Human Resource Management / Bachelor of Arts (Accelerated)
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 48
Admission
To be admitted, adult students should have earned a minimum of 30 semester hours of transferable credit, which includes College Writing 1 or equivalent, at a regionally-accredited, post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative transfer grade point average based upon all transferable courses; demonstrate evidence of significant work experience or military training; and write a personal statement outlining a plan for achieving success in an adult accelerated program at Lewis University. 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
• 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.
I. Human Resource Management Foundation Courses (18)
| L6-100 | General Psychology | 3 |
| L6-303 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| L6-360 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| L6-365 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| L6-405 | Methods of Research | 3 |
| L6-494 | Internship in Human Resource Management | 3 |
Human Resource Management majors register HRM section of L6-405 Methods of Research in HRM. Refer to University Schedule Book.
II. Required Interdisciplinary Support Courses (21)
| LA-120 | Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| LB-200 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 3 |
| LB-250 | Business Law I | 3 |
| LB-360 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| LE-200 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| LE-201 | Basic Microeconomics | 3 |
| LG-200 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
III. Select three courses from the following: (9)
| L6-276 | Workshop in Psychology | 1 |
| L6-277 | Workshop in Organizational Psychology | 1 |
| L6-280 | Group Dynamics | 3 |
| L6-285 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| L6-363 | Labor Relations | 3 |
| L6-366 | Organizational Training | 3 |
| L6-367 | Organizational Motivation | 3 |
| L6-368 | Organizational Staffing | 3 |
| L6-369 | HRM Precertification Seminar | 3 |
| L6-370 | Organizational Compensation | 3 |
| L6-371 | Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| L6-372 | Global HRM Certification Seminar | 3 |
| L6-373 | Organizational Leadership | 3 |
Please note: Three workshops can replace only one three-credit elective.
IV. General Education (42)
Human Resource Management majors must choose
LE-200 Basic Macroeconomics as a general education course.
V. The advanced writing requirement for Human Resource Management majors is the term paper for L6-494 Internship in Human Resource Management.