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Master
of Arts concentration in Human Resource Management
2007-2008 Curriculum |
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The Master of Arts with a concentration Human Resource Management is designed to provide qualified individuals from any undergraduate major with the conceptual, analytical, and operational knowledge needed to assume a position in human resource management. The program is based on an orientation which provides a proper balance of theoretical and practical knowledge as well as in-depth preparation in human resource management. Philosophically, the program assumes that excellence in human resource management requires an understanding of both the internal aspects of the modern profit or non-profit organization and the external environment in which it functions. To acquire this understanding, students are exposed to courses in the areas of management, accounting, finance, economics, and human resource administration. At the completion of the program, students are expected to possess the sophisticated analytical, verbal, and intellectual skills needed to forecast personnel needs, hire new employees, and create an environment which promotes maximum employee satisfaction and efficiency. |
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Admission Requirements |
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Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university, in any major.
Students are evaluated primarily on the basis of the distribution of courses they have taken as undergraduates and, if applicable, courses taken in another graduate program, and on their undergraduate and graduate grades. An overall undergraduate quality point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in a program acceptable to the admissions committee, including successful completion in business and economics courses taken as an undergraduate, is expected.
Students who do not meet these requirements may be offered the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to do successful graduate work by: |
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Taking two approved graduate courses and earning a grade of B or better in each course; |
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Taking
either the Graduate Management Admissions Test,
the Graduate Record Exam or the Miller Analogies
Test and achieving a score in the 60th percentile
or higher. |
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Evaluation of the materials submitted by the applicant for admission to the Master of Arts will begin as soon as all required documents have been received. Applicants may be admitted to the program for the Fall or Spring semesters, although courses may be taken during the Summer. |
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Degree
Requirements |
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The program curriculum consists of ten (10) courses, which includes eight (8) core, and two (2) elective courses. In addition, two (2) foundation courses are required. Students with appropriate academic background may be permitted to waive the two foundation courses.
Waivers are generally not granted if the corresponding undergraduate course(s) were completed more than seven years prior to application. Waivers are not granted for non-academic prior learning, and are determined solely on the basis of the student's undergraduate or graduate record. All waivers require written approval by advisor.
Students are expected to be familiar with office/management level software.
Students may take courses in any sequence subject to the following general requirements: |
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Students must complete the two foundations courses early in their program as these are prerequisite courses to core courses and electives. |
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Students must observe prerequisites. Courses taken without the proper prerequisites will not be applicable to the student’s degree requirements unless written approval is obtained from the student’s advisor. |
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12.985 Seminar in Human Resource Management
is the culminating course in the student’s program.
Registration requires prior written permission from the
Associate Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education.
Students will not be permitted to fulfill this requirement
with a course transferred from another institution. The
seminar can only be taken in the last semester of study.
Exceptions, requiring written advisor approval, may
be made for students taking an elective course over the
summer. |
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Foundation
Courses (2): may be waived |
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12.610 Economic Analysis (formerly 12.901) |
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12.621 Financial Accounting (formerly 12.900) |
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Core
Courses (8) |
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12.909 Information Technology in Business |
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12.950 Labor Management Relations |
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12.951 Human Resource Management |
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12.955 Compensation and Performance Management |
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12.963 Employee Benefits |
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12.978 Financial Management |
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12.985 Seminar in Human Resource Management |
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24.904 Management and Leadership (formerly Managerial Theory) |
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Elective
Courses (2) |
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62.911 Grantsmanship and Development |
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12.975 Topics in Business (with advisor approval) |
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Additional electives require written advisor approval.
Information on the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource
Management may also be found in this catalog. |
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Coordinator
and Advisor: Dr. Robert Wallace, Economics and Business
Administration
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Graduate Degree Application Process -
Contact DGCE - Request
Program Information |
