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
- MGT 460 Capstone for Management Majors (W)
3 credits
Topics in management and organizational behavior.
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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
3 credits
Development, functions, legal framework, and economic effects of unions and collective bargaining. Institutions and economic impacts of government programs. Minimum wages, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and antidiscrimination policies.
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- HRLR 313 Employment Relations
3 credits
Labor relations, collective bargaining involving unions, dispute resolution, and arbitration.
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- HRLR 314 Legal Environment of Work
3 credits
Legal rights of workers and responsibilities of employers affecting safety, nondiscrimination, wages, hours & benefits, collective action and unionization.
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- HRLR 414 Legal Standards in a Global Workplace
3 credits
Workers’ rights as human rights in developed and developing countries. Private, national, and international standards.
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- HRLR 420 Comparative Human Resources and Labor Relations Systems
3 credits
Institutional networks and practices in human capital systems in selected countries. Labor and employment laws, employment relations, and human resources practices.
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- MGT 411 Organizational Staffing
3 credits
Job and organizational analysis. Personnel planning, recruitment, selection and placement. Employment interviewing and testing. Validation of selection procedures, equal opportunity employer (EEO) guidelines and affirmative action. Issues and diversity of ethics.
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- MGT 412 Compensation and Reward Systems
3 credits
Designing compensation systems. Job evaluation, internal and external equity. Pay-for-performance plans and financial incentives. Wage and salary surveys. Benefits administration. Diversity and ethical considerations.
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- MGT 413 Personnel Training and Development
3 credits
Designing and implementing training and development programs. Career stages and career planning. Needs analysis. Experimental design and program evaluation. Learning theories. Issues and diversity of ethics.
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- MGT 414 Diversity in the Workplace
3 credits
Problems experienced by racial, ethnic, physically disabled and other minorities in work organizations. Awareness training for managers. Ethical issues.
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- MGT 475 Negotiations
2 credits
Strategic negotiation, negotiation preparation, buyer-supplier relationship assessment, international negotiations and negotiation simulation.
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- MGT 476 Globalization and International Management
3 credits
International management issues, including national culture, leadership, decision-making, team performance, communication, negotiations, structure and personal career implications of international management.
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- MGT 490 Independent Study
1-3 credits (VARIABLE)
Supervised program of independent library research designed to supplement classroom study.
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- MGT 491 Special Topics in Human Resources Management
3 credits
Topics in management such as advanced organizational behavior, managing labor relations, organizational development, organizational theory and design, strategic leadership and decision-making.
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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 Student Senate of the Broad College of Business creates a representative body concentrating their time to improve the quality of life for all students in the college. The Broad Student Senate strives to provide means for responsible and effective student participation within Broad, to serve as the official voice of the student opinion on matters affecting students and/or their rights, and to provide a mutual and beneficial understanding with members of the faculty and administration.
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.
