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.

• 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

Program: BA-HRMG-L


I. Human Resource Management Foundation Courses (18)

PSYC-10000General Psychology

3

PSYC-30300Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

PSYC-36000Social Psychology

3

PSYC-36500Industrial and Organizational Psychology

3

PSYC-40500Methods of Research

3

PSYC-49400Internship in Human Resource Management

3

Human Resource Management majors register HRM section of PSYC 40500 Methods of Research in HRM. Refer to University Schedule Book.

II. Required Interdisciplinary Support Courses (21)

ACCT-12000Principles of Accounting 1

3

BSAD-20000Principles of Management

3

BSAD-25000Business Law 1

3

BSAD-36000Human Resource Management

3

ECON-20000Basic Macroeconomics

3

ECON-20100Basic Microeconomics

3

INSY-20000Introduction to Information Systems

3

III. Select three courses from the following: (9)

PSYC-27600Workshop in Psychology

1

PSYC-27700Workshop in Organizational Psychology

1

PSYC-28000Group Dynamics

3

PSYC-28500Cross-Cultural Psychology

3

PSYC-36300Labor Relations

3

PSYC-36600Organizational Training

3

PSYC-36700Organizational Motivation

3

PSYC-36800Organizational Staffing

3

PSYC-36900HRM Precertification Seminar

3

PSYC-37000Organizational Compensation

3

PSYC-37100Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

3

PSYC-37200Global Certification Seminar

3

PSYC-37300Organizational Leadership

3

Please note: Three workshops can replace only one three-credit elective.

IV. General Education (42)

Human Resource Management majors must choose ECON 20000 Basic Macroeconomics as a general education course.

V. The advanced writing requirement for Human Resource Management majors is the term paper for PSYC 49400 Internship in Human Resource Management.