January 2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Oct 31, 2024  
January 2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Science in Human Resources


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Program Description

This program prepares individuals to apply integrated training, organizational development, career planning, and counseling skills to the design, management, and evaluation of programs to improve individual productivity, employability, job satisfaction, and organizational effectiveness. The program includes instruction in psychology, organizational behavior, principles of adult education, occupational counseling, skill testing and evaluation, program design, consulting practice, organizational development, and applications for issues such as training, management development, customer service, and lean management.

Business Management Core Program Outcomes

Upon completion of their program, the student should be able to:

  1. Define operational, ethical, legal, and human resource issues associated with business management
  2. Analyze financial information using standard tools to support and evaluate managerial decision-making
  3. Demonstrate the conceptual and practical skills needed to develop an effective marketing plan
  4. Formulate strategic business solutions

Human Resource Management Program Outcomes

Upon completion of their program, the student should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of integrated training and career planning in achieving organizational effectiveness.
  2. Describe how psychology and organizational behavior are utilized in the design and management of business programs.
  3. Apply mathematical, statistical, and research techniques to analyze contemporary business practices and functions in conducting research.
  4. Utilize human resource information technology to make management decisions.

Program Content

A minimum of 122.00 semester credit hours is required for graduation.

Required Management Core Courses


All courses, 36.00 semester credit hours, are required.

Required Courses in Human Resources Management


All courses, 27.00 semester credit hours, are required.

Business Elective Courses


A minimum of 9.00 semester credit hours is required. Students may take any business, accounting, human resources, or economics course. Students who are qualified to take dual-credit courses may also take approved graduate courses.

Open Elective Courses


A minimum of 9.00 semester credit hours is required. A minimum of 3.00 semester credit hours must be at the 300 to 400 level.

Required Capstone or Internship


3.00 semester credit hours are required.

Required Courses in General Education


Students enrolled in this bachelor’s degree must complete a minimum of 36.00 semester credit hours in general education distributed among the following disciplines. Refer to the General Education section of the catalog for specific information about courses within each discipline.

12.00 Semester Credit Hours in Communications

9.00 Semester Credit Hours in Humanities (must include 3 semester credit hours of cultural diversity)

6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Mathematics

3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Science

6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Personal and Professional Development Courses


2.00 semester credit hours is required.

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