Human Resource Management, Associate of Applied Science HR13

The Human Resource Management degree program will emphasize specific professional knowledge, theory, and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement in the Human Resources area. Graduates who are currently employed will benefit through enhancement of career potential. Graduates not yet employed in field will be prepared to pursue diverse opportunities in Human Resource Management.

Curriculum Outline

First Semester

SEMN 1000
First Semester Seminar

0

COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills&Reasoning

3

or

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MGMT 1100Principles of Management

3

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Second Semester

ACCT 1100Financial Accounting I

4

or

MGMT 1135Managerial Accounting&Finance

3

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3

or

ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3

MGMT 1105Organizational Behavior

3

MGMT 1125Business Ethics

3

Humanities/Fine Arts

3

Third Semester

ACCT 1130Payroll Accounting

3

MGMT 1110Employment Law

3

MGMT 1115Leadership

3

MKTG 1130Business Reg and Compliance

3

Fourth Semester

MGMT 1111Employee Comp and Benefits

3

MGMT 2135Management Communication Tech

3

MGMT 2125Performance Management

3

MGMT 2120

Provides a student with an overview of the relationship of rank and file employees to management in business organizations. The nature of the workplace, the economic foundations of work organizations, and the history of the relationship between management and labor is examined. The course acquaints the student with the principles of developing positive relationships between management and labor within the context of the legal environment governing labor relations. Topics include: the nature of the American workplace; the economic history of business organizations, the historical roots of labor-management relations; adversarial and cooperative approaches to labor relations; the legal framework of labor relations; employee-employer rights; collective bargaining and union organizing processes; union and nonunion grievance procedures; international labor relations; and the future of labor-management relations in a changing economy. Case studies, readings, and role-plays are used to simulate workplace applications in labor relations.
ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MGMT 1100Principles of Management

3

Total Credit Hours:0-3

Fifth Semester

MGMT 2210Project Management

3

MGMT 2115Human Resource Management

3

MGMT 2130Employee Training &Development

3

Total Credit Hours: 64