Human Resource Management

Meet Your Major: Human Resource Management

Designed to manage an organization’s most valuable asset — its people — human resource management spans topics like training and development; benefits design; personnel policies and procedures; labor relations; and recruitment.

In this focused concentration, you’ll learn how to maximize employee performance and productivity to meet corporate objectives.

What You’ll Learn

By specializing in human resource management, you will:

• Explore labor laws and diversity issues and their role in creating a safe and compliant working environment.
• Learn to evaluate workplace behavior and professional performance.
• Gain an understanding of training and development programs that drive employee loyalty.
• Examine compensation, benefits and reward programs that are designed to attract and retain top talent.

 
Hands-on Learning

You’ll have the opportunity to take part in semester-long internships. It’s your chance to get real-world experience in a variety of human-resource roles at places like Eaton Vance and MFA.

Career Options 

By completing a curriculum that fully aligns with the Society for Human Resource Management’s “HR Curriculum Guidebook and Template,” you’ll be prepared for a career in human-resource management. Positions may include:

• Compensation and benefits analyst
• Human resources generalist
• Labor relations specialist
• Recruiter
• Training and development associate

What You’ll Take

All business administration majors must satisfy the college’s general education requirements and the following business requirements*:

BUS 1100	Introduction to Business
BUS 2203	Accounting for Business
BUS 2205	Principles of Marketing
BUS 2210	Management Information Systems
BUS 2213	Business Statistics
BUS 2215	Managerial Finance
BUS 2220	Operations Management
BUS 4402W	Strategic Analysis and Decision-Making

* ECO1201 and MTH1003 or MTH1115 are pre-requisite courses that must be completed by all business administration majors.

In addition to the core courses in business administration, listed above, human resource management majors must also complete the following management courses:

MGT 3310	Organizational Behavior
MGT 3320	Employment Law and Labor Relations
MGT 3325	Ethics and Social Responsibility
MGT 3351	Human Resource Management
MGT 3360	Advanced Human Resource Management