Human Resource Management (M.A.)
This master's degree program prepares students to excel as specialists or generalist human resource professionals, managers, and consultants. Students acquire competencies in all of the core human resource management functional areas (including organization development) by utilizing a systems approach to strategically support organizational performance.
Upon successful completion of the human resource management program, students will be able to
- select an OD/HRM analysis model to organize strategic trends within organizations, formulate and explain aligned recommendations for new or improved HR/OD structures, and develop an implementation plan to support business goals;
- survey and organize performance and total pay systems within organizations and design new or improved performance/total pay structures that measure strategic results at the individual, team, or organizational level;
- investigate and evaluate the OD/HR leadership and team behaviors within organizations that support a healthy culture and produce HR/OD leadership and team development projects that increase engagement and business results; and
- appraise alignments of HR/OD initiatives concerning employment law, ethics, labor, international relations, and diversity and create a plan for improved initiatives.
This program is certified by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Association for Talent Management (ATD) to be in alignment with the designated competencies required by each association.
Admission Requirements: See the university's requirements for admission.
Transfer Credits: Students who have completed an equivalent graduate course within five years at an accredited college or university, and received a grade of B or better, may be permitted to transfer those graduate credits at the discretion of the school director. No transfer credit is given for internship or practicum experience at the graduate level. Ordinarily, no more than 12 graduate credit hours may be transferred.
Minimum Grade Requirements: Students in the human resource management program must meet the university’s academic standards for graduate students and achieve a minimum grade of B- for each course required for the degree. All graduate students in the College of Business, Innovation, Leadership, and Technology must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. Students must bring their cumulative GPA to 3.0 within nine (9) graduate credits or be dismissed. A student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 a second time will be dismissed.
Degree Requirements — Human Resource Management
36 credits
Courses are listed in recommended, but not required, sequence of enrollment.
| HRM538 | Human Resource Selection and Recruitment | 3 |
| HRM539 | Performance Management | 3 |
| HRM534 | Total Pay Perspective | 3 |
| | |
| LA535 | Employment Law | 3 |
| OR | |
| LA561 | Law and the Business Environment | 3 |
| OR | |
| MBA516 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| | |
| HRM585 | Global Human Resource Issues | 3 |
| OD521 | Organization Development Change and Consulting | 3 |
| HRM509 | The Learning Organization | 3 |
| MGT515 | Leading and Managing Teams | 3 |
| HRM533 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| HRM590 | Practicum | 3 |
Students in the program must complete one of the following four tracks and submit a Change of Program form to declare the track with the school office.
General HR Track
| HRM590 | Practicum | 3 |
| | Two (2) College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology graduate-level electives | |
Analytics Track
HRM 590: must be an analytics project
Coaching Track
| OD523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
| | |
| OD522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| OR | |
| MBA517 | Leading in Business | 3 |
| OR | |
| MBA515 | Management in Organizations | 3 |
| OR | |
| CE503 | Advanced Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| OR | |
| CE530C | Career Development Counseling (Clinical Mental Health Counseling section) | 3 |
HRM 590: must be a coaching project
CE courses require joint permission from the program directors.
Leadership Track
| MGT507 | Leadership | 3 |
| OR | |
| MBA517 | Leading in Business | 3 |
| | |
| MGT502 | Leading Collaboration and Innovation | 3 |
| OR | |
| OD523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
HRM 590: must be a leadership project
Organization Development Track
| MGT502 | Leading Collaboration and Innovation | 3 |
| OR | |
| MBA515 | Management in Organizations | 3 |
| | |
| OD522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| OR | |
| OD523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
HRM 590: must be an organization development project
Talent Development Track
| HRM503 | Adult Learning | 3 |
| OR | |
| ED500SL | Foundations of Education and the Teaching Profession | 3 |
| | |
| OD522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| OR | |
| OD523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
HRM 590: must be a training project
ED course requires joint permission from program directors.