Move Your Career Forward with a Degree In Human Resources
If you’re a people person, human resources (HR) could be a great career field for you. And earning your degree with Herzing is the perfect starting point.
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Herzing's human resource management concentration incorporates a focus on human resources as part of the core skill package critical to success. You'll gain the capabilities needed to handle a wide range of responsibilities and be prepared for positions such as office manager, human resource staff, employee recruiter as well as payroll, healthcare and safety administrator.
Earn your bachelor's degree in 3 years
100% online coursework
Pathway to MBA
Prepare to sit for SHRM certification
Start Forging Your Path to a Human Resources Career
Our online degree program in HR provides fundamental knowledge and skills you can use to pursue roles in recruitment, training and development, salary and benefits management, conflict resolution and much more. You’ll also develop cross-functional business skills and explore data-driven decision-making in HR.
As a Herzing student, you will:
- Develop versatile business and human resources skills
- Study with industry-experienced faculty
- Explore staffing, recruiting, compensation and benefits as well as employee relations and training
- Learn to explore HR metrics and analytics, including AI-enhanced insights
- Be prepared to sit for the SHRM Certified Professional exam
What will I learn in Herzing's human resource management program?
Required courses in the HR major include:
- Financial Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Introduction to Business
- Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
- Global Business Environment
- Creating Customer Value in the Digital Age
- Business Communication
- Business Statistics
- Managing Information Systems
- Project Management or Project Management for Business Leaders
- Introduction to Business Analytics or Foundations of Business Analytics for Leaders
- Strategic Leadership or Strategic and Risk Management for Business Success
- Entrepreneurial Strategy
- Change Management
- Principles of Economics or Integrated Economics and Decision-Making
- Compensation and Benefits
- Human Capital in Organizations or Strategic Human Capital
- HR Metrics and Dashboarding
- Strategic Sourcing and Recruitment
- Human Capital Training and Development
- Talent Management and Succession Planning
- Labor and Employment Law for HR Professionals
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Is an MBA in your future?
Pursue your HR bachelor’s degree with Herzing University, and you could get a jumpstart on earning an MBA. Qualifying students may take up to 12 graduate credits while still an undergraduate and apply these credits toward both degrees, saving time and money.