College of Business & Economics

Department of Management

Business Administration Major: Human Resource Management Concentration

Managing an organization’s workforce is vital to its success. Human resources professionals are responsible for the attraction, selection, training, assessment and rewarding of employees, while also overseeing organizational leadership and culture, and ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws. Students wishing to pursue this field complete the business administration major with a concentration in human resource management. The curriculum provides an overview of the functions involved in successful human resource management.

The requirements for the business administration major with the human resource management concentration include 21-22 units of lower-level required courses, 33 units of upper-level business required courses and 24 units of human resources courses.

These requirements are for catalog year 2013-2014. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to understand their requirements. You may also refer to the correct Advising Form for your catalog year.

Lower-Level Required Courses (21-22 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ACCT 201 or ACCT 211	Principles of Financial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 or ACCT 212	Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)or Honors Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 201 or ECON 203	Microeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Microeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 202 or ECON 204	Macroeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomic Principles (3)
LEGL 225	Legal Environment of Business (3)
MATH 211 or MATH 273	Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4)
ECON 205 or MATH 231 or 233	Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Basic Statistics (3) or Honors Basic Statistics (3)
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70 percent or higher.

Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses (33 units)

Course Number	Course Name
BUSX 301	Business Cornerstone (3) Note: University Core: Advanced Writing Course (ENGL 317) is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
BUSX 460	Professional Experience (3) Note: Requires approved internship
EBTM 306	Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337	Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311	Principles of e-Business (3)
EBTM 365	Principles of Operations Management (3)
FIN 331	Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341	Principles of Marketing (3)
MNGT 361	Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481	Business Strategy and Policy (3)
MNGT 482	Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)

NOTE: All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge (PDF) in the capstone course, Business Strategy, MNGT 481.

Human Resource Management Concentration (24 units)

Course Number	Course Name
MNGT 381	Human Resource Management (3)
MNGT 433	Compensation and Benefits (3)
MNGT 452	Staffing and Retention (3)
MNGT 483	Strategic HR Management (3)

Choose four electives from the following:

Course Number	Course Name
ECON 341	Labor Economics & Labor Relations (3)
MNGT 375	International Business: Theory & Practice (3)
MNGT 421	Management of Organizational Behavior (3)
MNGT 425	Organization Theory and Development (3)
MNGT 438	Multinational Management and Culture (3)
MNGT 453	Conflict Resolution in Business (3)
MNGT 463	Organizational Leadership (3)
MNGT 470-479	Special Topics in Management (3)
MNGT 491	Directed Readings (3)
MNGT 495	Independent Research (3)

Applying to the Major

There are admission and application requirements for the business administration major with the human resource management track. Find out how to apply to the major.