Human Resource Management Emphasis
Businesses and public organizations alike are increasingly coming to realize that the most valuable assets that they have are their human assets - people.Realizing that people make the difference between success and failure, the emphasis in Human Resource Management explores the operational and strategic components of managing this most valuable set of assets. Students pursuing an emphasis in Human Resource Management will be well qualified to enter a career track for human resource professionals who are increasingly seen a crucial players in strategic management decision-making.
The courses beyond the BBA core courserequirementsfor the Human Resource Management emphasis include:
- BA351 Organizational behavior
- BA361 Human Resource Management
- BA426 Human Resources Financial Management
- BA461 Labor-Management Relations
- BA466 Strategic Human Resource Management
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Below is a description of the emphasis requirements from the UAS Catalog.
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Degree Requirements (2011-2012 CATALOG)
Candidates must complete the general education requirements (GERs) as well as the specific program requirements listed in this section for a minimum of 120 credit hours. Any given course may be counted as fulfilling more than one requirement in a degree program, but the credit hours can only be counted once. Degrees must include 42 credits of upper-division (300 or above) courses, 24 of which must be completed at UAS. Courses used as major requirements cannot be used as GERs.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in math (through MATH S107) and communication classes taken in the general education requirements. In addition, all students in the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) program must either test out of or earn a C- or better in 3 hours of CIOS electives, 3 hours of CIOS spreadsheet or database courses, STAT S273, major and emphasis courses, and BA 462, Capstone. Students should complete the computer courses within their first sixty (60) credit hours.
Students in any of the business programs who are deemed deficient in any of the competency areas may be required to take additional courses to strengthen their skills before graduation. Any such additional courses can usually be counted as a program elective. Requiring supplementary course work will be considered if two different faculty members indicate a student has a weakness in the same outcome area.
| Minimum Credit Hours | 120 | ||
| General Education Requirements | 35 | ||
| Must include: | |||
| MATH | S107 | College Algebra (or higher) | 4 |
| ECON | S201 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON | S202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ___ | S__ | Electives | 16 |
| Major Requirements | 64-70 | ||
| ACCT | S201 | Principles Financial Acct* | 3 |
| ACCT | S202 | Principles Managerial Acct | 3 |
| BA | S151 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BA | S152 | Business Foundation Simulation* | 3 |
| CIOS | S260 | Business Communications | 3 |
| Select one from the following (3 credits): | |||
| CIOS | S235 | Spreadsheet Concepts & App | 3 |
| CIOS | S240 | Database Concepts & App | 3 |
| Select one from the following (3 credits): | |||
| BA | S374 | Into to Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| STAT | S273 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| Note: Lower division courses must be substantially completed before admission to upper division courses. In cases where some lower division courses have not yet been completed, permission is required to take upper division core or emphasis classes. | |||
| BA | S301 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BA | S325 | Financial Management | 3 |
| BA | S330 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BA | S343 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BA | S462 | Capstone: Strategic Management | 3 |
| BA | S490 | Political & Social Environment | 3 |
| BA | S498 | Applied Business Research* | 3 |
| ___ | S__ | Advisor-approved electives** | 6 |
| ___ | S__ | Electives | 16 |
| Select one from the following (3 credits) | |||
| ACCT | S316 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| BA | S310 | Management Information Systems* | 3 |
| Select one from the following (3 credits) | |||
| BA | S375 | Project Management | 3 |
| BA | S412 | Operations Management | 3 |
| *Not required for accounting emphasis **School of Management electives (BA, ACCT, LAWS) *** ACCT S121 and S122 will meet ACCT S201 requirement |
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| Human Resources Management Emphasis | 15 | ||
| BA | S351 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BA | S361 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BA | S426 | Human Resource Financial Management | 3 |
| BA | S461 | Labor-Management Relations | 3 |
| BA | S466 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |