M.S.H.R. Degree Requirements

  • Completion of 12 courses
    (48 quarter hours)
  • Completion of 5 HR core courses
    (20 quarter hours)
  • Completion of 4 HR-related electives
    (16 quarter hours)
  • Completion of 3 Business electives
    (12 quarter hours)
  • Completion of the Professional Presentation Practicum (non-credit workshop)
  • A minimum of 6 courses (24 quarter hours) must be taken in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

1. Core Human Resource Requirements
(substitute an HR-elective if an equivalent course was taken elsewhere):

  • GSB 450 Professional Presentation Practicum (non-credit workshop meets for two Saturdays)
  • MGT 500 Behavior in Organizations
  • MGT 555 Strategic Management of Human Resources
  • MGT 523 Recruitment and Selection or PSY 442 Personnel Psychology
  • MGT 525 Training and Development or PSY 445 Advanced Training and Development
  • MGT 526 Compensation

2. Human Resource Electives
(choose four courses from the following list):

  • ECO 518 Labor Economics & Labor Relations (cross-listed as MGT 518)
  • GSB 520 Analytical Methods
  • LAW 202 Employment Discrimination
  • LAW 417 Labor Law
  • MGT 530 Leadership, or MPS 521 Leadership & Mgmt., or PSY 441 Psychology of Leadership
  • MGT 535 Change Management
  • MGT 560 Labor Relations Law and Governmental Policy
  • MGT 561 Labor-Management Relations: Law & Practice
  • MGT 562 Resolving Conflict in Organizations
  • MGT 563 Negotiation Skills
  • MGT 565 Employment Law
  • MGT 798 Special Topics: Life and Career Planning
  • MGT 798 Special Topics: Managing Culture for Competitive Advantage
  • MPS 504 Ethics in Administration (2 credit hours)
  • MPS 508 Writing in the Professions
  • PSY 440 Psychology of Work and Motivation
  • PSY 444 Performance Appraisal
  • PSY 447 Organizational Consultation
  • PSY 448 Concepts, Methods, and Ethics for I/O Psychology
  • PSY 520 Principles of Human Diversity
  • PSY 559 Seminar in I/O Psychology: Stress and Health in Organizations
  • PSY 610 Graduate Statistics
  • PSY 680 Industrial and Organizational Psychology Internship.
  • Independent Study, or Practicum - choose from (MGT 793, MGT 799, MPS 601, or PSY 586).

3. Business Electives
(choose three courses from the following list; substitute an HR elective if an equivalent course was taken elsewhere):

  • ACC 500 Financial Accounting
  • BLW 500 Legal and Ethical Environment
  • ECO 500 Money and Financial Systems
  • ECO 509 Business Conditions Analysis
  • ECO 555 Economics for Decision Making
  • FIN 555 Financial Management
  • IB 500 Global Economy
  • MGT 502 Managing Operations for Competitive Advantage
  • MIS 555 Management of Information Technology or MPS 516 (same course title)
  • MKT 555 Decisions in Marketing Management
  • MPS 500 Introduction to Public Service Management
  • MPS 515 Financial Administration
  • MPS 529 Strategic Planning
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