and Improvement, MCR 201 Abstracting Methods 3 Facility Planning and Marketing, Long-Term patient follow up, MCR 204 F/U, D.Q. & Utilization 3 Cancer Program Development, Survival Data, Compliance with MCR 211 Multiple Primary and Hematopoietics 3 Reporting Standards, Evaluation of the Results of Treatment, MCR 220 Clinical I 2 National Accreditation Standards. MCR 221 Clinical II 2 Cancer registrars are data management experts who report cancer statistics for various healthcare agencies. Registrars Total Required Credits 25 work closely with physicians, administrators, researchers, and health care planners to provide support for cancer program development, ensure compliance of reporting standards, and serve as a valuable resource for cancer information with the ultimate goal of preventing and controlling cancer. The cancer registrar is involved in managing and analyzing clinical cancer information for the purpose of education, research, and outcome measurement. This 25 credit certificate program is geared towards professionals who currently have an associate degree and wish to obtain the necessary knowledge to sit for the National Cancer Registry Associations (NCRA) Certified Tumor Registrar credential (CTR).

The Rowan College at Burlington County Cancer Registry Management is Accredited by the Formal Education Program Review Committee (FEPRC) of the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), 1330 Braddock Place, Suite 520, Alexandria, VA 22314. (703) 299-6640

98 | Rowan College at Burlington County Coding Career Certificate, (SPC.ACO)

This program will prepare students for entry level employment Required Courses Include Credits as a medical coder in the inpatient or other medical settings BIO 110 Fund. of Anatomy and Physiology I (lecture) 3 such as clinics, physician offices, health insurance companies, BIO 114 Fund. of Anatomy and Physiology II (lecture) 3 and consulting firms. Student will acquire basic knowledge HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 to: assign diagnoses/procedure codes using ICD-10-CM/PCS; assign procedure codes using CPT-4; validate coding accuracy HIT 115 Pathophysiology 3 using clinical information in the patient’s health record; use HIT 117 Pharmacology 3 electronic application and work processes to support clinical HIT 205 HCPCS Coding (CPT-4) 3 classification and coding; understand Major Complications or HIT 209 ICD-10-CM Coding 3 Comorbidity (MCC) and Complication or Comorbidity (CC); HIT 210 ICD-10-PCS Coding 3 understand Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG’s); understand HIT 211 Reimbursement Methodologies 3 interpret and apply regulatory guidelines; and prepare for the coding certification exam of the student’s choice. Elective: Select one 3-credit course from the following: Students will receive a career certificate and 26 credits that can easily transfer to the HIT associate degree. The program is HIT 238 Applications in Acute Care Coding 3 part-time and classes are typically offered in the evenings HIT 239 Applications in 3 and/or online. Ambulatory Coding 3 Total Required Credits 29 Admission requirements: Graduation from high school or attainment of a GED with C grade or higher; High school biology or equivalent college course work.

rcbc.edu | 99 Computed Tomography Career Certificate, (SPC.CTC)

This program is designed to give the ARRT, American Program Courses Credits Registry of Radiologic Technologists, credentialed radiologic CTP 110 Introduction to Computed Tomography 3 technologist the ability to seek a position as a Computed CTP 120 CT Sectional Anatomy and Pathology 3 Tomography Technologist upon completion. The 18 career CTP 130 CT Procedures 3 credits are based on the ASRT. American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Curriculum Guide for Computed Tomography. CTP 140 CT Physics and Equipment 3 The enrolled student will be given the knowledge and clinical CTP 150 CT Clinical Education I 3 time necessary to prepare for the ARRT CT examination. The CTP 151 CT Clinical Education II 3 program includes courses utilizing hybrid (online and in class) CTP 152* CT Clinical Education III 2 instruction. The course are generally offered in 7-week blocks Total Required Credits 18 during the fall and spring semesters. The two 15-week clinical components of 270 hours are taken in the fall and the spring. An additional 10-week summer clinical of 108 hours is available *CPT 152 is optional. to those students requiring additional clinical time. Admitted students must: • Hold ARRT, RT(R) credentials • Hold a State of New Jersey Diagnostic Radiography license; • Complete a satisfactory physical examination indicating they can perform the rigorous program activities; • Undergo and pass a criminal background check and drug screening; • Maintain malpractice/liability insurance and personal health insurance throughout the program; • Students are responsible for their own transportation to clinical sites. Limitation: See program coordinator.

100 | Rowan College at Burlington County Dental Hygiene Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.DHY)

This program prepares students for a career as a Registered Dental General Education Courses † Credits Hygienist by combining classroom instruction with laboratory Written & Oral Communications and clinical experience. It is a rigorous and demanding program, (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 both physically and academically, providing students with a Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 knowledge base to integrate manual skills with the delivery of high-quality oral health care services. Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 The program emphasizes skills in communication, critical thinking, personal integrity, assessment and evaluation of a variety Additional General Education Requirements of treatment options. It prepares students to interact with patients (SOC 101 and CHE 210 required) 6 as clinician, health educator, prevention specialist, and counselor Total 22 in order to deliver a total health maintenance package. The New Jersey Board of Dentistry regulates dental hygiene † See General Education Requirements on page 52. licensure. All persons desiring to practice dental hygiene in New Jersey shall first secure a license from the Board. Licensure Program Courses Credits applicants must demonstrate competence by passing both the BIO 114 Fundamentals of Anatomy National Dental Hygiene Boards and the American Dental & Physiology II 3 Hygiene Licensing Examination. Successful completion of the BIO 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy New Jersey Jurisprudence examination and an affidavit of good & Physiology II Lab 1 moral character are also required. Additionally, the Board of BIO 155 Basic Microbiology 3 Dentistry requests a criminal background check. BIO 156 Basic Microbiology Lab 1 Students interested in Dental Hygiene should attend one of our CHE 107 Chemistry 3 informational seminars, held periodically throughout the year. CHE 108 Chemistry Lab 1 Enrollment is limited. Admitted students must: DHY 101 Pre-clinical Dental Hygiene 4 • hold current certification in CPR for health care professionals; DHY 110 Dental Head and Neck Anatomy 3 • satisfactorily complete a physical examination which indicates DHY 120 Dental Radiology 3 that they can participate in all clinical activities; • maintain malpractice/liability insurance and personal health DHY 130 Dental and Medical Emergencies 1 insurance throughout the program; DHY 140 Oral Embryology and Histology 2 • undergo and pass a criminal background check and drug DHY 151 Clinical Services I 4 screening. DHY 160 Periodontology I 2 Attendance at extramural clinical sites for enrichment of DHY 200 Dental Pharmacology and Pain Control 2 experience is mandatory. Students are also responsible for their DHY 201 Clinical Services II 4 own transportation to specified sites. DHY 210 Periodontology II 2 The program includes clinical experience in the process of dental DHY 220 Oral Pathology 3 hygiene care. Students are apprised that they may be exposed to DHY 222 Local Anesthesia 1 bloodborne pathogens and potentially infectious diseases. They DHY 240 Dental Public Health 3 are also required to sit as patients for their student partners. The program includes education and training to ensure the safety of DHY 241 Supportive Therapies 3 the student, the public, and the faculty and staff. DHY 251 Clinical Services III 4 Graduates of this program should be able to: Total 53 • Develop self-awareness, self-direction, critical think skills, self-evaluative skills, and professional accountability; Total Required for Degree 75 • Obtain entry-level positions as professional dental hygienists with the ability to transfer to accredited institutions of higher learning; The Rowan College at Burlington County • Practice within the legal, ethical, and regulatory framework Dental Hygiene Program is accredited by: and standards of professional dental hygiene practice; • Participate as members of their professional organizations and American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental serve their community as healthcare professionals. Accreditation, 211 East Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 6011 Telephone 1-800-621-8099 ext 2718

rcbc.edu | 101 Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.DMS)

This accredited program prepares students for a career as a General Education Courses † Credits Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. A Sonographer is a medical Written & Oral Communications professional who performs diagnostic imaging in which a (ENG 101 and ENG 102 required) 6 radiologist will read and transcribe an official report of findings. Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 This diagnostic imaging modality utilizes sound waves to perform diagnostic imaging. Students will learn about anatomy, pathology, Natural Science (BIO 110/111 or BIO 208/209) 4 protocols of examinations, and how to interact with other medical Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 professionals and physicians to enable the best care to be provided Additional General Education Requirements for patients. (BIO 114 or BIO 212, BIO 115, SOC 101) 7 The program consists of academic, laboratory, and clinical Total 23 components. General Education and program courses provide a foundation in the knowledge and skills needed to develop a life of † See General Education Requirements on page 52. personal fulfillment and contribution to society. Content areas of the academic component include radiology organization and procedures, Program Courses Credits physiology and pathology of organs and vasculature of the abdominal and pelvic cavities, OB/GYN pathology and physiology, DMS 101 Introduction to Sonography 2 vascular pathology and physiology, patient care, ultrasound DMS 102 Cross-sectional Anatomy 2 equipment, and future uses of ultrasound technology. Experience at DMS 107 Ultrasound Abdomen 3 the clinical education setting and the on-campus lab is required to DMS 108 Ultrasound Abdomen Lab 1 successfully complete the competency-based clinical component. DMS 110 Ultrasound Physics I 2 The program emphasizes communication, critical thinking, personal integrity, assessment and evaluation of ultrasound DMS 113 Ultrasound OB/GYN I 2 images and performance of diagnostic ultrasound exams. It DMS 114 Ultrasound OB/GYN I Lab 1 prepares students to interact with patients as well as all health care DMS 130 Pediatrics and Small Parts 2 professionals. DMS 131 Pediatrics and Small Parts Lab 1 Students who are interested in this program should plan to attend a DMS 211 Ultrasound Physics II 2 DMS Information Seminar, which is held periodically throughout DMS 214 Ultrasound OB/GYM II 3 the year. The application is available at rcbc.edu/DMS. Students admitted must be CPR certified (from the American DMS 215 Ultrasound OB/GYN II Lab 1 Heart Association, BLS for healthcare professionals), complete a DMS 218 Ultrasound Vascular 2 satisfactory physical examination indicating they can perform the DMS 219 Ultrasound Vascular Lab 1 rigorous program activities, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, must DMS 220 Clinical Practicum I 3 be 18 at the start of the program, have completed high school DMS 224 Sonographic Interpretations I 2 biology and algebra with a “C” or better, undergo and pass a criminal background check, PA FBI fingerprinting check and DMS 230 Clinical Practicum II 4 drug screening, and maintain malpractice/liability insurance and DMS 240 Clinical Practicum III 4 personal health insurance throughout the program. DMS students PHY 107 Fundamentals of Physics* 3 are responsible for their own transportation to clinical sites. Total 41 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Perform non-invasive and imaging ultrasound examinations; Total Required for Degree 64 • Apply their technical knowledge while operating ultrasound equipment; • Utilize their knowledge in the outpatient and/or hospital settings; • Discuss healthcare related issues with other healthcare professionals. Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350. In collaboration with: Joint Review Committee — Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS), 6021 University Boulevard, Suite 500, Ellicott City, MD 21043, (443) 973-3251 * PHY 107 is a prerequisite for admissions to the AAS.DMS program

102 | Rowan College at Burlington County Electronic Health Record Career Certificate, (SPC.EHR)

This program will prepare students for workforce roles that will Required Courses Include Credits facilitate the conversion of a paper-based medical record system HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 to an electronic system. Some key employment settings include, HIT 120 Introduction to Healthcare and Public Health 3 but are not limited to: healthcare provider’s offices or clinics, HIT 121 Introduction to Health IT 3 healthcare facilities, state and local health agencies, and Health HIT 224 Healthcare Info Systems 3 IT Vendors. HIT 228 Fundamentals of Health IT Workflow Process 3 Students will acquire knowledge to: develop revised workflow HIT 229 IT Project Management 4 and information management models for a practice based on HIT 230 Training & Instructional Design in Healthcare 4 meaningful use of a certified E.H.R. product, apply project management and change management principles to create Total Required Credits 22 implementation project plans, and apply a user oriented approach to training on a range of health IT applications. After successful completion of the program students will receive an Electronic Health Record career certificate. Students will also be prepared to sit for a national credential exam offered by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The program includes courses utilizing hybrid (online and classroom lab) and distance learning (online) instruction. Admission Requirements: Graduation from high school or attainment of a GED with a C grade or higher and a current background in health sciences or IT preferred.

rcbc.edu | 103 Exercise Science Health and Wellness Promotion Associate of Science, (AS.HWP)

The Exercise Science Health and Wellness Promotion major General Education Courses † Credits provides students with an introduction to subjects that are Written Communication 6 fundamental to these topics. This major includes instruction in Mathematics (MTH 107 or MTH 112 or MTH 130) 3-4 the basic science courses that prepare students to meet the Natural Science (BIO 103/104 and CHE 107/108 needs, at an introductory level, to the personal fitness field. or CHE 115/116) 8 This major articulates with the exercise science major at a 4 year college. The program covers nutritional requirements Social Science (PSY 101, SOC 101) 6 for consumers that promote health and wellness, explores Arts & Humanities 3 the relationship of exercise science and health, and serves as History 3 the essential first step for the student who wishes to pursue Diversity 3 higher education in this field. The major is open to all students Total 32-33 admitted to the college. To apply for the program, students should complete a † See General Education Requirements on page 51. Rowan College at Burlington County application and take all necessary assessments. Other requirements include a Program Courses Credits High School Diploma or GED. Select 4 credits from: Graduates of this program should be able to: BIO 110 Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship BIO 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy among exercise science, health promotion, and wellness; & Physiology Lab 1 • Recognize the impact of unhealthy behavior on individual or 4 health and wellness; BIO 208 Human Anatomy & Physiology 3 • Exhibit oral and written communication skills necessary to BIO 209 Human Anatomy interact with other health care professionals and consumers; & Physiology Lab 1 • Communicate the fundamentals of nutrition and its effects on physical performance and health. Select 4 credits from: BIO 114 Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology II 3 BIO 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 or 4 BIO 212 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 3 BIO 213 Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1

HWP 101 Introduction to Health Promotion and Wellness 3 HWP 110 Introduction to Exercise Science 3 NUR 220 Nutrition in Nursing and Health Care 3 SPE 102 Public Speaking 3 Total 20

Electives (recommended): 7-8 CIS 161 Computer Applications HUS 207 Addiction Dynamics and Interventions PSY 203 Human Sexuality PSY 257 Psychology of Adjustment

Total Required for Degree 60

104 | Rowan College at Burlington County Health Information Technology Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.HIT)

Health information management (HIM) is the practice of acquiring, General Education Courses † Credits analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information Written & Oral Communications vital to providing quality patient care. HIM programs incorporate the (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 disciplines of medicine, management, finance, information technology, and law into one curriculum. HIM professionals are highly trained Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 in the latest information management technology applications and Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 understand the workflow in any healthcare provider organization Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 from large hospital systems to the private physician practice. They Additional General Education Requirements are vital to the daily operations management of health information and electronic health records (EHRs). They ensure a patient’s health (BIO 114 and CIS 161 required) 6 information and records are complete, accurate, and protected. Total 22 This program prepares students for a career in the field of health information management. The curriculum combines didactic courses † See General Education Requirements on page 52. (mostly offered via distance learning) with professional practice experience in selected health care facilities. Graduates of this program Program Courses Credits are eligible to apply to the American Health Information Management BIO 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 Association (AHIMA) to establish eligibility to take the certification examination and earn the credential RHIT, Registered Health COM 200 Business and Professional Communication 3 Information Technician. HIT 102 Introduction to Health Information Technology 3 Students must apply to the program and undergo a criminal history HIT 103 Legal Aspects of Health Information 3 background check. (see program website). Students admitted must HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 have a satisfactory physical examination prior to beginning HIT 110 HIT 107 Health Information in Nonacute Care 3 (PPE I) and HIT 212 (PPE II). HIT students are responsible for their own transportation (including all parking and/or toll expenses) to HIT 110 Professional Practice Experience I 2 professional practice sites. HIT 115 Pathophysiology 3 Students are required to maintain membership in the American HIT 117 Pharmacology 3 Health Information Management Association, maintain personal HIT 204 Healthcare Management & Personnel 3 health insurance coverage throughout the program and to purchase HIT 205 HCPCS (CPT-4) Coding 3 a Program Key for EHRGo, an educational EHR, for the duration of HIT 209 ICD-10-CM Coding 3 the program. HIT 210 ICD-10-PCS Coding 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: HIT 211 Reimbursement Methodologies 3 • Demonstrate knowledge of Health Data Structure, Content and Standards; HIT 212 Professional Practice Experience II 2 • Demonstrate an understanding of quality management and HIT 218 Healthcare Quality and performance improvement programs, be able analyze clinical Performance Improvement 3 data and identify trends that demonstrate quality, safety, and HIT 224 Healthcare Information Systems 3 effectiveness of healthcare; Total 46 • Demonstrate an understanding of human resources including, leadership, teams, committees, orientation and training programs, Total Required for Degree 68 performance measurement, benchmarking and QI tools; • Demonstrate knowledge of Healthcare Delivery Systems, including information system policies and procedures, current laws, accreditation, licensure and certification standards, comply with the changing regulations in reimbursement systems, and differentiate the roles of various providers and disciplines throughout the continuum of healthcare; • Demonstrate the use of Information and Communication This program is accredited by Commission on Technologies including hardware and software to ensure data Accreditation for Informatics and Information collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of information, Management Education (CAHIIM) Accreditation Services common and specialized software applications used in healthcare, c/o AHIMA, 233 N. Michigan Avenue, 21st Floor and apply policies and procedures necessary in the use of the Chicago, Il 60601-5800, (312) 233-1131 electronic health records, personal health records and public health applications.

rcbc.edu | 105 Healthcare Informatics Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.HCI)

The Healthcare Informatics major prepares students to enter the General Education Courses † Credits healthcare workforce in entry level IT roles. The major provides Written and Oral Communications students with an introduction to subjects that are fundamental (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 to these topics. The curriculum combines didactic courses with Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 a professional practice experience in selected healthcare facilities. Natural Science Students who are interested in this program should attend a (BIO/CHE/PHY/PSC w Lab recommended) 4 Health Information Management (HIM)/Healthcare Social Science (SOC 160 required) 3 Informatics information session and visit the HIM website at Additional General Education Requirements rcbc.edu/him. The Healthcare Informatics program applies (MTH 143 and CIS 161 required) 7 selective admission standards. Therefore admission to the college does not guarantee admission to the program. Students Total 24 must apply to the program and undergo a criminal history background check. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. Graduates of this program should be able to: Program Courses Credits • Apply skills in healthcare IT workflow; CIS 138 Introduction to Operating Systems 4 • Demonstrate skills needed to be professional and technically CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science 4 competent; CSE 213 Database Systems 3 • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication HIT 103 Legal Aspects of Health Information 3 skills; HIT 120 Introduction to Healthcare and Public Health 3 • Demonstrate the ability to analyze and interpret data that HIT 121 Introduction to Health IT 3 will lead to improved quality of care. HIT 218 Quality and Performance Improvement 3 HIT 224 Healthcare Information Systems 3 HIT 228 Fundamentals of Health IT Workflow Process 3 HIT 229 IT Project Management 4 HIT 230 Training and Instruction Design in Healthcare 4 HIT 250 Healthcare Informatics Internship 2 Total 39

Total Required for Degree 63

106 | Rowan College at Burlington County Health Science Associate of Science, (AS.HSC)

The Health Science major provides students with an General Education Courses Credits introduction to subjects that are fundamental to health related Written & Oral Communications 6 professions. This interdisciplinary major includes instruction Mathematics (MTH 107) 3 in the basic science courses that prepare students to meet the Natural Science (BIO 110/111 or BIO 208/209 needs of a modern healthcare delivery system. Courses also assist BIO 114/115 or BIO 212/213) 8 to develop interactive skills. The major is open to all students admitted to the college. Graduates of this program will be able Social Science (PSY 101 & SOC 101) 6 to articulate with a variety of majors at a 4 year institution, such Arts & Humanities (PHI 101) 3 as a general health science degree or other majors that require History 3 the same basic sciences and general education classes. Students Diversity 3 often enroll in this major to complete prerequisites for health Total 32 related degrees. To apply for the program, students should complete a Rowan † See General Education Requirements on page 52. College at Burlington County application and take all necessary assessments. Other requirements include a High School Program Courses Credits Diploma or GED. Select 19-22 credit hours from the following: Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, BIO 103/104 General Biology I and Laboratory 4 theories, and applications of health science; BIO 107/108 General Biology II 4 • Describe the impact of the sciences, including biology, and Laboratory 4 chemistry, and physics, on health science; • Use the scientific method to examine health Select 4 credit hours from the following: and well-being; BIO 155/156 Basic Microbiology and Laboratory 4 • Describe the interdisciplinary relationship among BIO 221/222 Microbiology 4 biological, psychological, and cognitive factors in and Laboratory 4 understanding overall health. CHE 107/108 Chemistry and Laboratory 4 CHE 115/116 General Chemistry I and Laboratory 4 CHE 117/118 General Chemistry II and Laboratory 4

Select 3 credit hours from the following: CHE 210 Nutrition 3 NUR 220 Nutrition in Nursing 3 and Healthcare 3

Select 3-4 credit hours from the following: MTH 112 College Algebra 3 3-4 MTH 130 Precalculus 4

PHY 110/111 Principles of Physics I and Lab 4 PHY 112/113 Principles of Physics II and Lab 4 PSY 256 Developmental Psychology 3 Total 19-22

Electives (any HIT course recommended) 6-9

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 107 Health Science Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.HSC)

The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Health Science General Education Courses Credits is for practicing allied healthcare paraprofessionals who have Written & Oral Communications graduated from an accredited postsecondary education program (ENG 101 and ENG 102 required) 6 with a certificate and/or diploma and who are certified or Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 licensed to practice in their chosen field. This curriculum is Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 designed for healthcare paraprofessionals who have completed a non-credit postsecondary healthcare program culminating Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 in a certificate or licensure. Certification or licensure must Additional General Education Requirements be recognized by the appropriate accrediting agencies. This (SOC 101 required & any diversity course*) 6 program offers the general education component which, Total 22 when completed and combined with credit awarded for prior postsecondary healthcare education, qualifies the student to *See college catalog General Education Requirements on page 51. be awarded an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degree in Health Science. Technical Core Credits Applicants must meet the general admission criteria of the The number of credits awarded for non-credit post-secondary college and are required to submit the following documentation healthcare education will be determined after a review of the for review: A copy of current license and or certificate, official documentation. A maximum of thirty credits for certification/ transcripts and diploma from the completed training program, licensure will be granted after completion of the required and a current resume. Rowan College at Burlington County degree requirements The number of credits awarded for non-credit post-secondary (with grades of “C” or higher) resulting in an A.A.S. Degree in healthcare education will be determined after a review of the Health Science. documentation. A maximum of thirty credits for certification/ licensure will be granted after completion of the required Accredited Health Sciences Program Rowan College at Burlington County degree requirements (with grades of “C” or higher) resulting in an A.A.S. Degree in Subtotal 22-30 credits Health Science. Total 52 Postsecondary accredited health sciences program consisting of a minimum of 500 hours will earn 30 college credits. Accredited Electives 8 allied health programs with no less than 300 and up to 499 hours will earn a minimum of 22 college credits. Total Required for Degree 60 Students receiving less than 30 credits for their postsecondary work should select additional courses to graduate with a minimum of 62 credits. See page 49, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degree. It is important to note that this curriculum will not confer eligibility for advanced certification nor advanced licensure within the healthcare disciplines. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Practice within the parameters of individual knowledge and experience; • Practice within the ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks of professional practice; • Serve as a positive role model within the healthcare setting and community at large; • Recognize the impact of economic, political, social and demographic forces on the delivery of healthcare; • Participate in lifelong learning.

108 | Rowan College at Burlington County Magnetic Resonance Imaging Career Certificate, (SPC.MRP) §

This program is designed to give the ARRT, American Registry Program Courses Credits of Radiologic Technologists, credentialed radiologic technologist MRP 110 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3 the ability to seek a position as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRP 120 MRI Sectional Anatomy and Pathology 3 Technologist upon completion. The 18 career credits are MRP 130 MRI Procedures 3 based on the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Curriculum Guide for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The MRP 140 MRI Physics & Equipment 3 enrolled student will be given the knowledge and clinical time MRP 150 MRI Clinical Education I 3 necessary to prepare for the ARRT MRI examination. The MRP 151 MRI Clinical Education II 3 program includes courses utilizing hybrid (online and in class) MRP 152* MRI Clinical Education III 2 instruction. The course are generally offered in 7-week blocks Total Required Credits 20 during the Fall and Spring semesters. The two 15-week clinical component of 270 hours are taken in the Fall and the Spring. An additional 10-week summer clinical of 108 hours is available *MRP 152 is optional. to those students requiring additional time. Admitted students must: • Hold ARRT, RT(R) credentials; • Hold current certification in CPR from the American Heart Association BLS for Health Care professionals; • Complete a satisfactory physical examination indicating they can perform the rigorous program activities; • Undergo and pass a criminal background check and drug screening; • Maintain malpractice/liability insurance and personal health insurance throughout the program; • Students are responsible for their own transportation to clinical sites. Limitation: See program coordinator.

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

rcbc.edu | 109 Medical Billing Specialist Certificate, (SPC.MBS) §

This program will prepare a student become a medical biller. Program Courses Credits Medical billing is the process of submitting and following up HIM 101 Introduction to the Medical Office 3 on claims with health insurance companies in order to receive HIM 110 Human Body in Health and Disease 3 payment for services rendered by a healthcare provider. Medical HIM 200 Billing & Claims Processing 3 billing translates a healthcare service into a billing claim. The responsibility of the medical biller in a healthcare facility is to HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 follow the claim to ensure the practice receives reimbursement HIT 205 HCPCS (CPT-4) 3 for the work the providers perform. HIT 209 ICD-10-CM Coding 3 The biller typically assembles all data concerning the bill. Total Required Credits 17 This can include charge entry, claims transmission, payment posting, insurance follow-up, and patient follow-up. Medical billing specialists are largely responsible for making sure medical office revenue cycles run smoothly. Medical billers regularly communicate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to clarify diagnoses or to obtain additional information. The medical biller must understand how to read the medical record and, like the medical coder, be familiar with CPT®, HCPCS Level II and ICD-10-CM codes. The program will prepare the student to sit for the Certified Professional Biller (CPB™) credential. Graduates of this certificate will: • Code and classify data for medical billing using current classification systems, • Use written and verbal skills to communicate clearly using standard medical terminology, • Comply with standards and regulations required by law in healthcare practices • Demonstrate knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and basic disease processes related to the human body.

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

110 | Rowan College at Burlington County Nursing Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.NUR)

The philosophy of the nursing program of Rowan College at General Education Courses † Credits Burlington County is consistent with the mission of the college in Written & Oral Communications its commitment to meet the educational needs of the community (ENG 101 & ENG 102 required) 6 at large. The program reflects the constantly changing patterns of Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 healthcare delivery. Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 This program combines classroom instruction with laboratory and Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 clinical experiences. Students are admitted twice yearly and can Additional General Education Requirements choose day or evening class and clinical placements. Graduates are (SOC 101 required and PHI 101 required) 6 prepared to sit for the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses. Nursing licensure is regulated by the New Total 22 Jersey Board of Nursing and legal limitations exist for eligibility † See General Education Requirements on page 52. to take the licensure exam. A criminal history background check is a prerequisite for admittance to the program. Students with a Program Courses Credits positive background will not be admitted to the program. BIO 114 Anatomy and Physiology II 3 Interested applicants should check rcbc.edu/nursing for updates BIO 115 Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1 to admission that are posted each semester. Basic requirements BIO 155 Microbiology 3 for admission include: High school diploma or GED; High BIO 156 Microbiology Laboratory 1 school level algebra, biology and chemistry with labs or equivalent PSY 256 Developmental Psychology 3 college course work with a grade of C or better; achievement of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater in all college course NUR 130* Fundamentals of Nursing 4 work; completion of all remedial work as determined by the NUR 131* Fundamentals of Nursing Laboratory 1 College Assessment Test; CPR certification through American NUR 132* Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical 1 Heart Association BLS for Health Care Professionals; Physical NUR 140 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family 2 examination indicating they can perform required activities NUR 141 Nursing Care of the Childbearing outlined in the student handbook; Personal health insurance; Family Clinical 2 Clear background check and FBI fingerprinting; and negative drug screen. NUR 145 Nursing Care of the Children and Families 2 NUR 146 Nursing Care of Children and Families Clinical 2 Graduates of this program will be able to: • Apply critical thinking skills to guide decisions regarding NUR 216 Management and Professional Issues 1 nursing practice for individuals and groups within a complex NUR 220 Nutrition in Nursing and Health Care 3 health care delivery system; NUR 240 Nursing Care of Patients with • Adapt therapeutic interventions to assist individuals and groups Mental Health Alterations 2 in the promotion maintenance and restoration of health; NUR 241 Nursing Care of Patients • Apply professional standards and cultural concepts in planning with Mental Health Alterations Clinical 1 the care of patients with complex healthcare alterations; NUR 245 Nursing Care of Patients • Evaluate therapeutic communication strategies when caring for with Medical Surgical Health Alterations 3 individuals and groups of patients with complex healthcare NUR 246 Nursing Care of Patients alterations; with Medical Surgical Health Alterations • Synthesize evidence based research as it applies to the care of Clinical 2 patients with complex healthcare alterations; NUR 250 Advanced Concepts of Nursing Care 4 • Demonstrate incorporation of professional nursing standards of practice and commitment to professional development into NUR 251 Advanced Concepts of Nursing Care Clinical 4 personal nursing practice. NUR 303 Pharmacology for Nursing 3 *LPNs can substitute NUR 130, 131, 132 with NUR 118. Total 48 Total Required for Degree 70

The Rowan College at Burlington County Nursing Program is accredited by: The New Jersey Board of Nursing, 124 Halsey St., 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 504-6430 and the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN), 3343 Peachtree Road, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326 (404) 975-5000 • www.acenursing.com • Fax (404) 975-5020

rcbc.edu | 111 Paramedic Science Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.PAR)

The philosophy of the Virtua Paramedic Science Program General Education Courses † Credits at Rowan College at Burlington County is consistent with Written & Oral Communications 6 the mission of the college in its commitment to meet the Mathematics (MTH 107) 3 educational needs of the community at large. The program Natural Science (BIO 110/111) 4 addresses current needs within emergency medical care in healthcare delivery. Social Science (PSY 101) 3 The program combines classroom instruction with high fidelity Additional General Education Requirements laboratory simulation and clinical experiences to encourage (BIO 114/115, PSY 256 required) 7 critical thought in the care of patients requiring emergency Total 23 assistance. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. *Basic requirements for admission include: • High school diploma or GED; Program Courses Credits • High school level English, algebra and biology; PAR 111 Principles of Paramedic Science 4 • Completion of all remedial work as determined by the college PAR 112 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab 1 assessment test; PAR 113 Paramedic Clinical Practice I 1 • Current and valid EMT certification from New Jersey; PAR 121 Principles of Paramedic Science II 8 • CPR certification for the healthcare provider or the PAR 122 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab II 1 professional rescuer through the American Heart Association, PAR 123 Paramedic Clinical Practice II 1 American Red Cross or National Safety Council; PAR 231 Principles of Paramedic Science III 4 • The ability to perform the physical requirements of the PAR 232 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab III 1 profession; PAR 233 Paramedic Clinical Practice III 2 • A complete medical history and physical exam to include bloodwork and a drug screen; PAR 242 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab IV 2 • A criminal history background check with FBI fingerprinting; PAR 243 Paramedic Clinical Practice IV 3 and PAR 252 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab V 1 • Personal health insurance. PAR 253 Paramedic Field Internship I 3 PAR 262 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab VI 1 Graduates of this program will be able to: PAR 263 Paramedic Field Internship II 3 • Perform entry-level skills in a variety of settings as described PAR 272 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab VII 1 by the scope of practice for a paramedic; PAR 273 Paramedic Field Residency 2 • Demonstrate personal and professional ethics and Total 39 interpersonal communication skills that are expected in emergency settings; • Utilize critical thinking skills to assess and care for a diverse Total Required for Degree 62 population of critically ill and injured patients; • Exhibit proficiency in the use of technology and adjunct and diagnostic equipment utilized in paramedic sciences; and • Demonstrate leadership skills in assuming responsibility for directing and managing emergency situations.

*Please see paramedic science student handbook for all admission requirements.

The Virtua Paramedic Science Program at Rowan College at Burlington County is accredited by: The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CoAEMSP), 8301 Lakeview Parkway Suite 111-312, Rowlett, TX 75088, 214-703-8445, FAX 214-703-8992, www.coaemsp.org

112 | Rowan College at Burlington County Paramedic Science Certificate, (CRT.PAR) §

The philosophy of the Virtua Paramedic Science Program at General Education Courses † Credits Rowan College at Burlington County is consistent with Natural Science (BIO 110/111) 4 the mission of the college in its commitment to meet the Natural Science (BIO 114/115) 4 educational needs of the community at large. The program addresses current needs within emergency medical care in Total 8 healthcare delivery. The program combines classroom instruction with high fidelity † See General Education Requirements on page 51. laboratory simulation and clinical experiences to encourage critical thought in the care of patients requiring emergency Program Courses Credits assistance. PAR 111 Principles of Paramedic Science 4 *Basic requirements for admission include: PAR 112 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab 1 • High school diploma or GED; PAR 113 Paramedic Clinical Practice I 1 • High school level English, algebra and biology; PAR 121 Principles of Paramedic Science II 8 • Completion of all remedial work as determined by the college PAR 122 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab II 1 assessment test; PAR 123 Paramedic Clinical Practice II 1 • Current and valid EMT certification from New Jersey; PAR 231 Principles of Paramedic Science III 4 • CPR certification for the healthcare provider or the PAR 232 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab III 1 professional rescuer through the American Heart Association, PAR 233 Paramedic Clinical Practice III 2 American Red Cross or National Safety Council; PAR 242 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab IV 2 • The ability to perform the physical requirements of the PAR 243 Paramedic Clinical Practice IV 3 profession; PAR 252 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab V 1 • A complete medical history and physical exam to include PAR 253 Paramedic Field Internship I 3 bloodwork and a drug screen; PAR 262 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab VI 1 • A criminal history background check with FBI fingerprinting; and PAR 263 Paramedic Field Internship II 3 • Personal health insurance. PAR 272 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab VII 1 PAR 273 Paramedic Field Residency 2 Graduates of this program will be able to: Total 39 • Perform entry-level skills in a variety of settings as described by the scope of practice for a paramedic; Total Required for Degree 47 • Demonstrate personal and professional ethics and interpersonal communication skills that are expected in emergency settings; • Utilize critical thinking skills to assess and care for a diverse population of critically ill and injured patients; • Exhibit proficiency in the use of technology and adjunct and diagnostic equipment utilized in paramedic sciences; and • Demonstrate leadership skills in assuming responsibility for directing and managing emergency situations.

*Please see paramedic science student handbook for all admission requirements.

The Virtua Paramedic Science Program at Rowan College at Burlington County is accredited by: The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CoAEMSP), 8301 Lakeview Parkway Suite 111-312, Rowlett, TX 75088, 214-703-8445, FAX 214-703-8992, www.coaemsp.org

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

rcbc.edu | 113 Radiography Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.RAD)

This program prepares students for entry into careers as Radiologic General Education Courses † Credits Technologists (RT). A Radiologic Technologist is responsible Written & Oral Communications for the production of radiographic images. This is a full-time day (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 program which begins each fall semester and lasts six consecutive semesters (24 months). Mathematics (MTH 107 required) 3 Natural Science (BIO 110/111 required) 4 The program consists of both an academic and clinical component. General education and program courses provide a foundation Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 in the knowledge and skills needed to develop a life of personal Additional General Education Requirements fulfillment and contribution to society. Content areas of the (CIS 101 and SOC 101 required) 6 academic component include positioning, exposure, patient care, Total 22 equipment, and radiation protection. Experience at the clinical education setting and lab is required to successfully complete the † See General Education Requirements on page 52. competency based clinical component. The program emphasizes communication, critical thinking, Program Courses Credits personal integrity, assessment and evaluation of radiographs and performing radiography exams. It prepares students to interact with BIO 114 Fund. of Anatomy & Physiology II 3 patients as well as all health care professionals. BIO 115 Fund. of Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 Enrollment into this program is limited by the number of available HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 clinical sites. Students who are interested in this program should RAD 107 Principles of Radiation Protection & Biology 2 plan on attending the Radiography Information Seminar, which RAD 113 Introduction to Radiologic Science 2 is held periodically throughout the year. A Radiography program RAD 117 Patient Care in Radiologic Science 2 application must be submitted and the applicant must meet specific criteria for admission. The application form is available RAD 127 Radiographic Image Production, on the Radiography Program website, rcbc.edu/radiography. The Characteristics & Principles 2 application cycle begins November 1 and ends January 31. RAD 129 Digital Image Acquisition and Display 2 Admitted students must: RAD 140 Radiography Clinical Procedures I 3 • Hold current certification in CPR from the American Heart RAD 142 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation I 2 Association BLS for Health Care professionals; RAD 150 Radiography Clinical Procedures II 3 • Complete a satisfactory physical examination indicating they can RAD 152 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation II 2 perform the rigorous program activities; RAD 160 Radiography Clinical Procedures III 3 • Undergo and pass a criminal background check and drug screening; RAD 162 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation III 2 • Maintain malpractice/liability insurance and personal health insurance throughout the program; RAD 235 Radiographic Imaging Equipment 2 • Students are responsible for their own transportation to clinical sites. RAD 240 Radiography Clinical Procedures IV 3 Graduates of the program are eligible to take the examination RAD 242 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation IV 3 offered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and/ RAD 250 Radiography Clinical Procedures V 2 or the state licensing examination. RAD 252 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation V 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: RAD 262 Clinical Practicum & Image Evaluation VI 3 • Have knowledge and skills required to be clinically Total 47 competent in all radiographic tasks necessary for an entry level radiographer including; apply positioning skills, utilize safe radiation protection practices, and attain the technical Total Required for Degree 69 knowledge appropriate for an entry level technologist on the ARRT examination; This program is accredited by Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2850 • Demonstrate oral and written communication skills; Chicago, IL 60606-2901 • Develop critical thinking skills including; adapt standard (312) 704-5300 | [email protected] procedures for non-routine patients and critique images for and diagnostic quality; New Jersey Radiologic Technology of Board Examiners Department • Model professionalism including; demonstrate a good work of Environmental Protection Bureau of X-Ray Compliance P.O. Box 420 Mail Code 25-01, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 ethic and participate in personal and professional growth (609) 984-5890 opportunities.

114 | Rowan College at Burlington County Computer Information Systems Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.INF)

This program is designed for students who intend to complete General Education Courses † Credits a baccalaureate degree in Information Systems with an emphasis Written & Oral Communications 6 on business applications of information systems in the Mathematics (MTH 142 required) 3 decision-making and data processing environment. Natural Science 7 Students should consult the catalog of the college where they Social Science (SOC 160 recommended) 6 intend to complete their studies and enroll in courses which will Arts & Humanities 3 meet transfer requirements. History 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: Diversity 3 • Analyze a complex computing problem and apply Total 31 principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions; † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements Program Courses Credits in the context of a program’s discipline; CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 contexts; CSE 112 Introduction to Computer Science II 4 • Recognize professional responsibilities and make CSE 135 Computer Programming & Problem Solving 3 informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles; CSE 213 Database Systems 3 • Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged MTH 201 Linear Algebra 3 in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline; or 3 MTH 226* Discrete Mathematics 3 • Support the delivery, use, and management of information Total 21 systems within an information systems environment.

Electives (please select 8 credit hours from the following:) ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 CIS 165 Network & Systems Administration 4 CIS 200** Fundamentals of Network Security 4 8 CSE 222 Advanced Programming Workshop I 2 CSE 223 Advanced Programming Workshop II 2 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 143 Statistics I 3

Total Required for Degree 60

* Required for Rowan 3+1 in Computing and Informatics **Recommended for Rowan 3+1 in Computing and Informatics

rcbc.edu | 115 Computer Management Information Systems Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.MIS)

This program is designed primarily to meet the needs of those General Education Courses † Credits students who intend to seek immediate employment in the Written & Oral Communications 6 business world. The student will receive background in theory Mathematics (MTH 141 required) 3 and practice in modern computer programming, applications, Natural Science 4 and business systems analysis. Social Science 3 Management Information Systems is a very specialized area Arts & Humanities 3 within the computer field. In addition to courses in information processing, the curriculum includes courses in business-related Additional General Education Requirements subjects. (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 Total 22 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles † See General Education Requirements on page 52. of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions; Program Courses Credits • Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 solution to meet a given set of computing requirements ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 in the context of a program’s discipline; BUA 101 Business Functions in a Global Society 3 • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts; CIS 132 MS Access Techniques and Programming 3 CIS 139 Introduction to Python 3 • Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 ethical principles; CIS 165 Network and Systems Administration 4 • Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline; ENG 105 Technical Writing 3 • Identify and analyze user needs and take them into Total 29 account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and administration of computing-based systems. Electives (Any CIS, CSE or EET courses recommended) 9

Total Required For Degree 60

116 | Rowan College at Burlington County Computer Networking Support and Servicing Career Certificate, (SPC.EET)

This special program will enable students to prepare for both EET 121 Circuits I* 4 A+ and CISCO-CCNA Certification examinations. These two CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 industry-recognized certificates would qualify the individuals CIS 165 Network and Systems Administration 4 for numerous job opportunities as Computer and Networking CIS 200 Fundamentals of Network Security 4 Service Technicians. All courses in this certificate apply toward Computer Networking Technology AAS degree program. CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 EET 210 IT Essentials: A+ 4 EET 240 Digital Electronics 4 Total Required Credits 27 Program Courses Credits

*If the student does not have a previous background in circuits it is recommended that he/she take EET 101.

rcbc.edu | 117 Computer Science Associate of Science, (AS.CSE)

This program is designed to prepare graduates for transfer to General Education Courses † Credits four-year colleges and universities offering baccalaureate majors Written & Oral Communications 6 in computer science, information systems, and related fields. Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 Students should consult the catalog of the college where they Natural Science (PHY 210/211 required, intend to complete their bachelor’s degree studies and enroll in BIO 103/104, CHE 115/116* or PHY 212/213) 8 courses which will meet transfer requirements. Social Science Any** 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: Arts & Humanities 3 • Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles History 3 of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify Diversity 3 solutions; Total 33 • Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements † See General Education Requirements on page 51. in the context of a program’s discipline; • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional Program Courses Credits contexts; CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 • Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed CSE 112 Introduction to Computer Science II 4 judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical CSE 210 Machine & Assembler Language 3 principles; MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 • Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged MTH 226 Discrete Mathematics 3 in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline; • Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions. Electives (Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following): CSE 114* Object Oriented Programming and Data Abstraction 4 CSE 135 Computer Programming and Problem Solving 3 CSE 215 Programming Languages 3 CSE 222 Advanced Programming Workshop 2 9 CSE 223 Advanced Programming Workshop II 2 CSE 225 Computer Organization 3 MTH 201* Linear Algebra 3 PHY 212* General Physics II 3 PHY 213* General Physics Laboratory II 1 Total 27

Total Required for Degree 60

*Indicates course is recommended for Rowan University. **SOC 160 is recommended as one of the social sciences for Rowan University.

