Human Resource and Strategic Leadership Major (M)
The Human Resource and Strategic Leadership program equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary for management in the human resource function within an organization. Students will develop interpersonal and technical skills in areas such as employment practices, staffing, compensation and benefits, training and change management necessary to help businesses thrive.
Program Learning Outcomes
By fulfilling all of the course requirements for the Bachelor's of Science in Human Resource and Strategic Leadership, students will be able to:
1. Recognize, clarify and apply important federal and state legislation, case law decisions, and executive orders that affect employment relationships.
2. Analyze compensation plans that identify and describe plan objectives, salary structure, and fringe benefits.
3. Recognize organizational performance models that create effective teams and organizations through employee motivation, engagement, culture, and change management.
4. Develop methods for attracting, retaining, developing, and engaging a diverse workforce.
5. Identify and describe the elements of servant leadership which apply to the work of the human resource professional.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of employee and management conflict resolution practices.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements 1 | 45 | |
| Major Requirements | 54 | |
| Electives | 21 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
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For transfer students, please see the Advanced Transfer Core.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
| Business Statistics (counted in University Core ) | ||
| Macroeconomics (counted in University Core ) | ||
| Public Speaking (counted in University Core ) | ||
or COMM 2100 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| Core Business Requirements | ||
| ACCT 2000 | Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals | 3 |
| BUS 2200 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BUS 1200 | Business Essentials | 3 |
| or BUS 1400 | Quantitative Business Essentials | |
| BUS 3420 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 3999 | Business Internship | 3 |
| ECON 2100 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGMT 1200 | Management & Leadership | 3 |
| or BUS 5110 | People-Focused Management | |
| MKTG 1300 | Sales and Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 4420 | Business Policy and Ethics (Business School Capstone) | 3 |
| Required Major Courses | ||
| BUS 2660 | Organizational Management Principles | 3 |
| BUS 2600 | Employment and Labor Relations | 3 |
| BUS 2620 | Staffing | 3 |
| BUS 3680 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| MGMT 3600 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 4600 | Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations | 3 |
| BUS 3660 | Training and Employee Development | 3 |
| MGMT 3660 | Managing Change | 3 |
| BUS 4600 | Integrative Project: HR Management | 3 |
| Total Hours | 54 | |
| Semester 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CCE 1010 | Christian Citizen | 3 |
| ENG 1040 | Introduction to Writing | 3 |
| MGMT 1200 | Management & Leadership | 3 |
| HUMAN BEINGS & BEING HUMAN | 3 | |
| REL 1000 | The Bible | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BUS 1200 | Business Essentials | 3 |
| CCE 1020 | Western Culture & Worldview | 3 |
| COMM 1100 or COMM 2100 |
Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication |
3 |
| HHP 1100 | Stewardship of the Body | 1 |
| MKTG 1300 | Sales and Marketing | 3 |
| REL 1100 | Christian Faith | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| ACCT 2000 | Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals | 3 |
| BUS 2200 | Business Law I | 3 |
| CCE 1030 | Western Thought & Worldview | 3 |
| CREATIVE EXPRESSION | 3 | |
| ECON 2200 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| ECON 2100 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| CCE 1040 | Science & Humanity | 3 |
| NATURAL WORLD - SCIENCE | 4 | |
| BUS 2660 | Organizational Management Principles | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 5 | ||
| BUS 2600 | Employment and Labor Relations | 3 |
| BUS 2620 | Staffing | 3 |
| BUS 3450 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| FAITH & LIFE | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| BUS 3680 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| BUS 3660 | Training and Employee Development | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| BUS 3420 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 3600 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 7 | ||
| BUS 3999 | Business Internship | 3 |
| MGMT 4600 | Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| HHP ACTIVITY | 1 | |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| BUS 4420 | Business Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 4600 | Integrative Project: HR Management | 3 |
| MGMT 3660 | Managing Change | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Course options and schedule are subject to change.