Human Resources Management B.S.

The LCIE bachelor of science in human resource management (HRM) program focuses on organizational design, structure, theory and the behavior and performance of people within organizations. Planning, implementation and evaluation skills are stressed with an emphasis on the alignment of HRM practices with the strategic and tactical goals of the business. Classes focus on contemporary topics that include employee training and organizational development, staffing, compensation and benefits management, performance management and the most current and applicable state and federal laws. Students earning a bachelor of science degree in HRM will complete the university general education requirements, the 54-semester hour core curriculum and the undergraduate HRM capstone course. The HRM major also requires either completion of the mathematics/ statistics cluster or appropriate transfer credits. Transfer credit must include statistics. Either college algebra or an approved quantitative methods for business course will complete the general education mathematics requirement.

Core Curriculum

Accounting Cluster

IBA 21010Principles of Financial Accounting

3

IBA 21011Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

IBA 32000Principles of Finance

3

Prerequisites: IMH 13200, IMH 14200, IMH 22000

Economics/Marketing Cluster

IHR 23021Survey of Economics

3

IHR 35010Principles of Marketing

3

IHR 38000Global Business and Society

3

Management Cluster

IBA 36032Principles of Management

3

IBA 36510Human Resource Management

3

IBA 46050Managerial Ethics

3

Supervision Cluster

IHR 35700Employee Supervision

3

IHR 35800Legal Issues for Human Resource Management

3

IHR 35900Performance Management/ Performance Appraisal Systems

3

Staff Development/Information Systems Cluster

IHR 36081Career/Staff Development

3

IHR 36300Human Resource Information Systems

3

IHR 36530Employee Training and Development

3

Group Dynamics Cluster

IHR 37000Group Dynamics

3

IHR 37100Conflict Resolution

3

IHR 41000Labor Economics and Industrial Relations

3

Note: In special circumstances and with the permission of faculty advisor, IHR 49200 (1-3) may substitute in one of the above clusters.

Students must also complete:

IHR 48900Human Resources Capstone

3

Elective Cluster in HRM

IHR 33400Gender Issues in Management

3

IHR 33600Implementing and Managing Diversity

3

IHR 36000Adult Learning Processes

3

Elective Course in HRM

IHR 35700Employee Supervision

3