ECON 04.101 - Macroeconomics - (3 credits)

• This course analyzes the overall level of economic activity in the United States. It examines its significant determinants, public stabilization policies, economic growth, and international trade.
• Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that studies how the aggregate economy behaves. In macroeconomics, various economy-wide phenomena are thoroughly examined, such as inflation, price levels, growth rate, national income, gross domestic product (GDP), and changes in unemployment.
• No prerequisites for enrollment in this course. ​

ECON 04.102 - Microeconomics - (3 credits)

• This course analyzes resource allocation among alternative uses. It studies consumer demand, product and factor price determination, general equilibrium, and optimal income distribution. 

• Microeconomics is the social science that studies the implications of individual human action, specifically how those decisions affect the utilization and distribution of scarce resources. Microeconomics shows how and why different goods have different values, how individuals make more efficient or more productive decisions, and how individuals best coordinate and cooperate. Generally speaking, microeconomics is considered a more complete, advanced, and settled science than macroeconomics.

• No prerequisites for enrollment in this course. 

ECON 04.303 - Principles of Economics: A Survey - (3 credits)

• This course analyzes the market system and alternative mechanisms for determining prices and allocating resources. Pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly are examined. The determinants of aggregate employment and national income, money, banking, monetary policy, international trade, and finance are analyzed. This course is not available to economics majors. 
• ECON 04303 Principles of Economics: A Survey can only be completed at Rowan University. Students that require both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics can either take this Principles of Economics: A Survey course at Rowan or utilize the Alternative Pathways to satisfy Macroeconomics and Microeconomics separately.
• No prerequisites for enrollment in this course. ​

ACC 03.210 - Principles of Accounting I - (3 credits)

• Principles of Accounting I will provide students with an understanding of the uses and limitations of accounting information in economic decision-making. The course will also build skills in problem-solving, interpersonal communications, and the use of computers. Students will understand the basic structure of accounting and the underlying accounting principles, the recording process and the accounting cycle, accounting information systems, and accounting for merchandising operations, inventories, cash, receivables, fixed assets, intangible assets, and current liabilities, and payroll.
• No prerequisites for enrollment in this course. 

ACC 03.211 - Principles of Accounting II - (3 credits)

• This course builds on Intermediate Accounting I and is designed to provide students with an understanding of financial accounting related to interpreting and analyzing financial statements in the private sector. This course has been designed from the perspective of both the user of accounting information and the preparer of accounting information.  The most crucial goal of this course is for students to understand financial statements in depth such that they can prepare, analyze, and critique them.  Students will gain extensive knowledge and understanding of financial accounting related to both U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Prerequisites: ACC 03210 

ACC 03.405 - Foundations of Accounting - (3 credits)

• This course presents an overview of accounting as a valuable information system decision making. It provides students with an understanding of financial and managerial accounting concepts from the perspective of a future user of accounting information.
• ACC 03405 Foundations of Accounting can only be completed at Rowan University. Students who require both Principles of Accounting I and II can either take these Foundations of Accounting courses at Rowan or utilize the Alternative Pathways to satisfy Principles of Accounting I and II separately.
• No prerequisites for enrollment in this course. ​

Math 03.125 - Calculus Techniques and Applications - (3 credits)

• Introduces students to the techniques of differential and integral calculus. Emphasis is placed on practical applications of limits, derivatives, and integrals, highlighting business applications. This course also provides experience and information about the significance and specific uses of calculus in today’s world. A graphing calculator is required. 
• Prerequisites: Math 01123 or Math 01124 or 60 on the CLM exam.

STAT 02.260 - Statistics I - (3 credits)

• Students learn to use various graphical displays and measures of location and variability to describe data. The course considers elementary probability and sampling distributions. It uses the standard and t-distributions in estimation and hypotheses testing. It includes descriptive techniques for simple linear regression and correlation. Use of a graphing calculator is required; computer software may be used. 
• Prerequisites: Equivalent of College Algebra 

MKT 09.200 - Principles of Marketing - (3 credits)

• This course provides an overview of the theory and practice of marketing within a corporate and societal context in a dynamic environment. The significant functions of marketing are covered from the perspective of management strategy seeking competitive advantage. 
• Prerequisites: Completion of 12 credits (s.h.) and College Comp 1 (ENGL 01111)

MGT 06.305 - Operations Management – (3 credits)

• Operations Management is the set of business activities whereby resources flowing within a defined system are combined and transformed in a controlled manner to add value following organizational objectives. Operations Management is integrally related to all the other business functions. This course’s essential substance provides a significant opportunity for an organization to improve its profitability and enhance its service to society. This course focuses primarily on decision-making, business forecasting, resource allocation, location and capacity planning, inventory management, quality control and management, layouts, scheduling, and project management essential to improving productivity and generating a competitive advantage. 
• Prerequisites: MATH 03.125 - Calculus T&A and STAT 02.260 - Statistics I
• This course must be completed at an AACSB accredited 4-year college or university.

FIN 04.300 - Principles of Finance - (3 credits)

• This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of finance related to the private sector. Students will gain knowledge and understanding in the following areas: role and environment of financial management, financial statements and analysis, cash flow and financial planning, time value of money, risk and return, interest rates and bond valuation, stock valuation, capital budgeting evaluation, cost of capital, leverage and capital structure, dividend policy, working capital and current asset management, and current liabilities management.
• Prerequisites:  
  • ACC 03.210 - Principles of Accounting I
  • ACC 03.211 - Principles of Accounting II
  • Stat 02.260 - Statistics I
  • MATH 03.125 - Calculus Techniques and Applications
  • ECON 04.101 – Macroeconomics
  • ECON 04.102 – Microeconomics

This course can be completed via a Sophia.org equivalent course, or through an AACSB accredited 4-year college or university. There is no CLEP or Community College equivalent option for this course.