MHR Course Descriptions

Our curriculum is matched with today’s HR professional needs and is constantly being reviewed and updated to provide the most relevant topics to help our students succeed. These topics include courses in Talent Acquisition and Retention, Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness, and HR analytics.

Key HR Skill Areas

MGT 6100: Managing Projects (2)

This course introduces students to the concepts and tools needed to develop into effective project managers.

MGT 6300: Human Resource Career Essentials (1)

In this course, students use accounts of real-world Human Resources (HR) experiences, professional management skill-building, and HR case students to develop skills and techniques to effectively lay the groundwork for success in their role as and HR intern and the start of their HR careers.

MGT 6550: Talent Acquisition and Retention (3)

Focuses upon creation of competitive advantage through strategic human resources planning and staffing. Topics include job analysis, preparing candidate specifications, recruitment, assessment, and placement. Also covers pertinent laws/regulations and applicable descriptive/inferential statistics.

MGT 6400: Creating an Inclusive Workplace (2)

It is essential to build a supportive and inclusive workplace culture. To capitalize on the skills and talents of all employees, organizational goals must be aligned with the needs of its employees. This alignment focuses on valuing diverse perspectives, providing equal access to opportunities, and having an environment where everyone feels valued and respected.

MGT 6630: Compensation and Benefits Management (3)

Students will learn to make sound, strategically grounded decisions regarding the design and evaluation of compensation and benefit systems in organizations by designing am entire compensation system.  They are introduced to retirement savings, medical benefit plans, and employee performance evaluation plans.

MGT 6670: Labor and Employee Relations (3)

This course has two parts.  The first half covers the basics of labor relations including labor history & law, union structure, unionization, bargaining, and arbitration.  The second half covers the broad domain of employee relations including union avoidance, high performance work systems, layoffs & terminations, workplace investigations, and managing the employee-employer relationship. The course is taught via case studies, simulations, and field studies.

MGT 6760: Employment Law (3)

Examines laws related to employment, labor relations, civil rights, compensation, safety, health, and retirement. Provides experience in dispute resolution techniques in a nonunion employment setting, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.

MGT 6675: Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution for HR Professionals (2)

The day to day work of HR professionals requires perspective and skills in mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution. This experiential course is designed to help students learn, practice, and apply communication skills in these areas.

MGT 6250: Graduate Internship (2)

Students are required to complete an HR internship during the course of the program (typically during the Summer semester), working at least 400 hours to apply classroom learning, gain HR experience, and hopefully use the internship as a gateway to a full-time position. Internship grade is based on self-evaluations, self-reports, and a supervisor evaluation.

HR Analytics

MGT 6330: Applied Human Resources Research (3)

This course addresses the application of research design in the workplace. Students explore research principles and strategies through completion of an applied HR research project. Specific attention is placed on focus group and survey research, statistical analysis, content analysis and skills for analyzing and reporting study results.

MGT 6680: Human Resource Analytics (3)

This course examines using human capital and other data to improve decision making. Topics include human resource metrics, data visualization, ROI of HR programs, and HR analytics. Emphasis is on connecting HR analytics and business strategy to improve business performance.

Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness

MGT 6320: Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (3)

This course centers on levers and strategies driving organizational effectiveness. Topics include: organizational capability and strategy execution; human and organization dimensions of operational excellence; organization structure, assessment, and design; leading organization change; and strategies for leadership talent and bench-strength development.

MGT 6600: Applied Human Resources (HR) Consulting (3)

In this capstone course, students learn consulting best practices, and apply the knowledge, skills, and experience they have gained throughout the Master of Human Resources (MHR) program managing a large-scale HR-related consulting project for a third-party company.

MSLE 6890: Advanced Strategy (3)

MBA capstone strategy course.  Taking a CEO's perspective, addressing global competitiveness, strategic assessment, policy development, and strategy execution.

MGT 6870: Human Resources in an International Context (1)

This course provides students with exposure to the international dimensions of HR, including the cultural, economic, political, and legal environments which influence HR and business strategy. It accompanies an international experience during the spring semester.