118 | Rowan College at Burlington County Cybersecurity Associate in Applied Science, (AAS.IAC)

The mission of the Rowan College at Burlington County General Education Courses † Credits Cybersecurity program is to prepare students for careers in the Written & Oral Communications areas of cyber/information security, computer security, network (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 security, information technology criminal investigation, or Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 transfer to a four-year college. Our graduates will be technically Natural Science 4 competent, able to communicate effectively and demonstrate professionalism. Students who plan to transfer to a 4-year Arts & Humanities 3 college should select electives based on the requirements of the Social Science (SOC 160 required) 3 college they intend to transfer to. Additional General Education Requirements Graduates of this program should be able to: (MTH 118, MTH 142, or MTH 226* required) 3-4 Total 23-24 • Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions; † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in Program Courses Credits the context of a program’s discipline; CIS 138 Introduction to Operating Systems 4 • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 contexts; CIS 165 Network and Systems Administration 4 • Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed CIS 200 Fundamentals of Network Security 4 judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 principles; CIS 208 Introduction to Cybersecurity 3 • Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged CIS 215 Penetration Testing Fundamentals 3 in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline; CIS 218 Ethical Hacking Fundamentals 3 • Apply security principles and practices to the environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system. Select 3 credits hours from the following: CIS 111 Programming in BASIC 3 CSE 135* Computer Programming 3 and Problem Solving 3 CIS 139 Introduction to Python 3 Total 31

Electives (Recommended: ENG 102*, CIS 161, CSE 110*, CSE 151, CRJ 101, CRJ 119, CRJ 207, CRJ 218) 6

Total Required for Degree 60

*Indicates courses is required for 3+1 in Computing and Informatics

rcbc.edu | 119 Criminal Justice Associate of Science, (AS.CRJ)

The Criminal Justice program provides students with an education based in a liberal arts core and interdisciplinary criminal justice curriculum. The criminal justice aspect focuses General Education Courses † Credits on law, law enforcement, and corrections. It examines legal Written & Oral Communications 6 systems, the impact of crime, the criminal justice system’s role, Mathematics 3 and organization and techniques of applied criminal justice through a group of program and specialized elective courses, as Natural Science 7-8 well as a program of internship and independent study. Social Science 6 The program prepares students for continuing education in Arts & Humanities 3 the field, as well as careers in the major institutions of criminal History 3 justice and law enforcement on a local, state and federal level. It Diversity 3 also acquaints students with the growing career opportunities in Total 31-32 the private security and investigation industries. Students who wish to transfer to a baccalaureate program are † See General Education Requirements on page 51. strongly advised to seek information regarding admission and transfer requirements. Program Courses Credits Criminal justice is an aspect of our lives that is continuously CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 changing with new case decisions, advanced technology and CRJ 102 Police Operations and Procedures 3 changes in public opinion and policy. The need for educated CRJ 103 Introduction to the Correctional System 3 professionals in the public and private sectors of criminal justice CRJ 106 Introduction to Court Systems 3 has created many fascinating and rewarding career options. The extreme media and public interest in the system has also provided tremendous increases in the professions of criminal Select six credit hours from the following: justice. CRJ 111* Criminal Law 3 CRJ 113* Criminal Investigations 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: CRJ 114 Criminalistics 3 • Demonstrate knowledge of the five major Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that apply to the Criminal Justice CRJ 203 Legal Rights of the Convicted 3 System, including the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th; CRJ 207 Community Corrections 3 6 • Demonstrate the application of critical thinking skills in the CRJ 213 Arson Investigation 3 criminal justice system; CRJ 217 Juvenile Delinquency 3 • Analyze the relevance of addiction, socioeconomic status, CRJ 218 Introduction to Private Security 3 and environmental factors to criminal behavior and an CRJ 219 Organized Crime 3 individual’s experience with the criminal justice process; Total 18 • Describe the interrelationships between the police, corrections, and court systems. Electives (recommended): 10-11 CRJ 220 Independent Study in Criminal Justice POL 215 Constitutional Law

Total Required for Degree 60

*CRJ 111 and CRJ 113 are recommended for the 3+1 Law and Justice Studies program.

120 | Rowan College at Burlington County Fire Investigation Career Certificate, (SPC.FSI)

This certificate is designed to provide the technical knowledge General Education Course Credits and specific skills necessary for fire investigation to those already ENG 101 College Composition I 3 active in the field of firefighting and prevention as well as for those who may be interested in these areas. Program Courses Credits This program requires a minimum of 29 credits. The four Fire FSC 101 Introduction to Fire Science* 7 Science (FSC)* courses are offered through the Burlington FSC 103 Fire Detection and Suppression Systems* 3 County Emergency Services Training Center in Westampton. Attendance at these courses requires sponsorship by a county FSC 201 Fire Service Construction Principles* 4 fire company. Applicants needing assistance for sponsorship FSC 204 Fire Inspector Certification* 6 should contact the Burlington County Emergency Services CRJ 113 Criminal Investigation 3 Training Center at (609) 702-7157. The two Criminal Justice CRJ 213 Arson Investigation 3 (CRJ) courses are offered at Rowan College at Burlington Total Required Credits 29 County. *These courses are offered at the Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center in Westampton.

rcbc.edu | 121 Fire Science Career Certificate, (SPC.FSC)

This certificate recognizes the completion of program courses Program Courses Credits offered through the Burlington Emergency Services Training FSC 101 Introduction to Fire Science* 7 Center. These courses are designed for the professional FSC 102 Fire Department Organization and education needs of firefighters as well as those interested in a Management* 4 career or FSC 103 Fire Detection and Suppression Systems* 3 volunteer service in the field of firefighting and prevention. Students who complete this program will develop a working FSC 201 Fire Service Construction Principles* 4 understanding of the fundamentals of fire science technology FSC 202 Tactics and Strategies* 3 and fire protection engineering using the most advanced fire FSC 204 Fire Inspector Certification* 6 science technology available. Total Required Credits 27 This program requires students to be sponsored by a county fire company. Applicants needing assistance for sponsorship *These courses are offered at the Burlington County Emergency should contact the Burlington County Emergency Services Services Training Center in Westampton. Training Center at (609) 702-7157. This certificate requires 27 credits. Coursework can be applied to the Associate of Applied Science degree in Technical Studies.

122 | Rowan College at Burlington County Paralegal

Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.LEX) Approved by the American Bar Association

This program is intended to prepare individuals for employment General Education Courses † Credits as a paralegal, also referred to as a legal assistant. A paralegal is Written & Oral Communications 6 a person, qualified by education, training or work experience, who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, Mathematics (MTH 107 or higher required) 3 governmental agency or other entity, and who performs specifically Natural Science 4 delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Social Science 3 This program prepares students to perform the functions Arts & Humanities 3 of a paralegal which typically include communicating with Additional General Education Requirements clients, drafting legal documents, performing research, and case (CIS 101 required) 3 management. Paralegals may not engage in the practice of law. Total 22 This rigorous program combines an in-depth study of legal concepts and the application of those concepts with a strong † See General Education Requirements on page 52. background in general education. This combination prepares students to work in diversified legal environments. Program Courses Credits Students who plan to complete a baccalaureate program should consult with the program director early in the enrollment process BUA 205 Business Law I 3 regarding transfer opportunities or with the receiving institution LEX 110 Introduction to Paralegal Studies 3 regarding the transfer of credits. LEX 111 New Jersey Legal Systems 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: LEX 112 Legal Writing 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of legal terminology; LEX 113 Legal Research and Library Use 3 • Conduct client interviews and collect relevant information LEX 122 Family Law 3 for the preparation of a case; LEX 123 Bankruptcy Law 3 • Demonstrate an understanding of the distinctions between the LEX 124 Real Property 3 judicial systems at the local, state and national levels; LEX 125 Comparative Business Entities 3 • Locate, research and cite sources of law; LEX 212 Civil Litigation Practice 3 • Draft documents typically required of working paralegals; LEX 214 Administration of Decedents’ Estates 3 • Develop high standards of legal ethics and professional conduct. LEX 235 Paralegal Internship 2 In order to ensure the quality and integrity of the program, transfer credit for any legal specialty (LEX designated) course will only Select at least 3 credit hours from the following: be accepted from institutions approved by the American Bar ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 Association. In this regard, a limit of 15 credits of legal specialty BUA 208 Labor-Management Relations 3 courses will be accepted. CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 The course entitled Paralegal Skills and Practices and the course CRJ 111 Criminal Law 3 entitled Paralegal Internship are excluded from transfer in all cases. CRJ 203 Legal Rights of the Convicted 3 3 In any instance wherein the transfer of a course from an American Bar Association approved institution has a course title or description CRJ 217 Juvenile Delinquency 3 that is not an obvious match to a corresponding course at Rowan ETC 105 Entertainment Law 3 College at Burlington County, the Coordinator of the Paralegal HIT 103 Legal Aspects of Health Information 3 Program will determine the acceptance of the transfer course. POL 215 Constitutional Law 3 No credit is currently awarded for legal specialty courses other than Total 38 by transfer or attendance. Students are required to take at least 10 semester credits or equivalent of legal specialty courses through traditional classroom Total Required for Degree 60 instruction.

The Rowan College at Burlington County Paralegal Program is accredited by: American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegals, 321 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60654-7598, (800) 285-2221, (312) 988-5618, Fax: (312) 988-5483, www.americanbar.org, www.abaparalegals.org

rcbc.edu | 123 Political Science Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.POL)

The study of political science encompasses the human General Education Courses † Credits experience within the constantly changing world political Written & Oral Communications 9 system. The Political Science program provides studies Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3 in United States, foreign, and international politics, and Natural Science 7-8 government. Political Science courses offer a range of basic requirements for careers in law, criminal justice, corrections, Technology 3 business, industry, government service, teaching, public policy, Social Science 6 political journalism, lobbying, legislative service, and political Arts & Humanities 9 research. Students who wish to transfer to a baccalaureate History (HIS 101 & HIS 102 recommended) 6 program upon completion of the AA in Political Science should Diversity 3 check the catalogs of four-year colleges and universities in order Total 46-47 to coordinate requirements. Graduates of this program should be able to: † See General Education Requirements on page 49. • Describe the types of governments currently part of the world political system and how they impact daily life and Program Courses Credits modern-day politics; POL 101 American Government and Politics 3 • Analyze and critically assess the formal and informal political POL 103 Comparative Government and Politics 3 institutions and their respective roles; • Analyze the causes and consequences of different forms of Select 6 credit hours from the following: political participation and outline the ways in which POL 215 Constitutional Law 3 individuals and groups can affect political outcomes; POL 220 Western Political Thought 3 6 • Examine the historical forces and processes that helped shape the basic concepts, issues, and theories in the world POL 250 International Politics 3 political system; Total 12 • Identify international organizations and their role in international politics. Electives (recommended): 1-2 BUA 205 Business Law I BUA 206 Business Law II CRJ 111 Criminal Law

Total Required for Degree 60

124 | Rowan College at Burlington County Biology Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.BIO)

This program prepares students to transfer to a four-year General Education Courses † Credits institution to complete a baccalaureate degree with a major in Written & Oral Communications 6 one of the following areas: biology, microbiology, biotechnology, Mathematics (MTH 118 or MTH 130 required) 4 physical therapy, pharmacology or physician assistant programs. Natural Science (CHE 115/116 & CHE 117/118 required) 8 Students in this program engage in a broad-based liberal arts and sciences curriculum that is typical of freshman and Social Science 6 sophomore biology majors at a four-year institution. Arts & Humanities 3 Graduates of baccalaureate biology programs can enter History 3 professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, veterinary Diversity 3 medicine, chiropractic medicine, and physical or occupational Total 33 therapy. Biology graduates can also continue graduate work beyond their baccalaureate degree and enter exciting research † See General Education Requirements on page 51. fields such as molecular biology, microbiology, botany, and zoology. Program Courses Credits Graduates of this program should be able to: BIO 103 General Biology I 3 • Describe and be able to apply biological concepts BIO 104 General Biology I Laboratory 1 and principles; BIO 107 General Biology II 3 • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; BIO 108 General Biology II Laboratory 1 • Apply critical thinking skills in the design and analysis CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 of scientific experiments. CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1

Select 9 credits from the following:* BIO 202* General Biology III: Biological Skills 4 BIO 204* General Biology IV: Global Biology 4 BIO 208 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 3 BIO 209 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab 1 BIO 212 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 3 BIO 213 Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 BIO 221 Microbiology 3 BIO 222 Microbiology Laboratory 1 BIT 210 Molecular Genetics 3 CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 9 CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 PHY 110 Principles of Physics I 3 PHY 111 Principles of Physics I Laboratory 1 PHY 112 Principles of Physics II 3 PHY 113 Principles of Physics II Laboratory 1 PHY 210 General Physics I 3 PHY 211 General Physics I Laboratory 1 PHY 212 General Physics II 3 *Indicates course is required for Rowan 3+1 BA and BS in PHY 213 General Physics II Laboratory 1 Biological Sciences. Total 21 Electives 6

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 125 Biotechnology Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences (AS.BIT)

This program prepares students for transfer to a four-year General Education Courses † Credits college or university or for a laboratory technician position Written & Oral Communications 6 in laboratories engaged in biotechnology. Graduates of this Mathematics (MTH 130 required) 4 program may choose career paths in medical, pharmaceutical, Natural Science (BIO 103/104 & CHE 115/116 required) 8 agricultural, environmental, or forensic science industries, as well as basic biological research. Social Science 6 Arts & Humanities 3 This program provides both theoretical and practical knowledge of the biotechnology field along with a solid foundation in History 3 biology, chemistry, and mathematics. Through lecture courses Diversity 3 and extensive laboratory experiences the student will be Total 33 trained in a broad range of techniques involving molecular genetics, protein recovery, cell culture, and microbial growth † See General Education Requirements on page 51. control. Record keeping, interpretation and trouble shooting of experiments, and interpersonal skills are also emphasized. Program Courses Credits Students planning to transfer after graduation should consult BIO 107 General Biology II 3 the catalog of the college where they intend to complete BIO 108 General Biology II Laboratory 1 their studies and enroll in courses, which will meet transfer BIO 221 Microbiology 3 requirements. BIO 222 Microbiology Laboratory 1 Graduates of this program should be able to: CHE 117 General Chemistry II 3 • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; CHE 118 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 • Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills in the CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 analysis of data, in the design of experimental procedures CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 and evaluation of outcomes; CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 • Knowledge of the terms, techniques and theories applied to CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Biotechnology; • Demonstrate good laboratory skills. Electives (Select 3 credits from the following): BIT 210 Molecular Genetics 3 BIT 214 Cell Culture and Microbial Fermentation 3 3 BIT 220 Protein Recovery and Purification 3 BIT 293 Special Projects in Biotechnology III 3 Total 23

Electives (CSE 135, MTH 143 recommended) 4

Total Required for Degree 60

126 | Rowan College at Burlington County Chemistry Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.CHE)

This program prepares students for transfer into baccalaureate General Education Courses † Credits programs leading to careers in fields such as industrial Written & Oral Communications 6 chemist, pharmaceutical chemist, medicine, pharmacy, and Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 environmental technology. Natural Science (PHY 210/211 & PHY 212/213 required) 8 Graduates of this program should be able to: Social Science 6 • Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of chemistry by Arts & Humanities 3 analyzing information and solving problems; History 3 • Have the skills required to work safely and effectively in a Diversity 3 scientific laboratory; Total 33 • Discuss areas related to chemistry such as ethics, information technology, intellectual property and regulatory compliance; † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Program Courses Credits CHE 115 General Chemistry I 3 CHE 116 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 CHE 117 General Chemistry II 3 CHE 118 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 Total 20

Electives (recommended): 7 MTH 220 Calculus III and Analytic Geometry BIO 103 General Biology I

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 127 Environmental Science Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.ENV)

This program is designed for the student who wishes to pursue General Education Courses † Credits a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution in the field of Written & Oral Communications 6 Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Mathematics (MTH 118 or MTH 130 recommended) 4 Environmental Engineering, Wildlife Management, Ecology, Natural Science (BIO 103/104 & CHE 115/116 required) 8 and Wastewater Engineering. Social Science 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: Arts & Humanities 3 • Discuss ecological concepts by critically analyzing data sets History 3 and figures; Diversity 3 • Understand and employ the scientific method when Total 33 performing an experiment; • Demonstrate knowledge of the world’s major ecosystems; † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Describe the diversity of human populations as they relate to the distribution of natural resources; Program Courses Credits • Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical, economic BIO 107 General Biology II 3 and political framework in which environmental issues BIO 108 General Biology II Laboratory 1 are enmeshed.

Select 19 credit hours from the following: BIO 130 Environmental Science 3 BIO 131 Environmental Science Lab 1 CHE 117 General Chemistry II 3 CHE 118 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 MTH 118 Calculus I and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 143 Statistics I 4 19 PHY 110/111 Principles of Physics I /Lab 4 PHY 210/211 General Physics I/Lab 4 PHY 112/113 Principles of Physics II/Lab 4 PHY 212/213 General Physics II/Lab 4 PSC 120 Introduction to Geology 3 PSC 121 Introduction to Geology Laboratory 1 GIS 101 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 4 GIS 160 Introduction to Mapping & Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 4 Total 23

Electives 4

Total Required for Degree 60

128 | Rowan College at Burlington County Geoscience Associate of Science, (AS.GSC)

Geoscience is the study of the planet earth and its interrelated General Education Courses † Credits components. This program is designed for students interested Written Communications 6 in transferring to a four-year institution to pursue a Bachelor’s Mathematics (MTH 130 or MTH-118) 4 degree in Geoscience. The program covers fundamental Natural Science (CHE 115/116 and CHE 117/118 required) 8 concepts in geoscience principles, explores the relationships between various geoscience realms, and serves as an important Social Science 6 first step for students interested in pursuing higher education Arts & Humanities 3 in this field. Graduates of this program can enter exciting career History 3 fields including geology, hydrology, oceanography, geologic Diversity 3 engineering, and natural resource management. Total 33 Graduates of this program should be able to: • Apply scientific concepts and principles; † See General Education Requirements on page 52. • Describe simple and complex interactions between various earth science realms; Program Courses Credits • Apply critical thinking skills in the analysis of data acquired PSC 120 Introduction to Geology 3 through scientific inquiry; PSC 121 Introduction to Geology Laboratory 1 • State the importance of society’s understanding of various PSC 140 Introduction to Marine Science 3 earth sciences and their interactions. PSC 141 Introduction to Marine Science Laboratory 1 PHY 110 Principles of Physics I 3 PHY 111 Principles of Physics I Laboratory 1 MTH 143 Statistics I 4

Select 11 credit hours from the following: GIS 101 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 GIS 201 Advanced Applications/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 GIS 202 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing 3 PHY 120 Introduction to Astronomy 3 PHY 121 Introduction to Astronomy Lab 1 11 BIO 103 General Biology I 3 BIO 104 General Biology I Lab 1 PHY 112 Principles of Physics II 3 PHY 113 Principles of Physics II Lab 1 MTH 118 Calculus I 4 MTH 119 Calculus II 4 Total 27

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 129 Mathematics Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.MTH)

This program is designed to prepare graduates for transfer to a General Education Courses † Credits baccalaureate degree program in mathematics or a related area. Written & Oral Communications 6 Graduates of this program should be able to: Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 • Differentiate and integrate algebraic and transcendental Natural Science (PHY 210/PHY 211 required, functions; PHY 212/PHY 213 recommended) 8 • Perform double and triple integrals; Social Science 6 • Perform partial differentiation; Arts & Humanities 3 • Solve first order differential equations and second order History 3 differential equations with constant coefficients; Diversity 3 • Reason critically, analyze, and solve mathematical Total 33 problems objectively. † See General Education Requirements on page 51.

Program Courses Credits CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 or 3-4 CSE 135 Computer Programming 3 and Problem Solving 4 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 201 Linear Algebra 3 MTH 220 Calculus III and Analytic Geometry 4 MTH 226 Discrete Mathematics 3 MTH 230 Differential Equations 4 Total 21-22

Electives 6

Total Required for Degree 60

130 | Rowan College at Burlington County Physics Option to Liberal Arts and Sciences, (AS.PHY)

Physics is the study of the basic principles of the natural world. General Education Courses † Credits This program is designed for those students interested in Written & Oral Communications 6 transferral into a baccalaureate program in physics. The goals Mathematics (MTH 118 required) 4 of the program are to provide students with a clear Natural Science 7-8 understanding of the basic concepts and principles of physics, and to strengthen their understanding through problem solving Social Science 6 and laboratory experiments. Arts & Humanities 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: History 3 Diversity 3 • Apply critical thinking skills and equations to solve numerical problems; Total 32-33 • Apply critical thinking skills to solve conceptual problems; † See General Education Requirements on page 51. • Demonstrate good laboratory skills; • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication Program Courses Credits skills. CSE 135 Computer Programming & Problem Solving 3 MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytical Geometry 4 MTH 220 Calculus III and Analytical Geometry 4 PHY 210 General Physics I 3 PHY 211 General Physics I Laboratory 1 PHY 212 General Physics II 3 PHY 213 General Physics II Laboratory 1 Total 19

Electives (CHE 115/116, CHE 117/118; EGR 201, 202; MTH 230 recommended) 8-9

Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 131 Addictions Counseling Career Certificate, (SPC.HSA) §

This program will provide students with fundamental training Program Courses Credits in the area of drug and alcohol counseling. This certificate is of HUS 101 Human Services I 3 value to students entering the human services profession who HUS 102 Human Services II 3 are seeking in-depth training in a specialized area of practice HUS 201 Introduction to Counseling 3 as well as those who are already experienced in the drug and alcohol field who may use this certificate to advance their skills HUS 207 Addiction Dynamics and Interventions 3 and qualifications. This program requires 15 credits in a five PSY 202 Interviewing Techniques 3 course cluster, one of which is a field placement in a drug and Total Required Credits 15 alcohol facility.

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

132 | Rowan College at Burlington County Human Services Associate in Applied Science, (AAS.HMS)

The Human Services program is designed to educate and train General Education Courses † Credits individuals in the human services profession. The human Written & Oral Communications services worker is a generalist who can work in a variety of (ENG 101 and SPE 102 required) 6 settings including community health centers; agencies serving Mathematics (MTH 113 or MTH 107 recommended) 3 the physically and mentally disabled; rehabilitation, drug Natural Science (BIO 103/104 recommended) 4 and alcohol programs and halfway houses. Employment opportunities also exist in services for youth; detention centers; Social Science (PSY 101 required) 3 community living arrangements; hospitals; senior citizen; and Additional General Education Requirements social agencies and organizations, welfare and human services (SOC 101 and PHI 101 required) 6 departments. The generalist approach is achieved through a Total 22 core of courses which stress the holistic nature of individuals. Emphasis is placed upon becoming competent in the skill areas † See General Education Requirements on page 52. required for working in the human services field. The Human Services degree program combines classroom learning and a Program Courses Credits field placement. HUS 101 Human Services I 3 Human services students learn to help people to understand HUS 102 Human Services II 3 their problems and motivate them to seek assistance. They HUS 110 Contemporary Issues in Social Welfare 3 assist in obtaining services for people in need through advocacy, outreach and brokering, and the collection of client personal, HUS 201 Introduction to Counseling 3 social, and vocational data for the preparation of intake reports HUS 205 Social Work Process 3 and case records. The human services student understands how HUS 210 Human Services Field Placement 3 to arrange for and follow-up with specific educational, social, PHI 205 Ethics 3 and vocational programs for clients, and gather and evaluate PSY 105 Introduction to Group Dynamics 3 data concerning human services programs. The human services PSY 202 Interviewing Techniques 3 student becomes an effective participant in local planning and development of programs, and learns how to educate and Additional Psychology course at 200 level 3 facilitate behavior change in individual clients, their families, SOC 201 Social Problems 3 and groups in effective problem solving, in daily living skills and SOC 205 Marriage and the Family 3 in more effective interpersonal relationships. Total 36 Human service workers are “people-helping professionals.” They serve individuals and groups of all ages in a variety of Electives 2 settings. Human service workers care about others and dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of the persons they work with Total Required for Degree 60 directly and the community. Graduates of this program should be able to: • Demonstrate competency in the core skill areas of the Human Services profession including direct service skills and interpersonal skills; • Develop a professional identify in human services; • Be fully knowledgeable of community services; • Identify the Ethical Standards of Human Services and apply them to professional experiences; • Examine diverse populations, group dynamics and social issues to assist in establishing a rapport with clients.

rcbc.edu | 133 Psychology Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.PSY)

The Psychology Option to Liberal Arts provides students with General Education Courses † Credits an understanding of how individual behavior is connected to Written & Oral Communications 9 biological, developmental, cognitive, and social processes. Mathematics 3 This option presents a scientific framework for understanding Natural Science their own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, and that of others. (BIO 103/104 & BIO 107/108 recommended) 7-8 In addition, students may be able to deal with their own lives more effectively. The Psychology program offers students Technology 3 the opportunity to gain knowledge of numerous topics in Social Science (PSY 101 required psychology, and to examine select areas in more depth. & SOC 101 recommended) 6 Psychology studies are foundational to many career areas such Arts & Humanities 9 as education, social work, medicine, and industry. Students who History 6 plan on transferring to a baccalaureate program in psychology Diversity 3 should check the catalog of four-year colleges and universities Total 46-47 before selecting courses. Graduates of this program should be able to: † See General Education Requirements on page 49. • Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology; Program Courses Credits • Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological research; Select 12 credit hours from the following: • Apply the perspective of psychology to contemporary PSY 106* Psychology of Scientific Thinking 3 social issues; PSY 203 Human Sexuality 3 • Apply critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis to develop PSY 210* Psychology as a Profession and Practice 3 and defend a position; PSY 250 Educational Psychology 3 PSY 251 Child & Adolescent Psychology 3 • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication 12 skills; PSY 255 Abnormal Psychology 3 • Apply psychological content and skills to career goals. PSY 256 Developmental Psychology 3 PSY 257 Psychology of Adjustment 3 PSY 258 Psychology of Personality 3 PSY 259 Social Psychology 3 Total 12

Electives (recommended): 1-2 SRS 150 Introduction to Student Research SRS 250 Intermediate Student Research SLR 111 Service-Learning Practicum SLR 112 Service-Learning Practicum and Community Partnerships

Total Required for Degree 60

*Recommended for students transferring to Rowan University.

134 | Rowan College at Burlington County Sociology Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.SOC)

Sociology is the study of society and human behavior, social General Education Courses † Credits action, and social change. The focus of study in this program Written & Oral Communications 9 involves application of critical thought to social processes Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3 and social problems. Specific areas of interest include social Natural Science 7-8 institutions, symbolic meaning, bureaucratic organizations, socialization, deviance, political systems, class society, social Technology 3 interaction, the family, gender, minority relations, social Social Science (ANT 102 & PSY 101 recommended) 6 movements, and social change. Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 recommended) 9 Students should also coordinate their course work with the History (HIS 102 & HIS 104 recommended) 6 catalog of the intended transfer institution since graduates of Diversity 3 this program usually transfer. Total 46-47 A degree in sociology prepares the student for work in the public and private sectors, including such diverse fields as † See General Education Requirements on page 49. government agencies, advocacy groups, educational institutions, social services, counseling, corrections, business management, Program Courses Credits office administration, mass media, urban studies, ecology SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3 and the political arena. Graduates of this program should be able to: Select 9 credit hours from the following: • Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of social life SOC 201 Social Problems 3 and human behavior in society; SOC 205 Marriage and the Family 3 9 • Analyze a social problem through the process of research SOC 208 Social Classes in America 3 and data; SOC 210 Minority Groups 3 • Develop an understanding and appreciation of human Total 12 experience from a global perspective; • Identify diversity, social catalysts, and the origin of Electives 1-2 detriments of social issues; • Explain how contemporary social issues and Total Required for Degree 60 sociological models can promote an understanding of the sociological perspective.

rcbc.edu | 135 Advanced and Continuous Studies Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.ADC)

This program provides students with the means to progress General Education Courses* † Credits beyond the standard number of credits corresponding to a Written & Oral Communications 6 first associate degree and earn a second associate degree while Mathematics 3-4 maintaining matriculation status and financial aid eligibility. Natural Science 4 Students committed to the RCBC/RU 3+1 program will initially matriculate in the RCBC major that corresponds to Social Science 3 the Rowan University baccalaureate degree program of Arts & Humanities 3 their choice. Subsequent to pursuing the initial associate Additional General Education Requirements 3-4 degree, students will enroll and matriculate in Advanced and Total 22-24 Continuous Studies. This second associate degree will be comprised of the already-earned general education credits and † See General Education Requirements on page 52. additional program courses needed to attain the approximately 90 unique credits required to directly transition into Rowan Program Courses University’s, or other four-year partnering institutions’, senior year in their chosen baccalaureate program. Select a total of 24-30 credits which have not been used towards another degree at the institution and are based Due to the complex nature of Advanced and Continuous upon knowledge of available transfer program. Studies, students are required to meet with an academic advisor For a recommended list of courses, prior to matriculating into the program. please visit rcbc.edu/rowan/major-maps. Graduates of this program should be able to: Total 24-30 • Apply written, oral, and visual communication skills and conventions to the challenges within varied Electives 8-14 environments, including the workplace; • Interpret and employ a method of inquiry to draw Total Required for Degree 60 conclusions based on verifiable evidence; • Exhibit competency in the application of technology *Credits earned previously in the first RCBC associate degree appropriate to the discipline and academic level; • Describe and analyze the origins, progression, and current nature of contemporary issues in the discipline.

136 | Rowan College at Burlington County Advanced and Continuous Studies Associate of Science, (AS.ADC)

This program provides students with the means to progress General Education Courses* † Credits beyond the standard number of credits corresponding to a Written Communications 6 first associate degree and earn a second associate degree while Mathematics 3-4 maintaining matriculation status and financial aid eligibility. Natural Science 7-8 Students committed to the RCBC/RU 3+1 program will initially matriculate in the RCBC major that corresponds to Social Science 6 the Rowan University baccalaureate degree program of Arts & Humanities 3 their choice. Subsequent to pursuing the initial associate History 3 degree, students will enroll and matriculate in Advanced and Diversity 3 Continuous Studies. This second associate degree will be Total 31-33 comprised of the already-earned general education credits and additional program courses needed to attain the approximately † See General Education Requirements on page 51. 90 unique credits required to directly transition into Rowan University’s, or other four-year partnering institutions’, senior year in their chosen baccalaureate program. Program Courses Select a total of 27-29 credits which have not been used towards Due to the complex nature of the Advanced and Continuous another degree at the institution and are based upon knowledge Studies, students are required to meet with an academic advisor of available transfer program. prior to matriculating into the program. For a recommended list of courses, Graduates of this program should be able to: please visit rcbc.edu/rowan/major-maps. • Apply written, oral, and visual communication skills and Total 27-29 conventions of academic discourse to the challenges of a specific discipline. Total Required for Degree 60 • Interpret and employ a method of inquiry to draw conclusions based on verifiable evidence. • Exhibit competency in the application of technology *Credits earned previously in the first RCBC associate degree appropriate to the discipline and academic level. • Describe and analyze the origins, progression, and current nature of contemporary issues in the discipline.

rcbc.edu | 137 Liberal Arts Associate of Arts, (AA.LIB)

The Liberal Arts major, with its twin “Liberal Arts and Sciences” General Education Courses † Credits major, is the basic major to prepare one for entering many Written & Oral Communications 9 occupations, especially the professions at a higher level. Liberal Mathematics 3 arts training has long been considered the mark of becoming an Natural Science 7-8 educated person. Technology 3 At the AA (two-year) level, the major can be taken either as a Social Science 6 whole, or by concentrating in one of its “options” (see English, History, Sociology, etc.). Whichever way one chooses, this Arts & Humanities 9 degree would be the usual preparation for entering a BA (four- History 6 year) degree program at a transfer institution. Students should Diversity 3 familiarize themselves with specific recommendations of that Total 46-47 four-year program to determine whether it would be better to concentrate or to stay with the general Liberal Arts major. Most † See General Education Requirements on page 49. students who stay with the general major have decided to postpone the narrowing process until they have had more time Program Courses Credits to explore specific interests. To include a concentration of at least four courses or a total By studying liberal arts before specializing, the student is of 12 credits which are based upon knowledge of the making the choice to widen his/her ability to question and acceptability of transfer to the receiving college. to form sound judgements, based on studying the rich world When students have selected a major program from one traditions that give us guidance as to what it is to lead a full of the Liberal Arts programs listed below, they are human life. Technical training without liberal arts training is encouraged to change their major to that program. considered to prepare one for making technical decisions, but Art and Design not for overall human or social decisions. Art Education/Art Therapy Graduates of this program should be able to: Communications Arts • Demonstrate an understanding of concepts in a variety of English fields; History • Identify a specific field based on an exploration of interests; Journalism 12 • Critically read and write the English language; Philosophy • Demonstrate an appreciation of Western culture and Political Science global diversity; Psychology • Evaluate the complexities of human behavior; Sociology • Appraise human and social decisions with some Theatre sophistication and authority. Total 12

Electives 1-2

Total Required for Degree 60

138 | Rowan College at Burlington County Liberal Arts and Sciences Associate of Science, (AS.LSC)

This curriculum is designed for students who desire to pursue General Education Courses † Credits an academic concentration in one of the natural science or Written & Oral Communications 6 health sciences areas. Included is the appropriate General Mathematics 3 Education foundation with sufficient flexibility to accommodate Natural Science 7-8 the requirements of the four-year institution(s) to which students may wish to transfer. Students must be familiar Social Science 6 with the catalog(s) of the transfer college(s) to enable them to Arts & Humanities 3 select courses wisely. History 3 Graduates of this program should be able to: Diversity 3 • Understand and employ the scientific method of inquiry to Total 31-32 draw conclusions based on verifiable evidence; • Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills in the † See General Education Requirements on page 51. analysis of data, in the design of experimental procedures and evaluation of outcomes; Program Courses • Understand and explain scientific theories that have had a To include a concentration of at least four courses or broad impact on society; a total of 18 credits which are based upon knowledge of the acceptability of transfer to the receiving college. • Demonstrate knowledge of current scientific advances and techniques; Total 12-18 • Demonstrate good laboratory skills; Electives 10-17 • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Total Required for Degree 60

rcbc.edu | 139 Liberal Arts and Sciences Certificate, (CRT.LSC) §

This certificate will give students exposure to coursework that Program Courses Credits will assist them in transferring to four year institutions and ENG 101 College Composition I 3 will give them a completion certificate. Courses selected ENG 102 College Composition II 3 should be transfer friendly and follow our general education SPE 102 Public Speaking 3 framework. The certificate will also provide a good background for a student continuing to pursue an associate degree, Mathematics particularly an Associate of Arts degree. (MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics or higher) 3 Natural Science 4 Social Science 3 Arts & Humanities 6 Additional General Education Credits 9 Total 34

Total Required for Certificate 34

† See General Education Requirements on page 51.

§ This certificate is NOT eligible for Financial Aid.

