Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Business Certificate in Human Resource Management is designed for career professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in HR strategy, employee relations, and workforce planning. This certificate provides specialized knowledge to advance in the field of Human Resources. Take your career to the next level with a certificate in Human Resource Management from St. Thomas University. Gain the skills to lead workforce planning, employee relations, and organizational strategy.
Total Program Credits: 12 credit hours
Program Highlights:
- Fully Online & Flexible – Study from anywhere with no in-person requirements
- Industry-Relevant Skills – Focus on key areas like human resource management, planning and staffing
- Earn your certificate in just four courses
- Expert Faculty – Learn from experienced professors with real-world Human Resource experience
Career Opportunities:
- Human Resources Manager – Oversee recruitment, employee relations, and compliance.
- Training Manager – Design and implement employee development programs.
Courses
- MAN 703 – Human Resource Management (Required) (3 Credits) The course explores the processes for forecasting staffing needs, and planning for the fulfillment of those needs through effective recruitment programs and valid selection methodologies. Developing an understanding of the legal framework covering staffing is a major objective of this course.
- MAN 607 – Human Resource Planning & Staffing (3 Credits) This survey course of human resource management examines human resource planning, equal employment opportunity, staffing, performance appraisal, compensation management, training and development, quality of work life, health and safety, and labor-management relations. The legal environment surrounding human resource management practices is explored.
- MAN 712 – Labor-Management Relations (3 Credits) This course investigates the relationships between employees and employers. Systems of administration/management and the delivery of cost-effective goods are examined in the context of historical, legal and structural frameworks that regulate and influence the course of employee/employer relationships. An emphasis is placed on negotiating and administering labor agreements effectively.
- MAN 727 Organizational Development (3 Credits) Organizational development (OD) is a planned approach to organizational change occurring through the introduction of philosophies, strategies and techniques of the practitioner. Ethical issues and the future of organizational development are discussed.
