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 area 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. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT -STUDENT SUCCESS SEMINAR | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or SS 1500 | Strong Start Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Mathematics requirement Met through MATH 1552 (see Business Tool) | ||
| Arts and Humanities (6 s.h.) | ||
| PHIL 2628 | Business Ethics (required for major) | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities elective | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences (2 courses, 1 with lab) (7 s.h.) | 7 | |
| Social Science (6 s.h.) Met through ECON 2610 and ECON 2630 (see Business Tool) | ||
| Social and Personal Awareness (6 s.h.) | 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 |
| BUS 2600 | Business Applications of Microsoft Excel | 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 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ENGL 3742 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ECON 3788 | Statistics for Business and Economics 1 | 3 |
| BUSINESS CORE COURSES | ||
| To enroll in upper level business courses students must have successfully completed ENGL 1549 or 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 3700 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| 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 | 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 | ||
| BUSINESS UPPER LEVEL COURSES | 9 | |
| Select 9 SH of ACCT, ADV, BUS, ECON, ENT, FIN, MGT, MKTG 3000-4000 level courses | ||
| FREE ELECTIVES | 5 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-122 | |
BSBA in Human Resource Management Suggested Four-Year Plan
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar or Strong Start Success Seminar or Intro to Honors | 1-2 |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| BUS 1500 | Exploring Business | 3 |
| MATH 1552 | Applied Mathematics for Management | 4 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 14-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| PHIL 2628 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| ECON 2610 | Principles 1: Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS 2600 | Business Applications of Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| GE: SPA | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 2602 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 2630 | Principles 2: Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENGL 3742 | Business Writing | 3 |
| MGT 2604 | Legal Environment of Business 1 | 3 |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 2603 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MKTG 3702 | Business Professionalism | 1 |
| ECON 3788 | Statistics for Business and Economics 1 | 3 |
| GE: Natural Science | 3 | |
| GE: Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGT 3750 | Managing Individuals in Organizations | 3 |
| MGT 3725 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| MKTG 3703 | Marketing Concepts and Practice | 3 |
| BUS 3700 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| Upper Level Business Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGT 4810 | Compensation and Performance Appraisal (spring term only) | 4 |
| FIN 3720 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGT 3715 | Employee Relations | 3 |
| HR Upper Level Course Internship Recommended | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGT 3789 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT 4819 | Selection, Training, and Development (fall tern only) | 4 |
| BUS 3715 | Principles of International Business | 3 |
| MGT 3761 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| Upper Level Business Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGT 4844 & MGT 4845 | Strategic Human Resource Management and Projects in Human Resource Management (MGT 4844 (spring term only)) | 4 |
| MGT 4850 | Strategic Management and Leadership | 3 |
| Upper Level Business Course | 3 | |
| GE: Lab Science | 4 | |
| Free Elective | 2 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-122 | |
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:
- Identification 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/ strategic goals of the org., dept., & other HR functions