140 | Rowan College at Burlington County Technical Studies Associate of Applied Science, (AAS.TES)

This program allows students to earn credits toward an General Education Courses † Credits Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Technical Studies Written & Oral Communications 6 through educational experience for approved apprenticeships Mathematics 3 and corporate, industrial, or military training programs. The Natural Science (PHY 110/111 recommended) 4 technical core credits will be applied to an AAS degree up to 23 credits. Students must earn additional general education credits Social Science 3 and program course credits, depending on their choice of Arts & Humanities 3 concentration. Additional General Education Credits Students may choose to earn an AAS degree in Technical Studies (Required – any diversity course listed on page 51) 3 in a Business Management, Construction Management, Total 22 or General option. † See General Education Requirements on page 52. All elective courses will be selected with the assistance of a faculty advisor. Technical Core Credits* Graduates of this program should be able to: Credits awarded in recognition of educational • Communicate effectively using written, oral experience earned for approved apprenticeships and computer skills. OR corporate, industrial or military training. 23 • Retrieve, create, organize, analyze, disseminate Total 23 and communicate information using technology. • Describe the interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary aspects Concentration Options (choose one) of the chosen career field. Students must take 15 credits in a particular area of study • Demonstrate ability to think logically and solve problems (ex. alternative energy, biology, etc.), or in one of the following using analysis, synthesis and evaluation. concentrations: • Portray cultural competence and sensitivity in a professional setting. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (choose courses with the advice of the Dean) 15 Total Business Management credits 15

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (choose courses with the advice of the Dean) 15 Total Construction Management credits 15

GENERAL MANAGEMENT (choose courses with the advice of the Dean) 15 Total General Management credits 15

FIRE SCIENCE (choose courses with the advice of the Dean) 15 Total Fire Science credits 15

Electives – Any credits not satisfied by Technical Core can be taken as electives. Total Required for Degree 60 *Credits awarded on successful completion of an approved apprenticeship or corporate, industrial or military training programs.

rcbc.edu | 141 Course Descriptions

Each description includes a key indicating ACC 210 Intermediate Accounting I 3 cr. ALT 113 Alternative Energy Sources 3 cr. the weekly hours assigned to lecture, This course demonstrates the application of current This course is designed to give the student a basic laboratory or studio and clinical activities accounting principles and procedures to problems such knowledge of current forms of alternative energy, for the course. For example, 3/2/1 means as financial statement presentation, balance sheet, such as solar thermal, solar electric (photovoltaic), the course involves 3 hours of lecture per profit determination, depreciation and accounting for hydroelectric, bioenergy (ethanol & pyrolysis), ocean week, 2 hours of lab or studio per week, current assets. energy, wind, and geothermal. There is an emphasis and 1 hour clinical per week. Prerequisite: ACC 113 on alternative electric generation. Energy conversions 3/0/0 FA and the socio-economic implications of alternative Certain courses are offered only once sources will be presented. There will be discussion on or twice a year or on a 15-week format ACC 211 Intermediate Accounting II 3 cr. the latest trends in alternative energy generation and only. Please check course descriptions and This course emphasizes investments, depreciable distribution. semester brochures. Some courses require assets, intangibles, liabilities, leases, corporate capital, 3/0/0 a course or materials fee. retained earnings, statement of cash flows, and ALT 115 Solar Photovoltaic Systems I 3 cr. earnings per share. Prerequisite: ACC 210 This course provides an introduction to PV systems, ACCOUNTING 3/0/0 SP including PV markets and applications, safety basics, electricity basics, solar energy fundamentals, PV ACC 110 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr. ACC 213 Cost Accounting 4 cr. module fundamentals, and system components. This course introduces accrual accounting theory This course focuses on cost concepts, job order and In conjunction with the follow-up course (Solar and practice. It emphasizes the accounting cycle, process costing, analysis of materials, labor and factory Photovoltaic Systems II), these two PV systems courses merchandising accounting, income measurement, overhead costs, budgeting, standard costing, and are designed to provide the student with the necessary valuation of assets, internal controls, accounting for capital budgeting. knowledge and skills to pass the “NABCEP Photovoltaic current and fixed assets, accounting for current and Prerequisite: ACC 113 Associate” exam (North American Board of Certified long term liabilities, accounting for sole proprietorships, 4/0/0 Energy Practitioners). partnerships, and corporate business forms, and Prerequisite: PHY 107 financial statement presentation and interpretation. Corequisite: ALT 116 It includes instruction in electronic spreadsheet ALTERNATIVE ENERGY 3/0/0 applications. ALT 110 Energy Auditing for Prerequisite: MTH-075; ENG-080 or ENG-075 ALT 116 Solar Photovoltaic Systems I Residential Buildings 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Laboratory 1 cr. This course will assist students to understand single- This lab provides hands-on skills for understanding basic ACC 111 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr. family buildings and how residential structures interact electricity, electrical circuits and solar photovoltaic (PV) This course examines the uses of accounting data in with the internal systems and loads and external loads systems. This lab may also review software for solar PV the management process. It includes preparing and and impacts. Students will need to travel to various calculations, monitoring, and data recording. Students using financial statements, cost behavior analysis, off-campus residential locations to perform hands- will also learn practical skills on the environmental standard costing, manufacturing, job order and process on energy audit procedures. This course is essentially effects on solar PV systems. Students will be expected costing, activity based costing, budgeting and control, divided into three sections: 1. Building Science and to write up lab reports which will be used in grading. performance measurement, responsibility accounting, Building Systems; 2. Energy Auditing, Practices and Prerequisite: ALT 115 (if not taken as a corequisite) cash flows, capital budgeting, and incremental analysis. Procedures; and 3. The Economics of Energy Upgrades. Corequisite: ALT 115 It includes instruction in electronic spreadsheet There will be an emphasis on exploring “green” 0/2/0 Course fee charged applications. employment opportunities. This course will prepare Prerequisite: ACC 110 or ACC 113 students for the Building Performance Institute’s (BPI) ALT 141 Energy Investment Analysis 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged Building Analyst certification. This course includes: interest, simple payback and life- 3/0/0 Course fee charged cycle cost analysis; time value of money; cash flow ACC 116 Computerized Accounting 3 cr. equivalence; cost-benefit analysis; effects of tax credits, This course will provide an introduction to computerized ALT 111 Energy Auditing for Residential Buildings Laboratory 1 cr. depreciation, inflation and/or escalating fuel costs on accounting practice in a realistic and practical manner. energy investments; and cost estimating procedures. This course exposes students to the design and function The student will apply accounting concepts and The emphasis will be on analysis of energy investments of various heating, ventilating and air conditioning procedures in using the computer. Projects will include using worksheets and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) (HVAC) systems found in typical residential homes. general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable software to consider total cost-benefits over the life of The course will enable the student to understand the and payroll. The emphasis of the course will be an an investment and cost estimation procedures. in-depth knowledge of a computerized accounting various HVAC systems. Students will learn the skills to Prerequisite: ALT 110 package which will be used to enter transactions, make complete diagnostics in the field of Energy Auditing/ 3/0/0 FA/SP adjusting entries, and produce financial statements. In HVAC industry, and to conduct safety and performance addition, Microsoft Excel will be used to computerize testing to assess system condition and identify savings the accounting cycle. opportunities. Prerequisite: ACC 112 Corequisite: ALT 110 3/0/0 0/2/0 SP Course fee charged

142 | Rowan College at Burlington County ALT 215 Solar Photovoltaic Systems II 3 cr. ASL 102 Elementary American ASL 202 Intermediate American This course follows Solar Photovoltaics Systems I. Topics Sign Language II 3 cr. Sign Language II 3 cr. include PV system sizing principles, PV system electrical This course develops the receptive and expressive This course develops the expressive and receptive design, PV system mechanical design, and performance communications skills acquired in ASL 101. It presents a communications skills acquired in ASL 201. analysis, maintenance, and troubleshooting. At the end more in-depth examination of American Sign Language Students demonstrate competency and an in-depth of this second course, the student should have the transcription, non-manual behaviors, topic-comment understanding of non-manual behaviors, topic- necessary knowledge to pass the “NABCEP Photovoltaic structure, sentence types, noun-verb pairs, use of comment structure, sentence types, noun-verb pairs, Associate” exam (North American Board of Certified space, pronominalization, classifiers, and temporal and use of space, pronominalization, classifiers, and Energy Practitioners). distributional aspects. A minimum of ten contact hours temporal and distributional aspects. Prerequisite: ALT 115, ALT 116 in the deaf community is required. Prerequisite: ASL 201 Corequisite: ALT 216 Prerequisite: ASL 101 3/0/0 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0 FA/SP ASL 203 Advanced American ALT 216 Solar Photovoltaic Systems ll ASL 103 American Deaf Culture 3 cr. Sign Language I 3 cr. Laboratory 1 cr. This course introduces students to deaf people as a This course develops the expressive and receptive This course will instruct students in the hands-on cultural linguistic minority group. Students may or communications skills acquired in ASL 202 so students aspects of solar photovoltaic (PV) system installation. may not have had prior experience with deaf people. begin to demonstrate fluency. Topics include PV design review, solar project It examines the values, norms, and traditions of Prerequisite: ASL 202 management, site safety, electrical and mechanical deaf people in North America. It emphasizes myths 3/0/0 surrounding deafness, the historical treatment of component installation, the completion process, ASL 204 Advanced American deafness and deaf people, the anatomy of the ear maintenance, and troubleshooting. Students must Sign Language II 3 cr. dress in construction-type shoes and appropriate attire and the etiology of hearing loss, the education of deaf This course develops the expressive and receptive to perform class activities outdoors. This course will children, the deaf identity, legislation that affects the communications skills acquired in ASL 203 so students help prepare students for the NABCEP (North American deaf and hard of hearing population, interpreters and demonstrate fluency. Board of Certified Electrical Practitioners) PV Associate their work between cultures, deaf-blindness, and and PV Installation Professional certification exams. current controversies in technology and education. Prerequisite: ASL 203 3/0/0 Prerequisites: ALT 115, ALT 116 Although this course focuses on deaf people in the Corequisite: ALT 215 western world, global comparisons are drawn. 3/0/0 FA/SP 0/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged ANTHROPOLOGY ASL 104 Fingerspelling 3 cr. ALT 222 Energy Storage and Microgrids 3 cr. ANT 102 Introduction to This course is for students with limited knowledge of Students in this course will learn the basics of energy Cultural Anthropology 3 cr. deaf American culture or its language, American Sign storage and microgrid (ESM) systems. Students will be This course covers the similarities and differences Language (ASL). It builds on demonstrated receptive introduced to the benefits and markets of ESM systems, in human societies, from hunting and gathering to and expressive skills in the language and lays a as well as the science, technology, and economics of industrialized societies. It compares and contrasts foundation for and builds upon receptive and expressive most common systems. American beliefs and practices with those of other skills in finger-spelling. It includes overviews of finger- societies. Prerequisite: ALT 115 and ALT 116 spelling theory and practice through demonstrations 3/0/0 and videos. 3/0/0 Prerequisite: ASL 101, ASL 103 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Corequisite: ASL 102 ARABIC 3/0/0 FA/SP ASL 101 Elementary American ARA 101 Elementary Arabic I 3 cr. ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 cr. Sign Language I 3 cr. This course is for students with no knowledge of Arabic. This course introduces students to American Sign It focuses on laying a foundation for speaking, reading, This course develops the expressive and receptive Language, visual-gestural communication, and deaf and writing Arabic. communications skills acquired in ASL 102. Students culture. Students begin to develop receptive and 3/0/0 begin to demonstrate competency and understanding expressive communications skills with an introduction of non-manual behaviors, topic-comment structure, to American Sign Language transcription, non-manual sentence types, noun-verb pairs, use of space, behaviors, topic-comment structure, sentence types, pronominalization, classifiers, and temporal and noun-verb pairs, use of space, pronominalization, distributional aspects. classifiers, and temporal and distributional aspects. A minimum of five contact hours in the deaf community Prerequisite: ASL 102 is required. Corequisite: IEP 111 (if admitted to Interpreter Education Program) 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 143 ART ART 135 3D Design 3 cr. ART 252 Introduction to Modern Art 3 cr. Lab/studio art courses require students to purchase 3D Design is an introduction to the materials, This course introduces modern art, from its origins materials with costs ranging from $50 to $150 per techniques and procedures for creating art works and in the nineteenth century to the present. Students semester. designs in 3 dimensions. This course will prepare the investigate paintings, sculpture, architecture, graphics, student for more advanced courses in a number of and photography created by modern masters such as ART 101 Introduction to Art 3 cr. disciplines including: sculpture, architecture and other Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali, and Warhol. A museum visit This course provides an introductory knowledge and design fields that work in 3 rather than 2 dimensions. with a guided tour by the instructor may be included. appreciation of art works from 30,000 BCE to the 1/4/0 3/0/0 SP present. It introduces students to major art works ART 214 Portfolio Preparation 2 cr. ART 296 Special Topics in Art— and discusses major artistic styles. It demonstrates Without Model I 3 cr. how these art works and styles reflect the artists who This course guides students in portfolio preparation This course develops individual artistic style by having created them. It is intended to broaden appreciation of through discussions of what constitutes a good students work independently with the instructor on other cultures and their contribution to our common portfolio and through studio work, particularly in specific assignments. heritage. drawing. It also presents information on how to select, Prerequisite: Permission 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU prepare for, and secure a job in the field. Prerequisite: ART 110, ART 112, ART 120 0/6/0 Course fee charged ART 110 Design I 3 cr. 1/2/0 FA/SP This course in two-dimensional design explores ART 220 Painting I 3 cr. BIOLOGY creative composition and experimentation with the basic elements of line, shape, texture, and value as This course uses traditional painting media and BIO 103 General Biology I 3 cr. well as the principles used to organize these elements: techniques of application. It emphasizes developing individual skills and perceptions. This course considers the fundamental principles of balance, rhythm, emphasis, scale and proportion. biology with emphasis on the molecular and cellular 1/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 1/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged basis of life. The topics covered include cell structure, ART 112 Design II 3 cr. ART 221 Painting II 3 cr. function, mitosis, meiosis, genetics, evolution, and This course introduces students to the theoretical This course expands on the skills learned in ART 220 with ecology. knowledge of color theory with an emphasis on its an emphasis on exploring the media and additional Prerequisite: High school chemistry or CHE 107; High practical applications. Students will study the use of development of painting skills and perceptions. school biology or BIO 120 or equivalent; MTH 075 or color by artists from a number of disciplines and eras. Prerequisite: ART 220 equivalent; college reading and writing level. Prerequisite: ART 110 1/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 1/4/0 FA/SP Lab fee charged ART 222 Sculpture I 3 cr. BIO 104 General Biology I Laboratory 1 cr. ART 120 Drawing I 3 cr. This course examines the organization of forms, This laboratory course includes experiments which This course uses traditional drawing media and focuses volumes, and space as a basis of creative sculpture. It require students to apply their knowledge of enzymes, on drawing from direct observation. Students will provides experiences with traditional and contemporary diffusion, osmosis, cellular respiration, fermentation, work from a number of subjects including: still life, techniques and the use of materials such as clay, wood, mitosis, meiosis, genetics, bacteriology, and protist landscape, and the human figure. Students will be and stone. biology. This course may not be taken prior to the introduced to a range of materials and techniques. 1/4/0 FA Course fee charged General Biology I lecture. 1/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged ART 223 Sculpture II 3 cr. Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 103 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged ART 121 Drawing II 3 cr. This course expands on the knowledge and techniques taught in ART 222. It emphasizes sculptural techniques This course builds on the skills students acquired BIO 107 General Biology II 3 cr. in various media. in Drawing I. These skills include: drawing from This course is a comparative study of the kingdoms, observation, proficiency using basic materials and Prerequisite: ART 222 including but not limited to morphology, physiology, 1/4/0 Course fee charged techniques and implementing compositional strategies. organ systems, homeostasis, evolution, and taxonomy. In Drawing II students will continue to develop these ART 250 Art History I 3 cr. Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104 skills while also focusing on contemporary approaches This course surveys the visual arts from prehistoric 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU to drawing and a greater emphasis placed on personal times through the Renaissance, emphasizing painting, BIO 108 General Biology II Laboratory 1 cr. expression. sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts. This laboratory course examines the biodiversity of Prerequisite: ART 120 3/0/0 FA multicellular algae, plants, fungi, and animals. Students 1/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged ART 251 Art History II 3cr. learn to use dichotomous keys for identification ART 122 Figure Drawing 3 cr. This course surveys the visual arts from the Renaissance purposes and dissection skills to examine plant and This course builds on skills students acquired in Drawing through the Modern era, emphasizing painting, animal anatomy. This course may not be taken prior to I including drawing from direct observation as well as sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts. the General Biology II lecture. material and techniques and compositional strategies. 3/0/0 SP Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104, BIO 107 Students will draw the figure from life, both nude and Corequisite: BIO 107 clothed. Students will produce both gestural sketches 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged and sustained drawings in a variety of media. 1/4/0 Course fee charged

144 | Rowan College at Burlington County BIO 110 Fundamentals of Anatomy BIO 131 Environmental Science BIO 208 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3 cr. and Physiology I 3 cr. Laboratory 1 cr. This course covers the following organ systems in This course concentrates on cellular physiology and This course introduces students to laboratory and field both the normal and diseased states: integumentary, the following organ systems: integumentary, skeletal, techniques and equipment used in environmental skeletal, muscular, nervous, and special senses. This muscular, nervous, and the special senses. This course is science. Field trips acquaint students with methods of course is designed for biology majors or those intending designed for allied health majors. resource recovery and resource conservation. to transfer to a four-year institution. Prerequisite: High school biology required or BIO 120, Prerequisite: High school chemistry or biology Prerequisite: BIO 107, BIO 108 BIO 121 Corequisite: BIO 130 3/0/0 FA/SU 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 0/2/0 Course fee charged BIO 209 Human Anatomy BIO 111 Fundamentals of Anatomy BIO 155 Basic Microbiology 3 cr. and Physiology I Laboratory 1 cr. and Physiology I Laboratory 1 cr. This course discusses normal and abnormal microbiota This course provides laboratory experiences that This laboratory course provides laboratory experiences of humans with emphasis on transmission, prevention, apply to the topics and concepts covered in Human that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the and control of pathogens. It is designed for students Anatomy & Physiology I lecture. The laboratory Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I lecture. All who have not taken BIO 103/104 (General Biology I), experiences involve structural and functional concepts dissections are performed via computer animation. i.e., two-year nursing students and non-biology majors. of mammalian systems. This laboratory course involves hands-on dissection activities. Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 110 Prerequisite: High school chemistry or CHE 107; High Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 208 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged school biology or BIO 120; MTH 075 or equivalent; 0/3/0 FA/SU Course fee charged BIO 114 Fundamentals of Anatomy college reading level; ENG 101 and Physiology II 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU BIO 212 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 3 cr. This course concentrates on the following organ BIO 156 Basic Microbiology Laboratory 1 cr. This course covers the following organ systems in systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, digestive, both the normal and diseased states: cardiovascular, This course focuses on the identification of normal and respiratory, urinary, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, endocrine, reproductive and genetics. This course is abnormal microflora and parasites common to humans. designed for allied health majors. and genetics. This course is designed for biology majors Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 155 or those intending to transfer to a four-year institution. Prerequisite: BIO 110 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: BIO 208, BIO 209 BIO 202 General Biology III: 3/0/0 FA/SP BIO 115 Fundamentals of Anatomy Biology Skills and Methods 4 cr and Physiology II Laboratory 1 cr. BIO 213 Human Anatomy This course focuses on the skills needed to succeed and Physiology II Laboratory 1 cr. This laboratory course provides laboratory experiences in upper-level biology courses. Components of the that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the This course provides laboratory experiences that course will include: critical thinking, experimental apply to the topics and concepts covered in Human Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology II lecture. design, hypothesis generation and testing, primary All dissections are performed via computer animation. Anatomy & Physiology II lecture. The laboratory literature review, library research skills, peer review, experiences involve structural and functional concepts Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 114 basing opinions upon data collected in well-designed of mammalian systems. This laboratory course involves 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged experiments, evaluation of data and other information hands-on dissection activities. BIO 120 Basic Biology for reliability, and scientific writing, data collection, Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 212 and Human Affairs 3 cr. analysis, and presentation. Laboratory activities will 0/3/0 FA/SP Course fee charged provide hands-on opportunities to apply these skills. This course explores the scientific investigation of BIO 221 Microbiology 3 cr. biological principles with emphasis on the cellular Prerequisite: BIO 107, BIO 108 basis of life, plant and animal structure and function, 3/3/0 This course is a study of the classification, structure, and fundamental aspects of microorganisms, including genetics, reproduction, evolution, and ecology. BIO 204 General Biology IV: Global Ecology 4 cr prokaryotes, protozoa, fungi, viruses, prions, and 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU This course focuses on both the underlying theory parasites. It includes discussions of the concepts of BIO 121 Basic Biology and the application of the science of ecology, the immunology and epidemiology. and Human Affairs Laboratory 1 cr. branch of biology which investigates how organisms Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104 This course provides laboratory experiences that apply interact with each other and with their physical 3/0/0 FA/SP environment. Components of this course will include: to the topics and concepts covered in Biology and utilizing proper experimental design, effective oral and BIO 222 Microbiology Laboratory 1 cr. Human Affairs. written communication, critical evaluation of primary This course includes laboratory exercises that deal Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 120 literature, synthesizing this material with core concepts with aseptic procedures, microbiological techniques, 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged covered in General Biology I – III, and providing, isolation and identification of representative groups in BIO 130 Environmental Science 3 cr. receiving, and responding appropriately to constructive the protista and the monera. This course introduces current environmental problems. criticism from peers. Laboratory activities will provide Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 221 The scientific method is the tool for the analysis and hands-on applications of concepts covered in lecture, as 0/3/0 FA/SP Course fee charged possible solution to these problems. The course also well as an independent research project. covers the economic, ethical, and political aspects of Prerequisite: BIO 202 these issues. 3/3/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: High school chemistry or biology Corequisite: BIO 131 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 145 BIO 330 Advanced Microbiology 4 cr. BIT 214 Cell Culture BUA 205 Business Law I 3 cr. This course deals with the morphology and physiology and Microbial Fermentation 3 cr. This course is an introduction to legal principles and of unicellular organisms, with emphasis upon bacteria. This course describes cell physiology and prepares procedures. It includes an introduction to business law, It studies culture methods, growth parameters, students for work with recombinant protein expression ethics, crimes, torts, contracts, the uniform commercial isolation, identification and characterization, and systems. It specifically addresses bioreactor design, code, sales, product liability and consumer protection. metabolism of microorganisms in the laboratory. large-scale manufacturing and fermentation 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: BIO 204 conditions. It includes laboratory exercises on BUA 206 Business Law II 3 cr. 3/3/0 FA/SP aseptic cell culture techniques, cryopreservation, cell quantification and viability assays. This course is an advanced examination of business BIO 335 Advanced Genetics 4 cr. Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104 law principles and procedures. It includes commercial paper, agency, partnership, corporations, rights of This course will provide an in-depth background in 2/2/0 Course fee charged all areas of Mendelian, molecular, population and debtors and creditors, business regulation and the law evolutionary genetics. The students will learn how BIT 220 Protein Recovery and Purification 3 cr. of property. to use genetic tools in dissecting complex biological This course provides an understanding of protein Prerequisite: BUA 205 pathways, developmental processes and regulatory biochemistry. It introduces purification methods 3/0/0 systems. Discussion of landmark genetic experiments and protein characterization. It provides laboratory BUA 208 Labor-Management Relations 3 cr. will constitute the basis of an inquiry-based approach experiences in electrophoresis, Western blots, that will delineate the dynamic nature of modern microarrays and chromatography. This course focuses on contemporary trends in genetics. The laboratory exercises are designed to put Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104 employee-management relations. It examines the legal, social, and economic aspects of labor relations and special emphasis on molecular biology techniques and 2/2/0 Course fee charged the use of bioinformatics. the techniques and attitudes essential for development BIT 293 Special Projects in Biotechnology III 3 cr. Prerequisite: BIO 204 and leadership in employee-management relations. 3/3/0 FA/SP In this course, students develop an independent 3/0/0 project which incorporates many of the biotechnology BUA 211 Human Resource Management 3 cr. techniques learned in the program. Students collaborate BIOTECHNOLOGY with an advisor to design an experiment, collect and This course is an examination of personnel management analyze data, and write a scientific report. and administrative functions, such as philosophy; BIT 103 Introduction to Biotechnology 3 cr. policies; organization; job analysis; recruitment; Lab hours depend on project (usually 2 hours per week appraisal; development; promotion; discipline; This course introduces the field of biotechnology. It per credit). discusses the history of biopharmaceutical industry, the communication; wage and salary; incentives system; drug discovery process, and bio-pharmaceutical drugs and career development. currently on the market. It also covers biotechnology BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Prerequisite: BUA 102 or permission applications such as gene therapy, reproductive cloning, 3/0/0 BUA 101 Business Functions genetic fingerprinting, recombinant DNA technology, BUA 215 Finance 3 cr. and protein expression systems. in a Global Society 3 cr. This course examines money, the Federal Reserve Prerequisite: High school biology or BIO 120 or This course covers the business functions of any System, and financial management. It includes capital equivalent organization: marketing, operations, production, budgeting, financial analysis, and the use of cash-flow 3/0/0 accounting, finance, distribution, investments, human resource management, banking, and information analysis. Students analyze loan application forms, BIT 150 Basic Laboratory Techniques handling in our current global society. annual reports, and new securities prospectus reports. in Biotechnology 2 cr. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: ACC 113 This course provides theoretical and practical knowledge 3/0/0 SP BUA 102 Principles of Management 3 cr. of a working biotechnology laboratory. It covers how to BUA 220 Principles of Marketing 3 cr. operate standard equipment, prepare solutions, write This course focuses on the fundamental concepts in protocols and present data. It introduces technical the management process of planning, organizing, This course is a survey of the roles of the consumer, math, graphing and Good Manufacturing Practices. It leading and control which specifically relate to the retailer, and wholesaler, as well as the functions of provides hands-on experience with electrophoresis, ever-changing world in which managers work. It price, product, advertising, financing, and risk. It PCR, and laboratory notebook maintenance. emphasizes decision-making and the leadership roles emphasizes the interaction of each of the marketing components and developing an awareness of the whole Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIT 103 of the manager. marketing process. 1/2/0 Course fee charged 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU BIT 210 Molecular Genetics 3 cr. BUA 108 Personal Finance and Money Management 3 cr. BUA 221 Principles of Advertising 3 cr. This course describes recombinant DNA techniques, The management of advertising and its relationship as well as molecular biology of genes. It discusses This course introduces students to the complexities to other components of the marketing mix is the molecular cloning, plasmid design, transfection and of modern personal money management and helps focus of this course. Topics will cover: target markets, protein expression systems. It provides laboratory them avoid some problems in everyday living. It advertising objectives, the creative process, edit experience with plasmid isolation, transformation, covers budgeting basics; intricacies of home ownership; selection, advertising effectiveness, the role of ad electrophoresis, and PCR. income taxes and investments; and the wise use of insurance, wills, and trusts. agencies and societal issues. Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 3/0/0 2/2/0 Course fee charged

146 | Rowan College at Burlington County BUA 222 Salesmanship 3 cr. MCR 114 Oncology and Coding 3 cr. MCR 220 Cancer Registry Clinical I 2 cr. This course teaches the techniques of successful selling. This course will give an in-depth review of various The professional practice experience is the hands-on It covers prospecting, the approach, sales presentation, cancer treatment options and plans, palliative options application of the Management of Cancer Registry answering objections, closing the sale. Students apply and clinical trials process available to cancer patients. It (MCR) program coursework. The clinical practice will these techniques through in-class presentations. also acclimates one to the coding guidelines for surgery, provide the student with experience in the technical 3/0/0 radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal, aspects of cancer registry operations and compliment alternative, palliative and other treatment coding. the knowledge gained during the academic portion BUA 225 Human Relations in Management 3 cr. Upon completion students should be able to code of their education. Students will be required to have This course examines human behavior and its effect oncology treatments and procedures using appropriate a complete history and physical with immunizations on management. It focuses on individual and group standard setter guidelines. as specified; obtain liability insurance for the duration behavior and interpersonal relationships, including Prerequisite: MCR 101, MCR 104 of the clinical practice; and have health insurance for motivation and organizational leadership. 3/0/0 the duration of the clinical practice. When applicable, Prerequisite: BUA 102 drug testing and a criminal history background check 3/0/0 MCR 201 Abstracting Methods 3 cr. may be required. The college is not responsible for any Students will learn to identify appropriate clinical BUA 230 Small Business Management 3 cr. cost related to the above requirements. A copy of above documentation from the medical record for capture in must be submitted to the program prior to any clinical This course gives a thorough understanding of small the abstract consistent with cancer registry regulatory hours being performed. business operations. It focuses on the relationship of requirements. Various case studies and registry systems small business to the American economy, short-and Prerequisite: MCR 201, MCR 204 will be utilized to review the medical record and how to Corequisite: MCR 211 long-range small business ownership, wholesaling, properly document it within an abstract to support the 0/0/6 retailing, service, and franchised operations. cancer information within the medical records. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: MCR 111, MCR 114 MCR 221 Cancer Registry Clinical II 2 cr. 3/0/0 This is a continuation of the MCR 220 course. The professional practice experience is the hands-on CANCER REGISTRY MCR 204 Follow Up, Data Quality application of the Management of Cancer Registry and Utilization 3 cr. MCR 101 Cancer Registry Structure (MCR) program coursework. The clinical practice will and Management 3 cr. Students will be introduced to cancer patient follow- provide the student with experience in the technical up activities with emphasis being placed on patient An introduction to the cancer registry and the cancer aspects of cancer registry operations and complement confidentiality and ethical issues. This course will also registrar profession. It will include the types of the knowledge gained during the academic portion introduce cancer statistics, descriptive and analytic registries; central and hospital based legal and ethical of their education. Students will be required to have epidemiology, cancer surveillance, annual reporting standards, cancer registry management functions and a complete history and physical with immunizations preparation, presentation of cancer data and special operations. Emphasis will be placed on standard setting as specified; obtain liability insurance for the duration studies. organizations. of the clinical practice; and have health insurance for Prerequisite: MCR 111, MCR 114 Prerequisite: Admission to the Cancer Registry the duration of the clinical practice. When applicable, Program 3/0/0 drug testing and criminal history background check 3/0/0 MCR 211 Multiple Primary Hematopoietics 3 cr. may be required. The college is not responsible for any cost related to the above requirements. A copy of above This course will cover general and site-specific coding MCR 104 Cancer Registry Operations 3 cr. must be submitted to the program prior to any clinical rules for determining the number of primary diagnoses Introduction to disease registry files, principles of hours being performed. in the presence of multiple tumors and/or histologic abstracting, data set identification and case types. It will also cover rules governing the abstracting Prerequisite: MCR 201, MCR 204 ascertainment. Will focus on the Commission on Cancer, and coding of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms, Corequisite: MCR 211, MCR 220 Cancer Program Standards as well as cancer committee, including the use of the SEER Hematopoietic and 0/0/6 cancer conferences and quality monitoring. Lymphoid Neoplasm Database. Prerequisite: Admission to the Cancer Registry Prerequisite: MCR 201, MCR 204 Program 3/0/0 3/0/0 MCR 111 Cancer Registry Disease Coding and Staging 3 cr. This course will define cancer and provide an overview of its natural disease course. It will differentiate between benign and malignant tumors and discuss the main characteristics of cancer. The ICD-O-3 coding system will be introduced as well as instruction and practice in the usage of the AJCC, Summary Staging and Collaborative Staging manuals. This course will also provide guidance on coding diagnosis, sequencing and evaluating the extent of the disease. Prerequisite: MCR 101, MCR 104 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 147 CHEMISTRY CHE 240 Organic Chemistry I 3 cr. COMMUNICATIONS This course presents the fundamental principles of CHE 107 Chemistry 3 cr. organic chemistry. It includes basic techniques of COM 103 Media Operations 3 cr. This is an introductory course that covers the organic compound synthesis; structure, properties, This course prepares students to work in radio and fundamental laws, terms, and mathematics of general and nomenclature of organic compounds; the addition, television production. It emphasizes the physical use chemistry. It includes treatment of nomenclature, substitution, elimination and oxidation-reduction of and technical requirements needed to operate the stoichiometry, solution chemistry, and gas laws. reactions of organic compounds; reaction mechanisms; range of equipment used to produce radio, television, Prerequisite: High school algebra I or MTH 075 infrared spectroscopy; and a brief introduction to mass and video programs. Corequisite: CHE 108 spectometry. 3/0/0 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: CHE 117, CHE 118 COM 105 Writing for Mass Media 3 cr. CHE 108 Chemistry Laboratory 1 cr. Corequisite: CHE 241 This course introduces writing for radio and television. This course provides laboratory experiences that 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU It includes the narrative interview, personality sketches, illustrate important theories and concepts in basic CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 cr. and documentary writing. Students write narratives, chemistry. It stresses standard laboratory techniques, This course provides laboratory experiences that speeches, reports, public service announcements, press scientific equipment and its proper use, and laboratory apply to the topics and concepts covered in Organic advisories, and news releases. safety. Chemistry I. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Prerequisite: High school algebra I or MTH 075 Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHE 240 3/0/0 Corequisite: CHE 107 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged COM 120 Radio Production 3 cr. 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 cr. This course teaches basic studio operations and CHE 115 General Chemistry I 3 cr. This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I. editing for broadcast applications. Students produce This course is a systematic study of fundamental The topics covered in this course include: structure, commercials and public service announcements for principles and concepts including: dimensional analysis; properties and nomenclature of organic compounds; radio. A major objective is creating a picture in the atomic structure; periodicity; chemical bonding; the complex synthesis of organic compounds; mind’s eye with voice, music, sound effects, and other thermochemical equations; stoichiometry of chemical electrophilic, aromatic, free radical, nucleophilic elements. reactions; the liquid, solid, and gaseous states; and substitution reactions and their mechanisms; NMR 2/2/0 Course fee charged solution chemistry. spectroscopy; and an introduction to biochemistry. COM 200 Business and Prerequisite: High school chemistry or CHE 107/108 and Prerequisite: CHE 240, CHE 241 Professional Communication 3 cr. MTH 012 or equivalent skills Corequisite: CHE 243 Effective communication skills are a key factor in any 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU professional environment. This course will identify CHE 116 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 cr. CHE 243 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 cr. and explain the communication process and allow This course provides laboratory experiences that the learner to apply these concepts to business This course provides laboratory experiences that and professional examples. Students will be able apply to the topics and concepts covered in General apply to the topics and concepts covered in Organic Chemistry I. to understand, analyze, and evaluate messages in Chemistry II. a professional context. Students will participate in Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHE 115 Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHE 242 business presentations that include, but are not limited 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged to, interviews, technical presentations, persuasive CHE 117 General Chemistry II 3 cr. presentations, and sales presentations. This course is a systematic study of thermodynamics, CHINESE Prerequisite: SPE 102 kinetics; equilibrium; ionic equilibria; electrochemistry; 3/0/0 FA/SP coordination compounds; nuclear chemistry; and an CHI 101 Elementary Chinese I 3 cr. COM 202 Television Production I 3 cr. introduction to organic chemistry. This course presents the basics of Mandarin Chinese This course introduces the theory and operation of the Prerequisite: CHE 115, CHE 116 and MTH 112 or MTH for those who have no knowledge of the language. It modern television studio and control equipment for 130 focuses on speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin broadcast and closed circuit systems. It covers types Chinese. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU of programming; production fundamentals; script 3/0/0 FA CHE 118 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 cr. analysis and blocking; lighting; sets; sound; graphics; This course provides laboratory experiences that and optics. Additional studio hours required apply to the topics and concepts covered in General CINEMA 2/2/0 Course fee charged Chemistry II. Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHE 117 CIN 109 American Cinema 3 cr. 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged This course examines how business savvy, creativity, and technical skills drive the film industry. Studio CHE 210 Nutrition 3 cr. executives, directors, cinematographers, and others This course examines the basic concepts in the share their thought and experiences. Clips from over science of human nutrition and their relationship to the 300 movies demonstrate why movies continue to needs of man. captivate audiences. Prerequisite: CHE 107 or CHE 115 or high school 3/0/0 chemistry with a grade of “B” or better or permission 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU

148 | Rowan College at Burlington County COM 212 Introduction to Digital COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CTP 150 CT Clinical Education 3 cr. and Emerging Media 3 cr. Clinical education consists of 135 hours in an affiliate This course introduces students to the study of new CTP 110 Introduction to hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable the media theory and explores the impact of 21st century Computed Tomography 3 cr. student to achieve the competencies necessary to meet developments on the communications landscape. In Content provides a foundation in ethics and law the ARRT eligibility requirements. particular, it will consider how rapid and accelerating related to the practice of medical imaging. Basic Prerequisite: CPT 140 developments in digital technologies challenge understanding of the operation of Computed 0/0/9 us to rethink the very nature of communication. Tomography, CT, devices will be explained. Content is Students will define and analyze digital platforms designed to introduce concepts related to the disease CTP 151 CT Clinical Education II 3 cr. and devices and the profound way they are affecting process. Content will provide the basic concepts of Clinical education consists of 135 hours in an affiliate groups, institutions, businesses, communities, and patient care, including physical and psychological hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable governments communication. Through integrated needs of the patient and family. Routine and emergency the student to achieve the competencies necessary coursework, students will learn skills to design and care procedures are described. Basic concepts of to meet the ARRT eligibility requirements. This course create graphics, audio, video, and other content for pharmacology and venipuncture of contrast media are is a continuation, if the clinical requirements are not websites, apps, gaming, and emerging new media provided. completed in the Fall semester. technologies. Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT (NM) Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT (NM) 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 3/0/0 Corequisite: CTP 110, CTP 120, CTP 130, CTP 140 0/0/9 COM 220 Sports Media 3 cr. CTP 120 CT Sectional Anatomy This course explores the use of various media in and Pathology 3 cr. CTP 152 CT Clinical Education III 2 cr. reporting, writing stories and press releases, and This course begins with a review of gross anatomy. Clinical education consists of 90 hours in an affiliate editing and production it applies to sports. The history Gross anatomical structures are located and identified hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable of sports writing and sports broadcasting and the in axial, sagittal, coronal and orthogonal planes. the student to achieve the competencies necessary state of these fields today will be explored. Students Illustrations of anatomical images will be compared to meet the ARRT eligibility requirements. This course will focus on the current demands and necessary skill with Computed Tomography, CT, and MR images in the is a continuation, if the clinical requirements are not needed for sports media in print, broadcast, and digital same imaging planes. The characteristic appearance of completed in the Fall and Spring semesters. domains. each anatomical structure as it appears on CT, MR and Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT (NM) Prerequisite: ENG 102 US will be stressed. Corequisite: CTP 110, CTP 120, CTP 130, CTP 140 3/0/0 Prerequisite: CTP 110 0/0/6 3/0/0 COM 291 Communication Art Special Projects 1 cr. CTP 130 CT Procedures 3 cr. COMPUTER Students conduct advanced study in a selected area. Content provides detailed coverage of procedure for CT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 0/2/0 imaging of adults and pediatric patients. Procedures include but are not limited to, indications for the CIS 101 Introduction to Computers 3 cr. COM 294 Special Projects procedure, patient education, preparation, orientation This course is an overview of computer hardware, in Communication Arts I 3 cr. and positioning, patient history and assessment, software, representation and processing of data, design Students conduct advanced study in a selected area contrast media usage, scout images, scan parameters of algorithms, systems, and procedures; and computer of Communication Arts. Each student’s project must and archiving of images. CT procedures will be taught languages. It presents and applies the fundamentals include a statement of objectives, literature research, for differentiation of specific structures, patient of problem solving and programming in a high-level project plan, and completed media production project. symptomology and pathology. CT images studies will be computer language. Prerequisite: COM 120 or COM 202 reviewed for quality, and anatomy and pathology. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged 0/6/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: CTP 120 CIS 111 Programming in BASIC 3 cr. 3/0/0 COM 301 Writing, Research, and Technology 3 cr. This course provides an introduction to programming This course will focus on modern communication CTP 140 CT Physics and Equipment 3 cr. using the QBASIC language and how to use a computer writing practices in the digital age. Students will be Content is designed to impart understanding of the to solve a problem. It covers algorithms, flowcharts, asked to explore a variety of writing samples for truth physical principles and instrumentation involved in pseudocodes, control structures, loops, subprograms, and accuracy. Students will explore meaning-making, computed tomography. The historical development and and arrays. It introduces and emphasizes structured circulation practices, and the ethical ramifications of evolution of computed tomography is reviewed. Physics programming techniques. writing for various audiences. topics include x- radiation used in forming the image, Prerequisite: MTH 012 or equivalent skills Prerequisite: ENG 102 beam attenuation, linear attenuation coefficients, 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged 3/0/0 FA/SP tissue characterizes and Hounsfield numbers. Data acquisition and manipulation techniques, image reconstruction algorithms will be explained. CT systems and operations will be explored with full coverage of radiographic tube configuration, collimator design and function, detector types, characteristic and function and the CT computer and array processor. CT image processing and display will be examined. Prerequisite: CTP 130 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 149 CIS 132 MS Access Techniques CIS 150 Networking Fundamentals 4 cr. CIS 200 Fundamentals of Network Security 4 cr. and Programming 3 cr. This course emphasizes the knowledge and application This course is an introduction to network security This course covers a review of basic Access operations; of basic concepts of networking technology. It focusing on the overall security processes with relational data base concepts and operations; complex presents the OSI model, industry standards, network particular emphasis on hands on skills in the following query design, custom form and report design; macros; topologies, IP addressing, subnet masking, networking areas: security policy design and management, security and modules. Integrating Access with other Windows components, and basic network design. Students technologies; products & solutions; firewall and applications and an introduction to Visual Basic is also will gain hands-on experience in basic network secure router design; installation; configuration; and covered. It emphasizes specific techniques as well as infrastructure design, troubleshooting, and testing. It maintenance; AAA implementation using routers and concepts in data base design, data base programming, will provide students with the necessary skills to pass VPN implementation using routers. and typical data base applications. the COMPITA Network & Certification exam. Prerequisite: CIS 150 or CIS 165 or permission Prerequisite: CIS 161 Prerequisite: CIS 101 or CIS 138 or CSE 110 or EET 101 Corequisite: CIS 150 or CIS 165 3/0/0 Course fee charged or permission 3/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 3/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged CIS 138 Introduction to Operating Systems 4 cr. CIS 207 Introduction to Computer Forensics 3 cr. This course introduces students to the basics of CIS 155 Fundamentals of Web Design 4 cr. This introductory course focuses on computer forensics modern operating systems. Students learn concepts, This course focuses on the overall production processes principles and an exposure to computer technology commands and operations, in popular Operating surrounding website design with particular emphasis concepts from operating systems and file types to data systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple on design elements involving layout, navigation and transmission and PDAs. Students are introduced to (Mac) operating systems. The lab components provide` interactivity. Students are introduced to various Adobe the foundation of electronic evidence collection and hands-on skills in the following areas: operations Software packages. It uses on-line modules developed handling, as well as the role of evidence in detecting and commands, accessing and installing application by the Cisco Academy program. and prosecuting computer crimes; cyberterrorism; software, managing files and folders, controlling and Prerequisite: CIS 101 or higher or CSE 110 or higher or traditional and violent crimes; incident response; civil configuring printers and other hardware, controlling permission cases; fraud and information security verification. and configuring the user environment, security 4/0/0 Demonstrations and hands-on investigations configuration, troubleshooting and disaster recovery. familiarize students with a number of relevant CIS 161 Computer Applications 3 cr. Recommended Prerequisite: Prior microcomputer investigative techniques. experience This course presents the concepts and operations of Prerequisite: CIS 138 or CIS 150 or permission the main components of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel 3/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged Corequisite: CIS 138 or CIS 150 and Powerpoint. Students are taught to apply these CIS 139 Introduction to Python 3 cr. office applications to a range of business and personal 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged This course introduces programming and developing problems. Students also learn application in software CIS 208 Introduction to Cybersecurity 3 cr. Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) using Python. Students integration, such as: linking, embedding, and web This course introduces students to the field of design, code, test, debug, and run applications using publishing. Instructions on the use of the Internet as cybersecurity. Students are introduced to various variables, decision and control structures, functions, alternative to traditional classroom learning will also security topics, including: Internet security, spyware, files, lists, classes and objects. It emphasizes the be taught, as well as the skills and strategies for finding vulnerability, virus attacks, network defense, fundamentals of programming, problem solving, and retrieving information on the Internet. passwords, firewalls, intrusion detection, risk software engineering techniques, and algorithm 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged management, disaster preparedness/recovery, privacy, design and development. The lab component provides CIS 165 Network and policies and procedures, as well as mitigation strategies hands-on programming experience for beginning Systems Administration 4 cr. to potential cyber threats. Lectures and projects would programmers and computer science students. be utilized to promote understanding of cyber threats This course provides an advanced knowledge of 3/0/0 and security. It will provide students with the necessary networking as well as related equipment and skills to pass the COMPTIA CSA+ certification exam. CIS 141 Microsoft Office Fundamentals 2 cr. terminologies. The course will cover local area network, This course presents the concepts and operations of wide area network, managing enterprise level Prerequisite: CIS 165, CIS 200 the main components of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, networks using Active Directory and remote access. Corequisite: CIS 165, CIS 200 and PowerPoint. Students are taught to apply these Advanced network management and environment 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged office applications to a wide range of business and customization techniques will be explored through the CIS 215 Penetration Testing Fundamentals 3 cr. personal problems. Students also will learn techniques hands on lab component, which will include creating This course is an introduction to penetration testing. It to integrate MS Applications into systems by linking, users/groups, managing file permissions, configuring focuses on penetration testing process, methodologies, embedding, and publishing web contents. Instructions server roles, using group policies to configure and and vulnerability assessment amongst other on the use of the internet as alternative to traditional secure the network, routine system maintenance topics. Students will be introduced to various real classroom learning will also be taught, as well as, and troubleshooting. It will provide the necessary world penetration testing tools and procedure through the skills and strategies for finding and retrieving skills to pass the Microsoft MCSA Server 2012 70-410 hands-on lab activities. Discussion topics include: information on the Internet. certification exam. vulnerability assessment, exploitation, wired and 2/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged Prerequisite: CIS 101 or EET 101 or CIS 138 or wireless networking intrusion, spoofing and scanning. permission Prerequisite or Corequisite: CIS 200 Corequisite: CIS 150 2/2/0 FA/SP 3/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged

