Human Resource Management Degree
The B.S.B.A. in Human Resource Management prepares students to meet the challenges of a specialized career in human resources or general management. The program is affiliated with the National Society for Human Resources Management and has a curriculum that presents state-of-the-art practices in human resource management. Students are provided with the knowledge and skills needed to be competitive in this constantly changing field.
The HRM major covers the principal functional areas of HRM: recruiting, selection, compensation and benefits, training, safety and health, and employee and labor relations.
The six-course HRM core requires work in personnel management, selection, labor relations, compensation, training, and labor law. Beyond the six-required HRM courses, students can tailor their program with the choice of two HRSM elective courses. In addition, the department coordinates several internships with local employers.
Human Resource Management Specialization
The Human Resource Management Program prepares students to meet the challenges of a specialized career in human resources or general management. The program is affiliated with the national Society for Human Resources Management and has a curriculum that presents state-of-the-art practices in human resource management. Students are provided with the knowledge and skills needed to be competitive in this constantly changing field.
Requirements
| HRSM 3150 Human Resource Management | 3 |
| HRSM 4000 Compensation Management | 3 |
| HRSM 4050 Employment Law | 3 |
| HRSM 4440 Labor Management Relations | 3 |
| HRSM 4610 Human Resource Development, Evaluation, & Safety | 3 |
| HRSM 4600 Employee Recruitment & Selection | 3 |
| HRSM Electives | 6 |
| Total Hours | 24 |
See advisor for list of approved HRSM Electives.
Because all managers are Human Resource Managers accountable for managing people, the Human Resource Management Major prepares students for a wide variety of management positions either directly in Human Resources or in any general management position in an organization.
The Auburn Montgomery School of Business would like to affirm that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that the Auburn Montgomery, School of Business, Human Resource Management major fully aligns with SHRM's HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
Throughout the world, 264 programs in 214 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines, created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, are part of SHRM's Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.