Business

Human Resource Management

Certificate

The Human Resource Management certificate helps build one’s human resource operations knowledge necessary to pursue an HR career. It provides the opportunity for students to complete the certificate program in two terms, is fully online, and serves as a guide for students to sit for the Associate Professional in Human Resources® certification (aPHR®) offered by Human Resource Certification Institute.

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2024-2025 Required Courses

Human Resource Management Curriculum

Course #	Course Name	Credit(s)
BUS 1100	Introduction to Business Applications and Computing	4
Course Outline Credits: 4 Introduces software applications designed to increase personal and organizational productivity. Applications include Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Other topics include a survey of open-source content management systems, relational databases, web analytic tools, computer security, safety, ethics, and privacy concerns. Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Future Offering: Spring 2025 Summer 2025
BUS 1119	Human Relations in Business	3
Course Outline Credits: 3 Examines human behavior and interaction in the organization. Emphasis is placed on developing more productive working relationships, and achieving desired results. Topics include: employer/employee relations, communication techniques, conflict management, work force diversity, and developing and managing effective teams, motivation, training, and development, talent management, developing leaders, and performance management. Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Future Offering: None
BUS 1122	Human Resource Management	3
Course Outline Credits: 3 Presents the evolving nature of Human Resource professionals' role in organizations. Topics include the strategic, administrative, and operational roles of Human Resource professionals, the strategic planning process, assessing internal and external environment of organization, measuring HR strategic contributions, examining ethical challenges, and formulating policies and creating implementation process in responding to legislative and regulatory environment. Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Future Offering: Spring 2025
BUS 1131	Legal Environment of Business	3
Course Outline Credits: 3 Introduces business students to legal topics that impact business. This course addresses legal reasoning, legal procedures, constitutional law, torts, contracts, the sale of goods under the uniform Commercial Code, business organizations, unfair competition, consumer protection, bankruptcy and employment law. Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Future Offering: Spring 2025 Summer 2025
Total Credits in Human Resource Management Curriculum		13