150 | Rowan College at Burlington County CIS 218 Ethical Hacking Fundamentals 3 cr. CSE 135 Computer Programming CSE 220 Linux + 3 cr. This course introduces ethical hacking, security testing and Problem Solving 3 cr. This course is an introduction to the Linux operating and network defense/counter measures. Students This is an introductory course in programming in a system with an emphasis on installation, configuration, who have a good knowledge of computer and high-level language and its use in solving engineering, maintenance, networking and security. Demonstration networking learn how to protect networks by using business, and scientific programs. It includes data and hands-on experimentation will provide the student an attacker’s technique to compromise network types, control structures, functions, arrays, files, and the necessary skills to pass the COMP/TIA Linux+ systems security. Hands-on lab activities enable the mechanics of running, testing, and debugging. certification exam. students to learn how to protect network/systems by It emphasizes the fundamentals of problem solving, Prerequisite: CIS 150, CSE 110 or permission using the tools and methods used by hackers to break software engineering techniques, and algorithm 2/2/0 into networks/systems. Discussion topics include: design. The lab component provides hands-on hacker methodology and tools, how hackers operate, programming experience for beginning programmers CSE 222 Advanced Programming as well as setting up strong countermeasures to and computer science students. Workshop I 2 cr. protect networks/systems. Prerequisite: MTH 130 This is an advanced course in programming languages, Prerequisite or Corequisite: CIS 215 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged integrated development environments (IDE’s), 2/2/0 FA/SP application programming interfaces (API’s), software CSE 151 Introduction to JAVA 4 cr. packages, libraries, and programming technologies. This course provides an introduction to JAVA and Object The workshop nature of the course requires hands-on COMPUTER SCIENCE Oriented programming. It focuses on simple data types; solutions in a high-level language (other than Java), control structures; an introduction to array and string including requirements definition & decomposition, CSE 110 Introduction to Computer Science I 4 cr. data structures; algorithms; debugging techniques; IPO development, and algorithm design, development, This course introduces the fundamental concepts of and the social implications of computing. It emphasizes and implementation. programming and problem solving. It focuses on simple good software engineering principles and developing Prerequisite: CSE 112 or CSE 135 data types, control structures, and introduction to array fundamental programming skills in the context of a 0/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged and string data structures and algorithms, as well as language that supports the object-oriented paradigm. debugging techniques and the social implications of The lab component provides hand-on programming CSE 223 Advanced Programming computing. It emphasizes good software engineering experience that is vital for beginning programmers and Workshop II 2 cr. principles and developing fundamental programming computer science students. This is an advanced course in programming languages, skills in the context of a language that supports the Prerequisite: CIS 101 or CSE 110 or higher; MTH 012 or integrated development environments (IDE’s), object-oriented paradigm. The lab component provides equivalent skills application programming interfaces (API’s), software hands-on programming experience that is vital for 3/2/0 Course fee charged packages, libraries, and programming technologies. beginning programmers and computer science students. The workshop nature of the course requires hands-on Corequisite: MTH 130 or permission CSE 210 Machine and solutions in a high-level language (Java), including Assembler Language Programming 3 cr. 3/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged requirements definition & decomposition, IPO This course focuses on the organization of digital development, and algorithm design, development, and CSE 112 Introduction to computers, buses, registers, processors, I/O, memory implementation. Computer Science II 4 cr. systems, and paged memory. It also covers instruction Prerequisite: CSE 112 or CSE 135 This course builds upon the work completed in CSE sets and execution, addressing modes, and assembly 0/4/0 SP Course fee charged 110 to introduce the fundamental concepts of data language programming, including subroutines, co- structures and complex algorithms. It focuses on routines, interrupts, and traps. CSE 225 Computer Organization 3 cr. recursion, the underlying philosophy of object- Prerequisite: CSE 110 This course introduces the computer system structure oriented programming, fundamental data structures 3/0/0 Course fee charged and organization. It emphasizes representation of (i.e. queues, stacks, linked lists, trees and graphs), information; circuit analysis and design; process or sorting and searching techniques, recursion and the CSE 213 Database Systems 3 cr. architecture, and input/output. basics of algorithmic analysis. Additional lecture time This course serves as an introduction to the theory of Prerequisite: CSE 210 will be devoted to the Standard Template Library and database design and database programming. It focuses 3/0/0 Course fee charged its components. The lab components provide hands- on data models (E/R, relational, and object oriented), on programming experience that is vital for beginning dependencies, constraints, normalization, relational CSE 334 Applied Database Technologies 3 cr. programmers and computer science students. algebra, and SQL. This course covers the practical aspects of relational Prerequisite: CSE 110 Prerequisite: MTH 130 or MTH 141 database systems, including database modeling using 3/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged 3/0/0 Course fee charged ER and EER diagrams, physical database design, the relational database query language SQL, normal forms, CSE 114 Object Oriented Programming CSE 215 Programming Languages 3 cr. database integrity and transaction management. and Data Abstraction 4 cr. This course introduces the conceptual study of Includes a project involving an RDBMS. This course is an introduction to Object-Oriented programming language syntax, semantics, and Prerequisite: CSE 222 Programming and to the methodology of programming implementation. It includes language definition 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged from an object-oriented perspective. Through the study structure; data types and structures; control structures; of object design, this course also introduces the basics data flow; declarative forms; functional forms; of human-computer interfaces, graphics, with an concurrency; objects; scoping and binding; inheritance; emphasis on software engineering. A second operating and interpretation. system/programming platform is introduced. Prerequisite: CSE 112 Prerequisite: CSE 110 2/2/0 FA/SP 4/0/0

rcbc.edu | 151 CONSTRUCTION CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRJ 203 Legal Rights of the Convicted 3 cr. MANAGEMENT This course examines the legal rights of the convicted CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 cr. offender in the criminal justice system. It focuses on CON 101 Building Materials This course is an introduction to the philosophy and the legal aspects of conviction and sentencing together and Construction Methods 3 cr. development of the system for dealing with social with the legal rights of probationers, prison inmates, This introductory course provides an understanding deviancy through criminal justice. It focuses on the and parolees. of the fundamentals of residential and commercial concepts, agencies, and institutions involved in the 3/0/0 construction materials and practices. Students gain an administration of criminal justice. understanding of the types of construction, structural 3/0/0 FA/SP CRJ 207 Community Corrections 3 cr. design requirements, and the properties of common This course provides an understanding of probation, CRJ 102 Police Operations and Procedures 3 cr. construction materials such as wood, concrete, iron, parole and community corrections. The supervision, and steel. This course is a survey of the role of traffic, investigative, treatment and re-entry of offenders are explored. Prerequisite: MTH 075 or equivalent, college reading juvenile, vice, and other specialized units within law Specific alternatives to incarceration such as bail, level and writing level enforcement agencies. It focuses on the line activities of community service, pre-trial release, residential law enforcement agencies with emphasis on the patrol 3/0/0 FA halfway houses, day reporting, drug courts, ISP function and the prevention of crime. (Intensive Supervision Program), and house arrest are CON 102 Building Materials 3/0/0 FA/SP components to be discussed. and Construction Methods II 3 cr. CRJ 103 Introduction to the 3/0/0 This course is a second level course covering the Correctional System 3 cr. advanced topics of building materials and construction CRJ 213 Arson Investigation 3 cr. methods in residential and commercial construction This course is an introduction to the entire correctional This course introduces the study of arson, types of applications. Building on the competencies of CON 101, system from law enforcement through the incendiary fires and laws covering arson; methods of students will continue to develop their knowledge base administration of justice, probation, parole, prison determining fire causes, recognizing and preserving of the most common building materials in use and their system, and correctional institutions. evidence; and interviewing and detaining witnesses. interrelationship in a construction project. 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0 Prerequisite: CON 101 CRJ 106 Introduction to Court Systems 3 cr. CRJ 217 Juvenile Delinquency 3 cr. 3/0/0 SP This course is an overview of the criminal courts This course examines the development and philosophy CON 103 Statics and Strength of Materials 3 cr. and their role within the criminal justice system. of dealing with juvenile delinquency, youth crime, It examines some civil aspects of the court system This course focuses on the fundamental principles of and youth victimization through the juvenile justice and their interconnection with the criminal courts. structural design. It emphasizes analysis of structures system. It examines the role of probation, treatment It analyzes historical and current data regarding the to determine internal and external forces; the design approaches, and the Juvenile Justice Commission. structure and theory of criminal courts and investigates of members and connections based allowable tension, 3/0/0 FA/SP and questions criminal procedure and the dynamics of compression, bending and shearing stresses; analysis criminal court processes. CRJ 218 Introduction to Private Security 3 cr. of trusses; and the computerized study of forces as 3/0/0 This course examines the systems and organization of represented by vectors. The lab component provides security with primary emphasis on the private sector. hands-on experience in examining, testing and CRJ 111 Criminal Law 3 cr. It focuses on historical and philosophical perspectives evaluating the strengths of different building materials. This course examines fundamental provisions and of security and compares the public and private sectors. Prerequisite: MTH 130 underlying assumptions of criminal law. It focuses on It concentrates on contemporary issues in security 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged principles and doctrines, crimes against the person, including legal authority, the branches and functions CON 210 Estimating 3 cr. crimes against property and habitation, and crimes of security in multiple industry and institutional against public order. This course provides students with an understanding settings, and the growing function of the private sector Prerequisite: CRJ 101 of the estimating procedures and techniques used investigator. for developing budgets and schedules to meet the 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0 performance requirements of the construction project. CRJ 113 Criminal Investigation 3 cr. CRJ 219 Organized Crime 3 cr. Students learn how to estimate labor, raw material, This course is a survey of the fundamentals of criminal This course examines and analyzes the theory on and capital equipment cost to develop meaningful investigation theory and history. The student follows organized crime and terrorism; the controversy construction budgets and schedules. evidence from the crime scene to the courtroom with surrounding the phenomenon; and efforts at control. Prerequisite: CON 202 emphasis on techniques appropriate to specific crimes. It focuses on the historical aspects; the structural 3/0/0 Course fee charged Prerequisites: CRJ 101 and CRJ 102 components of various defined groups; the economic CON 220 Understanding 3/0/0 FA/SP theory and business practices; and the sociological and criminological theory as it relates to current regional Construction Drawings 3 cr. CRJ 114 Criminalistics 3 cr. organized crime groups. This course is an introductory course covering the This course focuses on the collection, identification, 3/0/0 fundamentals of interpreting construction drawings. preservation, and transportation of physical evidence. Students will learn how to examine a variety of It emphasizes examination of physical evidence within construction documents, including drawings, details, the investigator’s resources and demonstration of graphic standards, sections, and quantities for laboratory criminalistics. competitive bidding of projects. Prerequisites: CRJ 101 and CRJ 102 Prerequisite: CON 101 Corequisite/Prerequisite: CRJ 113 3/0/0 3/0/0 FA/SP 152 | Rowan College at Burlington County CRJ 220 Independent Study CUL 125 Foundations of CUL 216 A la Carte 3 cr. in Criminal Justice 3 cr. Professional Baking - Baking I 3 cr. This course is designed to introduce students to the This course is for in-service police officers and pre- This fundamental course in baking includes operation of a full service restaurant serving á la service students. The student is required to work in a instruction and practice in sanitation; safety; tools; Carte menus. Students will take orders, work cooking local police department or other agencies within the equipment; basic baking principles; recipes; recipe stations, and provide service to customers. Students criminal justice system and/or pursue an extensive conversions; weights and measures; yeast doughs; will learn how to manage both the front and back of study of some aspect of the criminal justice system artisan breads; quick breads; doughnuts; fritters; the house. through research, observation, or extended reading. It pancakes; waffles; basic syrups; creams; sauces; Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor requires a demonstration of scholarly achievement. pastry basics; and pies. 2/3/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: 30 credits, 2.8 GPA, ENG 101, CRJ 101, Prerequisite: FSM 125 CUL 230 Culinary Arts Practicum 2 cr. Student/college agreement 2/3/0 Course fee charged This work experience course consists of supervised 3/0/0 CUL 160 Patisserie – Baking II 4 cr. on-the-job learning experiences at college-approved CRJ 310 Theories of Crime 3 cr. This course in desserts includes instruction and practice work sites. This includes at least 240 hours in planned This course provides an understanding of the causes in the preparation of tarts, special pastries, cakes, activities in cooking, food preparation and related of crime in the United States and examines the icings, cake decorating, special cakes, cookies, custards, duties. Students also develop a personal portfolio. fundamentals of criminology, crime, the manner puddings, mousses, soufflés, an introduction to frozen Prerequisite: Completion of 15 CUL credits, in which crime is measured, and theories of crime. desserts, and fruit desserts. FSM 125 and permission of CUL Director The philosophical, biological, psychological, and Prerequisite: CUL 125, FSM 125 0/0/16 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged sociological theories as it pertains to why individuals 1/6/0 Course fee charged commit crime will be explored. Specific types of crime CUL 235 Advanced Baking – Baking III 4 cr. CUL 203 Garde Manger 4 cr. such as violent crime, white-collar and organized crime This course will provide experience with fine decorating; will also be discussed. This culinary arts production course is designed to showpieces; advanced dessert design; holiday themed Prerequisite: CRJ 101 and one course from the develop practical necessary skills for students to work desserts; cake decorating; and sugar and marzipan following: CRJ 102, CRJ 103 or CRJ 106 in cold kitchen or garde manger positions in foodservice sculpture. operations. An overview on the preparation of classical 3/0/0 Prerequisite: CUL 125, CUL 160, FSM 125 garde manger techniques, salad and salad dressings, 1/6/0 Course fee charged CRJ 315 Drugs and Crime in America 3 cr. sandwiches, cured and smoked meats; sausage; This course provides an understanding of the terrines and pates; canapes; hors d’oeuvers, cold soups; CUL 240 Confectionary Arts and Plated Desserts 4 cr. relationship between illegal drugs and crime. The vegetable and fruit displays; basic cheese knowledge; national and international trafficking, control of illegal and buffet presentation. This course will introduce students to the art of plated drugs, and explanations of drug use will be explored. Prerequisite: FSM 125, CUL 107 desserts and confections. The course will cover design, Historical and political foundations of drug policy and 1/6/0 Course fee charged flavor profile, costing, presentation and feasibility alternative policies for controlling psychoactive drug for restaurant service of plated desserts. In addition, CUL 206 Italian Traditions use and its consequences will be discussed. this course will provide an overview of the basic and American Regional Cuisine 4 cr. Prerequisite: CRJ 101 and CRJ 102 or CRJ 103 or CRJ 106 confectionary arts, including sugar candies; molded This course in the Italian and American traditions is an and filled chocolate; and packaging and product design 3/0/0 intensive experience in classical and authentic Italian for confections. and American foods and culture. Since “Italian cuisine” Prerequisite: FSM 125, CUL 125, CUL 160 CULINARY ARTS is actually a composite of foods of Italian regions 1/6/0 Course fee charged (20), many towns and many households, this course CUL 107 Culinary Arts 4 cr. will stress the importance of understanding the term CUL 245 Café Operation and This introductory course in food preparation includes “Regional Cuisine.” Likewise, students will gain an Artisanal Bread Baking 4 cr. instruction and practice in sanitation, safety, tools, understanding in American cuisine by examining the This course instructs students on the basics of running equipment, basic cooking principles, recipes, menus, history, diverse cultures and regional culinary traditions a simple café that specializes in baked goods, simple work preparation, stocks, sauces, soups, meats, and of the evolving United States from Native American and soups, salads and sandwiches, and dessert and poultry. This course also includes instruction and first settlers to the present. Throughout this course confectionary items. As part of the course requirement practice in the production of seafood; vegetables; students will be presented with a variety of authentic students will be required to bake all the café’s breads, potatoes and starches; garnish; international cuisine; Italian and American ingredients, terms, preparations breakfast breads, and rolls. The laboratory is a café and basic baking principles. and recipes. space open to the public. Corequisite: FSM 125 Prerequisite: FSM 125, CUL 107 Prerequisite: FSM 125, CUL 125, CUL 160 1/6/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 1/6/0 Course fee charged 1/6/0 Course fee charged CUL 122 Techniques and Traditions 4 cr. CUL 211 Purchasing and Menu Planning 3 cr. This course will cover the major cuisines of the world in This course will prepare students to plan, evaluate a very broad and general overview. Each week covers a and purchase everything that is needed to produce a different geographical region and explores both general set menu, including smallwares and equipment. The history and culinary aspects of the culture. Each week course will also prepare students to evaluate vendors will include menus specifically for that region. Students and determine suitability by price, service, and product will learn a variety of cooking methods and styles. line. Prerequisite: FSM 125, CUL 107 1/4/0 Course fee charged 1/6/0 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 153 DENTAL HYGIENE DHY 140 Oral Embryology and Histology 2 cr. DHY 200 Dental Pharmacology This course provides a conceptual framework for and Pain Control 2 cr. DHY 101 Pre-Clinical Dental Health 4 cr. understanding the growth and development of oral This course introduces pharmacology and methods of This course introduces the basic knowledge, skills and structures as well as an overview of the peri-natal pain control as it relates to the practice of dentistry. It judgments necessary for prevention of diseases of the events that begin their growth. It focuses on the focuses on adverse drug reactions; pharmacological teeth and surrounding tissue. Laboratory experiences microscopic structures of the oral tissues, growth and effects; and their usual indications and provide for practical application of the principles of development of the face and oral cavity. It also covers contraindications. It emphasizes the clinical application comprehensive dental hygiene treatment. the development of the deciduous and permanent of topical and local anesthesia. It discusses systemic Prerequisite: Admission to program, CPR certification. dentition, including common disturbances and toxicity and local complications to prepare students Corequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, CHE 108, DHY anomalies. for the prevention and management of emergencies 110, DHY 120, DHY 130 Prerequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, that may develop during treatment as well as sedation 3/8/0 Course fee charged CHE 108, DHY 101, DHY 110, DHY 120, DHY 130 methods and general anesthesia. Prerequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, BIO 155, BIO 156, DHY DHY 110 Dental Head and Neck Anatomy 3 cr. Corequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, BIO 155, BIO 156, ENG 101, DHY 151 140, DHY 151, ENG 101 This course presents the basic structures of the Corequisite: DHY 222, PSY 101 oral cavity, including the nomenclature, structure, 2/0/0 2/0/0 morphology, and function of the teeth. It emphasizes DHY 151 Clinical Services I 4 cr. the clinical appearance of the anatomical features of This course focuses on information about oral DHY 201 Clinical Services II 4 cr. the teeth and points out relationships to adjacent teeth, physiotherapy, fluoride, treatment planning, adjunctive This course allows students the opportunity to opposing teeth, and surrounding tissue. It also covers instrumentation, hypersensitivity, and air abrasive demonstrate advanced treatment techniques relative the configuration and function of gross structures of systems. There are examinations of case studies with to the dental hygiene appointment in the clinical the head and neck and emphasizes the importance of respect to treatment planning, behavior modification setting. It emphasizes skills in oral physiotherapy, anatomical concepts. strategies; and adult and pediatric preventive treatment planning, behavior modification strategies, Prerequisite: Admission to program, CPR certification. counseling. It requires clinical practice. Students must adult and child preventive counseling, and adjunctive Corequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, CHE 108, DHY demonstrate advanced techniques of dental hygiene instrumentation. 101, DHY 120, DHY 130 treatment. Prerequisite: DHY 160, DHY 200, DHY 222, PSY 101 3/0/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, Corequisite: CHE 210, DHY 210, DHY 220, CHE 108, DHY 101, DHY 110, DHY 120, DHY 120 Dental Radiology 3 cr. DHY 241; MTH 107 DHY 130 3/0/12 Course fee charged This course integrates the didactic, laboratory, and clinical principles of dental radiography. It covers x-ray Corequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, BIO 155, BIO 156, DHY DHY 210 Periodontology II 2 cr. 140, ENG 101, DHY 160 production, processing, intra- and extra-oral techniques, This course builds on the information presented in 3/0/12 Course fee charged quality assurance, utilization of radiographic selection DHY 160. It focuses on current information on clinical criteria, radiographic interpretation, radiation biology DHY 160 Periodontology I 2 cr. and adjunctive home care aids, as well as a variety and safety, and infection control and hazardous waste This course focuses on the basic concepts of the anatomy of treatment modalities. It also presents surgical disposal. It provides laboratory experiences which and pathology of the periodontium. It examines options, including implants. It requires student case progress from mannequin simulation to assigned in depth classification, etiology, and treatment of presentations which cover complete charting; review of patients in order to explore clinical applications. periodontal disease. It integrates correlation of the medical and dental histories; radiographs and/or study Prerequisite: Admission to Program, CPR certification relationship of the histopathologic changes of the models; record of treatment; patient compliance; and (current) supporting structures of the teeth by using case-based recommended maintenance schedules. Corequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, CHE 108, DHY clinical studies. Prerequisite: DHY 160, DHY 200, DHY 222, PSY 101 101, DHY 110, DHY 130 Prerequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, Corequisite: CHE 210, DHY 201, DHY 220, 2/0/3 Course fee charged CHE 108, DHY 101, DHY 110, DHY 120, DHY 241; MTH 107 DHY 130 Medical and Dental Emergencies 1 cr. DHY 130 2/0/0 This course emphasizes the importance of emergency Corequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, BIO 155, BIO 156, DHY DHY 220 Oral Pathology 3 cr. 140, DHY 151, ENG 101 prevention. It prepares students to recognize and This course investigates the study of abnormalities in manage medical emergencies that may occur in the 2/0/0 morphology and function. It focuses on the cellular dental environment. level first, including cellular alterations and response. It Prerequisite: Admission to program, CPR certification centers its approach on etiology; pathogenesis; clinical (current) and microscopic signs and symptoms; differential Corequisite: Bio 110, BIO 111, CHE 107, CHE 108, DHY diagnosis; treatment; follow-up and prognosis with 101, DHY 110, DHY 120 emphasis on those lesions most frequently encountered. 1/0/0 It focuses on the recognition of pathological conditions, both systemic and oral, as well as their risk factors so appropriate precautions and/or treatment may be taken. Prerequisite: DHY 160, DHY 200, DHY 222, PSY 101 Corequisite: CHE 210, DHY 201, DHY 210, DHY 241; MTH 107 3/0/0

154 | Rowan College at Burlington County DHY 222 Local Anesthesia 1 cr. DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL DMS 113 Ultrasound OB/GYN I 2 cr. This course is designed to prepare the student to SONOGRAPHY This course consists of normal pelvic anatomy, provide local anesthesia to patients requiring pain physiology, embryology and pathological processes. management during the course of dental hygiene DMS 101 Introduction to Sonography 2 cr. First trimester normal and abnormal anatomy, treatment. This course will provide the fundamental Introduces the diagnostic foundations of diagnostic physiology, and embryology will be studied. knowledge of choosing the appropriate agent, medical sonography, including terminology; scan plane Prerequisite: DMS 101, DMS 102, BIO 114, selection of injection, administering local anesthesia, orientations; anatomical relationships; departmental BIO 115 and health history evaluation to avoid potential administrative operations; hospital organization; HIPPA Corequisite: DMS 114 complications. regulations; blood and fluid precautions; and basic 2/0/0 Prerequisite: DHY 101, DHY 110, DHY 130, patient care principles. DHY 140, DHY 151, DHY 160 Prerequisite: Acceptance in Program, BIO 110, BIO 111, DMS 114 Ultrasound OB/GYN I Lab 1 cr. Corequisite: DHY 200 ENG 101 This laboratory course provides laboratory experiences 2/1/1/ Course fee charged 2/0/0 FA that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the Ultrasound OB/GYN I course. Students will build on DHY 240 Dental Public Health 3 cr. DMS 102 Cross-sectional Anatomy 2 cr. previous ultrasound knobology knowledge. Students This course prepares students to provide patient This course will require the student to study sectional will produce sonograms pertaining to protocols of first education to individuals and groups, focusing on anatomy of the body in the transverse, longitudinal trimester obstetrics and gynecology. a holistic approach. It covers the development, and coronal planes. Emphasis will be placed on the Prerequisite: DMS 101, DMS 102, BIO 114, implementation, and evaluation of dental health vessels and organs imaged sonographically. There will BIO 115 education programs in a variety of settings through also be correlation of the anatomy to sonographic Corequisite: DMS 113 images, CAT, MRI and X-Ray images. analysis of patient lifestyle, values, behavior, and 0/3/0 Course fee charged environment. Prerequisite: Acceptance in Program, BIO 110, Prerequisite: CHE 210, DHY 201, DHY 210, BIO 111 DMS 130 Ultrasound Pediatrics DHY 220, DHY 241; MTH 107 Corequisite: DMS 101, DMS 107 and Small Parts 2 cr. Corequisite: DHY 251, SOC 101, SPE 102 2/0/0 FA This course focuses on the anatomy, embryology, 3/0/0 Course fee charged physiology, and pathology of the neck, thyroid, breast, DMS 107 Ultrasound Abdomen 3 cr. scrotum, musculoskeletal, pediatric hip and abdomen, DHY 241 Supportive Therapies 3 cr. This course will give the student a comprehensive neonatal brain and spine. Coursework will familiarize This course provides lecture and laboratory experiences understanding of the anatomy, physiology, embryology, the student with protocols to evaluate normal versus to apply the theory, techniques and applications of and pathological processes of the abdominal region. abnormal sonographic appearances. Correlation of dental material manipulation to the clinical arena. All Specific attention is paid to the liver, pancreas, pertinent history, symptoms, clinical laboratory tests, delegable expanded functions as outlined in the New gallbladder, abdominal vascular, biliary systems, and other diagnostic procedures will be highlighted. Jersey Dental Auxiliaries Practice Act will be emphasized spleen, body cavities, urinary systems, abdominal wall/ Prerequisite: DMS 101, DMS 102, BIO 114, and taught to clinical competency. Exploration of the components, and male pelvis. BIO 115 Dental Hygienists’ role in Dental specialty practice is Prerequisite: Acceptance in Program, BIO 110, BIO 111 Corequisite: DMS 131 included. Corequisite: DMS 101, DMS 102, DMS 108 2/0/0 Prerequisite: DHY 200, DHY 222, PSY 101 3/0/0 DMS 131 Ultrasound Pediatrics Corequisite: DHY 201, DHY 210, DHY 220, DMS 108 Ultrasound Abdomen Lab 1 cr, and Small Parts Lab 1 cr. CHE 210, MTH 107 This laboratory course provides laboratory experience 2/2/2 Course fee charged This laboratory course provides laboratory experience that applies to the topics and concepts covered that applies to the topics and concepts covered in DHY 251 Clinical Services III 4 cr. in Ultrasound of the Abdomen. Students will be Ultrasound Pediatrics and Small Parts. Students will This capstone course offers an integrative clinical introduced to ultrasound knobology and scanning apply ultrasound knobology and scanning protocols of approach to the provision of patient care services. It protocols of the abdominal and male pelvis regions. pediatric and small part imaging. emphasizes the honing of clinical skills, the synthesis of Prerequisite: Acceptance in program, Prerequisite: DMS 101, DMS 102, BIO 114, prior learning, and application to the delivery of care. It BIO 110, BIO 111 BIO 115 covers practice management and its application to the Corequisite: DMS 107 Corequisite: DMS 130 business of dental hygiene to prepare students for the 0/3/0 Course fee charged 0/3/0 Course fee charged modern workforce and its various demands. DMS 110 Ultrasound Physics I 2 cr. DMS 211 Ultrasound Physics II 2 cr. Prerequisite: CHE 210, DHY 201, DHY 210, This course will discuss and solve mathematical This course will discuss the physics utilized for DHY 220, MTH 107 problems associated with human tissue, basic imaging acquisition in diagnostic ultrasound imaging. Corequisite: DHY 240, DHY 241, SOC 101, SPE 102 instrumentation and scanning technology. 3/0/12 Course fee charged Advanced material will build upon content learned Prerequisite: PHY 107 in DMS 110, such as real-time imaging, pulsed echo 2/0/0 instrumentation, Doppler, Artifacts, and Bioeffects facts; and safety/biological effects. Prerequisite: DMS 110 2/0/0 SU

rcbc.edu | 155 DMS 214 Ultrasound OB/GYN II 3 cr. DMS 220 Clinical Practicum I 4 cr. DRAFTING AND This course will prepare the student to perform This course is designed to integrate didactic and clinical DESIGN TECHNOLOGY sonograms of the female pelvis, encompassing both coursework in order to develop the student’s ultrasonic gynecological and obstetrical examinations. This course skills in a diagnostic environment and may include DDT 205 Structural Systems I 3 cr. consists of normal and abnormal anatomy throughout scanning in campus laboratories, private offices, This course applies the principles of statics and strength the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Cross- hospital rotations, and outpatient radiology centers. of materials to the analysis and design of structural sectional anatomy of these structures and their Includes experience in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, steel, reinforced concrete, timber, and aluminum appearances on the sonogram will be discussed. Fetal and small parts scanning. structures. Current specifications dealing with these abnormalities, high-risk pregnancies and maternal Prerequisite: DMS 107, DMS 108, DMS 110, DMS 113, materials are used. It also includes layout and detailing disease will also be correlated to the sonographic DMS 114, DMS 130, DMS 131 of a simple structure, as well as computerized beam examination. Classroom instruction will be coordinated Corequisite: DMS 211, DMS 214, DMS 215 selection forces as represented by vectors. with lab activities in Ultrasound OB/GYN II Lab. 0/0/24 Course fee charged Prerequisite: CON 103 Prerequisite: DMS 113, DMS 114 2/2/0 DMS 224 Sonographic Interpretations I 2 cr. Corequisite: DMS 215 3/0/0 This course will prepare the student for clinical practice and the registry exams. The student will hear lectures ECONOMICS DMS 215 Ultrasound OB/GYN II Lab 1 cr. given by experienced sonographers and physicians ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr. This laboratory course provides laboratory experiences on ultrasound related topics. The student will review that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the a series of studies on ultrasound procedures, testing This course focuses on basic economic principles with Ultrasound OB/GYN II course. Students will build on his/her diagnostic skill in identifying a wide range of particular emphasis on microeconomic theory and previous ultrasound knobology knowledge utilizing abnormalities. Finally, the student will be required to problems. It covers graphs, supply, demand, the price ALARA standards. Students will produce sonograms take a series of registry-like examinations on abdomen system, resource allocation, distribution of income, pertaining to protocols of second/third trimester and physics ultrasound. This course will also include a socioeconomic problems, international trade, economic obstetrics and gynecology. hands-on lab that includes all the preceding topics. development, and comparative economic systems. Prerequisite: DMS 113, DMS 114 Prerequisite: DMS 102, DMS 107, DMS 108, 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Corequisite: DMS 214 DMS 110 ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr. 0/3/0 Course fee charged Corequisite: DMS 230 This course is an introduction to the economic 1/3/0 Course fee charged DMS 218 Ultrasound Vascular 2 cr. institutions of our society. It focuses on supply, demand, business organization, income, social security, This course will provide the student with an DMS 230 Clinical Practicum II 4 cr. management-labor relations, taxation, money and understanding of the uses of Doppler and color This course is designed to develop and improve banking, consumption, savings and investments. It ultrasound in the diagnostic evaluation of vascular upon the student’s independent ultrasonic skills in a applies these concepts and their interrelationships to disease. Instruction will include a discussion of the diagnostic environment and may include scanning in problems such as economic activity, employment and principles of Doppler physics and instrumentation, campus laboratories, private offices, hospital rotations, unemployment, and inflation and public policies. hemodynamics, imaging protocols, and proper scanning and outpatient radiology centers. Includes experience 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU techniques for performing vascular sonograms. in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, small parts, and Prerequisite: DMS 102, DMS 107 vascular scanning. Corequisite: DMS 219 Prerequisite: DMS 220 EDUCATION 2/0/0 Corequisite: DMS 218, DMS 219, DMS 224 EDU 105 Teaching as a Profession 3 cr. 0/0/32 Course fee charged DMS 219 Ultrasound Vascular Lab 1 cr. This course addresses the professional characteristics This laboratory course provides laboratory experiences DMS 240 Clinical Practicum III 4 cr. and historical development of teaching as a profession. that apply to the topics and concepts covered in This course is designed to increase the student’s It discusses the role of the teacher, lesson preparation, Ultrasound Vascular. Students will build on previous confidence and competency within their ultrasonic and other issues facing teachers. It also provides an ultrasound knobology knowledge pertaining to skills in a diagnostic environment and may include overview of select teacher education programs. vascular scanning. Students will produce vascular scanning in campus laboratories, private offices, 3/0/0 sonograms. hospital rotations, and outpatient radiology centers. Prerequisite: DMS 102, DMS 107 EDU 112 Historical Foundations Includes experience in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, of American Education 3 cr. Corequisite: DMS 218 small parts, and vascular scanning. This course is a study of the historical and 0/3/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: DMS 230 philosophical foundations of American education. 0/0/32 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged It examines current trends and issues in education including but not limited to educational reform, diversity in the classroom, instructional approaches, and school effectiveness. 3/0/0

156 | Rowan College at Burlington County EDU 130 Human Exceptionality 3 cr. EET 121 Circuits I 4 cr. EET 232 Analog Integrated Circuits 4 cr. This course is designed to develop students’ This course focuses on the basic principles of direct and This course focuses on the characteristics and awareness and understanding of the nature and alternating current and on the properties of passive applications of analog integrated circuits including needs of individuals with exceptionalities. It provides electrical components. It covers atomic theory, current, operational amplifiers and specialized linear integrated a lifespan perspective that will assist students in voltage, resistance, resistive networks, network circuits. It investigates circuits including inverting, non- better understanding, accepting, and advocating for theorems, work power, capacitance, inductance and inverting and differential amplifiers, non-linear circuits, individuals with disabilities. transformers. Laboratory exercises include building active filters, equalizers, oscillators, timers, and power Corequisite: PSY 101 or SOC 101 and ENG 101 circuits from schematics, using laboratory equipment supply regulator IC’s. Laboratory experiments cover the 3/0/0 to make measurements, and to verify theory. Circuit course topics and verify lecture theory. Circuit analysis analysis software is used to simulate and verify the software is used to simulate and verify the laboratory EDU 210 Inclusive Principles laboratory analysis where appropriate. analysis where appropriate. and Pedagogies 3 cr. Prerequisite: EET 101 or EGR 104 or permission Prerequisite: EET 121 This course introduces the basic concepts and principles Corequisite: MTH 130 3/3/0 Course fee charged of curriculum and instruction for the inclusive classroom. 3/3/0 FA/SP Course fee charged It will focus on teaching principles and strategies, EET 240 Digital Electronics 4 cr. curriculum development and implementation, and EET 210 IT Essentials: A+ 4 cr. This course introduces the theory and design of classroom conditions that influence teaching and This course is an in-depth exposure to information logic circuits used in computers and other digital learning to promote positive classroom management technology and data communications. Students instruments. Lectures cover digital systems, binary techniques supportive of all learners in an inclusive develop the necessary skills to enter this field by numbers, Boolean algebra, binary logic gates, setting. Through the use of case study scenarios, building a computer, installing the operating system, combinational logic and simplification techniques; observations, and video experiences, students will adding peripherals, and connecting the computer to a combinational logic functions; flip-flops, counters have varied opportunities to reflect on and apply new local area network and to the Internet. This course helps & shift registers, sequential logic functions; finite learning to enhance their understanding of proactive students prepare for CompTIA’s A+ certification exam. state machines, memories and Programmable Logic behavioral strategies and supports. This course requires Prerequisite: EET 101 Devices. The laboratory component includes hands-on 45 classroom observation hours. 3/3/0 Course fee charged computer-based development and simulation tools to Prerequisite: EDU 130 develop and test digital circuits and includes a final EET 222 Circuits II 3 cr. 2/0/3 project and oral presentation. This course covers the fundamentals of AC electrical Prerequisite: EET 121 or EGR 151 circuits. It focuses on series/parallel RLC circuits, voltage 3/3/0 Course fee charged ELECTRICAL and impedance phasor diagrams, power in AC circuits, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY filters, resonance, frequency Response, and BODE plots. EET 242 Microprocessor Systems 4 cr. There is a final project with a written report and an oral This course examines microcomputer programming, EET 101 Introduction to Electronics 3 cr. presentation. analysis, and troubleshooting for real-time applications. This course explores the fields of electronics and Prerequisite: EET 121, MTH 130 The major emphasis is the verification of student- computers for those who have no experience in these 2/3/0 Course fee charged assembled programs that use both serial and parallel fields. It includes circuit components, Ohm’s Law, basic input-output devices on a microcomputer system. It DC and AC circuits, an introduction to power supplies, EET 230 Semiconductor Electronics 4 cr. includes numbering systems, microprocessor unit, transistor and integrated circuit amplifiers, and opto- This course introduces the characteristics, operation, memory, input/output, instruction sets, addressing electronic communications. Laboratory experiments and application of solid state devices including diodes, modes, assembler techniques, systems configuration, cover these topics and verify lecture theory. The bipolar and MOS field effect transistors, and light hardware, subroutines, and example programs. laboratory also introduces measurement techniques dependent semiconductor devices. It covers diodes, There is a final project with a written report and oral using a multimeter, function generator, oscilloscope, power supplies, the transistor switch, and DC and AC presentation. and computer simulation using circuit analysis analysis of various types of amplifiers. These include Prerequisite: EET 240 and CSE 110 or permission from software. the bipolar common emitter, common collector, power instructor Prerequisite: High school algebra or MTH 075 amps, and MOS field effect transistor amplifiers. 3/3/0 Course fee charged Note: EET 101 cannot be taken after passing Laboratory experiments cover the course topics and EET 330 Instrumentation and EET 121 verify lecture theory. Measurement 3 cr. 2/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Prerequisite: EET 121 and MTH 130 2/4/0 Course fee charged A study of the basic concepts and principles associated EET 111 Electronic Computer Graphics 3 cr. with the operation and use of sensors and instruments This course uses computer software to perform for the measurement and for the control of various computer aided drafting software related to the properties (temperature, pressure, liquid level, fluid electronic industry. Lectures cover development flow, etc); accuracy and reliability of instruments and of electronic block diagrams, layout, schematics, their role in control systems. Hands-on activities to routing, parts lists, and production drawings. Hands- take learned knowledge and apply it to applicable on laboratory exercises develop printed circuit board equipment. designs including layout, trace routing, assembly and Prerequisite: EGR 252 hole drill drawings. 2/2/0 Course Fee charged 2/2/0 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 157 EET 360 Rapid Prototyping and Fabrication 3 cr. ENGINEERING EGR 152 Freshman Engineering Clinic II 2 cr. A study of the basic procedures of utilizing additive This course is a continuation of Freshman Clinic I. manufacturing for rapid prototyping. Introduction EGR 104 Engineering Design Fundamentals 4 cr. Students will continue working on their projects towards fundamental concept of Additive This course presents an introduction to engineering from EGR 151. Topics covered include: microcontroller Manufacturing Process Chain. Different typical Additive involving teams of students of various disciplines operation and programming, schematic drawing Manufacturing processes and their selections for working on engineering design projects. Electronic software, and a continuation of technical industrial production. Computer Aided Design (CAD) and mechanical topics along with schematic drawing communications, using analytic and computer based for Additive Manufacturing and its applications. Hands- software are incorporated in lecture and lab modules. tools. These topics are designed to give students on activities will apply the knowledge learned to the Lecture topics include: technical communications, the skills to build, document and present a working applicable equipment. analytic and computer-based tools and the engineering project. In the laboratory, students will build projects Prerequisite: EGR 252 design process. These topics are designed to give designed in EGR 151 that have elements of Electrical 2/2/0 Course Fee charged students the skills to design, build, document and and Mechanical Engineering design. Each lab team present a working project. The laboratory component prepares a written report, gives an oral presentation EET 370 Control Systems and PLCs 3 cr. will develop projects that have elements of Electronic and demonstrates their project to an outside panel of A study of fundamental usage of Programmable and Mechanical Engineering design. Each hands- judges. Logic Controller for industrial control and automation. on lab team prepares a written report, gives an oral Prerequisite: EGR 151 PLC programming for timers, counters and human presentation and demonstrates their project to an 1/2/0 SP Course fee charged machine interface (HMI) development. PLC program outside panel of judges. development for instrumentation and process control. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 EGR 201 Engineering Statics 3 cr. Analog programming for advanced control. Hands- 3/3/0 FA/SP Course fee charged This course focuses on the fundamental principles of on activities will apply the knowledge learned to the engineering mechanics including statics of particles applicable equipment. EGR 110 Design Computer Graphics I 3 cr. and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. It covers Prerequisite: EGR 252 This course covers beginning to intermediate AutoCAD mathematical analysis as applied to the study of trusses, 2/2/0 Course fee charged with emphasis on the AutoCAD language over drafting frames, and machines; frictional forces; distributive principles. The lecture introduces the relevant AutoCAD forces; center of gravity and moment of inertia; as well topics, which are then implemented in the hands- as methods of virtual work. The free-body diagram EMERGENCY on laboratory component. All projects use AutoCAD approach and vector analysis methods are used. MEDICAL SERVICES software. Prerequisite: MTH 118 2/2/0 Course fee charged EMS 101 Basic Emergency 3/0/0 Medical Technician 8 cr. EGR 113 Design Computer Graphics II 3 cr. EGR 202 Engineering Dynamics 3 cr. This course will cover all aspects of pre-hospital care This course covers advanced AutoCAD techniques. It This course focuses on forces and motion Including and special circumstances that may be encountered. covers orthographic projection; isometric projection; kinematics of particles; kinetics of particles analyzed Students will be required to perform a 10 hour hospital sections; auxiliary views; three-dimensional detailed using Newton’s Second Law and energy and observation rotation prior to the end of this course. drawings and engineering design projects. The momentum methods; systems of particles; kinematics Skills that will be learned during the course are: spinal lecture introduces the relevant advanced AutoCAD of rigid bodies, plane motion of rigid bodies analyzed immobilization; respiratory care; care of the pediatric topics, which are then implemented in the hands-on using energy and momentum methods; kinetics of rigid patient; and care of the trauma patient. The following laboratory component. All projects involve use of the bodies in three dimension, and mechanical vibration. programs will also be covered in the course: IMS AutoCAD software. Prerequisite: EGR 201, MTH 119 100/700; Haz-Mat Awareness and CBRNE Awareness. Prerequisite: EGR 110 3/0/0 Students successfully completing the course and the NJ 2/2/0 Course fee charged Department of Health exam are certified as emergency EGR 203 Surveying 3 cr. EGR 151 Freshman Engineering Clinic I 2 cr. medical technicians. This basic course will teach the use of the level, transit, This course presents an introduction to engineering Prerequisite: CPR for Professional Rescuers tape, linear measurements, leveling contours, traverses, involving teams of students of various disciplines 8/0/0 and construction surveying will be demonstrated. working on engineering design projects. Electrical Field and office work, site planning and computerized EMS 102 Psychomotor Skills for and mechanical topics are incorporated in lecture traverses will be studied. EMT Certification 1 cr. and lab modules. Lecture topics include: technical Prerequisite: MTH 130 or permission communications, using analytic and computer-based This course provides the student with the necessary 2/2/0 Course fee charged simulation lab and clinical hours in order to learn and tools and the engineering design process. These topics practice skills required for EMT certification. The student are designed to give students the skills to design a EGR 210 Design Computer Graphics III 3 cr. has the opportunity to have simulation lab practice working project. The laboratory component gives the This course continues to develop the skills learned in with clinical instructors in order to develop confidence student an opportunity to develop their design projects EGR 113. It uses the advanced capabilities of AutoCAD and expertise in performing all required skills. possessing elements of electrical and mechanical for drafting and design to create complex three- Prerequisite: CPR.AHA design. dimensional models. It focuses on the application of Corequisite: EMS 101 Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENG 101 solid modeling and rendering techniques and applies 0/5/3 1/2/0 FA Course fee charged them to an advanced design concept. Prerequisite: EGR 113 2/2/0 Course fee charged

