Human Resource Management (HRM) professionals provide leadership for ensuring that organizations recruit, retain and develop the best employees. People are an organization's most valuable asset and HR professionals play a key role ensuring organizations have the best people. HRM will be especially attractive to those students who like working with a broad range of people and have excellent communication and negotiating skills. HR professionals can be specialists who work in one are of HR or generalists who work in multiple areas. Key HR areas include recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, and employee relations.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest membership organization for HR professionals. The HR curriculum at YSU has been reviewed by SHRM and has been approved as aligned with SHRM's HR Curriculum Guidelines.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Human Resource managers are employed in every industry. The field of Human Resources offers an array of potential career options including recruiters, placement managers, trainers, compensation analysts, compensation and benefits manager, employee relations managements, and safety coordinators. Executive level positions include Vice President of HR, Chief HR Officer, and Executive Vice President.
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
Human Resource Management majors at Youngstown State University have the opportunity to build their leadership skills through various WCBA student organizations . HR majors should plan to join the student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Since the HR curriculum has been approved by SHRM, HR majors who are in their senior year and who meet the eligibility requirements may apply to take the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) exam.
All business majors are strongly encouraged to complete internships. Internships are career-related work experiences that enable students to apply their knowledge and skills in an organizational setting. In the WCBA, internships that are approved for academic credit must be paid. Completing a career-related internship increases a student's job opportunities upon graduation.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| PHIL 2628 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| GE: Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
| GE: Natural Sciences One science course must include a lab | 7 | |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 6 | |
| BUSINESS TOOL COURSES | ||
| Business tool courses must be completed with the grade of a "C" or higher and cannot be taken credit/no credit. | ||
| BUS 1500 | Exploring Business | 3 |
| MATH 1552 | Applied Mathematics for Management | 4 |
| ECON 2610 | Principles 1: Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2630 | Principles 2: Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 2604 | Legal Environment of Business 1 | 3 |
| ACCT 2602 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 2603 & 2603L | Managerial Accounting and Managerial Accounting Spreadsheet Lab | 4 |
| ENGL 3742 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ECON 3790 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 5 |
| BUSINESS CORE COURSES | ||
| To enroll in upper level business courses students must have successfully completed ENGL 1550, ENGL 1551, PHIL 2628, CMST 1545, all Business Tool courses AND have a minumum 2.5 overall GPA. | ||
| Upper level business courses must be completed with the grade of a "C" or higher and cannot be taken credit/no credit. | ||
| BUS 3715 | Principles of International Business | 3 |
| FIN 3720 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MKTG 3702 | Business Professionalism | 1 |
| MKTG 3703 | Marketing Concepts and Practice | 3 |
| MGT 3725 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| MGT 3761 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT 3789 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT 4850 | Strategic Management and Leadership | 3 |
| HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REQUIRED COURSES | ||
| MGT 3715 | Employee Relations and Workplace Ethics | 3 |
| MGT 3750 | Managing Individuals in Organizations | 3 |
| MGT 4810 | Compensation and Performance Appraisal spring term only | 4 |
| MGT 4819 | Selection, Training, and Development fall term only | 4 |
| MGT 4844 & MGT 4845 | Strategic Human Resource Management and Projects in Human Resource Management spring term only | 4 |
| HUMAN RESOURCE UPPER LEVEL COURSE | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: MGT 3705, MGT 3755, MGT 4801, MGT 4895 or MGT 4899. Internship Recommended. | ||
| MANAGEMENT UPPER LEVEL COURSES | 6 | |
| Select 6 SH of upper level MGT courses. | ||
| BUSINESS UPPER LEVEL COURSES | 6 | |
| Select 6 SH of upper level business courses (ACCT, ADV, BUS, ENT, FIN, MGT, MKTG). | ||
| NON-BUSINESS COURSES | 6 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
BSBA in Human Resource Management Suggested Four-Year Plan
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| BUS 1500 | Exploring Business | 3 |
| MATH 1552 | Applied Mathematics for Management | 4 |
| ECON 2610 | Principles 1: Microeconomics | 3 |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| ECON 2630 | Principles 2: Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 2604 | Legal Environment of Business 1 | 3 |
| GE: Natural Science | 3 | |
| GE: Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 2602 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| ENGL 3742 | Business Writing | 3 |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| GE: Lab Science | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 2603 & 2603L |
Managerial Accounting and Managerial Accounting Spreadsheet Lab |
4 |
| ECON 3790 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 5 |
| PHIL 2628 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| MKTG 3702 | Business Professionalism | 1 |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGT 3715 | Employee Relations and Workplace Ethics | 3 |
| MKTG 3703 | Marketing Concepts and Practice | 3 |
| MGT 3725 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| MGT 3750 | Managing Individuals in Organizations | 3 |
| Business Upper Level Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FIN 3720 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGT 3761 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT 4810 | Compensation and Performance Appraisal (spring term only) | 4 |
| BUS 3715 | Principles of International Business | 3 |
| Management Upper Level Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGT 3789 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT 4819 | Selection, Training, and Development (fall tern only) | 4 |
| HR Management Upper Level Course (internship recommended) | 3 | |
| Management Upper Level Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGT 4844 & MGT 4845 |
Strategic Human Resource Management and Projects in Human Resource ManagementMGT 4844 (spring term only) |
4 |
| MGT 4850 | Strategic Management and Leadership | 3 |
| Business Upper Level Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
ENGL 1550, ENGL 1551, Business Tool and upper level business courses must be completed with the grade of a "C" or higher and cannot be taken credit/no credit.
To enroll in upper level business courses students must have successfully completed ENGL 1550, ENGL 1551, PHIL 2628, CMST 1545, all Business Tool courses AND have a minimum 2.5 overall GPA.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Indentification and knowledge of HR functions.
- Understanding of employment and labor law.
- Creation of training plan.
- Ability to identify and critique selection methods.
- Ability to create a job and pay structure within an organization.
- Ensure HR practices are consistent w/ stratetegic goals of the org., dept., & other HR functions