Human Resources and People Management Major

The Human Resources and People Management (HRPM) degree prepares students for careers in the human resources (HR) management field by not only teaching students the functional knowledge, but by developing the skills necessary for implementation of strategic and legally defensible HR practices in contemporary business organizations. Human resources management involves the attraction, retention, development, and deployment of an organization’s most important asset: its human capital. There has never been a more exciting time to join this growing field as organizations increasingly differentiate themselves through their people. Students in the HRPM program are well prepared to take HR roles as generalists, employee relations specialists, compensation specialists, human capital analysts, trainers, recruiting specialists, and other specialist and generalist roles in the human resources field.  In addition, some of our alumni have chosen to follow a more general management track after graduation. Our curriculum is formally aligned with the guidelines published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest Human Resources professional organization. SHRM provides education, research, advocacy, and certification. Our alignment with the SHRM Body of Knowledge was examined by SHRM prior to our certification as an aligned major, and demonstrates to future employers that they can rely on the fact that our students have been educated in all the areas considered essential for a human resources practitioner.

Goal 1: Communication

Outcome 1.1: Students will communicate effectively through written and oral modes of expression across academic, professional, and social contexts using appropriate technology.

Goal 2: Critical Thinking and Inquiry

Outcome 2.1: Students will think critically and construct reasoned arguments to support their positions using skills appropriate to the context, such as deductive reasoning, scientific inquiry, quantitative reasoning, aesthetic judgment, or critical examination of form, style, content and meaning.

Goal 3: Ethics, Social Justice, and Ignatian Values

Outcome 3.1: Students will assess ethical issues and social justice within the framework of Ignatian values and will articulate theoretically informed responses to these issues.

Goal 4: Diversity 

Outcome 4.1:Students will engage respectfully, in a local and global context, with diverse human beliefs, abilities, experiences, identities, or cultures.

Goal 5: Discipline or Program Specific Competencies

Outcome 5.1:Students will acquire the essential knowledge and skills to succeed and make well-reasoned judgments personally, professionally, within the business discipline of human resource management and people management in general.

The traditional undergraduate programs includes a minimum of 120 credits distributed across three components: A General Education component divided into Signature Courses, Variable Courses, and an Integrative Learning requirement; a Major and Divisional component; and Free Electives. In addition to course requirements as specified in each area, students must complete one certified course in each of the following overlay areas1:

  1. Diversity, Globalization or Non-western Area Studies,
  2. Ethics Intensive
  3. Writing Intensive, and
  4. Diversity
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Overlay requirements are part of the 120 credit requirements

General Education Signature Courses

See this page about Signature courses

General Education Variable Courses

See this page about Variable courses. Six to Nine courses

General Education Overlays

See this page about Overlays.

General Education Integrative Learning Component

See this page about Integrative Learning Component. Three courses:

In no case may an ILC course be double counted towards completing other requirements of the Human Resources and People Management major.

  1. Check the current Academic Catalog for any pre-requisites to the courses. You are responsible to complete any necessary pre-requisites.    
  2. Check the Course Schedule for overlays as many ILCs are approved overlay courses.  
  3. Check with the appropriate department for course scheduling as not all courses are offered every semester.  
Required of All HSB Students
ECN 102Introductory Economics Macro3
Select two from the following areas:6
Economics
International Trade
International Macroeconomics
Industrial Organization
Game Theory
Economic Development
Environmental Economics
The Economics of Healthcare
Econometrics
Economic Forecasting
Asian Economies
Chinese Economics
Latin American Economies
Econ of Poverty & Income Dist
Race and the Economy
English
Public Speaking & Presentation
Writing for Organizations
Negotiations, Writing&Conflict
Nature & Environmental Writing
Philosophy
The Authentic Self
Topics in Moral Psychology
Philosophy of Sports
Political Science
Intro to American Politics
Intro to Comparative Politics
Intro to Global Politics
Intro to Political Thought
Advising and Advocacy
Constitutional Politics
Const Law:Rights & Civil Lib
Public Policy
Women and American Politics
Race & Ethnic Politics in U.S.
Protesting Inequality
Latin American Politics
Asian Democ at the Crossroads
Russian Politics
Political Geography
Global Political Economy
Ethics in Internation Affairs
Women, Gender & World Politics
Psychology
Introductory Psychology
Psychology of Men and Women
Psychology of Culture
Behavioral Economics
Industrial/Organizational Psyc
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
Psychology of the Self
Psychology of Gender
Sociology
Intro to Sociology
Social Problems
Ethnic & Minority Relations
Sociology of Gender
Classical Sociological Theory
Race and Social Justice
White Collar Crime
Fair Trade Coffee: Study Tour
Classes and Power in US
Law and Social Policy
Poverty Ethics & Social Policy
Race Relations in Philadelphia

Free Electives

Six courses

Business Foundation 

Ten courses, including:

ACC 101Concepts of Financial Acct3
ACC 102Managerial Accounting3
DSS 100Excel Competency1
DSS 200Intro to Information Systems3
DSS 210Business Statistics3
DSS 220Business Analytics3
FIN 200Intro to Finance3
or FIN 225 Fund of Quantitative Finance
MGT 110Essent'ls of Organzational Beh3
or MGT 120 Essentials of Management
MGT 360Legal Environment of Business3
MKT 201Principles of Marketing3
BUS 495Business Strategy 13
or ACC 423 Accounting Control Systems
Total Hours31
1

Accounting Majors can choose between ACC 423 and BUS BUS 495

Major Requirements 

MGT 220Intro Human Resource Managemen3
MGT 221Diversity in the Workplace3
MGT 322Decision Making w/ Analytics3
MGT 425Managing HR: Resrch/Appl3
Select two of the following:6
Economics of Labor
Business Stakeholders & Ethics
Perspectives on Leadership
Organizational Sustainability
Influence,Negotiation&Conflict
Intro:Entrepreneur/New Venture
Family Business
Breaking News in Bus. Ethics
Leading Teams
Career Management
International Talent Mgt
Social Enterprise & Soc Change
Intro Internat. Business
Legal Environ't of Business II
Employment and Labor Law
Manage Hum Capital Spec Topics
Practicum in Human Capital I
Manage Human Cap Internshp I
ManageHuman Capital Research I
Total Hours18