158 | Rowan College at Burlington County EGR 212 Material Science and Engineering 3 cr. EGR 252 Sophomore Engineering Clinic II 1 cr. ENGLISH This course provides students with an introduction to Sophomore Clinic is an interdisciplinary, team-taught material science and engineering. Students will apply course designed to help students develop professional ENG 060 Academic Literacy 6 cr.* the basics of chemistry, such as atomic bonding, to and public speaking in engineering. This course This course is an integrated and accelerated model for develop an understanding of the structure-property encourages students to build strong communication developmental reading and writing. It is designed for relationships in materials. Materials designed for practices in conjunction with engineering design skills those students who demonstrate a need for review mechanical, electrical, and optical applications will be in order to recognize the relationship between critical and improvement of fundamental skills in reading and studied. thinking and oral communications. Hands on activities writing. Standard English usage and correct mechanics Prerequisite: CHE 115 will be included to provide the data to be expressed are emphasized, along with a process approach for 3/0/0 through oral presentations. developing unified and coherent paragraphs and Prerequisite: EGR 251 essays. Students also strengthen comprehension and EGR 220 Advanced CADD Project 3 cr. Corequisite/Prerequisite: SPE 102 critical thinking skills through extensive reading on a This course is designed so a student selects and variety of topics. 0/2/0 Course fee charged completes one or more projects throughout the *Credits do not apply toward graduation. semester. The lecture provides advanced CAD topic EGR 351 Junior Engineering Clinic I 2 cr. Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment and information. The laboratory component provides This is a continuation of the Engineering Clinic recommendation of an academic advisor. hands-on experience for the student to develop skills sequence. During the period of this course, design 6/0/0 for their application. The student selects, with the methodology, proposal development, library approval of the instructor, an industrial application. The research, project management and computer usage ENG 080 English Composition I Clinic 3 cr.* student prepares a formal proposal and a final project are stressed. It provides the opportunity for junior This course offers intensive instruction and practice report based on the completed project. students to demonstrate their professional competence of necessary skills for writing expository essays. It Prerequisite: EGR 210 by designing and building a functional applied emphasizes select sections of the writing process, 2/2/0 Course fee charged technology, or engineering prototypes using the organization, methods of development, and diction. associated equipment or knowledge provided in the It provides significant support for student research EGR 230 Strength of Materials 3 cr. lecture courses offered this semester. Working in cross- and research based writing according to multiple The course presents the theory and analytical functional teams and vertical integration of juniors and documentation formats. techniques used in the design and analysis of seniors, demonstration of a chosen project will confirm * Credits do not apply toward graduation. engineered structural components. The course understanding of selected areas. Prerequisite: ENG 060 or ENG 055, REA 075; or addresses the principles of stress and strain, mechanical Prerequisite: EGR 252 placement based on assessment and academic properties of materials, and beam and bar analysis. The 0/4/0 Course fee charged advisement study of structural components includes axial forces, Corequisite: ENG 101 torsion, bending, shear, combined loading, buckling EGR 352 Junior Engineering Clinic II 2 cr. 3/0/0 and design. Concepts such as principal stresses, Hooke’s This is a continuation of the Engineering Clinic Sequence. Law for plane stress, and failure criteria are introduced. During this course, design methodology, proposal ENG 101 College Composition I 3 cr. Prerequisite: EGR 201 development, library research, project management This course develops skills in expository writing. It 3/0/0 and computer usage are stressed. It provides the emphasizes the writing process, organization, methods opportunity for juniors and seniors to demonstrate their of development, and diction. It requires a research EGR 251 Sophomore Engineering Clinic I 1 cr. professional competence by designing and building essay using the MLA documentation format. Sophomore Clinic is an interdisciplinary, team-taught a functional applied technology, or engineering Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 080 or course designed to help students develop professional prototypes using the associated equipment or equivalent skills and technical writing skills in engineering. This course knowledge provided in the lecture courses offered this 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged encourages students to build strong communication semester. The students work in cross-functional teams practices in conjunction with engineering design and learn project management skills, team dynamics, ENG 102 College Composition II 3 cr. skills in order to recognize the relationship between design, technical communication skills, construction This course in composition focuses on reading, critical thinking and writing. Hands on activities will be and/or modeling, documentation and demonstration analyzing, and discussing literature. It emphasizes included to provide the data to be documented through of a chosen project which shows understanding of reading skills, the expression of insights in writing, and writing. selected areas. the pleasures of reading literature. Prerequisite(s): EGR 152, PHY 210, PHY 110, ENG 101, Prerequisite: EGR 351 Prerequisite: ENG 101 and completion of all MTH 118 0/4/0 Course fee charged required Developmental Reading Co-requisite/Prerequisite: ENG 102 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 0/2/0 Course Fee Charged ENG 105 Technical Writing 3 cr. This course focuses on the writing skills necessary for presenting information of a technical nature. There is intensive practice through students writing reports in their own technical or engineering field. Prerequisite: ENG 101 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 159 ENG 106 Business Communications 3 cr. ESL 067 ESL Reading II 4 cr.* ESL 078 ESL Writing III 4 cr.* This course focuses on effective communication using This intermediate course is for non-native speakers of This intensive course is for non-native speakers business vocabulary and its influence on human English who have an understanding of basic phonics, of English who understand the organization and relations in business and industry. It emphasizes vocabulary, and pre-reading and reading strategies development of the five-paragraph essay and have instruction and practice of the form, presentation, tone, such as topic sentence and main idea. It focuses intermediate grammar skills. It introduces advanced and psychology of business letters and reports. on increasing reading comprehension with more grammar and the refinement of longer essays through Prerequisite: ENG 101 or higher intermediate vocabulary development, word and speaking and writing activities. It prepares students to 3/0/0 dictionary usage structural analysis, and additional enter ENG 101. pre-reading and reading strategies such as author’s *Credits do not apply toward graduation. ENG 251 Creative Writing 3 cr. purpose and supporting details. Prerequisite: ESL 077 or placement based on This writing course focuses on the short story and/or * Credits do not apply toward graduation. assessment and recommendation of an academic poetry, with occasional evaluation of the work of other Prerequisite: ESL 066 or intermediate reading level advisor writers. It requires a final portfolio. comprehension scores based on assessment and 4/0/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission recommendation of an academic advisor ESL 081 ESL Speaking and Listening I 4 cr.* 3/0/0 4/0/0 Course fee charged This basic course provides intensive drill in the ENG 252 Semantics 3 cr. ESL 068 ESL Reading III 4 cr.* phonetics and intonation uses of the English language This course examines the use and impact of language This advanced course is for non-native speakers of for the non-native speaker of English. Students practice in contemporary American society. It focuses on the English who have an understanding of intermediate phonics and intonation uses in essential daily speech effects of language manipulation in political, economic, vocabulary, word usage; and reading strategies such patterns to improve speaking skills and do active, and social areas. Special attention is given to the as main idea; author’s purpose; and supporting details. guided listening of recorded materials. connotation of words, logical fallacies, propaganda, It focuses on increasing reading with more advanced *Credits do not apply toward graduation. and doublespeak. It examines the distinction between vocabulary development, word and dictionary usage, Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment and responsible, persuasive language and exploitive structural analysis, and additional pre-reading and recommendation of an academic advisor language. reading strategies such as outlining and inference. 4/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission *Credits do not apply toward graduation. ESL 082 ESL Speaking and Listening II 4 cr.* 3/0/0 Prerequisite: ESL 067 or placement based on assessment and recommendation of an academic This intermediate course is designed for non-native speakers of English who wish to develop more correct ENGLISH AS A advisor 4/0/0 Course fee charged pronunciation with improved intonation. It addresses SECOND LANGUAGE students’ pronunciation difficulties as well as their use ESL 074 Intermediate Intensive Grammar 4 cr. ESL 056 Integrated ESL for Beginners 4 cr.* of idiomatic English. The intensive practice with more This intensive course is for non-native speakers of difficult daily and academic situations is supplemented This course is designed to help non-native English English who have elementary grammar skills. It focuses by guided listening of recorded materials to improve speakers whose placement scores indicate limited or on intensive instruction of intermediate grammar and listening skills in both academic and personal settings. no ability to read, speak and write in English. Students focuses on specific grammar usage problems that *Credits do not apply toward graduation. in this course learn practical vocabulary, important intermediate students typically experience. English phrases, greetings, the alphabet, the English Prerequisite: ESL 081 or placement based on 4/0/0 number system, fundamental grammatical concepts, assessment and recommendation of an academic and basic pronunciation. ESL 076 ESL Writing I 4 cr.* advisor * Credits do not apply toward graduation. This intensive course is for beginning non-native 4/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged 4/0/0 speakers of English. It introduces elementary grammar ESL 083 ESL Speaking and Listening III 4 cr.* and helps students to develop basic paragraph writing ESL 066 ESL Reading I 4 cr.* This advanced course is designed for non-native skills through speaking and writing activities. speakers of English who wish to reduce accent This course is for beginning non-native speakers *Credits do not apply toward graduation. and develop near-native fluency with idiomatic of English. It introduces basic phonics; vocabulary Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment and expressions. Students focus on the organization and development; and pre-reading and reading strategies recommendation of an academic advisor presentation of formal reports. It emphasizes academic such as topic sentence and main idea to increase language in class discussions. More advanced listening reading comprehension. 4/0/0 Course fee charged is provided and note-taking strategies are practiced to * Credits do not apply toward graduation. ESL 077 ESL Writing II 4 cr.* help students prepare for college-level communication Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment and This intensive course is for non-native speakers of demands. recommendation of an academic advisor English who understand paragraph development *Credits do not apply toward graduation. 4/0/0 Course fee charged and have elementary grammar skills. It focuses on Prerequisite: ESL 082 or placement based on intermediate grammar and introduces the organization assessment and recommendation of an academic and development of the basic five-paragraph essay advisor through speaking and writing activities. 4/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged *Credits do not apply toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL 076 or placement based on assessment and recommendation of an academic advisor 4/0/0 Course fee charged

160 | Rowan College at Burlington County ESL 093 English for TOEFL I 4 cr.* ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT The TOEFL I preparation course is designed to help TECHNOLOGIES: CORE TECHNOLOGIES: VIDEO students who are non-native speakers of English acquire the skills and confidence necessary to achieve ETC 105 Entertainment Law 3 cr. ETV 101 TV Production (Studio) 4 cr. a high TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) This course introduces the legal aspects of the This course introduces the theory and operation of the score. The TOEFL test is a requirement for admission to entertainment and digital media industry. It covers modern multi-camera television studio and control most four-year American colleges and universities. The ethics; copyright; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act equipment for broadcast and online content. It covers Class concentrates on the four areas of the TOEFL test: and its implications; law in cyberspace; intellectual types of programming and phases of production, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as property; performance rights; songwriting and including conception of ideas, script analysis, directing, test-taking skills and strategies. personal appearance contracts; trademarks; and other blocking, lighting, sets, sound, graphics, and hands- *Credits do not apply toward graduation. relevant topics. on operation of equipment. Students will participate Prerequisite: ESL 067, ESL 077 or placement based on 3/0/0 in newscasts and the creation of studio-based live talk-show productions, and produce public service assessment ETC 222 Entertainment Tech announcements. Corequisite: ESL 068, ESL 078 Field Experience 3 cr. 3/2/0 Course fee charged 4/0/0 This course provides students with opportunities to ESL 094 English for TOEFL II 4 cr.* work in a selected field for course credits. It includes at ETV 102 TV Production (Field) 4 cr. least 200 hours of tech field experience on the job in The TOEFL II preparation course is designed to provide This course provides the student with a broader Entertainment Technologies professional setting. The further instruction and practice on reading and writing, knowledge of the fundamentals of television and students will fulfill a wide range of duties agreed to by as well as test-taking skills and strategies. Students cinematic video production, as well as the tools both the student and faculty supervisor. will have a chance to take practice tests in each section needed to develop critical investigations in a variety of and, based on the results, receive further suggestions Prerequisite: ETS Majors –ETS 105; contemporary non-fiction forms. Students will produce for improvement on their performance from their ETV Majors – ETV 102 and complete documentary and workshop projects, instructor. There will be daily homework assignments 0/0/9 FA/SP/SU thus offering experience in project development and in all language skill areas, including vocabulary. The conceptualization, camerawork, sound recording, TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test is a lighting and editing. ENTERTAINMENT Prerequisite: ETV 101 requirement for admission to most four-year American TECHNOLOGIES: SOUND colleges and universities. 3/2/0 Course fee charged *Credits do not apply toward graduation. ETS 101 Live Sound Production I 4 cr. ETV 105 Editing for the Media 3 cr. Prerequisite: ESL 093 or placement based on This course introduces the basic concepts of acoustics This course covers the operation of computerized digital, assessment in sound recording and reinforcement in studios and non-linear editing techniques. Students learn how to 4/0/0 live venues. It covers the operation and use of sound operate desktop, non-linear digital editors to create system components, consoles, amplifiers, speakers, ESL 097 English for Academic Purposes 4 cr.* various forms of video for education, entertainment, microphones, and other equipment. It includes hands- special events, commercial, and industrial applications. English for Academic Purposes is an advanced level on learning experiences in operating sound systems for 3/0/0 Course fee charged bridge course between ESL and college-level classes. live events. The course gives students practice in undergraduate 3/3/0 Course fee charged level academic writing and reading. Listening, FASHION DESIGN speaking and grammar skills will also be integrated ETS 105 Recording Engineering I 4 cr. into the course. The course materials and assessments This course provides hands-on learning experiences FAD 107 Fashion Drawing 3 cr. for English for Academic Purposes reflect the type of in the basic operation of a sound stage and recording In this course, students will learn to croqui sketch activities and situations students will encounter in studio. It covers audio theory; use of the console; apparel design ideas and create detailed rendered college-level courses, such as note-taking, writing tape and digital recording equipment; digital editing illustrations using industry standard methods and extended essays, reading academic texts, giving equipment; microphone placement; differentiation media. Technical flats, garment details and fabric presentations, and participating in group discussions. of microphones and their associated uses; multi-track rendering will be included. Students will study and *Credits do not apply toward graduation. mixing; and recording session procedures. It also review the basic front, back and side poses of the Prerequisite: ESL 078, ESL 068 or placement based on includes the use of digital recording techniques and fashion figure and will complete original designed assessment duplication. collections of illustrated garments. 4/0/0 Prerequisite: ETS 101 1/4/0 3/3/0 Course fee charged FAD 120 Apparel Construction 4 cr. ETS 225 Advanced Music Production 3 cr. This course is the study of the fundamentals of apparel This course will introduce and teach the student how construction methods. Students will become familiar to use today’s technology to create and produce music. with construction terminology, lab equipment and Students will be exposed to music arrangements, pro production techniques. A sample book of various tools techniques, music software, basic music theory, industrial construction methods will be developed. artist relations and producing live bands. Students will create and assemble an original garment Prerequisite: ETS 105 design. 1/4/0 Course fee charged 2/4/0 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 161 FAD 131 Fashion Research Methods 3 cr. FAD 222 Fashion Design Collection 4 cr. FSC 201 Fire Service Construction Principles 4 cr. This course explores the processes of first hand In this course, students will use primary and secondary This course provides a fundamental understanding research and visual documentation methods for research to develop original design plans for a variety of construction principles of concern to fire service fashion concepts and development. Students will of projects. The design process will include croqui personnel. The course will discuss construction record their observational findings in a journal and sketches, rendered fashion illustrations, fitted muslin materials such as wood, masonry, concrete, and steel build on these concepts to create industry standard prototypes, fabric selection and completed garments. as it relates to building design criteria and material visual presentations. Resources for exploration Each step of the design process will be documented. behavior as it relates to fire service operations. Topics include museum visits, trend and forecasting reports, Prerequisite: FAD 142, FAD 107 to be covered include construction principles and pop-culture, community, architecture and natural 2/4/0 Course fee charged terminology, wood and ordinary construction, garden environment. Students will respond to their research by apartments and other protected structures, smoke developing presentations on color, fabric and fashion and fire containment, truss construction, rack storage styling trends. FIRE SCIENCE facilities, and buildings with sprinklers. 3/0/0 FSC 101 Introduction to Fire Science 7 cr. Prerequisite: FSC 101 4/0/0 Course fee charged FAD 135 Introduction to Textiles 3 cr. This course will provide the training, knowledge and This course introduces textile materials and processes skills necessary to meet the minimum requirements to FSC 202 Tactics and Strategies 3 cr. pertinent to apparel design and development and safely perform as an entry-level firefighter operating This course is designed to meet the needs of firefighters emphasizes textiles currently used in the apparel under direct supervision. The course follows NFPA 1001 looking to gain the knowledge of the operation of industry. It focuses on fibers, yarns and textile structures (Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications). fire suppression companies in structural firefighting. and textile styling and advances in technology. Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations, Incident Student will perform an analysis of the nature of fire 3/0/0 Management System Orientation (I-100/700) and CPR problems and the selection of initial strategies and are included as part of the course. Students completing tactics including an in-depth study of efficient and FAD 142 Pattern Development 4 cr. the course will be eligible to apply for NJ Division of Fire effective use of manpower and equipment to mitigate This course introduces flat pattern methods for drafting Safety Firefighter I certification (including ProBoard/ the emergency. The students will: identify potential and designing of basic apparel. Draping will be IFSAC certification). scenarios in various fire situations; implement strategies introduced and completed original ensembles will be 5/4/0 Course fee charged and tactics; and describe components of the incident constructed. management system. Students will demonstrate that Prerequisite: FAD 120 FSC 102 Fire Department Organization and Management 4 cr. course objectives have been met through the use of 3/3/0 Course fee charged class discussions and test taking, including a live burn This course is designed to introduce firefighters practical evolution. Essential firefighting skills and an FAD 144 History of Fashion Design 3 cr. and company officers to essential and innovative understanding of the incident command system are This course will introduce students to the historical management, leadership and human relations assumed. evolution of fashion design, tracing clothing origins methods. This course is also appropriate for training Prerequisite: FSC 101 from the ancient world of Egypt, Greece and Rome officers responsible for teaching and developing fire and continuing to modern times. The importance of officers and officer candidates. Knowledge of essential 3/0/0 Course fee charged clothing as a record of lifestyle, culture, politics and firefighting skills is assumed. The course curriculum FSC 204 Fire Inspector Certification 6 cr. social economic conditions will be discussed. Attention corresponds to the requirements in NFPA 1021 This course is designed to ensure that students are will be given to aesthetics of past styles and the (Professional Qualifications) for Level I in personnel and competent in the basics of fire code enforcement. The influences that inspire contemporary fashion. fire ground management. The supervisory addresses student will become familiar with the New Jersey 3/0/0 issues related to human relations such as equal Uniform Fire Code, including the 2006 International Fire FAD 155 Fashion Merchandising 3 cr. opportunity employment, professional development, Code-New Jersey Edition and other reference standards. employee health and safety, and the officer’s legal The students will be prepared to take the International This course introduces students to essential concepts responsibilities to the employees and the community. in the practice of profitable fashion merchandising. Code Council Fire Inspector Test, based upon the 2006 Successful completion of this course is a part of the International Fire Code the 2006 International Building Students will learn and apply fundamental tools of the requirements to apply for and obtain NJ Division of Fire trade including online and retail store buying aspects, codes, as required for NJ Division of Fire Safety (includes Safety Fire Officer I certification (including ProBoard/ ProBoard/IFSAC) certification. The program will consist introduction to retail pricing, merchandise inventory IFSAC certification). and marketing. of classroom lecture and field work. Students should Prerequisite: FSC 101 3/0/0 have some knowledge of building construction and fire 4/0/0 Course fee charged detection and suppression systems. FAD 160 Fashion Technology 3 cr. FSC 103 Fire Detection and Prerequisite: FSC 101 This course introduces students to computer technology Suppression Systems 3 cr. 6/0/0 Course fee charged that is currently used in the Fashion Industry. Using This course provides a technical study of typical computer software students will create flat technical automatic signaling and detection devices and special drawings and presentations. Correct terminology will hazard fire suppression systems. Topics covered be taught to analyze and create development packages include hazard analysis, hardware, hydraulic for overseas manufacturing. calculations, system specifications, and code compliance 3/0/0 relative to design criteria and final acceptance. 3/0/0 Course fee charged

162 | Rowan College at Burlington County FRENCH GEOGRAPHY GIS 203 Fundamentals of Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 cr. FRE 101 Elementary French I 3 cr. GEO 102 Principles of Geography 3 cr. This course introduces the Global Positioning System This course is for students with no knowledge of French. This course is a survey of geography, including place (GPS), including the conceptual basis for GPS and It focuses on laying a foundation for speaking, reading, names, climate, land forms, and peoples. It covers the hands-on operation of the technology, including and writing French. implications of historical geography, economics, and computer interfaces, GIS software, and real-world 3/0/0 FA/SP political systems. applications. 3/0/0 FA/SP FRE 102 Elementary French II 3 cr. Prerequisite or Corequisite: GIS 101 This course is for students with limited knowledge of 2/2/0 Course fee charged French. It focuses on building upon demonstrated skills GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY GIS 291 Geospatial Technology in speaking, reading, and writing French. Projects/Internship I 1 cr. Prerequisite: FRE 101 or one year of high school French GIS 101 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 cr. GIS 292 Geospatial Technology 3/0/0 FA/SP This introductory course includes an overview of maps Projects/Internship II 2 cr. FRE 201 Intermediate French I 3 cr. and computer systems; a look at models for attribute GIS 293 Geospatial Technology This course focuses on speaking French. Class discussion and spatial data; the organization of information in Projects/Internship III 3 cr. is based on the reading of selected short stories, plays, a GIS; how a GIS can be used; and future trends for These courses enable students to complete a series of and novels. It reinforces grammar and composition skills. this technology. Geographic Information Systems projects supervised by a faculty member or to complete Prerequisite: FRE 102 or two years of high school French (GIS) deals with the development and use of maps an internship with a company or government agency. 3/0/0 and data. GIS integrates the display capabilities of a Both options provide experience in using GIS, GPS, and computerized map with the information management FRE 202 Intermediate French II 3 cr. remote sensing technologies together to solve a variety tools of a spreadsheet. of problems in areas such as mapping; marketing; This course continues the emphasis on speaking French. 3/0/0 Course fee charged environmental studies; town and regional planning; Class discussion is based on the reading of selected and facility management. Students use GIS, GPS, and short stories, plays, and novels. It reviews grammar and GIS 160 Introduction to Mapping and image processing software to complete projects during composition skills. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 cr. the semester. Prerequisite: FRE 201 This course will serve as an introduction to the science Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor 3/0/0 of mapping and the analysis of geographic data. Students will understand the value and relevance of geographic data and how it can be interpreted GERMAN FOOD SERVICE through the portrayal of maps. Students will also MANAGEMENT utilize geographic information systems to compile and GER 101 Elementary German I 3 cr. present geographic data. This course is designed for students with no FSM 122 Quality Service in 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged knowledge of the language. Training is designed to lay Food/Restaurant Operation 4 cr. GIS 201 Advanced Applications a foundation for speaking, writing, and reading the This course covers what managers need to know about language. serving food and dealing with customers, covering in Geographic Information Systems 3 cr. 3/0/0 all aspects of service from casual to fine dining. This This course provides skills and knowledge to explore is a hands on course that runs the front of the house problems using a GIS. Students learn how to convert GER 102 Elementary German II 3 cr. operation in our student cafe. data to digital format; import digital data; edit digital This course is for students with limited knowledge Prerequisite: FSM 125 data; create and manipulate databases; analyze spatial of the language. Training is designed to build on 1/6/0 relationships; provide map outputs; and create program demonstrated skills in speaking, writing, and reading user interfaces. the language. FSM 125 Food Service Sanitation Prerequisite: GIS 101 3/0/0 and Accident Prevention 2 cr. 3/0/0 Course fee charged This course focuses on food safety information GER 201 Intermediate German I 3 cr. including food-borne illness; pest management; GIS 202 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing 3 cr. This course focuses on speaking German. Class sanitation regulations; safe food storage; cleaning This course focuses on the principles of remote discussion is based on cultural readings from the programs; accident prevention and safety; emergency sensing and image processing and their applications. German-speaking world. There is intensive grammar actions; and crisis management. It concentrates on aerial photography, but includes study and composition work. 2/0/0 satellite imagery. It details the physical principle upon Prerequisite: GER 102 or two years of high school which a variety of photographic and non-photographic German or permission FSM 215 Elementary Nutrition 2 cr. sensors operate, describes the existing satellite systems 3/0/0 This course focuses on the basic concepts of nutrition. used for remote sensing, describes the principles It focuses on a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis behind image interpretation, and provides instruction on personal nutrition; pregnancy; children; weight with computer programs. management; exercise; vegetarian eating; heart Prerequisite: GIS 101 disease; cancer; diabetes; healthy recipe and menu 3/0/0 Course fee charged planning; nutrition misinformation; and marketing nutrition in food service. 2/0/0

rcbc.edu | 163 GRAPHIC DESIGN GDD 221 Web Design I 3 cr. HWP 110 Introduction to Exercise Science 3 cr. AND DIGITAL MEDIA This course introduces design concepts and This course examines the fundamental components of Lab/studio art courses require students to purchase techniques applicable to the World Wide Web, physical fitness and how exercise and lifestyle affects materials with costs ranging from $50 to $150 per with an emphasis on the visual problem-solving health and wellness. Topics include the principles of semester. process. It examines the creative possibilities as well as exercise, development of an exercise program, fitness the technical aspects of web design as students learn assessment, components of fitness, exercise and GDD 101 Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 cr. to prepare pages for the Internet environment. It uses special conditions. The relationship between individual This course introduces the elements and principles of state-of-the-art 2D and 3D web design software. lifestyle choices and personal health are discussed. graphic design. It explores industry design software Prerequisite: GDD 110 3/0/0 in the Macintosh environment and how to use the 3/0/0 Course fee charged computer as an artistic tool. GDD 225 History of Graphic Design 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged HEALTH INFORMATION This course surveys the history of graphic design from MANAGEMENT GDD 110 Graphic Design I 3 cr. the beginning of visual communication to the onset This course presents the basic principles of graphic of the digital age. Students will study the cultural, HIM 101 Introduction to the Medical Office 3 cr. design and explores them through problem-solving economic and political impact of graphic design This course introduces the student to the medical assignments. It gives an overview of the graphic design throughout history. office and medical professionals. It covers records field and professional working methods. It emphasizes 3/0/0 management, medical communications, scheduling the development of strong conceptual content and skills, and describes procedures for preparing patients’ solid craftsmanship in design execution. GDD 317 Publication Layout and Design 3 cr. charts and bills. This is a foundation course for the Prerequisite: GDD 101 This course focuses on the design, layout and Medical Billing Specialist Certificate. Students will 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged conceptual composition of publications such as receive hands-on practice with a simulated electronic brochures, magazines, newspaper pages, fliers health records system. Computer and internet is GDD 112 Illustration 3 cr. and advertisements. Students will learn how to required. This course focuses on the basic principles of illustration integrate imagery and artwork with typographic 3/0/0 Course fee charged such as color, form, composition, as well as concept elements through hands-on projects and workshop- development and communication. It presents the type demonstrations. Students will be guided in HIM 110 Human Body in Health & Disease 3 cr. history of illustration and its importance in graphic developing creative compositions in order to increase This course provides an overview of the anatomy and design. Assignments focus on the creation of original the effectiveness of communication. Industry-standard physiology of the eleven major organ systems of the artwork through traditional and digital media, design software will be utilized to create effective human body. Common diseases, disorders and the including scans, vector-based, and pixel-based layouts. effects of aging will be discussed as they pertain to each software. Prerequisite: GDD 115, GDD 214 system. This course is intended for allied health majors. Prerequisite: ART 120, GDD 101 3/0/0 SP Course Fee Charged 3/0/0 Course fee charged 3/0/0 Course fee charged HIM 200 Billing & Claims Processing 3 cr. GDD 115 Typography 3 cr. HEALTH AND WELLNESS This course will provide students with an understanding This course focuses on the basic principles of typography necessary for claims processing and billing regulations. as an art form and its place and importance in graphic HWP 101 Introduction to Health It will introduce students to various third-party payers design. It also presents the history of typography and and Wellness Promotion 3 cr. and the claims processing required for each. Students type classification as well as letterforms. This course is based on the concepts outlined in “Healthy will develop the ability to appeal denied and underpaid Prerequisite: GDD 101 People 2020” the nationwide health improvement insurance claims. Students will learn hands-on utilizing paper and electronic software. Computer and internet 3/0/0 Course fee charged priorities identified to increase public awareness and understanding of health, disease and disability as well access is required. GDD 214 Graphic Design II 3 cr. as opportunities for prevention and improvement. It 3/0/0 Course fee charged This course builds on the information in GDD 110. provides an introduction to health and disease, health It emphasizes advanced visual problem-solving with promotion and the continuum of health and wellness. digital media from concept development to final Strategies to introduce the public to health disparities presentation. as well as strategies for improvement are covered. Prerequisite: GDD 110, ART 110 3/0/0 3/0/0 Course fee charged HWP 103 ECG Application 3 cr. GDD 220 Portfolio 3 cr. This course provides the learner with basic information This course has students develop a portfolio for on the electrical conduction of the cardiac system professional practice as a graphic designer from and the monitoring equipment involved in patient new assignments and from the refinement of work assessment. Basic wave form interpretation is included completed in previous courses. It addresses career as well as weekly hands on practice in a skills lab options, portfolio presentation, resume writing, and setting. Students perform ECG in the lab setting on professional practices. This course should be taken last volunteers and at the end of the course are eligible to in the GDD program. sit for certification as an ECG technician. Prerequisite: GDD 115, GDD 214 2/3/0 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged

164 | Rowan College at Burlington County HEALTH INFORMATION HIT 107 Health Information HIT 120 Introduction to Healthcare TECHNOLOGY in Non-Acute Care 3 cr. and Public Health 3 cr. This course includes thorough discussion of the different A survey of how healthcare and public health are HIT 102 Introduction to types of non-acute care facilities. It emphasizes organized and services delivered in the US. It covers Health Information Technology 3 cr. national and state accrediting, licensing and certifying public policy; relevant organizations and their This course is an overview of the organization of standards regarding documentation and management interrelationships; professional roles; legal and health care in the United States. It addresses the of health information in non-acute patient records. It regulatory issues; and payment systems. It also structure of healthcare organizations; accrediting and covers the development, content, and management addresses health reform initiatives in the US. It discusses governmental bodies that provide standards for the of health information in the non-acute setting and how care is organized within a practice setting, privacy provision of health care to include the current flow of students develop policy and procedures and perform laws, and professional and ethical issues encountered the acute care medical record. It introduces the allied qualitative/quantitative analysis on medical records. in the workplace. health professions and the organizational structure of It also includes release of information and other basic 3/0/0 Course fee charged the medical staff and its composite members. It focuses functions of the Information Management Technologist HIT 121 Introduction to Health IT 3 cr. on an overview of payer organizations including, but in the non-acute care facility. Term paper completion is not limited to, managed care and capitation; the health facilitated by an off-site visit to a non-acute care facility. This course provides a basic overview of computer information management profession’s history; current Prerequisite: HIT 102, HIT 103 architecture; data organization, representation and structure; structure of programming languages; structure and career potentials; and projected future 3/0/0 Course fee charged roles. This course utilizes specialized software for hands networking and data communication. It traces the on practice with an electronic health record. HIT 110 Professional Practice Experience I 2 cr. development of IT systems in health care and public Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIT Program This course is the first of two Professional Practice health, beginning with the experiments of the 1950s 3/0/0 Experiences (PPE I). It emphasizes the practical and 1960s and culminating in the HITECH act, including application of theory and concepts learned in HIT the introduction of the concept of “meaningful use” of HIT 103 Legal Aspects of 102 and 103. Students will be exposed to working electronic health records. Health Information 3 cr. professionals from all areas of health information, 3/0/0 Course fee charged This course focuses on the legal aspects of the health including but not limited to: acute care, non-acute record, health information, and the health information HIT 204 Healthcare Management care, insurance industry, quality and performance and Personnel 3 cr. department. It emphasizes the implications of legal improvement, data quality analysis, electronic health aspects for the health information practitioner; gives records, management and consulting. This course introduces the management and personnel skills necessary for entry-level employment at an in-depth study of the confidentiality of health Prerequisite: HIT 102, HIT 103 the supervisory level. It emphasizes management information as well as the standards, regulations, and 2/0/0 laws that govern the release of health information. functions, including planning, organizing, controlling, It also covers how to monitor and implement legal HIT 115 Pathophysiology 3 cr. and directing and personnel skills, such as changes, liability issues, and the risk management This course focuses on the mechanisms of disease and communication, motivation, recruitment, discipline, function. disease effects on the human body. It emphasizes the and team building. Individual role playing and group 3/0/0 Course fee charged disease process, basic concepts, terminology, the most activities are used. common diseases of each body system, with normal Prerequisite: HIT 102 or permission HIT 105 Medical Terminology 2 cr. anatomy and physiology compared to pathologic 3/0/0 Course fee charged This course is the study of medical terminology, the anatomy and physiologic malfunctioning due to the HIT 205 HCPCS Coding (CPT-4) 3 cr. language of medicine, focusing on prefixes, suffixes, disease process. It also covers diagnostic methods, word roots and their combining forms by review of management, treatment modalities, and prognosis. This course introduces the student to Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology, with emphasis each body system and specialty area. It also emphasizes Corequisite: BIO 114 word construction, spelling, usage, comprehension and on evaluation and management; modifiers; and 3/0/0 pronunciation. In addition, students gain information surgical procedure coding guidelines. Students are regarding anatomy and physiology, symptomatology, HIT 117 Pharmacology 3 cr. presented with referencing resources specific to current pathology, diagnostic/surgical procedures, This course provides a framework of thinking for conventional and federally administered CPT-4 coding pharmacology and abbreviations. This course utilizes a healthcare professionals, laying a foundation of guidelines. It discusses tumor and trauma registries. It publisher-based online learning system and computer knowledge about drug treatment. It focuses on a uses a computerized classification system. access is required for BOTH in class and distance general understanding of the actions and reasons 3/0/0 Course fee charged learning courses. for use of various groups of pharmacologic agents. HIT 209 ICD-10-CM Coding 3 cr. 2/0/0 Course fee charged It discusses medications according to major drug This course focuses on disease coding with the classifications and body systems. It develops critical International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition, thinking through the use of relevant case studies and Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). It covers coding actual chart analysis. principles; conventions; clinical and technical Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 114 guidelines; maintenance and referencing resources. 3/0/0 It also emphasizes the review of medical records to identify diagnoses treated, and/or services performed, and the correct sequencing for optimal reimbursement. Prerequisite: BIO 114 or BIO 212; HIT 115, HIT 117 or HIM 110 3/0/0 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 165 HIT 210 ICD-10-PCS Coding 3 cr. HIT 224 Healthcare Information Systems 3 cr. HIT 238 Applications in Acute Care Coding 3 cr. This course focuses on procedure coding with the This course is an intensive study of medical information This course focuses on disease and procedural coding International Classification of Diseases Procedural systems. Students acquire an understanding of health the International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition, Coding System (ICD-10-PCS). It covers history, structure information systems and the application of those Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS). and organization of the coding system. It also covers systems in the healthcare environment. Security and Coding principles, conventions, clinical and technical ICD-10-PCS attributes, characteristics and definitions. A confidentiality of information stored in the computer- guidelines, maintenance and referencing resources review of each of the sections of the procedural coding based patient record will be addressed, as well as the will be presented. This course will address and provide systems is included. It also emphasizes the review of logistics of monitoring and utilizing the information. a hands-on review and coding of medical records medical records to identify diagnoses treated, and/ This course utilizes specialized educational software for to identify treated diagnoses, procedures and/or or services performed, and the correct sequencing for hands on practice with an electronic health record. services performed and correct sequencing for optimal optimal reimbursement. Prerequisite: CIS 161 reimbursement. Prerequisite: BIO 114, HIT 115, HIT 117 3/0/0 Prerequisite: HIT 209, HIT 210; Program Signature 3/0/0 Course fee charged Required HIT 228 Fundamentals of 3/0/0 HIT 211 Reimbursement Methodologies 3 cr. Health IT Workflow Process 3 cr. This course presents Third Party Payer and Compliance/ This course includes the fundamentals of health HIT 239 Applications Auditing Issues, Correct Coding Policy, and Government workflow process analysis and redesign is a necessary in Ambulatory Care Coding 3 cr. Prospective Payment Systems (e.g. RBRVS, APC, DRG, component of complete practice automation and This capstone course focuses on advanced topics in RUG). Students learn terminology and principles includes topics of process validation and change diagnosis and procedural coding including ICD-10-CM commonly applied in the Managed Care environment. management. It also introduces the concepts of health and HCPCS/CPT for outpatient and physician services. Students conduct a review of billing practices, applying IT and practice workflow redesign as instruments The course concentrates on official coding guidelines, the compliance guidelines introduced in the course. of quality improvement. It addresses establishing a sequencing skills, modifiers and the use of code sets as Prerequisite: HIT 209, HIT 210; Program Signature culture that supports increased quality and safety, and they relate to healthcare reimbursement methodology Required. discusses approaches to assessing patient safety issues for outpatient and physician services. This course Corequisite: HIT 205 and implementing quality management and reporting includes hands on practice in coding scenarios using 3/0/0 through electronic systems. A discussion of rapid ICD-10-CM and HCPCS/CPT codebooks. prototyping, user-centered design and evaluation, Prerequisite: HIT 209, HIT 205; Program Signature HIT 212 Professional Practice Experience II 2 cr. usability; understanding effects of new technology Required This course provides supervised professional and workflow on downstream processes; facilitation 3/0/0 practice experience in acute and non-acute settings. of a unit-wide focus group or simulation will also be Practice objectives are designed to focus the student included in this course. HIT 250 Healthcare Informatics Internship 2 cr. on management-oriented activities; fostering Prerequisite: HIT 105, HIT 120, HIT 121 This course provides supervised internship in a development of observational skills; independent 3/0/0 Course fee charged healthcare related IT department (90 hours). Objectives function; problem analysis and solution; as well as are designed to focus the student on activities related integration of a range of technical knowledge and skills HIT 229 Health IT Project Management 4 cr. to the electronic health record, fostering development previously acquired. Students have clinical practice This course provides an understanding of project of observational skills, demonstrate knowledge of in the non-acute (direct and non-direct care) settings management tools and techniques that result in the workflow, problem analysis and solution, as well as that provide them with opportunities to compare ability to create and follow a project management integration of a range of technical knowledge and skills and contrast fundamental information management plan. This course develops the skills necessary to previously acquired. practices of alternative sites. communicate effectively across the full range of roles Prerequisite: Program Signature Required Prerequisite: HIT 110, HIT 204, HIT 209, HIT 210 that will be encountered in healthcare and public health 0/0/6 0/0/7 Course fee charged settings. It helps prepare students for leadership roles, principles of leadership and effective management of HIT 218 Healthcare Quality teams with emphasis on the leadership modes and HISTORY and Performance Improvement 3 cr. styles best suited to IT deployment. HIS 101 United States History I 3 cr. This course focuses on sources and use of health data, Prerequisite: HIT 105, HIT 120, HIT 121 This course examines the political, economic, social and including health data collection through manual 4/0/0 Course fee charged and automated systems, data retrieval, analysis and military history of the United States from its beginnings display. The course focuses on and uses techniques of HIT 230 Training and Instructional through Reconstruction. continuous quality improvement (CQI) and associated Design in Healthcare 4 cr. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 tools of data analysis. It includes vital statistics; This course develops the skills necessary to 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU communicate effectively across the full range of roles reportable disease registries and conditions; and HIS 102 United States History II 3 cr. standards and requirements of accrediting, licensing, that will be encountered in healthcare and public fiscal, and other regulatory agencies. health settings. It also provides an overview of learning This course focuses on the political, economic, social, and military history of the United States since 3/0/0 Course fee charged management systems, instructional design software tools, teaching techniques and strategies, evaluation of Reconstruction. learner competencies, maintenance of training records, Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 and measurement of training program effectiveness. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: HIT 105, HIT 120, HIT 121 4/0/0 Course fee charged

