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Human Resources Management
The Human Resources Management specialization will help you develop a thorough understanding of issues and situations that affect an organization’s most important resource – its employees. The business world is evolving and so have the needs and expectations of the employees within an organization. In this specialization, you will gain insight into management structures, policies, and processes vital to the success of an organization and its employees, as you prepare to become a successful human resources professional and contributing team member with excellent communication skills. Careers in this field include a human resources generalist or specialist, who may focus on areas such as employee development, labor relations, compensation and rewards, recruitment and hiring, and risk management.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that NCU's Human Resources Management specialization for its Bachelor of Business Administration program fully aligns with SHRM's HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
General Degree Requirements
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree requires 120 semester credit hours.
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Grade Point Average of "C", 2.0, or higher.
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Official transcripts on file for all transfer credit hours accepted by the University.
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Official documents on file for basis of admission: high school transcript or GED.
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All financial obligations to the University paid in full.
The University may accept a maximum of 90 semester credit hours in transfer toward the bachelor's degree for coursework completed at an accredited or approved college or university with a grade of "C" or better.
Credit Hour Requirements
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General Education - 39 credit hours
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Required Foundational Courses - 33 credit hours
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Specialization Electives - 18 credit hours
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Open Electives – 27 credit hours*
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Required Business Capstone Course - 3 credit hours
Total - 120 credit hours
*Students may select any undergraduate Northcentral courses to fulfill this requirement. Your Academic Advisor can assist you in choosing courses applicable to your career goals
**Electives selected on the initial degree plan can be changed with a request to an Academic Advisor.
Course Code | Name | Course Description |
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LS1010-8 | Search Strategies | This course is an orientation to Northcentral University and to the essential skills needed to pursue an undergraduate degree. Academic skills, such as academic integrity, time management, and effective use of the Northcentral Library are introduced. Students will develop the ability to locate, evaluate, use information in the context of academic and professional activities, and use APA form and style in professional communication. This course highlights personal goals, strengths, and overcoming challenges, and provides a roadmap for students to navigate their way towards completion of their educational aspirations. |
BUS4019-8 | Ethics in Business | Ethics and social responsibility are terms frequently applied to business practices that deal with all enterprise stakeholders' moral behavior. This course explores the responsibilities of a business, and the individuals within the business and their ethical responsibilities. The course reviews ethical business issues as applied to global, governmental, environmental, and personal rights. Ethics in Business investigates how business ethics affect the employee, firm, consumer, and society. |
ACT4050-8 | Managerial Accounting | This course explores the nature of managerial accounting as it relates to decision-making. Concepts and systems are analyzed, including cost-volume-profit analysis, analysis of reporting and financial statements, performance evaluation, differential analysis and product pricing, capital investment analysis, budgeting, and Just-in-Time manufacturing. |
BUS3001-8 | Basic Business Law | This course will familiarize students with basic legal principles that affect the everyday procedures in business. The student will understand legal principles in everyday life by utilizing the practical knowledge learned. The student will be introduced to the laws of contracts as the foundation for the legal regulation of business. |
BUS3003-8 | Computer Information Systems | This course provides an overview of the scope and capabilities of computer information systems in today's digital environment. Upon completion of this course students will have gained a thorough understanding of the various hardware, software, and data communication components, including terminology, applied function, and performance aspects of information technology. This course also explores the various security, ethical and legal considerations of the electronic environment as well as providing an understanding of the future directions and advancements involving information technology. |
BUS3004-8 | Economics | To understand business functions, it is important to understand the micro-economic organization (the business) operating within a larger macro-economic system (the economy). This course examines economic theory as it relates to pricing and supply and demand. Also, the course covers money and banking as well as production, income, and employment. |
BUS4000-8 | Essentials of Marketing | This course explores the latest thinking in areas of relationship marketing, communication technologies, value-delivery networks, global marketing, marketing ethics, and environmentalism. The marketing process is explored and this course shows ways to improve sales and develop new markets for products and services. |
BUS4001-8 | Small Business Management | This course introduces small business management and the multitudes of management skills required for successful operation. Small businesses are unique because they contain most of the elements found in large corporations, yet they have additional characteristics and peculiarities, advantages and disadvantages. Over 80% of all businesses are classified as small businesses. Small business management requires a person who is a generalist and a specialist, an innovator and a stabilizer. The small business manager can be expected to have knowledge of all aspects – internal and external – of the business. |
