Human Resources Management, A.A.S.
A.A.S. Degree—62 credit hours
Curriculum Code 1412
This program is designed to prepare students for the operations, control, training, and development of personnel in the workplace. It examines the process of employee recruitment, selection and placement of individuals for appropriate areas of employment, equal opportunity, staffing, training, evaluations, maintaining the organization, and rewards. This program includes an internship/ seminar component.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the job market for human resources specialists and trainers is expected to grow much faster than average through the year 2018.
Required General Education Courses
19 credit hours as follows:
(Note: MTH-120 recommended for transfer students.)
A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of three ways:
- Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
- Successful completion with an earned grade of “C” or better in BUS-120, MTH-102, MTH-109, MTH-121, or MTH-133 or higher-level mathematics course for designated career programs; or
- An equivalent transfer course from another college with an earned grade of “C” or better.
Select 4 credit hours from Math or Physical and Life Sciences:
BIO, CHM, EAS, GEL, MTH, NAT, PHS, PHY
Select 3 credit hours from Humanities and Fine Arts:
ARB, ART, FRE, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, THE
Required Career Courses
34 credit hours as follows:
Electives
Select 9 credit hours from the following:
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (16 credit hours)
| BUS-100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BUS-142 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| IMS-115 | Microsoft Office I | 3 |
| ___-___ | Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
Semester 2 (15 credit hours)
| BUS-110 | Legal Environment in Business | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| BUS-136 | Business Law | 3 |
| - | | |
| BUS-120 | Business Mathematics | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| MTH-120 | General Education Mathematics | 3 |
| - | | |
| BUS-170 | Introduction to Human Resources | 3 |
| BUS-231 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ___-___ | Career Program Elective | 3 |
(Note: MTH-120 recommended for transfer students)
Semester 3 (15 credit hours)
| BUS-226 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| BUS-232 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
| ECO-101 | Principles of Macro-Economics | 3 |
| ___-___ | Career Program Elective | 3 |
Semester 4 (16 credit hours)
| BUS-135 | Personal Finance | 2 |
| BUS-215 | Employee Training and Development | 3 |
| BUS-233 | Internship | 3 |
| BUS-237 | Seminar | 1 |
| ___-___ | Science/Math Elective | 4 |
| ___-___ | Career Program Elective | 3 |