Human Resource Management (Accelerated) / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 48

Program Entrance Requirements

Applicants should be at least 24 years of age; have earned a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarter) hours of transferable credit at a regional, accredited post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of 2.0 (on a scale of 4.0) cumulative transfer GPA for all transferable courses; and have at least three years of full-time work experience. Credits earned through Prior Learning Assessment cannot be used for satisfying the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program.

Degree Requirements for the B.A. In Human Resource Management

• Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours
• Completion of the final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University, including four upper-division courses in the major (12 semester credit hours)
• Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for courses in the major

Degree Requirements

I. Human Resource Management Foundation Courses (18)

L6-100General Psychology

3

L6-303Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

L6-360Social Psychology

3

L6-365Industrial and Organizational Psychology

3

L6-405Methods of Research

3

L6-494Internship in Human Resource Management

3

II. Required Interdisciplinary Support Courses (21)

LA-120Accounting for Managers

3

LB-200Principles of Management and Leadership

3

LB-250Business Law I

3

LB-360Human Resource Management

3

LE-200Fundamentals of Macroeconomics

3

LE-201Basic Microeconomics

3

LG-200Introduction to Information Systems

3

III. Select three courses in Psychology, including at least two courses from the following: (9)

L6-276Workshop in Psychology

1

L6-277Workshop in Organizational Psychology

1

L6-280Group Dynamics

3

L6-285Cross-Cultural Psychology

3

L6-363Labor Relations

3

L6-366Organizational Training

3

L6-367Organizational Motivation

3

L6-368Organizational Staffing

3

L6-369HRM Precertification Seminar

3

L6-370Organizational Compensation

3

L6-371Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

3

L6-372Global HRM Certification Seminar

3

L6-373Organizational Leadership

3

(Please note that three workshops can replace only one three-credit elective.)

IV. General Education (42)

Human Resource Management majors must choose 04-200 Basic Macroeconomics as a general education course.

V. The advanced writing requirement for Human Resource Management majors is the term paper for 26-494 Internship in Human Resource Management.