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Total Semester Credit Hours = 120
Objectives
Human Resource Development (HRD) is a process for developing and unleashing human expertise through organization development and personnel training and development for the purpose of improving performance. Careers in this field are available in business, nonprofit, educational, and governmental settings. The HRD program provides students the opportunity to combine study and related experiences to develop, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate knowledge of the purposes, practices, issues, and problems of work and community education. Students also have the opportunity to learn how to design, deliver, and evaluate effective training and development programs.
Requirements
Requirements for the Human Resource Development degree include:
- A minimum of 120 semester credit hours for the Bachelor of Science degree
- University Core Curriculum (44 hrs.)
- Field of Study (24 hrs.)
MANA 1300: Introduction to Business
ACCT 3300: Survey in Accounting (or ACCT 2301 and ACCT 2302)
TECH 2323: Introduction to Computer Applications
TECH 2330: Technology and Communications
4 Electives - Departmental Core Curriculum (16 hrs.)
*HRD 3333: Human Relations
or MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations
TECH 4301: Supervision
TECH 3310: Total Quality Management
TECH 4320: Job Analysis and Design
TECH 4372: Capstone Experience
TECH 4173: Electronic Portfolio - Upper-Division Major (27 hrs.)
HRD 3306: Team Building
HRD 3301: Introduction to HRD and Performance Management Systems
BLAW 4340: Business and Professional Ethics
MANA 4325: Compensation Administration
HRD 3312: Training, Selection and Recruiting
HRD 3342: Career Development and Human Resource Planning
MANA 4335: Labor Relations
*HRD 4331: Workforce and Organizational Development
MANA 3320: Human Resource Management - Minor in Business Administration (9 hrs.)
FINA 3315: Personal Finance
MARK 3311: Principles of Marketing
MANA 3305 or MANA 3330 or TECH 3355*Denotes course applied to minor
- A minimum grade-point average of 2.0 in upper-division courses in HRD and Technology. No grade below a "C" in the major will be accepted toward degree.
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum Human Resource Development
Freshman Year
First Semester (16 hrs.) |
ENGL 1301: Grammar and Composition I |
Social and Behavioral Science requirement |
Lab Science |
POLS 2305: Introductory American Government |
Elective |
Second Semester (15 hrs.) |
ENGL 1302: Grammar and Composition II |
HIST 1301: United States History I |
SPCM 1315: Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
MATH 1342: Statistics |
Elective |
Sophomore Year
First Semester (16 hrs.) |
HIST 1302: United States History II |
TECH 2330: Information Technology and Communications |
Lab Science |
ACCT 3300: Survey of Accounting |
Elective |
Second Semester (15 hrs.) |
POLS 2306: Introductory Texas Politics |
MATH 1343: Statistics II |
ENGL 2323: English Literature |
TECH 2323: Introduction to Computer Applications |
MANA 1300: Introduction to Business |
Junior Year
First Semester (15 hrs.) |
Visual & Perform. Arts elective |
TECH 3310: Total Quality Management |
HRD 3312: Training, Selection and Recruiting |
HRD 3301: Intro. to HRD and Performance Management Systems |
Elective |
Second Semester (15 hrs.) |
TECH 4320: Job Analysis and Design |
TECH 4301: Supervision |
HRD 3306: Teambuilding |
BLAW 4340: Business and Professional Ethics |
MARK 3311: Principles of Marketing |
Senior Year
First Semester (15 hrs.) |
HRD 4331: Workforce and Organizational Development |
HRD 3342: Career Development |
MANA 4325: Compensation Administration |
MANA 3320: Human Resource Management |
FINA 3315: Personal Finance |
Second Semester (13 hrs.) |
HRD 3333: Human Relations or MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations |
MANA 4335: Labor Relations |
TECH 4173: Electronic Portfolio |
TECH 4372:Capstone Experience |
MANA 3305: Operations Management or MANA 3330: Management Information Systems or TECH 3355: Supply Chain Management |