July 2023 University Catalog

BS in Business, Human Resource Management

School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration

Learners in the bachelor’s Human Resource Management specialization build the human resource management, interpersonal, and professional thinking skills needed to manage talent, develop intellectual capital, deal with continuous change, and impact organizational effectiveness as HR leaders and managers at all levels of their organizations. Learners gain and demonstrate a working knowledge of how to staff an organization, train and develop employees, maintain a fair and equitable compensation system, establish human resource policies and procedures, and institute strategies to meet the HR needs for the organization’s future.

General Education Requirements

Choose 45 quarter credits with a minimum of 4 quarter credits from each category; see General Education Courses.

Additional Program Requirements†

ACS1003Building Skills for Academic Success

6

Core courses‡

At least 42 quarter credits

BUS3003Developing a Business Perspective

6

Or

BUS3007Developing a Business Perspective

6

 

BUS3011Fundamentals of Management

3

BUS3012Fundamentals of Leadership

3

BUS3021Fundamentals of Business Law

3

BUS3022Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

3

BUS3030Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales

6

BUS3040Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

6

BUS3050Fundamentals of Organizational Communication

6

BUS3061Fundamentals of Accounting

3

BUS3062Fundamentals of Finance

3

Specialization courses

At least 48 quarter credits

BUS4043Compensation and Benefits Management

6

BUS4044Legal Issues in Human Resource Management

6

BUS4045Recruiting, Retention, and Development

6

BUS4046Employee and Labor Relations

6

BUS4047Employee Training and Development

6

BUS4048International HR Management Issues

6

BUS4801Ethics and Enterprise

6

BUS4802Change Management

6

Elective courses

At least 39 quarter credits

Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.§

Capstone course

At least 6 quarter credits

Taken during the learner’s final quarter

BUS4993Business Capstone Project

6

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

Honors Pathway

Learners enrolled in the honors pathway complete the following general education courses.

Honors courses

At least 15 quarter credits

PHI-H2005Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World

3

COM-H4005Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World

6

SOC-H3005Honors Professional Seminar

6

These courses are applied toward the general education requirement and taken in addition to the remaining required courses.

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

One or more courses in this program may require a prerequisite(s). Refer to the course descriptions for details.

Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.

† Learners who are determined to need additional support developing academic and professional writing and reading skills based on academic assessment must take ACS1003 during their first quarter.

‡ Learners who have completed ACS1003 are required to take BUS3003. Learners who are not required to take ACS1003 are placed in BUS3007.

§ Learners who have completed ACS1003 choose 33 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

GuidedPath courses and FlexPath courses fulfill the program requirements and prerequisites for each delivery model.

Eligible Concentrations

Accounting

Finance

Health Care Management

Management and Leadership

Marketing

Project Management

Multiple Specializations available (must be within the same degree program)