166 | Rowan College at Burlington County HIS 103 Ancient and Medieval HIS 220 Modern Britain 3 cr. HOS 225 Hotel Operations 3 cr. Foundations of Western Civilization 3 cr. A survey of Britain from the late 18th century to the This course is designed to provide the students with a This course examines the evolution of Western culture present. Topics include the industrial revolution, general understanding of the daily operations of the from the Stone Age to the end of the Thirty Years War. political and social reform, society and social issues, lodging industry, and specifically the operations and It emphasizes the medieval and early modern periods. Ireland, the British Empire, the World Wars, the welfare management of full service hotels and resorts. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 state, economic decline and the transformation of Prerequisite: HOS 110 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Britain into a modern European state. 3/0/0 Prerequisite: HIS 104 and ENG 101 HIS 104 Modern European History 3 cr. HOS 235 Ecotourism Destinations 3/0/0 This course is an appraisal of the enduring values of with a New Jersey Focus 3 cr. western civilization. It focuses on the power politics; HIS 230 Islamic Civilization 3 cr. This course will discuss the rise of ecotourism as a scientific, political, and industrial revolutions from their This course introduces the history, culture and art of sub-development of hospitality. The course will have origins in the seventeenth century to the 20th century. Islam from the 7th century to the present. It examines a strong focus on New Jersey tourism development in Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 the historical development, spread and significance of this area. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Islam as a religious, social and political force. Prerequisite: HOS 110 3/0/0 3/0/0 HIS 210 History of New Jersey 3 cr. This survey course covers New Jersey history from the HIS 266 African-American History I 3 cr. HOS 250 Hospitality Human Resource colonial period to the present, with particular This course examines the economic, political, and Management 3 cr. attention given to local and county history. social history of African people from seventeenth This course is designed to provide students the tools 3/0/0 century west Africa through the Atlantic Slave Trade; to hire, develop, and manage talent in the rapidly colonial and antebellum America; the Civil War; and changing hospitality industry. Students will develop HIS 212 The American Civil War 3 cr. Reconstruction up to 1877. skills in workforce planning, recruitment, training, labor This course examines the causes, character, and Prerequisite: ENG 101 relations, diversity, and benefits management. consequences of the American Civil War. It identifies the 3/0/0 FA Prerequisite: HOS 110 multiple origins of the conflict; the cost to the nation 3/0/0 socially, economically, politically; and militarily; and HIS 267 African-American History II 3 cr. demonstrates the impact it has had upon the twentieth This course focuses on the political, economic, cultural, HOS 265 Hospitality Practicum 3 cr. century. and social evolution of African Americans from This course is 160 hours of practical study with directed Prerequisite: HIS 101 and ENG 101 America’s Reconstruction period to the present. writing and research. 3/0/0 Prerequisite: ENG 101 Prerequisite: HOS 110 HIS 213 Genocide 3 cr. 3/0/0 0/6/0 This course presents the history of intolerance and bigotry through an analysis of genocide. Human HOSPITALITY HUMAN SERVICES rights violations and challenges to social justice will be analyzed and students will witness how such HOS 110 Introduction to Hospitality 3 cr. HUS 101 Human Services I 3 cr. consequences lead to acts of atrocity. Recognition This introductory course will provide a general overview This introductory course offers an overview of and prevention will be discussed through issues of introduction to the hospitality, travel and tourism helping strategies and interventions with attention conscience, ethics, and moral responsibility. Students industry. In addition, the course will provide students to principles, methodology, practitioner skills and will participate in independent and collaborative a basic success map so they can evaluate, prepare, and knowledge. It addresses social issues and problems activities while surveying and analyzing the history of plan for their future success in the hospitality field. The and the attendant service systems of social care, social genocide (from Namibia and Armenia to Rwanda and success map will include job evaluation techniques, control, and social rehabilitation. It introduces the fields Darfur). resume writing, case management studies, the of human services, social work, counseling and case 3/0/0 importance of lifelong learning, and basic job success management. It emphasizes legal issues of the human skills. services profession. HIS 215 Renaissance and Reformation 3 cr. 3/0/0 3/0/0 Course fee charged This course deals with two distinct upheavals that took place in Western Europe between 1300 and 1700. The HOS 120 Service Management 4 cr. HUS 102 Human Services II 3 cr. first investigates the Renaissance-its classical bases; This course provides an overview of managing guest This course introduces students in the human services, its characteristics and developments in the various experiences in all sectors of hospitality. This is a hands- public administration, criminal justice, childcare, arts; and the major figures involved in those areas. on course that runs the front of the house operation in gerontology, and related curricula to intervention skills The second concentrates on the Reformation - its our student restaurant. and activities and their uses in working with others. It precedents in Christian church history; theological ideas 2/4/0 FA/SP Course fee charged examines ethical dilemmas in the helping professions. proposed by various Protestant reformers; and the HOS 160 Accounting for Hospitality 3 cr. Prerequisite: HUS 101 Roman Catholic reaction to the upheaval. Long-term 3/0/0 Course fee charged results of both movements will be covered. This course will outline the basic hospitality accounting Prerequisite: HIS 103 rules and discuss topics specific to hotel and hospitality accounting practices. 3/0/0 Prerequisite: MTH 104 or higher 3/0/0

rcbc.edu | 167 HUS 110 Contemporary Issues HUS 210 Human Services Field Placement 3 cr. LITERATURE in Social Welfare 3 cr. This course places students in a social service agency for This course defines and discusses issues from various eight hours per week for fourteen consecutive weeks LIT 203 Masterpieces of World Literature I 3 cr. aspects of social service practice. It proposes and to perform tasks and engage in learning activities This course is a sampling of significant Biblical and analyzes intervention methodologies and solutions associated with acquiring professional standards, classical literature (Greek and Roman) as well as for problems such as family violence; mental health behaviors, and conduct. Students are supervised by a mythological literature. The emphasis will be on and chemical dependency; foster care; adoption; faculty member and field supervisor and are expected reading and discussing the origins of the allusions delinquency; and crime. It prepares students to work to attend a weekly seminar to discuss their experiences found in modern arts. with diverse populations as helping professionals. and observations. Students learn how to prepare Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission 3/0/0 Course fee charged for clinical supervision and complete a professional 3/0/0 portfolio. HUS 201 Introduction to Counseling 3 cr. LIT 206 Women’s Literature 3 cr. Prerequisite: HUS 205 This course examines the theoretical foundations and This course examines the roles assigned to women in 2/0/8 Course fee charged various counseling styles and techniques. It develops society as reflected in poetry, short stories, novels, student skills in the understanding of developmental, and autobiographical writings by women. It reflects nondirective, psychodynamic, transactional and ITALIAN the views of women held in different countries and at other approaches to individual, marital, and family different times in the recent past. counseling. It examines the characteristics of a ITA 101 Elementary Italian I 3 cr. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission workable counseling relationship. This course is for students with no knowledge of 3/0/0 3/0/0 Course fee charged Italian. It focuses on laying a foundation for speaking, reading, and writing Italian. LIT 207 British Literature I 3 cr. HUS 205 Social Work Process 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA This course focuses on British literature from its origins This course surveys practices, concepts, methods, to the late eighteenth century. It emphasizes critical and current trends in human service work. It stresses ITA 102 Elementary Italian II 3 cr. reading and analysis of selected fiction, poetry, drama, basic skills inherent in casework, group work, and This course is for students with limited knowledge of and essays. community organization. It examines methods of data Italian. It focuses on building upon demonstrated skills Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission collection used by a variety of social service agencies. in speaking, reading, and writing Italian. 3/0/0 FA It utilizes a strength-based empowerment approach Prerequisite: ITA 101 or one year of high school Italian LIT 208 British Literature II 3 cr. and emphasizes skills for working with older adults and 3/0/0 SP persons with developmental disabilities. This course focuses on British literature from the ITA 201 Intermediate Italian I 3 cr. 3/0/0 Course fee charged Romantic to the contemporary period. It emphasizes This course focuses on speaking Italian. Class discussion critical reading and analysis of selected fiction, HUS 207 Addiction Dynamics is based on cultural readings from the Italian- poetry, drama, and essays. and Interventions 3 cr. speaking world. There is intensive grammar study and Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission This course provides a working knowledge of the composition work. 3/0/0 SP helping process as it applies to drug and alcohol Prerequisite: ITA 102 or two years of high school Italian counseling. It focuses on assessment and diagnostic or permission LIT 209 American Literature I 3 cr. skills; the pharmacology of commonly abused 3/0/0 This course is a survey covering American literature substances; appropriate goals and treatment plans; from the Puritan period to the Civil War. It emphasizes individual, group and family treatment approaches; ITA 202 Intermediate Italian II 3 cr. major trends in literary development during that time the levels of care available to drug and alcohol clients This course focuses on achieving skill in speaking span. and their families; current research, trends and success Italian. Class discussion is based on cultural readings Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission rates in treatment; the impact of sex, age, and ethnicity from the Italian-speaking world. There is intensive 3/0/0 FA on the treatment process; the ethical guidelines of grammar study and composition work. LIT 210 American Literature II 3 cr. practice; and the American Psychiatric Association’s Prerequisite: ITA 201 or permission diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders and their 3/0/0 This course is a survey covering American literature relationship to other mental health disorders. It also from the Civil War to modern times. It emphasizes covers the procedure for applying for state, national and major trends in literary development during that time international drug and alcohol counselor certification. JOURNALISM span. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission 3/0/0 Course fee charged JOU 101 Introduction to 3/0/0 SP Journalistic Writing I 3 cr. This course introduces investigating, reporting, and LIT 211 Masterpieces of World Literature II 3 cr. writing the variety of news stories typically found in This course will cover both fictional and non-fiction newspapers. Students practice writing news stories works from the eleventh century to the present with and also study and analyze samples of contemporary a focus on European and non-Western traditions. American journalism. Students will explore the historical, social, and Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 101 cultural contexts of chosen texts in order to trace the 3/0/0 FA development of modern literary genres. Prerequisite: ENG 102 3/0/0

168 | Rowan College at Burlington County LIT 215 Introduction to Children’s Literature 3 cr. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MRP 140 MRI Physics and Equipment 3 cr. This survey course introduces the history, psychology, IMAGING Taught through a hybrid format, the content is and literary techniques of quality children’s literature. designed to impart understanding of the physical It emphasizes the evaluation and analysis of children’s MRP 110 Introduction to Magnetic principles and instrumentation involved in magnetic literature to assess what makes a quality piece of Resonance Imaging (MRI) 3 cr. resonance imaging (MRI). The historical development literature. Taught through a hybrid format, the basic and evolution of MRI is reviewed. Physics topics include Prerequisite: ENG 102 understanding of the operation of MRI devices will magnetism, magnets shim systems, radiofrequency 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU be explained. Content will provide the basic concepts systems, gradients systems used in forming the image, of patient care, including physical and psychological data acquisition and manipulation techniques, k-space LIT 216 Poetry of the Holocaust 3 cr. needs of the patient and family. Routine and emergency mapping and filling, fast Fourier transformation and This course examines the poetry that reflects upon care procedures are described. Basic concepts of post processing techniques will be explained. MRI the Nazi destruction of 6,000,000 Jews during the pharmacology and venipuncture of contrast media systems and operations will be explored with full Holocaust of World War II. The poetry is a testimony are provided. Content provides a foundation in ethics coverage of the imaging parameters and imaging to the lost lives and the devastated souls. Poets re- and law related to the practice of medical imaging. In options to include image quality, contrast, artifacts, create both the sorrow and the inspiration of varied addition, MRI safety for the patient, family and self will and quality assurance. Holocaust experiences. It focuses on communal and be presented. Prerequisite: MRP 130 individual identity; memory; and the desire for self- Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT(NM) Corequisite: MRP 150 representation. Corequisite: MRP 150 3/0/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 MRP 150 MRI Clinical Education 3 cr. LIT 217 The Holocaust in World Literature 3 cr. MRP 120 MR Sectional Anatomy Clinical education consists of 120 hours in an affiliate This course examines the literature that reflects upon and Pathology 3 cr. hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable the extermination of 6,000,000 Jews during the Taught through a hybrid format, this course begins with the student to achieve the competencies necessary Holocaust of World War II. The literature stands as a review of gross anatomy. Gross anatomical structures to meet the ARRT eligibility requirements for the MRI testimony to the broad range of Holocaust experiences, are located and identified in axial, sagittal, coronal examination. Course can either be taken in the Fall or both sorrowful and inspirational. These events are and orthogonal planes. Illustrations of anatomical Spring. re-experienced through fiction; dramatic works; images will be compared with MRI images in the Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT(NM) memoirs; diaries; film and guest lecturers; and artists. same imaging planes. The characteristic appearance of It includes selected works by men and women; Corequisite: MRP 110 & MRP 120 or MRP 130 & MRP each anatomical structure as it appears on MRI will be 140 Jews and non-Jews; figures famous and unknown; stressed. 0/0/9 eyewitnesses, survivors, and second- and third- Prerequisite: MRP 110 generation writers. Corequisite: MRP 150 MRP 151 MRI Clinical Education II 3 cr. 3/0/0 3/0/0 Clinical education consists of 135 hours in an affiliate LIT 218 Literature and Film 3 cr. hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable MRP 130 MRI Procedures 3 cr. the student to achieve the competencies necessary This course explores the complex interplay between Content provides detailed coverage of procedure for MR film and literature. Selected novels, short stories, to meet the ARRT eligibility requirements for the MRI imaging of adults and pediatric patients. Procedures examination. This course is a continuation, if the clinical and plays are analyzed in relation to film versions of include, but not limited to, indications for the the same works in order to gain an understanding of requirements are not completed in the Fall semester. procedure, patient education, preparation, orientation Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT (NM) the possibilities—and problems—involved in the and positioning, patient history and assessment, transposition to film. Corequisite: MRP 110, MRP 120, MRP 130, contrast media usage, scout images, scan parameters MRP 140 Prerequisite: ENG 102 (or ENG 101 with and archiving of images. MR procedures will be 0/0/9 permission) taught for differentiation of specific structures, patient 3/0/0 symptomology and pathology. MR images studies will MRP 152 MRI Clinical Education III 2 cr. LIT 220 Shakespeare 3 cr. be reviewed for quality, and anatomy and pathology. Clinical education consists of 90 hours in an affiliate This course focuses on Shakespeare’s life and times and Prerequisite: MRP 120 hospital or imaging center. It is designed to enable the study of a selection of his plays: historical, comedic, Corequisite: MRP 150 the student to achieve the competencies necessary and tragic. 3/0/0 to meet the ARRT eligibility requirements for the MRI Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission examination. This course is a continuation, if the clinical requirements are not completed in the Fall and Spring 3/0/0 semesters. Prerequisite: ARRT, RT(R), ARRT, RT (NM) Corequisite: MRP 110, MRP 120, MRP 130, MRP 140 0/0/6

rcbc.edu | 169 MATHEMATICS MTH 104 Business Mathematics 3 cr. MTH 119 Calculus II and Analytic Geometry 4 cr. This course provides the mathematical foundation for This course focuses on differentiation of inverse MTH 012 College Algebra Clinic 3 cr.* all of the business career curricula. Arithmetic concepts trigonometric functions and application of implicit This course is designed to provide students with the are reviewed and applied to payroll; depreciation; and logarithmic differentiation. It also emphasizes necessary skills to be successful in MTH 112 College interests; discounts; negotiable instruments; taxes; the completion of the Basic Integration Formulas, Algebra. The curriculum will be geared towards the stocks and bonds; mathematics of merchandising; and techniques of integration, improper integrals, student’s level of algebraic skill. Topics will be chosen computer mathematics. It uses and stresses business parametric equations, sequences, and series. from linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, formulas, and equations. Application of integration include area and volumes absolute value equations and inequalities, rationals, Prerequisite: MTH 075 or equivalent skills of solids of revolution. Symbolic calculation software is radicals, complex numbers, graphs and transformations 3/0/0 FA/SP provided and applied to selected topics. of functions. Prerequisite: MTH 118 MTH 107 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr. *Credits do not apply toward graduation. 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: MTH 075; placement based on assessment This is a first course in basic statistical concepts. It and academic advisement focuses on frequency distributions of empirical data, MTH 130 Precalculus 4 cr. Corequisite: MTH 112 College Algebra calculations of descriptive statistics, probability This course is the analytic study of elementary 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, relations and functions including linear, quadratic, chi square, regression, and correlation. higher order polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, MTH 030 Precalculus Clinic 3 cr.* Prerequisite: MTH 075 or equivalent skills and trigonometric. Upon successful completion of this This course is designed to provide students the Note: Students may receive credit for either MTH 107 or course, the student is expected to begin the formal necessary skills to be successful in MTH 130 Precalculus. MTH 143, but not credit for both courses. study of calculus. A graphing calculator is required. The curriculum will be geared towards the student’s 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: MTH 030 or MTH 112 or equivalent skills level of algebraic skill. Topics will be chosen from Corequisite: MTH 030 MTH 112 College Algebra 3 cr. exponents, geometry of right triangles, rational 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU expressions, polynomials, linear equations and This course prepares students for upper level college inequalities, complex numbers, quadratic equations mathematics courses. It focuses on graphs and MTH 141 Elementary Quantitative Methods as well as polynomial, rational, exponential and transformations of functions; inverse and combinations for Management 3 cr. logarithmic functions. of functions; solving linear and absolute value equations; This course satisfies the mathematics requirement *Credits do not apply toward graduation. polynomial equations; quadratic equations; and for business and social science majors in transfer Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment and polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic programs. It focuses on linear, quadratic, exponential recommendation of academic advisor functions and their graphs. and logarithmic functions and their graphs; matrices; Corequisite: MTH 130 Prerequisite: MTH 012 or MTH 095 or equivalent skills linear systems; and linear programming, including simplex method. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Corequisite: MTH 012 or equivalent skills 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Prerequisite: MTH 012 or equivalent skills MTH 055 Pre-Algebra 4 cr.* 3/0/0 This developmental course focuses on skills needed MTH 113 Modern College Mathematics I 3 cr. MTH 142 Calculus: Techniques to prepare students for algebra. It includes the This course satisfies the mathematics requirements for and Applications 3 cr. operations of integers, exponents, order of operations, students in non-science fields. It emphasizes sets; logic; understanding variables, and solving equations. It also numeration and mathematical systems, elements of This course satisfies the mathematics requirement for introduces operations of rational numbers in the form number theory and topics in probability. business and social science majors in transfer programs. of signed fractions and decimals as well as problem Prerequisite: MTH 075 or equivalent skills It focuses on topics from applied calculus: limits; solving in terms of perimeter and area. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU derivatives; maxima and minima; anti-derivatives; *Credits do not apply toward graduation. and the definite integral. It emphasizes developing MTH 118 Calculus I and Analytic Geometry 4 cr. the calculus skills necessary to solve problems of 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU This course focuses on selected content from plane management and the social sciences. MTH 075 Elementary Algebra 4 cr.* analytic geometry; limits and continuity; derivatives of Prerequisite: MTH 112 or MTH 130 or MTH 141 or This developmental course is designed for students algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential permission who have not taken a full year of high school algebra functions; extrema; differentials; antiderivatives; 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU or who require a review of certain topics in elementary definite integrals; and applications. Graphic and MTH 143 Statistics I 4 cr. algebra. It focuses on signed numbers; polynomial symbolic calculation software is provided and applied expressions and their operations; rational algebraic to selected topics. This course presents basic statistical principles expressions; factoring; the solving and graphing of first Prerequisite: MTH 130 or permission and methods. It focuses on descriptive statistics; degree equations in one variable; and systems of linear 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU probability theory; Binomial; Poisson; z, t, and Chi- equations (algebraic and graphic solutions). square distributions; central limit theorem; confidence *Credits do not apply toward graduation. intervals; and hypothesis testing. One hour per week is spent in the microcomputer laboratory exploring Prerequisite: Demonstrated competency in arithmetic software applications of statistical concepts presented skills covered in MTH 055 in the lecture. No previous computer experience is 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU assumed. Prerequisite: MTH 112 or MTH 141 or MTH 130 Note: Students may receive credit for either MTH 107 or MTH 143, but not credit for both courses. 4/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged 170 | Rowan College at Burlington County MTH 201 Linear Algebra 3 cr. MTH 230 Differential Equations 4 cr. MET 215 Applied Thermal Energy I 3 cr. This course focuses on the basic theory and applications This course focuses on methods of solution, applications, This course will discuss the applications of the thermal of real finite-dimensional vector spaces and linear and theory of ordinary differential equations. sciences, such as thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and transformations. It includes matrices, applications to It includes first order differential equations, linear heat transfer. Topics include the first and second laws of systems of linear equations, Gaussian elimination, differential equations of higher order, power series thermodynamics; volumetric properties of pure fluids; linear dependence and independence, basis and solutions, Laplace transforms, and systems of linear heat effects; application to flow process; power cycles; dimension, change of basis, inner product spaces, differential equations. and refrigeration. Gram-Schmidt Process, matrix of linear transformation, Prerequisite: MTH 220 Prerequisite: MTH 118 determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and 4/0/0 3/0/0 diagonalization of a matrix. MTH 243 Statistics II 3 cr. MET 220 Introduction to Prerequisite: MTH 118 Mechanical Design 3 cr. 3/0/0 This course focuses on test of fit, test of independence; analysis of variance; simple and multiple regression; This course will discuss the mechanical engineering MTH 211 Structures of Mathematics I 3 cr. correlation analysis; time series; index numbers; and design process mechanical engineering design process, This course concerns the development of number non-parametric statistics. along with open-ended problem solving, teamwork, systems and algebraic structures, including the natural Prerequisite: MTH 143 and team-based design projects. Also, estimation, numbers, the integers, rational numbers, and real and 3/0/0 modeling and basic science principles related to project complex numbers. Students will be required to reason will be covered. Emphasis will be put on manufacturing, mathematically, solve problems, and communicate MTH 280 Biometry 4 cr. assembly and testing. Further, communication skills in mathematics effectively at different levels of formality This course considers elementary data analysis, design and ethical issues in design will be discussed. using a variety of representations of mathematical probability and sampling distributions. It uses the Prerequisite: MTH 118 concepts and procedures. normal and t-distributions to introduce estimation 3/0/0 Prerequisite: MTH 075 or equivalent skills and hypotheses testing. It includes descriptive MET 235 Material Science 3/0/0 FA techniques and inference for simple linear regression and correlation. Analyses of variance, nonparametric and Manufacturing 3 cr. MTH 212 Structures of Mathematics II 3 cr. tests and Chi-Square tests are covered in this course. This course will discuss materials science and This course is designed primarily for elementary Emphasis is placed on experimentation and the manufacturing. The course covers the behavior of education majors. The course will require students application of statistical methods to the biological materials, starting from an atomic level, and building to investigate problems in order to deepen their sciences. Laboratory components will give the students to how atomic level structures influence macroscopic conceptual and procedural understanding in the opportunities to apply topics through experimental failure in both metals and polymers. The rheology of areas of algebra, data analysis, probability, geometry, design, hypothesis testing and independent various materials becomes the transition into how they measurement, and systematic listing and counting. research. Computer software is used regularly in are developed into useful products through various Prerequisite: MTH 211 data manipulation, statistical analyses, and formal manufacturing methods including casting, extrusion, 3/0/0 SP presentation of results. molding, sintering, machining and through composite Prerequisite: BIO 103, BIO 104, BIO 107, BIO 108, fabrication techniques. MTH 220 Calculus III and Analytic Geometry 4 cr. MTH 118 Prerequisite: CHE 115 This course focuses on vectors in the plane and space; 3/3/0 3/0/0 vector calculus; multivariate functions and partial derivatives; directional derivatives; multiple integrals MTH 291 Special Projects Mathematics I 1 cr. MET 301 Applied Thermal Energy II 3 cr. and surface integrals; vector fields; line integrals; This course involve independent study and research on This course will discuss the applications of Greens’s theorem; Divergence theorem; and Stokes’s some topic or in some area of mathematics. Projects fluid mechanics and heat transfer, including: theorem. include a statement of objectives, a literature search turbomachinery, heat exchangers, condensation and Prerequisite: MTH 119 and a written report. Lab hours depend on the project boiling heat transfer, special topics in fluid mechanics, 4/0/0 FA/SP (usually two hours per week per credit). heat transfer, and design projects. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor Prerequisite: MET 215 MTH 226 Discrete Mathematics 3 cr. 3/0/0 This course is an elementary introduction to certain topics in Discrete Mathematics appropriate for work MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MET 311 Applied Fluid Mechanics 3 cr. in computer science and in the further study of TECHNOLOGY This course will discuss the general fluid flow and with mathematics. It focuses on sets; logic; proof types— fluid flow in pipe systems. Topics covered in the area direct, indirect, contrapositive, and induction; counting MET 210 CNC Programming I 4 cr. of general fluid flow include hydrostatics, laws of fluid and probability; combinatorics; relations and functions; This course introduces the concepts and capabilities of motion, kinematics, dynamics, energy balance, and graph theory; trees; Euler and Hamiltonian circuits; and computer numerical control machine tools. Emphasis dimensionless groups. Topics covered in the area of Boolean Algebra. will be on laboratory work related to setup, operation, pipe flow include incompressible flow, compressibility, Prerequisite: MTH 111 and MTH 112, or MTH 130 and basic applications. Students will explain operator pumps, viscosity, boundary layers, turbulence, and safety, machine protection, data input, program 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU losses. preparation and program storage. Prerequisite: MTH 118 Prerequisite: CSE 110 3/0/0 3/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 171 MET 312 Machine Design 3 cr. MUSIC (PRIVATE APPLIED) MUSIC APPRECIATION This course introduces the students to machine design. (Previous musical experience required) THEORY/HARMONY It deals with the design and selection of machine elements, such as shafts, couplings, bearings, gears, MUP 131-139 Applied Music I 1 or 2 cr. MUS 101 Music Appreciation 3 cr. springs, clutches, brakes, screws, and fasteners. These courses involve either 30 minute (1 cr.) or 60 This course surveys the forms, media, and history Computer simulation and analysis will be introduced. minute (2 cr.) lessons consisting of weekly private of Western music, as well as its social and aesthetic Design experience will be synergistically integrated instruction in: Woodwind 131; Brass 132; Strings 133; significance. Focusing on the enjoyment of music, throughout the curriculum and culminate in a design Percussion 134; Voice 135; Composition 136; Piano methods of comprehending music, listening project. 137; Guitar 138; or Secondary Instrument 139. Lessons techniques, and discernment of musical elements. It Prerequisite: EGR 201, EGR 230 are offered at a time mutually agreed upon by the is intended for the student who wishes to acquire the 3/0/0 student and instructor. Students registered for applied skills needed to listen to music astutely and critically. lessons are also expected to attend a once a month 3/0/0 FA/SP MET 330 Applied Mechanical Principles 3 cr, performance class as per the course calendar, and to MUS 105 Music Fundamentals 3 cr. This course offers students a balanced foundation perform a final juried exam during finals week. An of mechanical principles and practical laboratory authorized signature is required. This course begins to explore how music is conceived and communicated through the study of musical applications. Mechanical Engineering Technology Prerequisite: Permission of the music coordinator. principles such as mechanical design, CNC language, notation, and construction. Primary concepts programming, computer-aided manufacturing, applied MUP 141-149 Applied Music I 1 or 2 cr. of note reading, rhythm, scales, key signatures, intervals thermal energy, material processes and manufacturing, These courses involve either 30 minute (1 cr.) or 60 and chords are studied, as well as basic piano skills for mechanical fluid transmission, engineering safety, minute (2 cr.) lessons consisting of weekly private melodic study. It is designed for students with little to measurement, and quality will be covered. Students instruction in: Woodwind 141; Brass 142; Strings 143; no previous music theory training. will work in group, design and build prototype models Percussion 144; Voice 145; Composition 146; Piano 3/0/0 FA presentation. Other advanced mechanical topics related 147; Guitar 148; or Secondary Instrument 149. Lessons MUS 110 Aural Skills 2 cr. to the current industry environment will be covered are offered at a time mutually agreed upon by the This course develops the ability to sight-sing melodic such as advanced and smart manufacturing, industrial student and instructor. Students registered for applied passages and to notate rhythmic, melodic, and automation, logistics, and supply chain. lessons are also expected to attend a once a month harmonic examples through ear training exercises. Prerequisite: MET 210, MET 215, MET 235 performance class as per the course calendar, and to Prerequisite: MUS 105 or equivalent, 0/2/0 Course fee charged perform a final juried exam during finals week. An authorized signature is required. or by permission Prerequisite: Successful completion of Applied Music I, 2/0/0 MUSIC (APPLIED) and permission of the music coordinator. MUS 115 Music Theory I 3 cr. MUC 101 Class Piano I 1 cr. MUP 231-239 Applied Music III 1 or 2 cr. This course focuses on traditional tonal harmony This course offers the beginning piano student These courses involve either 30 minute (1 cr.) or 60 and provides a more in depth study of how music elementary piano techniques and music reading skills. minute (2 cr.) lessons consisting of weekly private is conceived and communicated through musical It involves instruction in a single one hour session each instruction in: Woodwind 231; Brass 232; Strings 233; language, notation, and construction. * Note that this week and requires daily practice to grow and develop Percussion 234; Voice 235; Composition 236; Piano class does involve some sight singing and ear training. piano technique. 237; Guitar 238; or Secondary Instrument 239. Lessons Prerequisite: MUS 105 or equivalent, 1/1/0 FA/SP Course fee charged are offered at a time mutually agreed upon by the or by permission student and instructor. Students registered for applied 3/0/0 MUC 102 Class Piano II 1 cr. lessons are also expected to attend a once a month MUS 210 Aural Skills II 2 cr. This course continues the class piano sequence and performance class as per the course calendar, and to This course further develops aural skills including the builds on the elementary piano skills and techniques perform a final juried exam during finals week. An ability to sight-sing melodic passages and to notate acquired in MUC 101. authorized signature is required. Prerequisite: MUC 101 or equivalent, rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic examples through Prerequisite: Successful completion of Applied Music I, dictated ear training exercises. or by permission Applied Music II and permission of the music coordinator. 1/1/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Prerequisite: MUS 110 MUP 241-249 Applied Music IV 1 or 2 cr. 2/0/0 MUC 103 Class Piano III 1 cr. These courses involve either 30 minute (1 cr.) or 60 MUS 215 Music Theory II 3 cr. The final course in class piano sequence continues to minute (2 cr.) lessons consisting of weekly private This course continues the focus on tonal harmony build on the elementary piano skills and techniques instruction in: Woodwind 241; Brass 242; Strings 243; and applies the skills learned in MUS 115. This is the acquired in MUC 101 and MUC 102. Percussion 244; Voice 245; Composition 246; Piano final course in the theory sequence and it focuses on Prerequisite: MUC 101 and MUC 102 or 247; Guitar 248; or Secondary Instrument 249. Lessons more complex elements of musical theory, analysis, equivalent, or by permission are offered at a time mutually agreed upon by the composition, and the chromatic harmony of the 19th 1/1/0 FA/SP Course fee charged student and instructor. Students registered for applied and 20th centuries. *Note that this course does involve lessons are also expected to attend a once a month some sight singing and ear training. performance class as per the course calendar, and to perform a final juried exam during finals week. An Prerequisite: MUS 115 authorized signature is required. 3/0/0 Prerequisite: Successful completion of Applied Music I, Applied Music II, Applied Music III and permission of the music coordinator.