BUS4003-8 | Money, Banking, and Business Finance | This course examines one of the five "M's" critical to business organizations: Money. Business finance focuses on how to borrow, earn, control, spend, save, manage, distribute, and employ money to generate additional funds. |
BUS4020-8 | The Dimensions of Global Business | This course involves the study of international commerce, trade and worldwide cultural and economic influences. Students will delve into the many facets of the international business environment. The concepts pursued in the course will be the foundation for understanding business in the global marketplace. Course concepts will cover global strategy, comparative country selection, operations, finance, trade, marketing, supply chain management and new global challenges. |
BUS4025-8 | Introduction to Business Statistical Analysis | This undergraduate level course addresses statistical techniques that may be useful for analyzing quantitative data in business practice. Students will also become familiar with setting up and using technology tools to conduct statistical analysis. Topics include Descriptive Statistics, one and two sample Hypothesis Testing, Probability, Correlation and Regression, and Nonparametric Techniques. |
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HRM4000-8 | Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Staffing | Students in this course will examine the functions and processes related to the staffing of organizations. Students will analyze the concepts, principles, and applications of workforce planning, recruitment, and talent selection techniques. Course content will also include the Human Resource Management concepts of staffing in a globally connected environment with a diverse workforce. |
HRM4001-8 | Human Resource Development | Content in this course will include theory and applications related to employee and management development. Through theory and practical application, students will explore concepts related to instructional systems design to enhance human resource development in the workplace. Building upon learning, students will analyze human performance improvement to maximize workplace performance in a global environment with a culturally diverse workforce. |
HRM4002-8 | Compensation and Total Rewards | This course will cover the concepts and applications of pay, benefits and a total rewards pay program. The topics of the course will include an analysis of the theoretical concepts of pay and benefits and the methods to enhance employee motivation and job performance. Students will also explore job analysis, job evaluation, job design, and other pay components which enhance equitable pay structures. The course covers the role of employee benefits and the integration of benefits into a total rewards pay philosophy. |
HRM4003-8 | Strategic Issues in Human Resource Management | This course permits the student to analyze the role of a Human Resource Management leader in the development of a human resource management’s mission, vision, and strategic objectives required to complement an organization’s strategic goals. Students will also examine strategic issues in human resource management with an emphasis on emerging topics in the HR profession. Topics will include cultural diversity, employee risk management, global HRM policies and practices, and organizational change. |
HRM4004-8 | Employment and Labor Law | Students in this course will address the concepts and applications covering legal and labor issues affecting human resource management. The topics of the class will include an analysis of the laws and compliance issues in the workplace, along with current issues in unionism, collective bargaining and labor-management practices within organizations. Students will also examine effective employee relation practices that enhance employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. |
HRM4005-8 | Human Resources Management Capstone | The capstone for the undergraduate Human Resources Management program requires students to demonstrate the ability to synthesize, articulate, and apply the concepts and techniques covered throughout this program to a real world scenario. This will involve five different key areas of human resources management, resulting in a completed Human Resources Management Plan. These five areas include: (1) Planning, Recruiting, and Staffing, (2) Human Resources Development, (3) Compensation and Total Rewards, (4) Strategic Issues in Human Resources. |
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SKS4000-8 | Comprehensive Strategic Knowledge Studies Capstone | Students will identify, recognize, and develop executive level knowledge in eleven concept areas necessary to solve a wide variety of business related situations. This course focuses on demonstrating core proficiencies in the following business areas: Management, Business Ethics, Information Systems, Marketing, Global Dimensions of Business, Accounting Corporate Finance, Economics, Business Law, Business Math and Statistics, and Business Policy. The intent of this course is not to introduce these business concepts, but verify bachelor's of business administration threshold competency in these eleven areas of business. SKS4000 includes a capstone case study that will empower the student to demonstrate their competency in the eleven core proficiency areas. SKS4000 uses a variety of teaching media such as DVDs; courseware packages designed for Computer Assisted Instruction, and focused Internet research assignments. The Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) require all BBA students successfully complete the Comprehensive Strategic Knowledge Studies course. |
At Northcentral University, we pride ourselves in being completely transparent when it comes to tuition and fees. We have adopted an all-inclusive tuition model that gives you the cost of your Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Completion tuition and fees in one flat program rate*. The only additional cost above your BBA program rate is books. Learn more about the NCU’s BBA costs below:
- Per credit cost: $417
- Per 3 credit course cost: $1,250
- Program cost: $25,000
- Average book cost per course: $150
- Application Fee: $0
- Technology Fee: $0
- Registration Fee: $0
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