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.
You can obtain a program suggested course sequence CHECKLIST by downloading the following document
Degree Requirements (2009-2010 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" must be earned in the English, math (through Math 107), and speech 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, and BA 462, Business Policy. 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.
View details of the degree from the School of Management Website.
| 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 | 57-72 | ||
| Lower Division 1 | |||
| BA | S151 | Introduction to Management | 3 |
| BA | S152 | Business Foundation Simulation* | 3 |
| *Not required for accounting emphasis | |||
| Lower Division 2 | |||
| ACCT | S201 | Principles Financial Acct | 3 |
| ACCT | S202 | Principles Managerial Acct | 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 | INtro to Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| STAT | S273 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| ___ | S___ | Electives | 6 |
| 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. | |||
| Upper Division 1 | |||
| BA | S301 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BA | S325 | Financial Management | 3 |
| BA | S330 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BA | S343 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| 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 |
| Upper Division 2 | |||
| BA | S462 | Capstone: Strategic Management | 3 |
| BA | S490 | Political & Social Environment | 3 |
| BA | S498 | Applied Business Research* | 3 |
| ____ | S___ | Advisor-approved electives** | 6-9 |
| ____ | S____ | Electives | 12 |
| *Not required for accounting emphasis **School of Management electives (BA, ACCT, LAWS) |
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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 |