172 | Rowan College at Burlington County MUSIC (PERFORMANCE) NURSING NUR 140 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family 2 cr. MUS 111-114 Brass Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. NUR 118 Introduction to Professional This course examines the health and social situation Nursing LPN Bridge 3 cr. MUS 121-124 Jazz Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. of today’s childbearing family. Areas of focus are the This course is designed to facilitate successful entry of birth process, care of newborns and women’s health MUS 125-128 Vocal Jazz Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. practical nurse graduates into the second semester of needs. The course emphasizes health promotion in MUS 131-134 String Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. the registered nurse program. It provides theoretical the expectant family, the childbearing process and content and skills testing in order to provide the MUS-135-138 Guitar Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. education during the postpartum period. This course is student with the necessary knowledge skills and 2 credits and 2 hours weekly for 14 weeks. MUS 141-144 Woodwind Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. attitude to successfully progress into the registered Prerequisite: NUR 130, 131, 132; or NUR 118 nursing program. This course includes the essential MUS 145-148 Percussion Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea. Corequisite: NUR 141 elements of the nursing process, documentation, 2/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged These ensembles involve class rehearsals, instructor professionalism, and the registered nurse practice act. presentation and demonstration of performance Concepts essential in order to develop care plans and NUR 141 Nursing Care of the techniques, and public performance. Each ensemble delegate care to members of the healthcare team are Childbearing Family Clinical 2 cr. meets once per week. These performance courses are covered. The course is focused on preparing the licensed In this course the student will continue to develop recommended electives for music majors and are open practical nurse for transition into the registered nursing clinical skills in the care of families throughout the to all students who play musical instruments and read program. childbearing experience. Emphasis is placed on music. Prerequisite: Admission to the program and assessment, therapeutic interventions and medication Note: Student participation in ensembles is demonstration of LPN license administration according to established standards of determined by the instructor of the course. 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged nursing practice. This course is 2 credits (1 credit to 3 Prerequisite: Courses should be taken in sequence I-IV hours) and is 6 hours weekly for 14 weeks. NUR 130 Fundamentals of Nursing Care 4 cr. MUS 150 – MUS 153 Chorus I-IV 1 cr. Prerequisite: NUR 130, 131, 132; or NUR 118 This initial nursing course provides the student Corequisite: NUR 140 This study and performance-oriented course in with opportunities to explore and apply basic 0/0/6 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged representative choral literature is open to all students. concepts to nursing. Fundamental psychomotor and Prerequisite: Courses should be taken in sequence I-IV. communication nursing skills are developed and NUR 145 Nursing Care of Children 0/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged applied within a framework of the nursing process and and Families 2 cr. MUS 161-MUS 164 Maslow’s human needs. The course is 5 credits of theory This course examines the health and social situations County/Community Concert Band I-IV 1 cr. a week. of today’s children and their families. Children from The College/Community Concert Band rehearses once Prerequisite: Admission to program birth through the adolescent phase are the focus. The per week and performs various concerts and events Corequisite: NUR 131, NUR 132 course emphasizes health promotion, maintenance throughout the semester. Concert band members are 4/0/0 Course fee charged and restoration. Growth and development concepts not required to audition and the ensemble is open to all are integrated throughout the course. This course is 2 NUR 131 Fundamentals of Nursing Lab 1 cr. credits and meets for 2 hours weekly. students who play a band instrument and read music, In this nursing lab course, students demonstrate regardless of major. Prerequisite: NUR 130, 131, 132; or NUR 118 psychomotor skills including safety, wound care, Corequisite: NUR 146 MUS 291 Honors Performance 1 cr. asepsis, assessment, and medication administration. 2/0/0 Course fee charged This course provides a student of exceptional Students have the opportunity for practice and ability particular instruction in preparation for the evaluation of skills prior to entering the clinical setting. NUR 146 Nursing Care of Children performance of an honors recital. Students receive 1 credit for 3 hours of lab which is and Families Clinical 2 cr. Prerequisite: Permission taken over 7 weeks (6 hours a week). In this clinical course (corequisite with nursing theory 0/2/0 Corequisite: NUR 130, NUR 132 NUR 145), the student will continue to develop clinical 0/3/0 Course fee charged skills in the nursing care of children and families in the healthcare setting. Emphasis is placed on NUR 132 Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical 1 cr. assessment, therapeutic interventions and medication In this nursing clinical course, students have the administration according to established standards of opportunity to provide nursing care to patients in nursing practice. This course is 2 credits (1 credit to 3 various settings. Professional nursing standards of hours) and is 6 hours weekly for 14 weeks. practice are integrated in the clinical area. Students Prerequisite: NUR 130, 131, 132; or NUR 118 receive 1 credit for 3 hours of clinical which is completed Corequisite: NUR 145 in 7 weeks (6 hours a week). 0/0/6 Course fee charged Corequisite: NUR 130, NUR 131 0/0/6 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 173 NUR 216 Management and NUR 246 Nursing Care of Patients with Medical NUR 302 Pathophysiology 3 cr. Professional Issues 1 cr. Surgical Health Alterations Clinical 2 cr. This course uses a system based life span approach to This course covers current issues affecting health care In this course the student will continue to develop discriminate between normal physiologic function delivery; management techniques; legal and ethical clinical skills in the care of medical surgical patients. and pathophysiologic processes. The course relates concerns; and political/legislative strategies. It involves Emphasis is placed on assessment and therapeutic manifestation of disease, risks factors for disease discussion, role playing, and individual projects to interventions for patients with selected medical and the principles of illness and injury to therapeutic analyze and synthesize the issues. surgical alterations according to established standards nursing interventions and outcomes. Prerequisite: NUR 240, 241, 245, 246 of nursing practice. This course is 2 credits (1 credit to 3 Prerequisite: BIO 114/115 (or BIO 212/213), and 1/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged hours) and is 6 hours weekly for 14 weeks. BIO 155/156 (or BIO 221/222), and NUR 130, 131, 132; Prerequisite: NUR 140, 141, 145, 146 or NUR 118 NUR 220 Nutrition in Nursing and Healthcare 3 cr. Corequisite: NUR 245 3/0/0 Course fee charged 0/0/6 Course fee charged This course focuses on the understanding of nutritional NUR 303 Pharmacology for Nursing 3 cr. requirements throughout the lifecycle as well as NUR 250 Advanced Concepts of Nursing Care 4 cr. This course will enhance current knowledge of a broad modifications for disease states. Nutritional assessment This course is the capstone of the nursing program. spectrum of pharmacologic agents. Emphasis is on techniques as well as specific diets for health and This course focuses on the health promotion, disease the administration of drugs using QSEN competencies disease are discussed. prevention and restoration of optimal health in young for safe, effective, and therapeutic drug therapy. 3/0/0 Course fee charged adults through old age. Managing care for individuals Drug classifications studied are about safe drug as well as groups of patients with complex needs administration, nursing implications and effects and NUR 240 Nursing Care of Patients is emphasized. Health promotion, maintenance precautions, drug interactions, and the potential for with Mental Health Alterations 2 cr. and restoration is further developed as the student toxicity. Pharmacologic considerations that involve, but This course introduces students to mental health focuses on individuals with multiple complex health are not limited to, the legal, ethical, age, cultural, and nursing and focuses on health restoration and alterations. Concepts of interprofessional collaboration, risk for dependence are discussed in the current context maintenance of patients with mental health concerns delegation and leadership, evidence based practice and of our time. across the lifespan. Concepts of critical thinking, health literacy continue to be emphasized. Prerequisite: BIO 155/156 or BIO 221/222 evidence based practice, therapeutic communication Prerequisite: NUR 240, 241, 245, 246 and NUR 130, 131, 132. and collaboration, cultural awareness, and professional Corequisite: NUR 251 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged values are emphasized. This course is 2 credits and students participate in 2 hours weekly of theory for 14 4/0/0 Course fee charged weeks. NUR 251 Advanced Concepts of PARALEGAL Prerequisite: NUR 140, 141, 145, 146 Nursing Care Clinical 4 cr. LEX 110 Introduction to Paralegal Studies 3 cr. Corequisite: NUR 241 In this course the student will refine clinical skills in the 2/0/0 Course fee charged beginning practice of professional nursing. Emphasis is This course is an overview of the legal system and placed on developing the leadership role in the care of focuses on basic legal concepts and paralegal skills. NUR 241 Nursing Care of Patients groups of patients with complex health alterations. This It emphasizes careful reading for detail; developing with Mental Health Alterations Clinical 1 cr. course is 4 credits (1 credit to 3 hours) and is 12 hours analytical and critical thinking skills; and written In NUR 241, the student will continue to develop weekly for 14 weeks. presentation of arguments. It also covers professional ethics and conduct; issues of confidentiality; conflicts of clinical nursing skills in the care of patients with mental Prerequisite: NUR 240, 241, 245, 246 health alterations. Emphasis is placed on assessment interest; and unauthorized practice of law. Corequisite: NUR 250 and therapeutic interventions for patients and groups 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged according to established standards of nursing practice 0/0/12 Course fee charged LEX 111 New Jersey Legal Systems 3 cr. for patients with mental health alteration in the NUR 301 Comprehensive Health Assessment 3 cr. This course focuses on New Jersey’s court system, healthcare setting. Therapeutic communication is This course builds upon fundamental knowledge and including an examination of the various types of legal emphasized, as is assessment. This course is 1 credit skills of health assessment. In utilizing a systematic practices as they relate to the courts. It covers rules (1 credit to 3 hours) and is 3 hours weekly for 15 weeks. approach, the student will develop a holistic approach and procedure of appellate practice, including briefs, Prerequisite: NUR 140, 141, 145, 146 in assessing the patient throughout the lifespan. Upon filings, petitions, and motions as well as elements of Corequisite: NUR 240 completion, the student will show competency in the Federal court system. 0/0/3 Course fee charged obtaining a thorough health history and becoming 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged efficient in the physical skills of inspection, palpation, NUR 245 Nursing Care of Patients with percussion, and auscultation. Differences between LEX 112 Legal Writing 3 cr. Medical Surgical Alterations 3 cr. normal and abnormal findings will be explored This course introduces basic concepts in legal writing. This courses focuses on the health promotion, disease and appropriate documentation of findings will be Paralegals are expected to prepare a variety of legal prevention and the restoration of optimal health in stressed. Students will also be exposed to the cultural instruments to provide hands-on practice with various young adults through old age. The course emphasizes differences in health and will incorporate evidence types of documents and forms as well as their use. health promotion, maintenance and restoration. based approaches to assessment. Health alterations including common acute illnesses, Prerequisite: LEX 113, ENG 101 Prerequisite: NUR 130, 131, 132; or NUR 118 chronic diseases and disabilities are examined. The 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged 2/2/0 Course fee charged perioperative experience is integrated into this course. This course is 2 credits and meets for 2 hours weekly. Prerequisite: NUR 140, 141, 145, 146 Corequisite: NUR 246 3/0/0 Course fee charged 174 | Rowan College at Burlington County LEX 113 Legal Research and Library Use 3 cr. LEX 212 Civil Litigation Practice 3 cr. PAR 111 Principles of Paramedic Science I 4 cr. This course introduces practical experience in the This course covers general rules governing lawyers, This theory course prepares the student to develop an techniques of legal research, references to citations, courts, and civil practice. Students become familiar with understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the and the use of a law library. It includes practice in the court rules, pre-trial procedure, and common legal paramedic, EMS systems, and laws that affect EMS. It locating and using legal forms. issues. Special emphasis is placed on understanding will introduce the student to emergency pharmacology, Prerequisite or Corequisite: LEX 110, LEX 111 ethics rules and professional responsibility. Students fluids, electrolytes and intravenous therapy, and disease 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged are also taught the requirements for filing complaints, specific medications. Dosing and drug calculations and answers, and for pre-trial discovery, including administration will be learned. LEX 122 Family Law 3 cr. interrogatories, depositions, subpoenas, and motion Prerequisite: Admission to Program This course examines family law practice including practice. Corequisite: PAR 112, PAR 113 complaints, interrogatories, depositions, motions, Prerequisite: LEX 110 and LEX 111 4/0/0 and pleadings in the areas of divorce, separation, 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged and custody, annulment, adoption, name change, PAR 112 Paramedic Skills and Scenario Lab 1 cr. guardianship, legitimacy, and other Family Court LEX 214 Administration of This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for procedures. Decedents’ Estates 3 cr. educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent Prerequisite or Corequisite: LEX 110, LEX 111 This course focuses on practice and procedures drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged with respect to estates; wills and their legal effects; skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. administration of estates; trusts; accountings; devises, Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly LEX 123 Bankruptcy Law 3 cr. bequests; distribution of estates; law of interstate stressful situations, this course prepares the student for This course outlines basic debtor/creditor bankruptcy distribution; obligations of fiduciaries; and the Probate clinical and field internship rotations. Students will take law and provides guidelines, practices, and procedures Division of the courts. It also includes an examination the AHA CPR for Healthcare Provider Course. Additional that a paralegal in this field may use. It covers sources of New Jersey inheritance tax and federal estate tax psychomotor skills learned include: diagnostic skills, 12 of law, consensual debt creation, creditor interest in real returns. Lead ECG acquisition, phlebotomy, intravenous therapy, estate, general provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and Prerequisite: LEX 111 and LEX 124 medication administration and basic and advanced case administration (Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged airway management. 13). LEX 235 Paralegal Internship 2 cr. Prerequisite: Admission to Program Prerequisite: LEX 113 Corequisite: PAR 111, PAR 113 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged The internship program provides an opportunity for students to gain a workplace experience. The student 0/3/0 LEX 124 Real Property 3 cr. is placed in a law office or other firm using paralegals, PAR 113 Paramedic Clinical Practice I 1 cr. This course focuses on the legal and financial under the supervision of an attorney. The internship This course introduces the student to patient experiences requirements of residential real estate transactions. is guided by prescribed learning outcomes that are in the hospital clinical environment. Students will It examines deeds, contracts, mortgages, and other specific to the type and orientation of the law firm or demonstrate the concepts and understanding of documents commonly associated with real estate. business in which the student is placed. paramedic clinical skills. Rotations include various Students learn the historical background which Prerequisite: LEX 112 and LEX 212 patient care areas allowing competency in cardiac makes real estate unique, along with a practical 0/0/6 By arrangement Course fee charged catheterization lab, cardiac stress lab, operating room, understanding of the different local practices affecting PACU and respiratory therapy. Students are assigned its purchase and sale. Some basic math skills are helpful a preceptor who is responsible to observe and assess in understanding surveys, the proper calculation of PARAMEDIC SCIENCE performance. Travel to off-site clinical affiliates is taxes, and the settlement statement. PAR 110 Paramedic Care I 6 cr. required. Prerequisite: LEX 110 Prerequisite: Admission to Program 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged This course discusses the assessment of patients for specific disease processes and the treatment and care Corequisite: PAR 111, PAR 113 LEX 125 Comparative Business Entities 3 cr. of those diseases. Topics covered include cardiology, 0/0/4 This course focuses on the sole proprietorship, pulmonology, hematology, neurology, toxicology, PAR 115 Paramedic Clinical II 2 cr. partnership (general and limited), the limited liability gastroenterology, urology, allergies, and anaphylaxis The course prepares the student to recognize the need company, and the general business corporation, and EGG interpretation. Students will have the for and the management of appropriate patient care including an analysis of formation, operation, opportunity practice skills in the laboratory utilizing via clinical observation and the practical application of dissolution, financing, and tax implications of each the guidelines set down in the National Highway Traffic learned skills. entity. It reviews legal documents including initial Safety Administration paramedic curriculum and the Prerequisite: PAR 105 organizational documents; stock certificates; stock New Jersey Administrative Code governing paramedic transfer ledger; by-laws and minutes; trade name training, NJAC 8:41A. The focus of the laboratory will Corequisite: PAR 110 certificates; and means of dissolution. It examines be advanced patient assessment, advanced airway 0/0/6 Course fee charged law practice and procedure in buy-sell agreements, management and medication administration. PAR 120 Paramedic Clinical III 2 cr. employment agreements, and non-competition Prerequisite: PAR 100 The course prepares the student to recognize the need agreements. Corequisite: PAR 115 for and the management of appropriate patient care Prerequisite: LEX 113 4/4/0 Course fee charged via clinical observation and the practical application 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged of learned skills. Students will attend clinical in the intensive care unit and the emergency department. Prerequisite: PAR 115, BIO 110, BIO 111 0/0/6 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 175 PAR 121 Principles of Paramedic Science II 8 cr. PAR 205 Paramedic Clinical IV 2 cr. PAR 232 Paramedic Skills and This course provides the student with the foundation This course prepares the student to recognize the need Scenario Lab III 1 cr. to assess and manage various medical emergencies. for and the management of appropriate patient care This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for Students will explore body systems and the via clinical observation and the practical application educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent pathophysiology that causes a patient to experience of learned skills. Students will attend clinical shifts drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor acute emergencies. Topics include: neurology, in pediatrics, labor and delivery, a trauma center and skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. gastroenterology, immunology, infectious disease, a psychiatric unit. Focus will be on the management Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly endocrinology, cardiology, toxicology, pulmonology, of patients with trauma, psychiatric crisis, childhood complex situations, this course continues to prepare hematology, urology, non-traumatic musculoskeletal illnesses, pregnancy and pregnancy complications. the student for clinical and field internship rotations. disorders, and diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat. Prerequisite: PAR 120 Psychomotor skills learned include: performing a Prerequisite: PAR 111, PAR 112, PAR 113 Corequisite: PAR 200 comprehensive physical assessment of the pediatric Corequisite: PAR 122, PAR 123 0/0/6 Course fee charged patient, pediatric airway management, trauma 8/0/0 assessment and management, and obstetrical PAR 210 Paramedic Clinical V 6 cr. emergencies. PAR 122 Paramedic Skills and This course will provide the educational field experience Prerequisite: PAR 121, PAR 122, PAR 123 Scenario Lab II 1 cr. required to prepare the student to achieve certification Corequisite: PAR 231, PAR 233 as an Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic. Field This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for 0/3/0 educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent internship allows the paramedic student to apply drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor learned theory and skills while under the guidance of PAR 233 Paramedic Clinical Practice III 2 cr. skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. a certified paramedic preceptor. Students will progress This course continues to introduce students to patient Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly through carefully scripted phases with definite experiences in the hospital clinical environment. stressful situations, this course continues to prepare cognitive and psychomotor skill sets to be mastered. Students will demonstrate the concepts and the student for clinical and field internship rotations. Prerequisite: PAR 205 understanding of paramedic clinical skills. Students Psychomotor skills learned include: diagnostic skills, 0/0/18 Course fee charged will be introduced to higher acuity areas such as adult 12 Lead ECG acquisition, medication administration, intensive care units and adult emergency departments. PAR 215 Paramedic Clinical VI 3 cr. and electrical therapy such as manual defibrillation, Students are assigned a preceptor who is responsible synchronized cardioversion, and transcutaneous pacing. The course is structured to prepare and evaluate to observe and assess performance. Travel to off-site the student’s ability to demonstrate leadership Prerequisite: PAR 111, PAR 112, PAR 113 clinical affiliates is required. characteristics in the identification and implementation Prerequisite: PAR 121, PAR 122, PAR 123 Corequisite: PAR 121, PAR 123 of patient treatment plans and initial and continued 0/3/0 care including transferring patients to a receiving Corequisite: PAR 231, PAR 232 0/0/8 PAR 123 Paramedic Clinical Practice II 1 cr. facility. This is a capstone course that is the summation This course introduces the student to patient experiences of clinical practice and evaluation of all prior learning PAR 242 Paramedic Skills and in the hospital clinical environment. Students will including the preceding five semesters of coursework, Scenario Lab IV 2 cr. demonstrate the concepts and understanding of clinical rotations, and the field internship in paramedic This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for paramedic clinical skills. Rotations include various science. educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent patient care areas allowing competency in cardiac Prerequisite: PAR 210 drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor catheterization lab, cardiac stress lab, operating room/ 0/0/9 Course fee charged skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. post-anesthesia care unit, and respiratory therapy. PAR 231 Principles of Paramedic Science III 4 cr. Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly Students are assigned a preceptor who is responsible complex situations, this course continues to prepare This theory course provides the student with the to observe and assess performance. Travel to off-site the student for clinical and field internship rotations. foundation to assess and manage various medical clinical affiliates is required. Psychomotor skills learned include alternative access emergencies. Students will explore body systems devices, and air medical skills, MCI and CBRNE operations. Prerequisite: PAR 111, PAR 112, PAR 113 and the pathophysiology that causes a patient to Corequisite: PAR 121, PAR 122 experience acute emergencies. Topics include mental Prerequisite: PAR 231, PAR 232, PAR 233 0/0/4 health, gynecology, shock and resuscitation, trauma, Corequisite: PAR 243 0/6/0 PAR 200 Paramedic Care II 5 cr. neonatology, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, behavioral The course discusses the assessment of patients for and special needs populations and trauma/ burns. specific disease processes, and the treatment and care Prerequisite: PAR 121 of those diseases. Topics covered include neonatology, Corequisite: PAR 232, PAR 233 obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, geriatrics, behavior 4/0/0 and psychiatrics, trauma, and burns. Students will have the opportunity to practice in the laboratory utilizing guidelines set down by the National Highway Traffic Association’s paramedic curriculum and the New Jersey Administrative Code, 8:41A. Prerequisite: PAR 110, BIO 114, BIO 115 Corequisite: PAR 205 4/2/0 Course fee charged

176 | Rowan College at Burlington County PAR 243 Paramedic Clinical Practice IV 3 cr. PAR 263 Paramedic Field Internship II 3 cr. PHI 105 Introduction to Logic 3 cr. This clinical course continues to introduce students This clinical course continues to provide the student This course introduces the principles of valid to patient experiences in the hospital clinical with the opportunity to connect theory and clinical reasoning, with emphasis upon their practical uses environment. Students will demonstrate the concepts skills learned throughout the paramedic program, with in the development of critical thinking. It focuses on and understanding of paramedic clinical skills. the reality of rendering patient care in the pre-hospital conditions of clear statements; semantics of definitions; Students will continue to be introduced to higher environment.Students will be exposed to multiple adequate evidence; common fallacies; and inductive acuity areas such as adult emergency departments and geographical disparate care environments. Travel is and deductive logic. specialty care areas such as the pediatric ED, Children’s required to off-site clinical affiliates throughout the state. 3/0/0 specialized hospitals, special care nursery, neonatal ICU, Prerequisite: PAR 252, PAR 253 PHI 112 Eastern Philosophy 3 cr. labor and delivery, behavioral health and specialty ICUs Corequisite: PAR 262 This course focuses on the traditional philosophies such as trauma, burn, and neurological. Students are 0/0/12 assigned a preceptor who is responsible to observe and of China, such as Confucianism and Taoism, and the assess performance. Travel to off-site clinical affiliates PAR 272 Paramedic Skills and Buddhist philosophic tradition, stretching from India to is required. Scenario Lab VII 1 cr. Japan, with an emphasis on reading and interpreting Prerequisite: PAR 231, PAR 232, PAR 233 This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for original texts. Comparisons are made with appropriate Western traditions, such as the Greeks and the Corequisite: PAR 242 educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent existentialists. 0/0/12 drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. 3/0/0 PAR 252 Paramedic Skills and Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly PHI 205 Ethics 3 cr. Scenario Lab V 1 cr. complex situations, this course complements the This course focuses on the ethical concerns of humans. This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for student’s field internship rotation and focuses on the Readings from significant philosophers are used to educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent student’s ability to become a team lead and increase show the major ethical problems from ancient to drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor competencies. modern times. skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. Prerequisite: PAR 262, PAR 263 Prerequisite: PHI 101 or permission Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly Corequisite: PAR 273 3/0/0 complex situations, this course complements the 0/3/0 student’s clinical rotation. Psychomotor competency PHI 210 History of Philosophy 3 cr. PAR 273 Paramedic Field Residency 2 cr. and team leading is a focus of this course This course focuses on an overview of Western thought This clinical course is designed for students to lead Prerequisite: PAR 242, PAR 243 from antiquity to the present. It emphasizes the emergency responses in the field by navigating all Corequisite: PAR 253 development of civilization through the living ideas aspects of the patient experience under the supervision 0/3/0 of past ages to the students can view contemporary of an assigned preceptor. This capstone course requires ideas in the perspective of their roots in past societies. PAR 253 Paramedic Field Internship I 3 cr. that students demonstrate terminal competence in It stresses the impact of social and cultural factors upon This clinical course continues to provide the student all skills sets for completion of the program. Travel is the spirit of the times throughout history. with the opportunity to connect theory and clinical required to off site clinical affiliates throughout the state. Prerequisite: PHI 101 or permission skills learned throughout the paramedic program, Prerequisite: PAR 262, PAR 263 with the reality of rendering patient care in the pre- Corequisite: PAR 272 PHI 220 Environmental Ethics 3 cr. hospital environment. The successful completion of 0/0/8 This course examines such questions as, “What are the Phase I Field Internship checklist, team leading the rights of animals?”, “Is there a land ethic?”, and PAR 290 Independent Study for and interventional skills are the focus of this clinical. “How can we achieve environmental justice?” Such Paramedic Science 1 cr. Students will be exposed to multiple geographical problems are discussed within the larger context of disparate care environments. Travel is required to off- This clinical course is designed for students to expand environmental philosophy, including such perspectives site clinical affiliates throughout the state. and perfect emergency response skills in particular as utilitarianism, holism, social ecology, deep ecology, Prerequisite: PAR 242, PAR 243 areas through simulation lab experiences. Permission ecofeminism and postmodernism. Applications to local Corequisite: PAR 252 to enter this course is by instructor recommendation. issues in land use, wilderness, civic agriculture and food 0/0/12 The course is a clinical course for up to 3 hours per week. will be included. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty 3/0/0 PAR 262 Paramedic Skills and 0/0/3 Scenario Lab VI 1 cr. PHI 230 Biomedical Ethics 3 cr. This skills and scenario lab will provide the setting for This course explores ethical issues in medicine and educational imprinting, cognitive integration, frequent PHILOSOPHY biotechnology. The course will focus on the philosophical drilling and autonomic development of psychomotor analysis of these issues and the application of ethical PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr. skills that are necessary to care for critically ill patients. theories. The aim is to equip students to understand the Through the use of medical simulation and increasingly This course examines some of the fundamental depth of moral dilemmas in the biomedical fields, the complex situations, this course complements the questions concerning knowledge, existence, and reasoning behind the different positions that are often student’s clinical rotation and focuses on developing value. Does God exist? What constitutes good and evil? taken, and how to evaluate these positions. the skills necessary in rapid sequence intubation, Is there an afterlife? What is free will? It emphasizes 3/0/0 cricothyrotomy and team leading. examining the original works of important Prerequisite: PAR 252, PAR 253 philosophers. Corequisite: PAR 263 3/0/0 FA/SP 0/3/0

rcbc.edu | 177 PHI 240 World Philosophy I 3 cr. PHO 203 Portfolio Production 2 cr. PSC 106 Physical Science I Laboratory 1 cr. This course will introduce students to philosophy as it’s Advanced students are given the opportunity to This laboratory course provides experiences that apply been practiced on a global scale, in Western and Eastern produce a comprehensive thematic portfolio that they to the concepts and topics covered in Physical Science I. civilizations. Specifically, the focus will be on ancient will develop and print. The prints may be produced Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSC 105 Asian, Greek, and Roman thought, as well as medieval either traditionally or digitally. Individual and group 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged philosophy. Through careful reading of primary texts, critiques will be ongoing in order to aid the student students will learn both the differences between the in the direction and realization of the photographic PSC 107 Physical Science II 3 cr. various philosophical traditions examined, as well as theme. This course explores the interaction between human the remarkable commonalities that they share. The Prerequisite: PHO 102, PHO 202, PHO 207, PHO 215, societies and the natural world. Students will learn course centers in the study of perspectives that are PHO 220 about the impact of natural events on society and far removed in time and place from the present day. 2/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged methods utilized in an attempt to mitigate their Yet students will learn how these views at once speak effects. Students will also learn about the use of natural to perennial, universal themes while revealing their PHO 207 Portrait Photography 3 cr. resources, fossil fuels, and alternative forms of energy relevance for contemporary concerns. This course will explore a range of portrait styles from and their effect on society and the environment. Prerequisite: PHI 101 formal studio portraiture to environmental portraiture 3/0/0 FA/SP and their application to editorial, executive, family, or 3/0/0 PSC 108 Physical Science II Laboratory 1 cr. wedding portraiture. There is a strong emphasis, with hands on experience, in the use of available light as This laboratory course provides experiences that PHOTOGRAPHY well as the use of artificial light including both strobe apply to the concepts and topics covered in Physical and tungsten. Science II. Note: Each student must have a 35mm camera with Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSC 107 manual settings. Students are required to purchase Prerequisite: PHO 102, PHO 120, PHO 215 0/2/0 Course fee charged printing paper, film, a processing tank and mounting 3/0/0 Course fee charged supplies. The cost of these supplies is approximately PHO 215 Digital Photography II 3 cr. PSC 120 Introduction to Geology 3 cr. $150-$250 per semester. This intermediate course continues the use of digital This course is an introduction to basic geological PHO 102 Black and White Photography I 3 cr. cameras while focusing on advanced image editing concepts and processes. The course covers the composition and structure of the earth, mechanics of This beginning course in photographic techniques with industry standard software. Students will become geological phenomena, identification and analysis of includes simple optics, camera formats, lenses, light skilled in advanced color and exposure correction, geological landforms, and the impact of the geological meters, choice of proper film, and basic composition. retouching, and compositing through masking and environment on people. Additional lab time is required. layers. Students will produce both color and black and white inkjet enlargements. Prerequisite: MTH 075 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Prerequisite: PHO 120 3/0/0 PHO 115 History of Photography 3 cr. 3/0/0 Course fee charged PSC 121 Introduction to Geology Lab 1 cr. This course is an overview of the history of photography PHO 220 Studio Photography 3 cr. This course provides laboratory experience that from its origins to the present day. It focuses on the This course is an introduction to all aspects of studio apply to topics and concepts covered in Introduction to development and history of photography as an art form Geology. and the impact this medium has had on both art and photography. Students will gain a working knowledge Prerequisite: MTH 075 culture. It also emphasizes major photographers and of artificial lighting techniques, using both strobe their work. and tungsten lights, while discovering the creative 0/3/0 Course fee charged 3/0/0 advantage of working with controlled lighting. PSC 140 Introduction to Marine Science 3 cr. Assignments will emphasize a variety of lighting This introduces an awareness of coastal and PHO 120 Digital Photography I 3 cr. practices for products and people in a studio environment. marine systems of the world. Marine Science is a This is a beginning course focusing on the use of Studio equipment and tools will be provided, but multidisciplinary science that studies the oceans, scanners, digital cameras, image editing software, students are required to have a digital SLR cameras for physical and chemical dynamics of the marine and inkjet printers. Students will explore content this course. environment, the forces affecting marine processes, and composition while developing technical skills to Prerequisite: PHO 120, PHO 215 and the relationships between organisms and their improve their photographs. The course covers 3/0/0 Course fee charged environments. all steps of a photographer’s digital workflow from capture to output. 3/0/0 3/0/0 Course fee charged PHYSICAL SCIENCE PSC 141 Introduction to Marine Science Lab 1 cr. PHO 202 Black and White Photography II 3 cr. PSC 105 Physical Science I 3 cr. This course provides laboratory experience that apply to topics and concepts covered in Introduction to This intermediate course is for the student who has This course is an introduction to physical science Marine Science. mastered basic Black and White Photography I. The designed especially for students without an extensive student will improve exposure techniques and will science background. It focuses on the Earth, the ocean, Prerequisite or corequisite: PSC 140 refine black and white printmaking for the purpose weather, and the universe as separate systems and as 0/3/0 FA/SP Course fee charged of more successfully achieving the aesthetic and one dynamic system. practical intent of the photograph. Assignments reflect 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU individual expression through photography. A thematic fifteen print portfolio will also be produced. Prerequisite: PHO 102 or permission 3/0/0 Course fee charged

178 | Rowan College at Burlington County PHYSICS PHY 210 General Physics I 3 cr. POL 103 Comparative Government This course is a study of the fundamental concepts and and Politics 3 cr. PHY 107 Fundamentals of Physics 3 cr. laws of mechanics with emphasis on the conservation This course focuses on selected political systems This course is an introduction to the basic principles of laws. It focuses on scalar and vector qualities of considered in a comparative framework. Cases are physics. The topics of motion, mechanics, heat energy, mechanics; rectilinear and circular motion; equilibrium taken from countries both more and less economically properties of matter, sound, light, electricity and and Newton’s laws of motion; work; energy; developed. It emphasizes government processes and magnetism will be presented in a conceptual context. momentum; and the conservation laws. It is designed institutions. Application of principles to environmental and health for students majoring in engineering, the sciences, 3/0/0 FA/SP problems are included. This course is recommended for mathematics, and computer science programs. POL 215 Constitutional Law 3 cr. students with no previous physics experience. Prerequisite: High school physics or PHY 107 Prerequisite: MTH 075 and MTH 118 This course examines individual rights and civil liberties through the study of the U.S. Constitution and leading 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Supreme Court decisions. It focuses on the judicial PHY 110 Principles of Physics I 3 cr. PHY 211 General Physics I Laboratory 1 cr. process and the effect of judicial decisions on American This non-calculus level course reviews the physical This laboratory course provides experiences that society. properties of matter, mechanics, heat, and sound. apply to the concepts and topics covered in General Prerequisite: ENG 101 The course stresses the relationship between physical Physics I. 3/0/0 FA laws and applied problems in various disciplines. It is Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHY 210 POL 220 Western Political Thought 3 cr. designed for students majoring in the applied sciences, 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged allied health, life sciences, and the liberal arts. This course is a survey of the most significant political Prerequisite: MTH 130 PHY 212 General Physics II 3 cr. philosophy from ancient times into the modern era. 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU This course is an introduction to thermodynamics, It focuses on the issues of liberty, equality, political electricity, and magnetism. It focuses on heat and obligation, and justice. PHY 111 Principles of Physics I Laboratory 1 cr. thermal energy; electric and magnetic fields; basic DC 3/0/0 This laboratory course provides experiences that apply circuit analysis; and electromagnetic waves. POL 250 International Politics 3 cr. to the topics and concepts covered in Principles of Prerequisite: PHY 210, PHY 211 This course examines patterns of behavior in Physics I. 3/0/0 SP/SU Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHY 110 international systems. It focuses on the state; 0/2/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged PHY 213 General Physics II Laboratory 1 cr. sovereignty; war and peace; power; nationalism; This laboratory course provides experiences that apply imperialism; law; security dilemmas; interdependence; PHY 112 Principles of Physics II 3 cr. to the concepts and topics covered in General Physics II. international regimes; and ethical and global issues. This course is a continuation of Principles of Physics I. It Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHY 212 Prerequisite: ENG 101 focuses on electricity, magnetism, light, optics, and an 0/2/0 SP/SU Course fee charged 3/0/0 introduction to atomic and nuclear physics. POL 262 Internship in Politics 3 cr. Prerequisite: PHY 110, PHY 111 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU POLITICAL SCIENCE This course is designed to provide students an opportunity of directed study and research in a local, PHY 113 Principles of Physics II Laboratory 1 cr. POL 101 American National state or national governmental agency or office. This laboratory course provides experiences that apply Government and Politics 3 cr. A demonstration of scholarly achievement will be to the topics and concepts covered in Principles of This course is a comprehensive examination of the required. Physics II. basic principles of the U.S. constitutional system. It Prerequisite: Project approval by the instructor Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHY 112 focuses on the operation of the democratic process; the 0/2/0 SP/SU Course fee charged organization, powers, and procedures of Congress; the presidency and the federal judiciary; interest groups; PSYCHOLOGY PHY 120 Introduction to Astronomy 3 cr. political parties; media; and voting. It emphasizes PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology 3 cr. This is an introductory astronomy course intended the leading political, economic, and social influences This course is designed to provide a general for non-science majors. It focuses on the nature of affecting democratic government. understanding and application of the basic principles light; operation of telescopes; our solar system; birth, 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU evolution, and death of stars; black holes; galaxies; and of psychology. Topics will include history of psychology; cosmology. There are sessions for observing the night POL 102 State and Local Government 3 cr. scientific methods; physiological basis of behavior; sky with a Meade ETC 125 telescope. This course is a comprehensive examination of the development; principles of learning; personality theory 3/0/0 structures, processes, and policy outputs of state and and assessment; abnormal behavior; psychotherapy; local governments throughout the United States and and social psychology. PHY 121 Astronomy Laboratory 1 cr. in New Jersey. 3/0/0 This laboratory course complements the PHY 120 3/0/0 course. The laboratory experiences include computer PSY 105 Introduction to Group Dynamics 3 cr. simulations, experiments on basic phenomenon, and This course focuses on group functioning and leadership observations of the night/day sky. and the factors involved in group cohesion and group Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHY 120 conflict; communication systems; emotional styles; 0/2/0 Course fee charged and group role function. It examines how to design and facilitate task groups and therapy groups. 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 179 PSY 106 Psychology of Scientific Thinking 3 cr. PSY 255 Abnormal Psychology 3 cr. RAD 113 Introduction to Radiologic Science 2 cr. This course will examine methods of science and the This course is a study of the characteristic features of This course provides the student an overview of the role that science plays in understanding how the world various types of mental abnormalities, dynamics, and foundations of radiography and the practitioner’s works. The development of critical thinking skills and therapeutic methods. role in health care delivery. Principles, practices and an evidence-based approach to evaluating scientific Prerequisite: PSY 101 policies of health care organizations are examined and claims will be emphasized. Students will study the 3/0/0 discussed in addition to the professional responsibilities psychological processes that underlie the scientific of the radiographer. The student is also introduced to method and the persistence of belief in pseudoscientific PSY 256 Developmental Psychology 3 cr. the basic information concerning ethical and legal and non-scientific claims. This course considers human psychological and behavior within a health care environment. Prerequisite: PSY 101 physiological development from conception to old age. Prerequisite: BIO 208//BIO 209, HIT 105, ENG 101 3/0/0 It examines a comprehensive review of the basic bio- Corequisite: Admission to program, BIO 110/111 or psychological principles of growth in conjunction with BIO 208/209, ENG 101, HIT 105 PSY 202 Interviewing Techniques 3 cr. major research findings. 2/0/0 This course trains students to understand and effectively Prerequisite: PSY 101 utilize the interviewing process to assist clients with 3/0/0 RAD 114 Radiographic Exposure II 3 cr. problem resolution. It examines various interviewing This course focuses on the prime factors of image PSY 257 Psychology of Adjustment 3 cr. styles and techniques and the theoretical foundation production, imaging standards, and analysis of each. It develops interviewing skills through the use This course examines the psychological concepts techniques. It identifies concepts of quality control of student interaction, role-playing, videotape, and relevant to the problems of personal adjustment in and quality assurance. Various exposure systems recordings of actual student interviews. It focuses on today’s computer world. To foster student growth in are compared and radiological science theories and the concepts of communication, interaction, and the self-awareness and self-understanding, it will focus on techniques are applied in the clinical setting. self. research and themes of adjustment; self-image; stress Prerequisite: RAD 130 and coping; emotions; interpersonal relationships; 3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged Corequisite: RAD 122 aging; dying; and death. 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged PSY 203 Human Sexuality 3 cr. Prerequisite: PSY 101 This course is an academic interdisciplinary study 3/0/0 RAD 117 Patient Care in Radiologic Science 2 cr. of human sexuality. It focuses on sexual biology; The student is introduced to the methods of optimal PSY 258 Psychology of Personality 3 cr. developing sexual relationships; love and intimacy; patient care, including consideration for the physical sexual choices; contraception; S.T.D.; sexual customs; This course explores the major theoretical approaches and psychological needs of the patient and family. and sex education. and current research findings in the study of personality. Communication between the technologist and health 3/0/0 It focuses on biological, social, and cultural influences. care team is stressed. Routine and emergency patient Prerequisite: PSY 101 PSY 210 Psychology as a Profession care procedures are described, to include infection 3/0/0 and Practice 3 cr. control procedures using standard precautions. This course will introduce students to traditional PSY 259 Social Psychology 3 cr. Prerequisite: Admission into the Radiography Program, and emerging applied areas in psychology, with the This course examines the interactions of individuals BIO 110, BIO 111, or BIO 208/209; HIT 105, ENG 101 goal of increasing students’ knowledge about how and groups: both the ways the ideas and beliefs of an Corequisite: RAD 113, RAD 127, RAD 140, RAD 142 psychological information is used to impact people’s individual are affected by the environment and the way 2/0/0 lives. In addition, students will learn how psychological that individuals form groups. It focuses on the causes of RAD 122 Clinical Procedures II 5 cr. knowledge can be applied in ways that allow us to social behavior; the influences of groups; the evolution This course focuses on the radiographic procedures better understand the individual and the broader social and stages of different societies; and the major theories of the lower extremity, pelvic girdle, and abdomen. world. Finally, students will explore possible career that seek to explain and predict behavior. Hands-on instruction in the proper use of fixed and paths in psychology and learn how to best prepare for a Prerequisite: PSY 101 mobile radiographic equipment and application of career in psychology or related fields post-graduation. 3/0/0 FA/SP theoretical principles are demonstrated in a laboratory Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSY 101 setting. Subsequent hands-on experience is provided 3/0/0 RADIOGRAPHY under the direct supervision of qualified radiographers. PSY 250 Educational Psychology 3 cr. Prerequisite: RAD 121 This course is specifically designed for prospective RAD 107 Principles of Corequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, RAD 107, RAD 114 teachers. It focuses on the application of the principles Radiation Protection and Biology 2 cr. 2/2/16 FA Course fee charged of psychology to the teaching and learning processes. This course focuses on the radiation effects on cells Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSY 101 or permission and living tissues. It presents the principles and 3/0/0 responsibilities of radiation protection and identifies federal and state regulations. PSY 251 Child and Adolescent Psychology 3 cr. Prerequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 140, This course is a study of growth, adjustment and RAD 142 capacities of individuals from conception through Corequisite: RAD 129, RAD 150, RAD 152, BIO 114, adolescence. It emphasizes the study of normal BIO 115 children. 2/0/0 SP Course fee charged Prerequisite: PSY 101 or permission 3/0/0

180 | Rowan College at Burlington County RAD 123 Clinical Procedures III 5 cr. RAD 140 Radiography Clinical Procedures I 3 cr. RAD 160 Radiography Clinical This course focuses on students learning to perform The student is taught to perform radiographic Procedures III 3 cr. radiographic procedures of the spine and skull. Hands- procedures of the chest, upper extremity, shoulder The student learns to perform radiographic procedures on instruction in the proper use of fixed and mobile girdle and abdomen. Anatomic structure and of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx, radiographic equipment and application of theoretical topographic landmarks are identified. Radiographic and cranium. Anatomic structure and topographic principles are demonstrated in a laboratory setting. positioning nomenclature, aids, accessory equipment, landmarks are identified. Radiographic positioning Subsequent hands-on experience is provided under the production of quality radiographic images and nomenclature, aids, accessory equipment, production direct supervision of qualified radiographers. Achieved radiation protection procedures are studied. Laboratory of quality radiographic images and radiation protection competency is measured and pertinent initial and materials are used to demonstrate clinical applications procedures are studied. Laboratory materials are used continual clinical competency is performed. of theoretical principles and concepts. Achieved to demonstrate clinical applications of theoretical Prerequisite: RAD 107, RAD 122 laboratory competency is measured. principles and concepts. Achieved laboratory Corequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115 Prerequisite: BIO 208/209, ENG 101, HIT 105 competency is measured. 2/2/16 SU Course fee charged Corequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 142 Prerequisite: BIO 114/115 or BIO 214/115, RAD 129, 2/2/0 Course fee charged RAD 150, RAD 152 RAD 127 Radiographic Image Production 2 cr. Corequisite: RAD 162 RAD 142 Clinical Practicum The student establishes a knowledge base in the 2/2/0 Course fee charged technical factors that govern the image production and Image Evaluation I 2 cr. process. This course focuses on the factors that influence The student is assigned to the radiology department RAD 162 Clinical Practicum the creation of the radiographic image. in the first semester of a clinical education center. The and Image Evaluation III 2 cr. Prerequisite: Admission to program, BIO 110/111 or practical application of imaging of the following: chest, The student is assigned to the radiology department BIO 208/209, ENG 101, HIT 105 upper extremity, shoulder girdle and abdomen can be in the third semester of a clinical education center. The Corequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 140, RAD 142 performed on actual patients through the competency practical application of imaging of the following: skull, 2/0/0 process. Hands-on experience is provided under the spine, and mobile can be performed on actual patients direct supervision of qualified radiographers. through the competency process. Hands-on experience RAD 129 Digital Image Acquisition Prerequisite: Admission into the Radiography Program, is provided under the direct supervision of qualified and Display 2 cr. BIO 110/111 or BIO 208/209, HIT 105, ENG 101 radiographers. The student will learn about the components, Corequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 140 Prerequisite: RAD 107, RAD 129, RAD 150, RAD 152, BIO principles and operation of digital imaging systems 0/0/16 Course fee charged 114/115 or BIO 214/215 found in diagnostic radiology. Factors that impact Prerequisite/Corequisite: RAD 160, SPE 102 RAD 150 Radiography Clinical image acquisition, display, archiving and retrieval are 0/0/16 Course fee charged discussed in detail. Principles of digital imaging quality Procedures II 3 cr. assurance and maintenance are presented as well. The student learns to perform radiographic RAD 224 Clinical Procedures IV 6 cr. Prerequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 140, procedures of the lower extremity, pelvic girdle This course focuses on students learning to perform RAD 142 and abdomen. Anatomic structure and topographic radiographic procedures of the biliary, digestive, Corequisite: RAD 107, RAD 129, RAD 150, RAD 152, landmarks are identified. Radiographic positioning reproductive, and urinary systems. Hands-on BIO 114, BIO 115 or BIO 214/215 nomenclature, aids, accessory equipment, production instruction in the proper use of fixed and mobile 2/0/0 of quality radiographic images and radiation protection radiographic equipment and application of theoretical procedures are studied. Laboratory materials are used principles are demonstrated in a laboratory setting. RAD 130 Radiographic Exposure I 3 cr. to demonstrate clinical applications of theoretical Subsequent hands-on experience is provided under the This course focuses on the factors that influence the principles and concepts. Achieved laboratory direct supervision of qualified radiographers. Achieved production of the radiographic image. It emphasizes the competency is measured. competency is measured and pertinent initial and processing requirements, components, and procedures. Prerequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 140, continual clinical competency is performed. It identifies the construction of the elements of image RAD 142 Prerequisite: RAD 123 production and demonstrates the application of Corequisite: RAD 107, RAD 129, RAD 152 2/2/24 FA Course fee charged theoretical principles in the clinical setting. 2/2/0 Course fee charged Prerequisite: Admission to program RAD 152 Clinical Practicum Corequisite: RAD 121 and Image Evaluation II 2 cr. 3/0/0 FA Course fee charged The student is assigned to the radiology department in the second semester of a clinical education center. The practical application of imaging of the following: thorax, lower extremity, and pelvic girdle can be performed on actual patients through the competency process. Hands-on experience is provided under the direct supervision of qualified radiographers. Prerequisite: RAD 113, RAD 117, RAD 127, RAD 140, RAD 142 Corequisite: BIO 114/115 or BIO 214/215, RAD 107, RAD 129, RAD 150 0/0/16 Course fee charged

rcbc.edu | 181 RAD 225 Clinical Procedures V 5 cr. RAD 240 Radiography Clinical RAD 252 Clinical Practicum This course focuses on students learning to perform Procedures IV 3 cr. and Image Evaluation V 3 cr. various cardiovascular, central nervous, and computed The student is taught to perform radiographic The student is assigned to the radiology department tomography procedures. Previously mastered anatomy procedures of the mobile radiography, pediatric, in the fifth semester of a clinical education center. is presented in transverse, coronal, and sagittal digestive, biliary, reproductive and urinary systems. The practical application of imaging of the following: planes. Pathology and disease as they relate to various Radiographic positioning aids, accessory equipment, bone survey, long bone measurement, bone age, radiographic procedures are emphasized. Hands- use of contrast media, production of quality foreign body, scoliosis survey, hysterosalpinography, on instruction in the proper use of fixed and mobile radiographs and radiation protection are presented. myelography, and arthrography can be performed radiographic equipment and application of theoretical Laboratory materials are used to demonstrate clinical on actual patients through the competency process. principles are demonstrated in a laboratory setting. applications of theoretical principles and concepts. Hands-on experience is provided under the direct Subsequent hands-on experience is provided under the Achieved laboratory competency is measured. supervision of qualified radiographers. direct supervision of qualified radiographers. Achieved Prerequisite: RAD 160, RAD 162, SPE 102 Prerequisite: RAD 235, RAD 240, RAD 242, CIS 101 competency is measured and pertinent initial and Corequisite: RAD 235, RAD 242 Corequisite: RAD 250, PSY 101 continual clinical competency is performed. Prerequisite/Corequisite: CIS 101 Prerequisite/Corequisite: PSY 101, SOC 101 Prerequisite: RAD 224 2/2/0 0/0/24 Course fee charged Corequisite: RAD 120 RAD 242 Clinical Practicum RAD 262 Clinical Practicum 2/0/24 SP Course fee charged and Image Evaluation IV 3 cr. and Image Evaluation VI 3 cr. RAD 226 Clinical Procedures VI 3 cr. The student is assigned to the radiology department Students are assigned to the radiology department This course allows the student sufficient clinical in the fourth semester of a clinical education center. in the sixth semester of a clinical education center practicum to achieve entry level clinical competency. The practical application of imaging of the following: for practical application of the information presented Hands-on experience is provided under the supervision biliary, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems in the prerequisite and co-requisite courses. This of qualified radiographers. Clinical rotations in can be performed on actual patients through the course allows the student sufficient clinical practicum advanced modalities may be made available during competency process. Hands-on experience is provided to achieve entry level clinical competency. Hands- this semester with the permission of the clinical under the direct supervision of qualified radiographers. on experience is provided under the supervision of coordinator. Achieved competency and pertinent initial Prerequisite: RAD 160, RAD 162, SPE 102 qualified radiographers. Clinical rotations in advanced (CT) and final clinical competency testing is performed. Corequisite: RAD 235, RAD 240 modalities may be made available during this semester Prerequisite: RAD 225 Prerequisite/Corequisite: CIS 101 with the permission of the clinical coordinator. 0/0/24 SU Course fee charged 0/0/24 Achieved competency and pertinent initial and final clinical competency testing is performed. RAD 230 Equipment Operation RAD 250 Radiography Clinical Prerequisite: RAD 250, RAD 252, PSY 101, SOC 101 and Maintenance 4 cr. Procedures V 2 cr. Corequisite/Prerequisite: MTH 107 This course focuses on the construction, The student is taught radiographic advanced imaging 0/0/24 Course fee charged instrumentation, and underlying physical principles of procedures including mammograms, arthrograms, various types of imaging. It emphasizes fluoroscopic myelograms, venograms, and arteriograms. image intensifying, mobile, and various specialized Radiographic positioning aids, accessory equipment, RELIGION systems. Emphasis is placed in safe operating production of quality radiographs and radiation procedures and limits of radiographic equipment. protection are presented. The student will also REL 205 Comparative Religion 3 cr. Corequisite: RAD 225 evaluate radiographic images of all required program This course examines and compares the world’s major 4/0/0 SP Course fee charged competencies. Finally, the student is introduced to religious traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It emphasizes reading RAD 235 Radiographic Imaging Equipment 2 cr. the basic concepts of pharmacology, venipuncture and administration of diagnostic contrast agents and and interpreting the sacred texts, as well as exploring The content of this course is designed to establish a intravenous medications. 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Prerequisite/Corequisite: CIS 101 Students will learn about the significance and 2/0/0 fundamental characteristics of service-learning while applying these concepts to real community needs. All placements must be unpaid, non-profit organizations (or working to obtain status), and pre-screened by the Service-Learning Program. 1/0/1

182 | Rowan College at Burlington County SLR 112 Service-Learning Practicum SOC 160 Society, Ethics & Technology 3 cr. SOC 210 Minority Groups 3 cr. and Community Partnerships 2 cr. This course provides a framework for understanding the This course focuses on the causes, consequences, and This course provides students the opportunity to ways in which technology has transformed society and justifications of the inequalities associated with race, participate in a minimum of 45 service-learning hours for assessing the social, ethical, global, environmental gender, and ethnicity in the United States and in accompanied by lectures throughout the semester. and professional issues associated with these changes. other societies. It examines current social policies and Students will learn about the significance and Students will also have the opportunity to conduct explores alternative routes to social change. fundamental characteristics of service-learning while investigations into the following areas: professional Prerequisite: SOC 101 applying these concepts to real community needs. responsibility, ethical implications, respect for diversity 3/0/0 SP Through hands-on service and related assignments, and the need for life-long learning. SOC 211 Sociology of Death and Dying 3 cr. students will learn about community organizations and Prerequisite: ENG 101 how to partner with them to make an impact on the 3/0/0 This course provides a broad introduction of death community. All placements must be unpaid, non-profit and dying which include areas of euthanasia, suicide, organizations (or working to obtain status), and pre- SOC 201 Social Problems 3 cr. terminal illness, funeral and burial rituals, cultural and screened by the Service-Learning Program. This course focuses on sociological principles and ethical values related to death. This course also presents 1/0/3 methods as they are applied to an analysis of selected stages of grief and bereavement as well as the process problems in contemporary American society. It of death and dying among various age groups. SLR 113 Service-Learning Practicum emphasizes world overpopulation; poverty; crime and 3/0/0 and Community Awareness 3 cr. violence; social inequality; alcohol and drug abuse; the SOC 227 Sports in Society 3 cr. This course provides students the opportunity to economy; and environmental pollution. participate in a minimum of 90 service-learning hours Prerequisite: SOC 101 This course examines sport from a sociological perspective, evaluating the interactive influence on accompanied by lectures throughout the semester. 3/0/0 FA/SP Students will learn about the significance and other social institutions such as politics, the economy, fundamental characteristics of service-learning while SOC 205 Marriage and the Family 3 cr. healthcare, the media, and education. Gender, race applying these concepts to real community needs. This course is a comparative study of the institutions social class, and youth socialization will be examined to Through hands-on service and related assignments, of marriage and the family in various societies, with understand sport as its own institution. students will learn how to develop awareness of social special emphasis on the sociological study of courtship; Prerequisite: ENG 101 issues and the community. All placements must be marriage; and family development and organization in 3/0/0 unpaid, non-profit organizations (or working to obtain the contemporary American family. status), and pre-screened by the Service-Learning Prerequisite: SOC 101 or PSY 101 Program. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU SPANISH 1/0/6 SOC 207 Communication, Mass Media SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I 3 cr. SLR 114 Service-Learning Practicum and Society 3 cr. This course is for students with no knowledge of and Identity 4 cr. This course covers the history, organization, economics Spanish and is designed to lay a foundation for This course provides students the opportunity to and control of mass communications. The course will speaking, reading, and writing the language. participate in a minimum of 135 service-learning hours focus on the impact of books, newspapers, television, 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU accompanied by lectures throughout the semester. radio, film, the internet, magazines, online content and SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II 3 cr. Students will learn about the significance and associated media among society. It includes the various This course is for students with limited knowledge of fundamental characteristics of service-learning while technology systems involved in mass media. Spanish. It focuses on building upon demonstrated applying these concepts to real community needs. 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU skills in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Through hands-on service and related assignments, SOC 208 Social Class in America 3 cr. students will learn how social issues can shape Prerequisite: SPA 101 or one year of high school identities. All placements must be unpaid, non-profit This course investigates the dimensions of social Spanish organizations (or working to obtain status), and pre- inequality in the United States. It focuses on an 3/0/0 FA/SP screened by the Service-Learning Program. analysis of the historical forces leading to existing SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I 3 cr. 1/0/9 patterns within the contemporary social class system. It emphasizes the consequences of social class position This course focuses on speaking Spanish. Class in such areas as jobs, health care, education, social discussion is based on cultural readings from the SOCIOLOGY mobility, and family patterns. Spanish-speaking world. There is intensive grammar study and composition work. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3 cr. Prerequisite: SPA 102 or two years of high school 3/0/0 This course focuses on the science and theory that Spanish or permission sociologists use to understand the social world. It SOC 209 Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 cr. 3/0/0 FA examines the social construction of reality, the place This course is an overview of women’s participation in SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II 3 cr. of institutions in modern society, and the forces that a variety of fields, including history, politics, and the This course focuses on achieving skill in speaking shape human social interaction. workforce. It also examines women’s issues. Spanish. Class discussion is based on cultural readings 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU 3/0/0 from the Spanish-speaking world. There is intensive grammar study and composition work. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or permission 3/0/0 SP

rcbc.edu | 183 SPEECH STUDENT SUCCESS TEC 120 Safety Management 3 cr. An overview of fundamentals of Safety Management SPE 101 Effective Oral Communication 3 cr. CSS 101 College Study Skills 3 cr. Principles. A detailed review of OSHA regulations This course examines the process of spoken This course is for students who want to develop or to and standards pertinent to engineers and managers communication, with an emphasis on small group become more proficient at college level study skills. It that expect to perform and/or influence safety interaction. It includes public speaking experiences, focuses on time management, organizing textbook related activities in an engineering construction problem solving techniques, and approaches to discussion. information, lecture note-taking, test taking strategies, project. Minimum safety requirements are discussed Corequisite: ENG 101 and memory techniques. in a practical context for immediate application in 3/0/0 FA/SP 3/0/0 FA/SP engineering construction field operations. Course materials include a review of OSHA Standards for SPE 102 Public Speaking 3 cr. the Engineering Construction Industry, a review of This course will focus on the planning and presentation SUSTAINABILITY selected sections of OSHA Standards for General skills used in formal speeches. Students will enhance Industry, a review of general principles of Engineering their competence in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, SST 100 Principles of Sustainability 3 cr. This course is designed to provide the fundamentals of construction safety management. Furthermore, at the organization of materials, and academic research and end of the course, eligible students receive an OSHA technology. The course will emphasize speech-making sustainability principles and practices for entry-level students as well as under- and unemployed adults “30 Hour Training Certificate in Occupational Safety and methods and techniques through extemporaneous Health for Construction.” delivery. Speeches will be presented in class and are who are in job transition from non-environmental 3/0/0 observed and analyzed by the instructor and fellow sectors seeking grounding in sustainability principles. classmates. It covers basic sustainability principles relative to TEC 201 Career Readiness II 1 cr. Prerequisite: ENG 101 population issues; climate change; renewable energy; This course is part of a 3-part sequence of career 3/0/0 consumption; ecosystem threats; transportation; exploration courses (TEC 101, TEC 201, and TEC 202). green design and construction; biodiversity; and The total sequence contains professional development environmental justice. Throughout the course, and field exposure for a minimum of 45 hours. Students STUDENT RESEARCH emphasis is placed on assisting students in exploring will become familiar with the work environment green employment opportunities. SRS 150 Introduction to Student Research 1 cr. and specific tasks, perform personal and career 3/0/0 FA/SP/SU assessments, and develop job search and interviewing Students will begin preparing for their independent skills. The field portion focuses on specific careers. It is research through hypothesis formation, preliminary flexible and may take a number of formats, including data collection and primary literature evaluation in this TECHNOLOGY job internships, cooperative education, company field laboratory-based course. TEC 101 Career Readiness I 1 cr. trips and job profiling, a directed-study job mentorship, Prerequisite: Instructor permission This course is part of a 3-part sequence of career and job shadowing. It also allows students to explore 0/3/0 FA/SP/SU exploration courses (TEC 101, TEC 201, and TEC 202). career options firsthand and to be ready to excel in his/ SRS 250 Intermediate Student Research 2 cr. This initial course provides a career exploration her professional working environment. Student will use This course builds on previous research completed in introduction (a 2.0 GPA or higher is required). The a combination of the available course elements of the prior semesters. In this course, students are expected to total sequence contains professional development and career exploration component with the approval of the continue to conduct advanced levels of investigations, field exposure for a minimum of 45 hours. Students instructor. analyses and conclusions relating to previously will become familiar with the work environment Prerequisite: ENG 101 established research projects or experiences in this and specific tasks, perform personal and career 0/0/6 assessments, and develop job search and interviewing laboratory-based course. TEC 202 Career Readiness III 1 cr. skills. The field portion focuses on specific careers. It is Prerequisite: Instructor permission This course is part of a 3-part sequence of career 0/6/0 FA/SP/SU flexible and may take a number of formats, including job internships, cooperative education, company field exploration courses (TEC 101, TEC 201, and TEC 202; SRS 260 Exploratory Student Research 2 cr. trips and job profiling, a directed-study job mentorship, a 2.0 GPA or higher is required). The total sequence This course builds on previous research completed in and job shadowing. It also allows students to explore contains professional development and field exposure prior semesters. In this course, students are expected to career options firsthand and to be ready to excel in his/ for a minimum of 45 hours. Students will become continue to conduct advanced levels of investigations, her professional working environment. Students will familiar with the work environment and specific analyses and conclusions relating to previously use a combination of the available course elements of tasks, perform personal and career assessments, and established research projects or experiences in this the career exploration component with the approval of develop job search and interviewing skills. The field laboratory-based course. the instructor. portion focuses on specific careers. It is flexible and may take a number of formats, including job internships, Prerequisite: Instructor permission Prerequisite: ENG 101 or by permission cooperative education, company field trips and job 0/6/0 FA/SP/SU 0/0/6 profiling, a directed-study job mentorship, and job SRS 270 Advanced Student Research 2 cr. shadowing. It also allows students to explore career This laboratory-based course builds on previous options firsthand and to be ready to excel in his/her research conducted in prior semesters. In this course, professional working environment. Students will use students are expected to continue to conduct extended a combination of the available course elements of the investigations and analyses relating to an on-going career exploration component with the approval of the research project. instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission Prerequisite: ENG 101 or by permission 0/6/0 FA/SP/SU 0/0/45

184 | Rowan College at Burlington County TEC 211 Entrepreneurship 3 cr. THR 125 Voice and Diction 3 cr. TURKISH The course provides students with a solid foundation Voice and Diction is the study of vocal mechanisms, of the vital role played by entrepreneurs and phonetics, and related exercises to improve articulation, TUR 101 Elementary Turkish I 3 cr. entrepreneurship in the 21st century global economy. pronunciation and expressive intonation. The course This course is for beginners who have no previous They will assess, explore, critique, and celebrate the also covers the International Phonetic Alphabet and its knowledge of Turkish. Elementary Turkish I phenomenon of entrepreneurship. The emphasis is uses in vocal performance. introduces basic vocabulary and grammar rules and on entrepreneurship as a manageable process that 3/0/0 focuses on building language competencies in listening, can be applied in virtually any organizational setting. reading, speaking and writing. THR 130 Musical Theatre Workshop 3 cr. Moreover, the course focuses on the creation of new 3/0/0 This course is available to all RCBC students. Students ventures, their development process, and factors TUR 102 Elementary Turkish II 3 cr. associated with their success. Further, the course covers will learn singing, dancing and acting skills and This course is for students who have limited theory and practice, with the applications of principles, will be expected to execute those skills in multiple knowledge of Turkish. Elementary Turkish II focuses concepts and frameworks to real world situations. performances of a fully costumed, technically complete musical production. Audition required. on building upon demonstrated skills in listening, 3/0/0 Prerequisite: Instructor permission speaking, reading and writing Turkish. TEC 212 Project Management 3 cr. 0/9/0 Prerequisite: TUR 101 The course covers key components of project 3/0/0 THR 132 Musical Theatre Workshop II 3 cr. management including project integration, project scope management, project time and cost This course is available to all RCBC students who management, quality management, human resource have successfully completed THR 130. In this second considerations, communications, risk management, performance based course students will expand and procurement management. their basic singing, dancing and acting skills and will Prerequisite: ENG 101 be expected to execute advanced skills in multiple performances of a fully costumed, technically complete 3/0/0 musical production. Audition required. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and THR 130 THEATRE 0/9/0 THR 101 Introduction to Theatre 3 cr. THR 219 Theatre Laboratory 3 cr. This course focuses on dramatic literature and examines This course covers theatre production under supervised, man’s political, social, and psychological relationship laboratory conditions for advanced students. to his environment. It examines the basic elements Prerequisite: THR 105, THR 106, or THR 110 and/or of a theatrical production and the experience of a permission performance. 3/0/0 FA/SP THR 105 Fundamentals of Acting I 3 cr. This course focuses on the fundamentals of acting with application of the principles and theory of creative acting. It includes exercises in the acting methods and practices of the modern actor. It requires performance of scenes and exercises from contemporary and classic dramatic literature. 3/0/0 FA THR 110 Stagecraft I 3 cr. This course offers practical experience in scene design and construction; lighting; costuming; make-up; and sound effects. It focuses on the terminology and equipment appropriate for a stage and investigates the visual and technical aspects of the nature of stagecraft. 2/3/0 Course fee charged THR 111 Stagecraft II 3 cr. This course continues the fundamentals learned in THR 110. Prerequisite: THR 110 or permission 2/3/0 Course fee charged

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190 | Rowan College at Burlington County WILLIAMS, LAUREN SPECIAL PROJECT DYOTT, COURTNEY Temporary English Instructor PROFESSIONALS DMS Clinical Coordinator B.S., Georgian Court University B.S., Thomas Jefferson University ADAMS, JOSHUA M.A., Southern New Hampshire University Adult Basic Education/ FATTORINI, VIRGINIA Workplace Learning Link Instructor Human Resources Generalist WILLIAMS, SHANNON A.A., Ocean County College B.A., Ursinus College Instructor B.A., Stockton University Nursing M.A., University of Phoenix FERNANDEZ, MARISSA R. B.S., Saint Joseph’s University Benefits Specialist AGOSTINI, BENJAMIN M.S.N, Sacred Heart University B.S., La Salle University Technical Support Specialist I WILSON, DAVE B.S., Rowan College FIELDS, PATRICE Instructor, Electronic Engineering at Burlington County Accountant/Analyst M.S., Holy Family University A.A., Camden County College BAIN, STEPHANIE M.S., Khmelnistky University B.A., Eastern University Program Delivery Assistant YANUZZI, GINA B.A., Kutztown University FRANKLIN, ERICA LAUREN Instructor Service Learning Coordinator English BIANROSA, DENISE B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania A.A., Rowan College Technical Support Specialist II A.A.S. & Digital Electronic Technician GAGLIANO, JERRY at Burlington County Facilities Coordinator B.A. and M.A., The College Certification, DeVry University B.A., Stevens-Henager College of New Jersey A.A.S. & PC COMP SUPPORT/SVC Certification, Rowan College GILES, ANDREW PHILIP ZAMKOTOWICZ, MARC D. at Burlington County Aquatics Coordinator Assistant Professor Geospatial Technology, Geoscience BOGDAN, ELISA B.A., Matthew Boulton College SDIC, NRPA, National Aquatics B.S., Bloomsburg University Alternative Pain Management Coordinator certified M.S., Old Dominion University B.S., Virginia Tech Geomatics Certificate - M.S., The George Washington GLASSER, SAMANTHA University Rutgers University Logistics/Operations Coordinator ZIMNES, FAITH CATALANO, JENNIFER M. B.A., Stockton University Business Manager Instructor GLAZER, LARA B.S., Rider University Dental Hygiene Adjunct Coordinator, Liberal Arts A.A.S., Mercer County CREAN, CHRISTOPHER J. B.A., Lehigh University Community College Student Services Generalist GONZALEZ, KATHERINE A.A.S., Rowan College A.A., Camden County College Retention Advisor at Burlington County B.A., Rowan University B.A., The College of New Jersey M.A., Rosemont College M.S., Capella University DAVENPORT, DIANA B.A., Eastern University Rowan Relations Specialist HAWKINS, RUTH VALERIE B.A., Rutgers University Counseling Specialist DEJOSEPH, ALISON B.S., Northern Michigan University Program Development Specialist I HOLGUIN-PAGAN, MAHIRYM B.S., The University of Georgia Health Science Programs DELUISE, DANIEL J. Division Coordinator Grants Specialist B.A., Rutgers University B.A., Rowan University C.B.A., National University College DILORENZO, FRANCES IPPOLITI, CHRISTINA Coding Program Manager Adult Education/ A.A.S., Rowan College Workforce Learning Link Instructor at Burlington County B.A. & M.A., Rutgers University B.S., The City College of New York School of Professional Studies

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192 | Rowan College at Burlington County SUPPORTIVE STAFF BROWN, CAREY E. DEEDS, JENNIFER L. Custodian A Financial Aid Officer ABBAMONTE, LUIZA A.A., Rowan College Secretary, Educational Opportunity Fund BUCCI, TAYLOR at Burlington County (EOF) Admissions Counselor B.S., Southern Illinois University A.A., Rowan College B.A., Gwynedd Mercy University at Burlington County DEVONE, KATHLEEN B.A., Thomas Edison State University BUDDEN, MICHAEL Distance Learning Coordinator Maintenance Mechanic/Electrician A.A., Rowan College ABBAMONTE, SCOTT L. Licensed Residential and Commercial at Burlington County Student Support Resources Technician Electrician B.A., Rutgers University-Camden A.A., Rowan College Graduate Certificate, University of at Burlington County BYLES, RANCEFORD Custodian Massachusetts AFFOURTIT, ASHLEY ENDRE, KAREN L. CARTER, DANA M. Financial Aid Officer II Billing Coordinator A.A., Rowan College at Financial Aid Junior Officer Burlington County B.A., The Pennsylvania State University ESTEVEZ, ANA Admissions Counselor AGUILAR, ANGEL CHALAKO, MAUREEN B.S., Stockton University Assistant Lead Custodian Test Coordinator A.A., Rowan College EVANS, KEVIN ALBERTSON, TINA at Burlington County Maintenance Mechanic Accounts Payable Bookkeeper A.S. & A.S, Rowan College CHANEY, JACINDA FELICIANO, JEREMIAS at Burlington County Cashier Custodian, Physical Plant A.A.S., Brookdale Community College A.S., Rowan College at Burlington County FORTMAN, ROBERT ANDERSON, JUSTIN B.S., Wilmington University Custodian A Maintenance Mechanic/Electrician CHANEY, SHANTRAIL FRANCIS, SAMUEL ANDREWS, DANA L. Print and Mail Services Clerk Maintenance Mechanic Payroll Specialist COMEGYS, MARY KAY GARCIA, DANIELLE AUSTIN, KELSEY Clinical Assistant, Secretary, Nursing Student Services Specialist Dental Hygiene Program A.S., Rowan College B.A., Rutgers University A.S., Camden County College at Burlington County BAILLARGEON, CRAIG E. CUMMINGS, ROBERT GASIEWSKI, CATHERINE M. Academic Records Generalist Foreperson, Print and Mail Services Secretary, Division of Liberal Arts A.S., Rowan College at Burlington County DAOUDI, SAID GASIOROWSKI, KIMBERLY A. Custodian A Admissions Management Generalist BARNHART, MICHAEL W. Custodian DAVIS, ANDRE I. GAUNTT, KEVIN S. B.A., Pensacola Christian College Assistant Lead Custodian Lead Groundskeeper B.S., Rowan University BATES, KATHLEEN DELIO, JENNIFER Purchasing Agent Payroll Specialist GENZANO, MARGARET M. Secretary, Willingboro Campus BEDNAREK, MARKE A. DE LITTA, KATHLEEN ELIZABETH A.A., Rowan College Assistant Lead Maintenance Athletics Specialist at Burlington County A.A., Mercer County B.S., Wilmington University BOUGHER, TINA M. Community College Library Technical Paraprofessional B.S., American Public University GEORGE, JENNIFER Coordinator, McGuire Military Education BREDY, FRITZ G. DEA, ELLEN and Veteran Service Offset Press Technician Technical Paraprofessional, Library A.A., Rowan College B.A., SUNY Fredonia BROCK, ASHLEY L. at Burlington County Custodian A

rcbc.edu | 193 GERBER, KAILA LEVANDUSKI, JAMES L. PODOLSKI, DONNA, M. Employment Services Secretary HVAC Technician/Stationary Engineer Senior Academic Support Specialist A.A., Rowan College HAFF, BETH LUCAS, ROBERT at Burlington County Student Services Specialist I Grounds/Maintenance Assistant, B.A., Rutgers University A.S., Rowan College Physical Plant M.A., Thomas Edison State University at Burlington County MARTIN, JANELL QUINNAN, DAVID HARRISON, BRIANA Print Shop and Mail Services Coordinator Multimedia Resource Technician Employment Services Secretary A.A., Rowan College A.A., Art Institute of Philadelphia at Burlington County HEINTZELMAN, SO AE RIOS, ANGEL L. Financial Aid Officer MAYO, MAISIE Custodian B.S.M., Yonsei University Accounts Payable Bookkeeper M.A., New Brunswick A.S., Rowan College RIVERA, ANTONIA Theological Seminary at Burlington County Accountant B.S., Jefferson University B.S., Lehigh University HIGGINS, LINDA C. Academic Records Generalist MCCULLOUGH, THOMAS J. RIVERA, ORLANDO A.A., Rowan College Engineering Foreman/Chief Engineer Master Carpenter at Burlington County MCGEE, DEBRA A. ROGOZINSKI, SUSAN HILL, CRYSTAL Financial Aid Officer Graphic Designer Graphic Designer and Photographer A.S., Northeastern Christian Jr. College B.F.A., Moore College of Art & Design B.A., Philadelphia University B.A., Eastern University ROHWER, WILLIAM HILL, LOUISE MCMANUS, LINDSEY Stationary Engineer Financial Aid Junior Officer Secretary, Division of Liberal Arts RUBINO, FRANK HORTON, LUCY MCMULLEN, CARA Stationary Engineer Admissions Counselor Custodian A B.A., Elon University RUDD, STEPHANIE MEHALL, THERESA Employment Services Secretary JOHNSON, CORI Admissions Counselor A.S., Rowan College Financial Aid Specialist A.A., Rowan College at Burlington County B.A., M.A. and M.P.A., at Burlington County Rutgers University B.A., Rowan University RUSSELL, SAMANTHA Multimedia Resource Technician JONES, RICHARD MENDEZ, VALERIE B.A., La Salle University Offset Press Technician VA Certifying Official A.S. and A.A., Rowan College SCHELLHAS, JENNA KEYSER, CRAIG at Burlington County Student Services Specialist I Stationary Engineer A.S., Rowan College MONAHAN, PATRICK at Burlington County KNOWLES, KAITLIN Facilities Administrative Assistant B.A., Stockton University Facility Coordinator B.A., Alliance College B.A., Rowan University SCULLY, CHRISTOPHER M. MOORE, JUSTIN Distance Education Technician KOWALEWSKI, TERESA Maintenance Mechanic A.S., Rowan College Custodian at Burlington County MURRAY, RICHARD F. LANGBEIN, REBECCA Stationary Engineer SEABORN, RHONDA Science Lab Technician Test Coordinator B.S., Kean University NICHOLSON, DOUGLAS B.A., City College of New York Student Services Specialist I LAWLESS, JAMES A.S., Rowan College SEMIRARO, JACQUELINE A. Testing & Tutoring Specialist at Burlington County Purchasing Agent B.S., Stockton University B.S., Rutgers University B.S., University of Phoenix M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks NIEDERMAYER, CHRISTOPHER SMALL, JOCELYN Assistant Lead Engineer Secretary of STEM A.A.S., Ocean County College

194 | Rowan College at Burlington County SOTO, TRACI L. PUBLIC SAFETY RUIZ, ANTONIO Graphic Designer and Photographer Public Safety Officer I ABADIA, JOSEPH A.A., Rowan College SHINE, NIJA at Burlington County Public Safety Officer III Patrol Officer II B.A., Rutgers University A.A., Rowan College at Burlington County A.A., Rowan College SPICER, ELIZABETH at Burlington County Science Laboratory Technician ADAMS, MATTHEW TEJADA, RICARDO A.S., Rowan College Public Safety Officer II Public Safety Officer II at Burlington County BONTO, ZACHARY STELMACH, DEBORAH Patrol Officer II VISCARDI, TAMMY A. Public Safety Officer II General Cashier BRAUNSKILL, ROBERT E STOKES, ROBERT Public Safety Officer II WOODRUFF, JASON Public Safety Officer II Custodian BURNETT, HENRY, JR. TALENTO, ESTEBAN A. Captain Materials Management Coordinator CACERES, PAUL TORITTO, JOSHUA Public Safety Officer II Maintenance Mechanic Mount Laurel CONLIN, TYLER TWYMAN, HUBERT Administrative Sergeant Custodial Lead EMRICH, EDWARD VAZQUEZ, MATTHEW D. Public Safety Officer III Advising and Student Support Specialist HILL, DANNY A.A., Rowan College Public Safety Officer II at Burlington County A.A.S. & A.A.S., Community College VIGNEAU, ROBERT of the Air Force Maintenance Mechanic B.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University VILLANUEVA, ELVIS Custodian A HOBERT, HARRY LOUIS Public Safety Officer II VORA, RITA General Accountant HUFFAKER, CHRISTINE Public Safety Officer II B.A., Gujarat University JOHNSON, EDMUND WEBBER, RITA M. Captain Financial Aid Specialist B.A., Marietta College WILLIAMS, CARMELLA M.S.A., Ohio University Business Operation Coordinator JOHNSTON, DAVID B.S., Eastern Michigan University Public Safety Officer IV WILSON, DARRYL A.A., Rowan College Custodian A at Burlington County WING, ALEX B. KING, OTIS Custodian Public Safety Officer II YAN, JEAN MOTTA, ROSS General Cashier Public Safety Officer II ZANICHELLI, PATRICIA ROSSI, ANTHONY Secretary of STEM Public Safety Officer II A.A., Plaza College A.A., and A.S., Rowan College at Burlington County

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About Rowan College A reminder for all students, please note Public Transportation to RCBC at Burlington County you are required to register your vehicle RCBC’s Mount Laurel, Willingboro and Rowan College at Burlington County with Public Safety. Mount Holly campuses are accessible via is ranked among the top community Emergency Call Boxes are located in a variety of public transit options. The colleges in the nation for boosting most student parking lots in Mount Mount Laurel Campus is served by NJ graduates’ earning power and it is Laurel. The Call Boxes will link you Transit Route 317, while the Willingboro reinventing itself into the national model directly with the RCBC Public Safety Campus is served by the BurLink shuttle of higher education for academic and Office. bus service. workforce development programs. Please note violators of RCBC’s parking NJ Transit Route 317 In June 2015, the former Burlington regulations may be towed at the owner’s For schedule information call NJ County College established a new expense. Transit at (973) 275-5555; for special partnership with Rowan University, information for the hearing impaired: providing students conditional- For more information on the college’s (800) 772-2287 (with teleprinter acceptance into the university. Rowan facilities improvements, please visit 9 am–5:30 pm, Mondays-Fridays) rcbc.edu/campus-transformation. University offers RCBC students BurLink Bus Service discounts for programs online and on For more information, directions, and BurLink, the mini-bus service operated the Mount Laurel campus and makes it building floor plans on each location by the Burlington County Board possible to earn a bachelor’s degree for please visit: of Chosen Freeholders, serves the $25,000. Mount Laurel Campus Willingboro and Mount Holly campuses. The college offers associate degree rcbc.edu/mount-laurel Schedules are available at all RCBC programs, certificates, career track locations. majors, continuing education classes and Mount Holly Campus business training from the Workforce rcbc.edu/mount-holly For details, visit the website, Development Institute. Your RCBC Willingboro Campus driveless.com or call BurLink customer degree allows you to seamlessly enter rcbc.edu/willingboro-campus service at (856) 461-1806. Rowan University and transfer to many Military Education Center other local and national four-year rcbc.edu/joint-base-campus institutions. RCBC is bringing the modern campus experience to its main campus in Mount Laurel, which will enhance students’ ability to collaborate with their peers and outstanding faculty, which will help you succeed. We are committed to helping students meet their educational and professional goals in the most affordable, accessible and engaging educational environment. Weather-Related Emergencies

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Lot 5 Lot 4 Lot 3 PENMARK

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Central Energy Lot 7 Plant Laurel Hall TEC

Lot 8

Votta Hall Lot 2

Lot 9 Science Building

Student Success Center

Lot 10 Lot 1

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STATE ROUTE 38

Violators of RCBC parking regulations may be towed at the owner’s expense. NOTE: Emergency Call Boxes are located in most student parking lots at Mount Laurel. These Call Boxes will link you with the RCBC Public Safety Office.

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Free parking is located behind the Exit 5 RCBC - Mount Holly Campus in a Township parking lot on Paxson Street. Willingboro To Trenton It can be accessed from High St. by 630 541 628 turning onto Murrell St., and then right Woodlane Rd. onto Paxson St., 295 630 637 OR from Mill St. turn onto Paxson St., 537 go 1/2 block to the parking lot. 541 High 626 You can enter the RCBC - Mount Holly Broad R an Garden coc Branch Campus through the entrance located in as Rd. Mill

urnpike the back of the building. T Mount Holly 541 206 NJ Washington Campus Pine 537 Madison N 38

530 612 541 To Pemberton

To Hammonton

To Burlington To Edgewater Park 630 Willingboro Campus 633 To Beverly Sunset Road 634 Willingboro US Route 13630 4 Campus To Delanco Salem Road 626 630

The Center is located in the Van Sciver Charleston Road Parkway Pennypacker Willingboro Town Center Drive at Route 130 North To Palmyra Pageant Levitt Parkway between Levitt and Lane

Van Sciver Parkways. Beverly-Rancocas Road

Salem Road y 630

630 626 To Pemberton Browns Mills Joint Base Rancocas Cree McGuire-Dix-

John F. Kennedy Wa Lakehurst

N k Rancocas Road

Interstate 295

To Mt. Holly

rcbc.edu | 199 Joint Base Campus

543 Monmouth Rd Burlington Mt. Pleasant Rd 295 Jacksonville- 130 Jobstown Rd Joint Base Cookstown Monmouth Rd 68

Browns Mills Rd 206 Cookstown- Saylors Pond Rd

High St

Jacksonville Rd/Rt 628

Pine St Mt. Holly Range Rd Marne Hwy Hanover Rd Pemberton 38 530 Pemberton- Browns Mills Browns Mills Rd RCBC Lakehurst Rd Mount Laurel Pemberton Rd Campus

4 Mile Rd 70

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The Joint Base Campus is located in Room 107, Bldg 3829, US-206 North. Turn right onto County Rd 537 East/ 4 School Road, McGuire AFB, NJ 08641. Monmouth Road. Turn right onto Saylors Pond Road. From RCBC’s Mount Laurel Campus – Exit the campus onto Continue onto West Main Street. Continue onto Cook- Briggs Road. Take the first left onto NJ-38 East. Turn left onto stown-Wrightstown Road. Turn left onto South Bolling Boule- US-206 N/Vincentown Columbus Road. Continue to follow vard. Take the first right onto School Road.

200 | Rowan College at Burlington County Index

3+1 Program...... Inside Cover Identification Card...... 17 Military Education Academic Calendar...... 2 Refunds...... 17 and Veteran Services ...... 30-31 Exceptions and Appeals Committee... 17 Application for Benefits...... 30 College at a Glance...... 3 Applying for Financial Aid...... 18 Academic Programs on Base...... 30 Academic Areas of Interest...... 4-5 Financial Aid Deadlines...... 18 Change in Status...... 30 Department Phone Extensions...... 6 Completing the FAFSA...... 18 Veteran Affairs Work-Study...... 30 Grants and Scholarships...... 19 Disabled Veterans...... 30 Terms to Know...... 7 Work-Study Programs...... 19 Veteran Absenteeism...... 30 General Information...... 8-9 Loans...... 19-20 In-County Tuition...... 31 Board of Trustees...... 8 Satisfactory Progress Policy...... 20-21 Military Spouse Tuition Waiver...... 31 Board of Chosen Freeholders...... 8 Academic Amnesty...... 21 Deployment During a Class...... 31 RCBC Member Organizations...... 8 Transfer Credits...... 21 Benefits Programs...... 31 Character of the College...... 9 Withdrawals/Incompletes/Repeats..... 22 Outreach & Counseling...... 31 Philosophy...... 9 Second Degree Students...... 22 Historical Perspective...... 9 Academic Information/Regulations...... 32 Ineligibility for Financial Aid...... 22 Attendance Policies...... 32 Mission Statement...... 9 Appeals Process for Financial Aid...... 22 Goals...... 9 Absence Appeals...... 32 Registration...... 23-24 Credit Unit and Loads...... 32 Confidentiality of Student Records...... 10 Prerequisite & Corequisite Courses.... 23 Student Classification...... 32 Admission...... 11-15 Certification/Verification...... 23 Phi Theta Kappa...... 32 Applying to the College...... 11 Cancellation of Classes...... 23 Participation in Assessment...... 32 Student Health Insurance...... 11 Registration Schedule Changes...... 23 Educational Technology Statement..... 32 Change of Record Information...... 11 Withdrawal from Courses...... 23 Grading ...... 33-36 Out-of-County/State Students...... 11 Administrative Withdrawal Request... 23 Grade Point Average (GPA)...... 34 Adults Without a H.S. Diploma...... 11 College Action...... 24 Student Grade Appeals...... 34 Immunization Requirements...... 11 Declare/Change of Major...... 24 Scholastic Achievement...... 34 Residency Requirements...... 11 Student Appeals...... 24 Dean’s List...... 34 Readmission...... 12 Academic Standards Committee...... 24 Audit Policy...... 34 High School Students...... 12 College Motor Vehicle Committee..... 24 Repeating a Course...... 34 College Acceleration Program...... 12 Student Grievance Committee...... 24 Change of Program or Degree Status... 35 Spring Ahead! Program...... 12 Services for Student Success...... 25-26 Declaring Courses Non-Applicable.... 35 Transfer Students...... 12 Academic Advising...... 25 Academic Amnesty...... 35 International Students...... 13 Faculty Advisors...... 25 GPA Calculation...... 35 Services for Students with Disabilities. 13 Educational Opportunity Fund...... 25 Satisfactory Academic Dispute Resolution for Students Services for Students with Disabilities. 26 Performance and Progress...... 35-36 with Disabilities...... 14 Student Support Counseling...... 26 Academic Probation...... 36 College Assessment...... 14-15 Academic Dismissal...... 36 Advanced Placement...... 15 Additional Resources and Services...... 27 Petition to Re-Enroll...... 36 Credit by Departmental Examination. 15 Test Center...... 27 Credit through CLEP...... 15 Learning Center/Tutoring...... 27 Graduation...... 37 Foreign Language Placement Policy.... 15 Career Services...... 27 Deadlines...... 37 New Student Orientation...... 15 Service-Learning Scholars...... 27 Honors...... 37 Ceremony Participation...... 37 Drug-Free Campus...... 15 Public Safety/Parking...... 28 Student Code of Conduct...... 15, 46 Diplomas...... 37 Identification Cards...... 28 Multiple Degrees...... 37 Financial Information...... 16-22 Registration of Motor Vehicles...... 28 Final Grades...... 37 Payment Policy and Due Dates...... 16 Traffic and Parking Regulations...... 28 Transcript...... 37 Payment Options...... 16 Library...... 29 Financial Responsibility...... 16 Library Holdings...... 29 Delinquent Student Accounts...... 16 Library Hours Fees...... 16-18 & Contact Information...... 29 Chargeback Law...... 17 Rates for Senior Adults...... 17

rcbc.edu | 201 Transferring to Four-Year Meta Majors...... 56-57 Exercise Science Health and Colleges and Universities...... 38-39 Index of Majors...... 58 Wellness Promotion ...... 104 Transfer Center...... 38 Programs of Instruction...... 59-141 Fashion Design...... 65 Premier Partnership Fashion Design...... 66 with Rowan University...... 38 Accounting...... 72 Guaranteed Admissions Program...... 38 Accounting...... 72 Fashion Product Merchandising...... 77 Partner Schools...... 39 Accounting...... 73 Fire Investigation Certificate...... 121 Transfer Tips...... 39 Addictions Counseling...... 132 Fire Science Certificate...... 122 Geoscience ...... 129 Student Life, Government, Advanced and Continuous Studies...... 136 Clubs and Organizations...... 40-41 Advanced and Continuous Studies...... 137 Geospatial Technology ...... 93 Office of Student Life...... 40 Alternative Energy Technologies...... 87 Geospatial Technology...... 94 College Governance...... 40 American Sign Lang/Deaf Studies...... 81 Graphic Design & Digital Media...... 67 Student Government Association...... 40 Art...... 59 Health Information Technology ...... 105 Clubs and Organizations...... 40 Health Science...... 107 Campus Involvement Art...... 60 Health Science...... 108 and Social Media...... 41 Biology ...... 125 Public Notices...... 41 Biotechnology...... 126 Healthcare Informatics...... 106 History ...... 84 Student Lounge...... 41 Business Administration...... 74 Hospitality and Tourism Mgmt...... 78 Cafeteria...... 41 Business Mgmt. Technology...... 75 Hospitality...... 79 Athletics and Recreation...... 42 Business Technology...... 76 Human Services ...... 133 Participation on Teams...... 42 Cancer Registry Management...... 96 Liberal Arts...... 138 Facilities...... 42 Cancer Registry Management...... 97 Intramurals and Recreation...... 42 Liberal Arts and Sciences...... 139 Cancer Registry Management...... 98 Eligibility...... 42 Liberal Arts and Sciences...... 140 Chemical Engineering...... 88 Waiver of Liability...... 42 Magnetic Resonance Imaging ...... 109 Chemistry...... 127 Accidents/Incidents...... 42 Mathematics ...... 130 Coding ...... 99 Special Programs and Courses...... 43-44 Mechanical Engineering Technology...... 95 Communication Arts ...... 82 Service-Learning...... 43 Medical Billing Specialist...... 110 Computed Tomography...... 100 Workforce Development Institute...... 43 Music...... 68 Experiential Learning & Internships.. 43 Computer Information Systems...... 115 Nursing ...... 111 Air Force GEM...... 44 Computer Management Paralegal ...... 123 Servicemembers Opportunity College. 44 Information Systems...... 116 Distance Education...... 44 Computer Networking Support Paramedic Science ...... 112 Developmental Education Courses..... 44 and Servicing...... 117 Paramedic Science...... 113 English as a Second Language...... 45 Computer Science...... 118 Philosophy ...... 85 Study Abroad...... 45 Computer Networking Technology...... 89 Photography...... 69 Student Conduct and ­Construction Management...... 90 Photography...... 70 Responsibilities...... 46 Cooking and Baking...... 61 Physics ...... 131 Title IX Procedure...... 47 Criminal Justice...... 120 Political Science ...... 124 Culinary Arts...... 62 Psychology ...... 134 Academic Programs...... 47 Cybersecurity ...... 119 Radiography ...... 114 Degree Requirements...... 48 Dental Hygiene...... 101 Small Business ...... 80 General Education Requirements.... 49-53 Diagnostic Medical Sonography...... 102 Sociology ...... 135 Associate of Arts Degrees...... 49-50 Education...... 86 Technical Studies...... 141 Associate of Science Degrees...... 51 Electrical Engineering Technology...... 91 Theater...... 71 Associate of Applied Science Degrees. 52 Electronic Health Record ...... 103 Course Descriptions...... 142-185 Associate of Fine Arts Degrees...... 52 Engineering ...... 92 Associate of Applied Science Degrees Personnel...... 186-196 for Health Science Programs...... 53 English ...... 83 Entertainment Technologies...... 63 About RCBC...... 197 Recommended Semester Sequence...... 54 Entertainment Technologies...... 64 Weather-Related Emergencies...... 197 Programs and Contact Person...... 55 Environmental Science ...... 128 Maps...... 198-200

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