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) 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 universitywide requirements for admission.
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 School of Business 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.
| HRM 538 | Human Resource Selection and Recruitment | 3 |
| HRM 539 | Performance Management | 3 |
| HRM 534 | Total Pay Perspective | 3 |
| | | |
| LA 535 | Employment Law | 3 |
| | OR | |
| LA 561 | Law and the Business Environment | 3 |
| | OR | |
| MBA 516 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| | | |
| HRM 585 | Global Human Resource Issues | 3 |
| OD 521 | Organization Development Change and Consulting | 3 |
| HRM 509 | The Learning Organization | 3 |
| MGT 515 | Leading and Managing Teams | 3 |
| HRM 533 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| HRM 590 | 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
| | Two (2) School of Business and Technology graduate-level electives | |
| HRM 590 | Practicum | 3 |
Analytics Track
HRM 590: must be an analytics project
Coaching Track
| OD 523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
| | | |
| OD 522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| | OR | |
| MBA 517 | Leading in Business | 3 |
| | OR | |
| MBA 515 | Management in Organizations | 3 |
| | OR | |
| CE 503 | Advanced Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| | OR | |
| CE 530C | 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
Organization Development Track
| MGT 502 | Leading Collaboration and Innovation | 3 |
| | OR | |
| MBA 515 | Management in Organizations | 3 |
| | | |
| OD 522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| | OR | |
| OD 523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
HRM 590: must be an organization development project
Talent Development Track
| HRM 503 | Adult Learning | 3 |
| | OR | |
| ED 500 | Foundations of Education and the Teaching Profession | 3 |
| | | |
| OD 522 | Organization Development Implementation and Coaching | 3 |
| | OR | |
| OD 523 | Executive Coaching | 3 |
HRM 590: must be a training project
ED course requires joint permission from program directors