Learn how to motivate others and create a vibrant culture of success.
The major in human resource management has a specialized scope that focuses on staffing, compensation, and training and development. This program prepares students for careers in human resources and it is built around the view that human resource specialists must also have good business acumen. The curriculum provides a balance of business and general education requirements, along with foundational courses in human resources areas.
Where students get hired
Human resource management bachelor’s degrees from Broad get students employed across a wide spectrum of our corporate hiring partners. Below are just some of the global companies that have recently hired graduates.
Business Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
To build a solid business foundation, there are common degree requirements for all Broad majors.
B.A. in Human Resource Management Requirements
Major Field Requirements: 2.0 Minimum GPA required in the courses that are listed below (15 credits)
Required Course
Major Selection Courses
Students must complete twelve (12) credits from the following courses. No more than 6 credits of courses offered outside the Department of Management may count toward fulfilling this requirement.
- EC 380 Labor Relations and Labor Market Policy
- HRLR 313 Employment Relations
- HRLR 314 Legal Environment of Work
- HRLR 414 Legal Standards in a Global Workplace
- HRLR 420 Comparative Human Resources and Labor Relations Systems
- MGT 411 Organizational Staffing
- MGT 412 Compensation and Reward Systems
- MGT 413 Personnel Training and Development
- MGT 414 Diversity in the Workplace
- MGT 475 Negotiations
- MGT 476 Globalization and International Management
- MGT 490 Independent Study
- MGT 491 Special Topics in Human Resources Management
Management at Broad
The focus of management is the design, development, control, motivation and operation of organized activities. Our award-winning faculty have research and teaching expertise in a variety of topics that pertain to management at the individual, interpersonal and firm levels. At the individual level, topics include employee motivation and performance, work attitudes such as job satisfaction and commitment, and worker-based factors like personality and emotion. At the interpersonal level, topics of interest include group behavior and teamwork, leadership, negotiations and human resource management strategies related to staffing, compensation and employee development. At the firm level, topics include firm performance, organizational culture, strategic decision-making, entrepreneurship and executive behavior.
Majors in the Department of Management offer quality educational experiences to traditional and nontraditional students that prepare them for a broad array of careers in management. Students are immersed in basic subject matter concerning the theory and principles of administration, organization, and motivation; decision and strategy; and human resource management. The management curriculum draws on a variety of fields – particularly psychology, sociology, economics and statistics. Students in management are urged to take courses in these fields because many new developments in human resource management and strategic decision-making require behavioral science and statistical tools.
Student Organizations
The mission of the Human Resource Association is to create an environment that stimulates interest in human resources, builds professional skills and connects students with human resources professionals. The association strives to achieve this by hosting events for the members to interact with one another and members of other professional organizations, company presentations in which the members have one-on-one contact with professionals in the HR field and discussing important topics in HR.
Learn MoreThe Department of Management prepares students to see businesses through this interdisciplinary lens. Our research and education exposes students to a variety of management perspectives by combining perspectives in human resources, leadership and change, organizational behavior and strategic management.
