Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Human Resource Management (120 hrs.)

The human resource management major equips students with the knowledge and skills essential for a successful career in HR. Combining a solid understanding of business principles with specialized HR competencies, this program prepares students to collaborate across departments and manage key HR functions effectively. Graduates will be ready to support organizational goals ensuring both business success and employee well-being.

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Mission

The goal is to equip students with the quality educational tools needed to develop a career of leadership in the human resource management profession, provide them with a depth of studies that prepares them to meet the contemporary needs of the business and community they will serve as professionals, and to enable them to be contributing citizens of local, regional and international communities with a valuable and diverse knowledge.

Outcomes

Our program assures that students attain the following outcomes:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving abilities in an organization context.
2. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
3. Demonstrate quantitative reasoning through analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of data.
4. Demonstrate responsible, appropriate, and effective use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools to access, manage, integrate, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information.
5. Prepare to seek and grow in a professional career path:
   1. Demonstrate a knowledge base specific to human resource management.
6. Demonstrate ethical acumen both personally and professionally.

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements - 39 hours

Communication – 12 hrs.

ENG 133	Technical Communication	3
	Or
ENG 143	College Composition	3
HUM 203	Humanities Seminar	3
SP 203	Effective Speaking	3
COM 213	Business Communication	3

Humanities and Social Science – 9 hrs.

ECO 213	Microeconomics	3
ECO 223	Macroeconomics	3
	Or
ECO 203	Survey of Economics	3
	Social Science Elective (3)	3
	Humanities Elective (3)	3

Mathematics and Science – 12 hrs.

MA 113	College Algebra	3
MA 173	Essential Calculus	3
	Or
MA 163	Applied Math w/Business Concepts	3
MA 253	Statistics	3
	Science Elective (3)	3

Other – 6 hrs.

BA 213	Business Spreadsheets	3
PSY 113	Principles of Psychology	3

Additional Requirements - 81 hours

Business Core – 38 hrs.

UE 111	Online Learning Orientation	1
AC 203	Accounting I	3
AC 213	Accounting II	3
BA 123	Business Concepts	3
BA 201	Professional Development & Strategies	1
FIN 303	Managerial Finance	3
LAW 203	Business Law & Ethics	3
MGT 353	Designing Operations	3
MGT 363	Organizational Behavior	3
MK 203	Marketing	3
MGT 483	Capstone	3
BA 453	Global Strategic Management	3
FIN 353	Personal Finance	3
BA 3113	Business Internship	3
	Or
MGT 473	Capsim Business Simulation	3

Concentration Requirements - 30 hrs.

HR 303	Compensation & Benefits	3
HR 323	Safety & Health Management	3
LAW 403	Employment Law	3
MGT 303	Risk Management	3
MGT 313	Human Resource Management	3
MGT 323	Leadership	3
MGT 343	Human Resource Development	3
MGT 383	Principles of Project Management	3
PSY 363/SOC 363	Human Behavior & Counseling	3
	Business Elective (3)	3

Business Electives: 300-400 level from AC, BA, ENT, FIN, HR, LAW, LDR, MGT, MK

Additional Requirements – 3

BA 113

Business Computer Applications

3

Electives – 10 hrs.

Electives (10)

10

Total Credit Hours: 120