Concentration in Human Resource Management
The concentration in Human Resource Management prepares you to meet the challenges of strategic and operational human resource roles.
Preparing You For Success
Human resource management courses give you analytical and interpersonal skills needed to make staffing decisions for organizations. Understanding and critically thinking about labor relations, employment law, and workplace environments enable you to better navigate workplace challenges. You’ll complete the degree with a professional capstone project in which you work with a local business or nonprofit.
By the time you graduate, your experiences may include:
- Professional development and networking through the Society for Human Resource Management, Women in Business, and Phi Chi Theta business fraternity
- Mentoring relationships with faculty who are active in the business community
Making Your Mark
Human resource management majors are valued in corporate and small business settings. In recent years, almost all HRM students found jobs within six months of graduation. They’re working at places such as Accenture, Aon Hewitt, OSF HealthCare and PepsiCo.
Major requirements
Required Courses - 28 hrs.
- M L 300: Environments of Organizations - 2 hrs.
- M L 356: Human Capital in Organizations - 3 hrs.
- M L 357: Leading Organizations- 2 hrs.
- M L 358: Managerial Decision Making - 3 hrs.
- BLW 446: Employment Law - 3 hrs.
- M L 456: Compensation Management - 3 hrs.
- M L 457: Advanced Human Capital Management - 3 hrs.
Elective Courses (choose two) - 6 hrs.
- ECO 310: Labor Problems - 3 hrs.
- PSY 321: Industrial and Organizational Psychology - 3 hrs.
- BLW 355: Labor-Management Relations - 3 hrs.
- PSY 411: Tests and Measurement - 3 hrs.
- M L 415: Diversity in the Workplace - 3 hrs.
- M L 420: Performance Management - 3 hrs.
Management and Leadership majors must satisfactorily complete at least 15 hours of courses with BLW, ENT, MIS, or M L prefixes at Bradley University. Students desiring concentrations should declare their intentions as early as possible and should consult with their advisor to ensure that the correct courses are taken. Students should also note that some courses are offered only once each year.
Students must also complete Foster College's business core.
Course Sequence
Sample program plan information is provided for sample purposes only. Students should consult with their academic advisor about their individual plan for course registration and completion of program requirements.
First-Year - Fall Semester (16 hours)
- MTH 114 Applied Finite Math — 3
- BUS 100 Contemporary Business — 3
- EHS 120 University Experience — 1
- ENG 101 English Composition — 3
- Core Courses — 6
First-Year - Spring Semester (15 hours)
- ATG 157 Accounting Principles-Financial — 3
- PSY 101 Psychology Principles — 3
- MIS 173 Info. Sys. Bus. Apps. — 3
- COM 103 Speech — 3
- Core Courses — 3
Sophomore - Fall Semester (16 hours)
- ATG 158 Accounting Principles-Managerial — 3
- ECO 221 Microeconomics — 3
- Q M 262 Quantitative Analysis I — 3
- BUS 220 Career Planning — 1
- Core Course — 3
- Elective — 3
Sophomore - Spring Semester (15 hours)
- ECO 222 Macroeconomics — 3
- M L 350 Managing for Results in Orgs. — 3
- MTG 315 Principles of Marketing — 3
- Electives — 6
Junior - Fall Semester (16 hours)
- ML 300 Environment of Orgs — 2
- ML 357 Leading Organizations — 2
- FIN 322 Business Finance — 3
- ENG 306 Business Communication — 3
- Electives — 6
Junior - Spring Semester (15 hours)
- ML 456 Compensation Management — 3
- ML 353 Operations Management — 3
- ML 356 Human Capital in Orgs — 3
- ML H Elective — 3
- Business Elective — 3
Senior - Fall Semester (15 hours)
- ML H Elective — 3
- M L 358 Managerial Decision Making — 3
- Elective — 3
- Writing Intensive Course — 3
- M L 457 Adv. Human Capital Mgmt. — 3
Senior - Spring Semester (15 hours)
- BLW 446 Employment Law — 3
- M L 452 Strategic Management in Orgs. — 2
- BUS 400 Client Consulting Project — 2
- Electives — 8