The Master of Arts in Human Resource Management (HRM) program is designed for those who are new to the field as well as HR specialists who aspire to advance to human resource management positions. HRM courses provide practical knowledge and skills that enable graduates to supervise specialists who work in areas such as career development, compensation, employee assistance programs, employee benefits, performance appraisal, personnel law, recruitment, selection, training, and human resource management planning and staffing.
Note: The School of Business Administration strongly recommends that candidates have at least two years of work experience before applying.
A total of 36 graduate credits is required, including all core requirements. All courses are 3 credits.
If a student can demonstrate a depth of prior experience and/or education in a required content area, electives may be substituted for required courses. Students may transfer up to 12 relevant graduate credits from other accredited, graduate-level programs. No transfer credit is given for practicum experience at the graduate level.
HRM Core Requirements
HPS 501 Training Adults: Behavior Modeling or HPS 503 Instructional Design and Development
HPS 505 Research and Evaluation
HRM 530 Foundations of Human Resource Management
HRM 533 Strategic Human Resource Management Planning
HRM 534 Compensation
HRM 538 Human Resource Selection and Appraisal
HRM 590 Practicum
LA 535 Personnel Law
Electives (12 credit hours)
Suggested Electives
Any graduate-level course may be used as an elective if it is aligned with the student's career goals and is approved by the student's academic advisor.
HRM 531 Labor Relations
HRM 532 Seminar in Human Resource Management Topics
HRM 536 Employee Benefits
HRM/IM 537 Human Resource Information Systems
HRM 540 Project
HRM 541 Managing Technical People
FIN 500 Introduction to Financial Management
HPS 502 Performance Analysis
HPS 503 Instructional Design and Development
HPS 504 Delivery System Design
HPS 506 Performance Improvement Strategies
HPS 508 International Human Resource Issues
HPS 509 Advanced Instructional Design and Development
HPS 510 Distributive Learning Technologies
HPS 512 Organizational Career Management
LA 561 Law and the Business Environment
MGT 504 Management of Organizational Behavior
MGT 506 Customer Relationship Management
MGT 515 Principles and Practices of Group Performance
MGT 521 Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency
MGT 551 Negotiation Skills and Strategies
MGT 560 Ethical Issues in Business and Society
MSC 501 Business Statistics
OD 521 Organization Diagnosis and Change