Program Overview

Human Resource Strategic Management, Certificate of Completion

The Human Resource Strategic Management certificate prepares students to meet the growing need for HR professionals working with businesses as strategic partners.

Program Description

The program is designed for the working professional wishing to enter the HR field, professionals wanting to enhance their HR knowledge, HR professionals wishing to advance in their field, certified HR professionals seeking re-certification hours, and managers wanting to get a better understanding of HR. This certificate can be combined with the Human Resource Talent Management certificate for a more complete study of human resources.

Program Outcomes

Strategic Human Resource Management certificate graduates will:

• develop relationships to effectively communicate while understanding ethical, global, and cultural impact
• analyze Human Resource initiatives to optimize talent acquisition, employee engagement, productivity, and retention through
  • learning and development
  • compensation
  • mergers and acquisitions
• create effective strategies to align with organizational goals
  • organizational effectiveness and development
  • organizational behavior
  • workforce management
  • employee and labor relations
  • Human Resource technology management
• integrate Human Resource best practices
  • global context
  • risk management
  • structure and culture
  • change management
  • organizational leadership, influence, and navigation
• evaluate business operations to give informed consultation to organizations
  • organizational strategy
  • strategic planning
  • employment practices
  • regulations
  • project management

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to enroll in upper-division courses, a student (including non-matriculating students enrolled in prerequisite or co-requisite courses leading to upper-division coursework) must meet “Junior standing” based on earned credits or past degree awards. “Junior standing” is defined as a student who has completed an associate degree or higher, or 90+ college-level credits.

Program Requirements

• The courses listed below are a suggested sequence; as long as prerequisites are met, courses may be taken in a different order.
  • Quarter One
    • HRM 345 Learning & Development & Inspiring Creativity 5 credits
    • HRM 485 Organizational Strategy, Structure, Design, and Culture 5 credits
    • HRM 465 Organizational Behavior, Effectiveness, and Change Management 5 credits
  • Quarter Two
    • HRM 250 Metrics & Analytics Supported by Technology & Project Management 5 credits
    • HRM 425 Human Resource Strategic Planning and Workforce Management 5 credits
    • HRM 370 Global HR, Mergers, and Acquisitions 5 credits
  • Quarter Three
    • HRM 210 Introduction HR Management and Role in Organizations 2 credits
    • HRM 340 Employee and Labor Relations and Risk Management 5 credits
    • HRM 435 Total Compensation 5 credits

Total Program Credits

Total Program Credits: 42