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Human Resources
Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources

Human Resources Program Core
Students who earn a major in Human Resources achieve proficiency in general business and human resource skills, in addition to a strong liberal arts foundation. Because an interdisciplinary background is important in this field, a combination of coursework in business, management, psychology, along with the human resources core curriculum, is provided.

Career Opportunities
The Human Resources major emphasizes the specific competencies necessary to obtain an entry level job in the human resources field or to advance in this area, if the student has current or prior experience. Opportunities for internships provide students with work experience as part of the requirements for completion of this degree.

The private sector accounts for the majority of the salaried jobs, which include administrative and support services, professional, scientific, technical services, manufacturing, health care and social assistance, and finance and insurance firms.

The Government also employs human resources managers and specialists. They handle recruitment, interviewing, job classification, training, salary administration, benefits, employee relations, and other matters related to public employees.

Students who complete the B.A. degree in Human Resources may find opportunities for employment in the following positions:

Director of Human Resources
Recruiter
Occupational Analyst
Employee Benefits Manager
Training and Development
Director of Industrial Relations
Equal Employ. Opportunity Officers
Employment and Placement Specialist
Employer Relations Representative
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analyst
Employee Assistance Plan Managers
Labor Relations
Conciliators, Mediators, and Arbitrators
Affirmative Action Coordinators

Faculty
Facilitators in the Human Resources Program are human resources managers, human resources specialists, or professors with expertise in their areas of instruction.

The Ursuline Studies Program
The heart of an Ursuline education is the Ursuline Studies Program. By its very nature, the Ursuline Studies Program is committed to the development and enrichment of all students. As an outcomes-based curriculum, the program views assessment of academic progress as an essential part of each course and each stage of development.

The Ursuline Studies Program involves a series of writing-intensive interdisciplinary courses that total 49 credit hours and serve as the liberal arts core of an Ursuline College education. The program highlights personal development, the cultivation of academic abilities and the exploration of a coherent, integrated body of knowledge drawn from a variety of disciplines.

 
Required Courses
Course(s) Credit Hours
Ursuline College Core Requirements 49
Business Management Core:  
BU 230 Organizational Behavior 3
BU 330 Human Resource Management 3
BU 335 Compensation 3
BU 375 Business Statistics 3
BU 430 Labor Relations 3
MAT 212 Introduction to Statistics 3
MGT 360 Managerial Economics 3
MGT 370 Managerial Accounting 3
MGT 380 Communication Skills and Information Management 3
MGT 450 Leadership Competencies 3
PS 360 Industrial Organization 3
PS 322 Research Methods 3
Human Resources Core:  
*HR 140 Introduction to Human Resources & Workforce 3
*HR 141 Adult Learning Theory 2
*HR 142 Workforce Learning Performance I 3
*HR 143 Workforce Learning Performance II 3
*HR 240 Workplace Environmental Processes 1
*HR 340 Knowledge MIS for HR 3
 HR 435 Current Topics in Human Resources 3
*HR 440 Evaluation and Assessment 3
*HR 441 Organizational Alignment Systems 3
 HR 475 Human Resources Internship 3
* Courses pending Curriculum Committee approval  
General Electives 16
Total credit hours needed to graduate 128
 
Further details about this program can be found in the Course Description or Degree Plan/Audit Sheet documents.
 
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