Human Resource Management (BA)

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Human Resources Major and Learning Outcomes

Required Courses

The following courses comprise a common core of business courses and are required of all students in the program:

AB - 217 Financial Accounting Credits: 3
AB - 219 Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
AB - 272 The Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
EC - 209 Principles of Macroeconomics: MOT/ Social Science Credits: 3
EC - 210 Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
FN - 330 Corporate Finance Credits: 3
OR
FN - 331 Financial Management Credits: 3
MG - 100 Introduction to Business Credits: 3
MG - 201 Principles of Management Credits: 3
MG - 211 Quantitative Business Analysis Credits: 3
MK - 201 Principles of Marketing Credits: 3

In addition, all students are required to take

MG - 305 Human Resource Management Credits: 3
MG - 400 Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
MG - 475 Ethical Issues in Work Place: Values Seminar Credits: 3 recommended

The required HRM courses include

HR - 315 Strategic Compensation and Benefits Credits: 3
HR - 320 Employment Law Credits: 3
HR - 452 Capstone: Real World Scenarios Credits: 3

Electives

A series of workshops or short courses in combination may satisfy one of the electives. These seminars include but are not limited to: staffing, training, and development; managing diversity; performance appraisal and management; conflict and dispute resolution; crisis management, workplace security and safety; employment practices liability; consumer mortgage crisis 2009, and HR on the internet; HR change management, and personal branding.

HRM courses will be offered only through ACCESS, and the one-credit workshops are available to any business major except the accounting major. Traditional day business majors must receive permission from the division head.

4½ year BA/MBA Degree Program

A 4½ year BA/MBA Degree Program in Human Resource Management is available to qualifying students. This program is designed to provide a competitive advantage for entry into the professional workplace. At the end of their junior year, human resource management majors with at least a 3.0 GPA are eligible for the program. Qualifying students may begin MBA courses during the fall semester of their senior year.