Human Resource Business Partner Minor

This minor will enhance your business education with a specific understanding of the human resources function within a business setting to prepare for an executive career in human resources. You will learn the function of human resource management within a business setting, assuring that this most instrumental resource (people) is fully and effectively utilized, enabling both business and employee success. The curriculum follows the standards set forth by the Society for Human Resource Management for the Strategic level of professional certification.

Human Resource Business Partner Minor Requirements - for Paseka School of Business students

If you are a non-business major and are interested in a career with human resource management check out the Human Resources Minor.

Human Resource Business Partner Minor Courses

Total Credits: 24

Core Requirements (15 credits)

  • MGMT 440 Human Resource Management (3) (prereq of MGMT 260)
  • MGMT 442 Compensation & Benefits (3) (prereq MGMT 440)
  • POL 321 Employment Law (3) (prereq ACCT 280)

Restricted Electives (6 credits)

Choose 2 courses from the list below:

  • COMM 317 Training & Development (3)
  • COMM 376 Crisis Communications (3)
  • MGMT 451 Organizational Behavior (3)
  • MGMT 456 Project Management in Business (3)
  • MGMT 469 HR-Related Internship (1-12)
  • OM 393 Occupational Safety & Health (3)

Student Learning Outcomes

  • To provide students with an understanding of the basic human resource management functions including the strategic planning, acquisition, development and compensation of employees in a complex business organization.
  • To provide students with an understanding of the legal requirements, challenges and compliance issues involved in the management of human resources within an organization.
  • Students will understand the role and inter-relatedness of the organization’s human resources activities in the attainment of organizational objectives.
  • To ensure students can appreciate and develop human resource related metrics and to understand and communicate the impact of these metrics on organizational success to relevant stakeholders.
  • To provide students with the opportunity to apply and/or explore various concepts and techniques utilized by human resource managers.
  • To expose students to issues and ethical challenges associated with the management of people in a complex social setting that is under relentless change and competitive pressures.

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