Department of Management & Marketing

Management Major with Track in Human Resource Management

A track in Human Resource Management prepares students to work in the area of managing human capital.  With courses in Organization Behavior, Employment Law, and Compensation and Benefits students graduate prepared for a career in HR.  They are also qualified to sit for the SHRM-CP exam. HRM students are required to complete an internship in the Human Resource area of a business or non-profit. 

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  PSY 2003 General Psychology	3	U.S. History/Government1	3
  MATH 1113 College Algebra2	3	MATH 2223 Quantitative Business Analysis2	3
  BUAD 1111 Introduction to Business	1	COMM 2173 Business and Professional Speaking	3
  BUAD 2003 Business Information Systems	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	15

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  ACCT 2003 Accounting Principles I	3	ACCT 2013 Accounting Principles II	3
  ACCT 2000 Accounting Principles I Lab	0	ECON 2013 Principles of Economics II	3
  ECON 2003 Principles of Economics I	4	Science with Lab1	4
  Science with Lab1	3	BUAD 2053 Business Statistics	3
  BDA 2003 Business Problem Solving	3	MGMT 3003 Management and Organizational Behavior	3
  BLAW 2033 Legal Environment of Business	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	16

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  BUAD 3023 Business Communications	3	FIN 3063 Business Finance	3
  MGMT 3023 Principles of Human Resource Management	3	MGMT 3103 Operations Management	3
  MGMT 3123 Business Ethics	3	MGMT 3323 Employment Law	3
  MKT 3043 Principles of Marketing	3	Management Elective (3000-4000)	3
  Management Elective (3000-4000)	3	Elective	3
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	15

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  MGMT 4013 Management Information Systems	3	PSY 3093 Industrial Psychology or Management Elective (3000-4000)	3
  MGMT 4093 Organizational Behavior	3	MGMT 4033 Internship in Management	3
  MGMT 4213 Business Leadership	3	MGMT 4083 Business Policy	3
  MGMT 4323 Compensation and Benefits	3	Elective	3
  Elective	3
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	12

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in “General Education Requirements”.
²Students who have two years of high school algebra with a grade of “C” or better and a math ACT score of 22 or above may omit College Algebra and enroll directly in MATH 2223 Quantitative Business Analysis. If omitted, an additional 3 hours of electives will be required. Students considering graduate school are advised to use free elective hours to take MATH 2914 Calculus I.