Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

Course Requirements

Students complete the MS in Human Resources by taking 12 courses across three groups: 1) six core Human Resource courses, 2) three Human Resource electives, and 3) three Business electives.

Required Core Human Resource Courses

Human Resource Electives

Business Electives

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Students choose three electives from these general business courses at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (and may substitute an HR elective if an equivalent course was taken elsewhere).

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GSB 420 or GSB 519 is a prerequisite 

If you are interested in an HR career that specializes in compensation and benefits, please consider taking the following courses: ACC 500 or ACC 502, FIN 555, and MGT 566.

Career Tracks and Certificates

Completion of a career track will earn the student a Certificate in the designated area.  

Compensation and Benefits

This career track and certificate aims to deepen knowledge and skills specific to compensation and benefits. The compensation and benefits career track builds on the foundational and required course MGT 526: Compensation and Benefits. Presently, this career track is listed as a recommendation for MSHR students who wish to specialize in compensation and benefits. The  O*Net OnLine job description database describes several knowledge (Personnel and Human Resources, Administration and Management, Law and Government, Economics and Accounting) and skill (Management of Personnel Resources, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking) areas for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists and Compensation and Benefits Managers. To support students interested in developing knowledge and skills pertaining to compensation and benefits specialists and managers, and thus, become more competitive for such positions, we recommend this career track and certificate.

Coaching and Leadership

This career track and certificate aims to deepen knowledge and specific skills specific to coaching and leadership. The coaching and leadership track builds on the foundational and required courses MGT 500: Leading Ethical and Effective Organizations and MGT 525: Training and Career Development. Organizations increasingly rely on coaching as a method to develop managers and leaders to improve workplace effectiveness (e.g., SHRM's Coaching in a Business Environment). To support students interested in developing knowledge and skills pertaining to coaching and leadership, we recommend this career track and certificate.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This career track and certificate aims to deepen knowledge and specific skills specific to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The diversity, equity, and inclusion track builds on the foundational and required courses MGT 523: Recruitment and Selection and MGT 555: Human Capital Strategy and Science. The job description for diversity managers from the Society for Human Resource Management describes the need to create strategies to foster organizational diversity goals, develop training and development programs to aid diversity and retention initiatives, and maintain knowledge of employment legislation. To support students interested in developing knowledge and skills pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and thus, become more competitive for such positions, we recommend this career track and certificate.

HR/People Analytics

This career track and certificate aims to deepen knowledge and skills specific to HR/people analytics. The HR/people analytics career track builds on the foundational and required course MGT 591: Fundamentals of People Analytics. The job description for human resource analysts from the Society for Human Resource Management describes the need to understand HR metrics, analyze data on recruitment, staffing, and other practices, create reports based on analytical results, work with databases, and make recommendations for policies and activities. To support students interested in developing knowledge and skills pertaining to people analytics, and thus, become more competitive for such positions, this career track and certificate is recommended.

Degree Requirements

• Satisfactory completion of the college residency requirement.
• Satisfactory completion of 12 courses (six HR core courses, three HR related electives, and three Business electives).
• All courses for credit toward the degree must be completed with satisfactory grades within six calendar years after the candidate’s first term of enrollment in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. After a lapse of six years, a course is expired. An expired course is not acceptable for the purpose of satisfaction of degree requirements and is not applicable to the degree.​

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