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Program Description
The Human Resource Management minor prepares students for professional certification (Assurance of Learning, Professionals in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professionals in Human Resources (SPHR)) and/or a career in human resource management by developing skills and competencies in managing diversity and equal opportunity, ethical and fair treatment of employees, human resource planning and staffing, employee training and development, compensation and benefits, performance management, labor relations, and protecting employee safety and health.
What is Human Resource Management?
Human Resource Management explores how the proper management of employees contributes towards organizational effectiveness. This area of study includes topics such as organizational behavior, employment relations systems and processes, human resource planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, negotiation and conflict resolution, and occupational health and safety.
You Might Like This Program If...
- You enjoy working with people and are interested in what motivates them.
- You are interested in training and development within a business environment.
- You would like to help a business interact better for and with its employees.
- You would like to work in human resources.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 20-22 |
No more than 15 credits from the minor may be utilized to fulfill the Management major requirements.
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prescribed Courses | ||
| Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Organizational Behavior and Structure | ||
| MGMT 301 | Basic Management Concepts | 3 |
| Basic and Advanced Human Resource Management | ||
| MGMT 341 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 440 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Legal Environment | ||
| Select one of the following: | 2-4 | |
| Legal Environment of Business | ||
| Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business | ||
| Legal Environment of Business | ||
| Business Law I: Introduction to Contracts, Liability Issues, and Intellectual Property | ||
LER 201 | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 9 credits (at least 3 credits at the 400-level) of the following: | 9 | |
| Employment Compensation | ||
| Employee Benefits | ||
| Leadership and Motivation | ||
| Organization Development | ||
| Negotiation and Conflict Management | ||
| Interpersonal Relationships in Organizations | ||
| Organizational Staffing and Development | ||
| Performance Management | ||
| Managing a Diverse Workforce | ||
| Labor Management Relations | ||
| Compliance and Fairness in Organizations | ||
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
Harrisburg
Ray Gibney, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
Olmsted Building, E355
Middletown, PA 17057
717-948-6149
rfg14@psu.edu
Contact
Harrisburg
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Olmsted Building, E355
Middletown, PA 17057
717-948-6139
cxs879@psu.edu
https://harrisburg.psu.edu/business-administration/human-resources-management-minor