Required Human Resource Management Courses

HR340
Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
This overview course examines the variety of human resource functions performed in organizations. It includes planning, job analysis and design, job description, recruiting and hiring, training, performance management, regulation, evaluation, benefits, and labor law.

HR350
Compensation (3 cr.)
This course presents an overview and analysis of compensation and reward systems. Compensation models are examined along with legislation impacting compensation practices, equity and market factors, pay delivery systems, job analysis methods, and job evaluation techniques. Incentive plan design and pay-for-performance are examined in relation to their impact on productivity, morale, and profits.

HR360
Employee Benefits (3 cr.)
This course provides a detailed overview and analysis of contemporary benefit programs and practices, including the philosophical, theoretical, legal, and financial impact of benefit planning, design, and plan implementation. Attention will be given to the areas of benefit cost containment, control, and future trends.

HR440
Employee and Labor Relations (3 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to the practical aspects of employer and employee relationships from both union and non-union perspectives. It includes an overview of the basics of labor law and bargaining agreements, the role of the National Labor Relations Board and how each impacts performance among management, supervisors and employees in private, government and public organizations.

HR455
Performance Improvement through Training (3 cr.)
This course explores performance improvement strategies used by business and industry focusing most particularly on training and organizational development. It examines how organizations educate and train employees to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

HR490
Human Resource Management Capstone (3 cr.)
This course incorporates knowledge from previous program coursework and integrates major human resource management principles and concepts. Issues and trends that reflect a comprehensive understanding of human resource management at the undergraduate level will be examined. Students will write a final paper that demonstrates the educational outcomes of the program by drawing upon their coursework and professional background.

MG305
Managerial Ethics (3 cr.)
This course introduces students to the important moral issues that arise in various organizational contexts. It examines the social, political, and economic environments within which moral issues occur. The ethical concepts and reasoning skills relevant for resolving moral dilemmas are presented.

BU403
Applied Statistics (3 cr.)
This course presents the theory and procedures of data analysis. It focuses on measures of central tendency and dispersion, simple probability, data display, and an overview of statistical inference.

MG415
Total Quality and Team Development (3 cr.)
The movement toward total quality or continuous improvement is the focus of this course. It reviews the phenomenon of quality, key theories and theorists, statistical process control and briefly touches on ISO9000. Because one of the key components of quality is team development, special emphasis is placed on assisting the student in effective team management.

CM309
Professional Writing (3 cr.)
This writing course provides strategies for developing a clear, concise writing style. Students organize, write, and edit a variety of material pertinent to professional situations.

CM310
Oral Communications (3 cr.)
Communication skills pertinent to organizational settings form the foundation of this course. Students practice a methodology for speech design and delivery, interpersonal communication skills, networking skills, and effective meeting strategies.

BU400
Business Law (3 cr.)
This introductory course examines the legal context for business, including the legal and regulatory system, the law of contracts, property laws and torts, and forms of business organization, including partnerships and corporations. The course also introduces law and regulation which affect business activities, including employment law, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, consumer protections, and environmental laws.

BU407
Financial Management (3 cr.)
The focus of this course is on understanding theory and practice of financial management in organizations. Topics include financial statements, the time value of money, asset evaluation and acquisition, asset and liability management, and cash flow budgeting.

MG307
Principles of Leadership (3 cr.)
This course presents a broad survey of theory and research on leadership. It examines classical and scientific management perspectives and considers contemporary theories and practices of organizational leadership.

MG335
Critical Thinking for Managers (3 cr.)
The course examines the practical and dynamic relevance of critical thinking for managers, emphasizing the decisional aspects of management. Topics focus on eliciting new managerial insights, improving managerial problem solving and decision-making skills, and on strengthening the student’s ability to articulate reasoned solutions to managerial problems and opportunities.

MG400
Business Law (3 cr.)
This introductory course examines the legal context for business, including the legal and regulatory system, the law of contracts, property laws and torts, and forms of business organization, including partnerships and corporations. The course also introduces law and regulation which affect business activities, including employment law, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, consumer protections, and environmental laws.

MG401
Principles of Management (3 cr.)
This course explores the concepts and theories of management and their application in today’s managerial environment. It examines the essential functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

MG405
Organizational Culture and Change (3 cr.)
This course endeavors to help students gain a broad-based understanding of the nature and function of organizations. It is based on the idea that skilled leaders and managers develop a knack for reading situations with multiple scenarios in mind. In turn, ways of dealing with change are forged out of expanded and even disparate views of organizations.

MG408
Project Management (3 cr.)
This course emphasizes leadership concepts related to project management. The skills and procedures needed to take a project from definition through completion are presented.

MG418
Strategic Management (3 cr.)
This course emphasizes short and long-term planning that is vital to a healthy, changing organization. Topics include plan development, policy formulation, implementation and evaluation.

MG420
The Future of Organizations (3 cr.)
This course examines several suggestions concerning how our future work will play out in organizational settings. It examines topical issues such as size, complexity, mission, boundaries, leadership, communication, and values. Moreover, it considers what actions might be taken to address these issues in a contemporary context.