Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management
Each day presents new challenges for human resources professionals who help organizations with recruitment, selection, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and training. The B.B.A. in Human Resource Management gives you the skills you need to oversee the complex aspects of an organization's most important asset, its employees. Our program also prepares you to pursue certification as a human resources professional through either the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) or Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Additionally, SHRM has reviewed our program and it is aligned with SHRM's curriculum guidelines.
Classes are located on our Denton campus in face-to-face and online formats.
Marketable Skills
Defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 60x30 Strategic Plan as, "Those skills valued by employers that can be applied in a variety of work settings, including interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skills areas. These skills can be either primary or complementary to a major and are acquired by students through education, including curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities."
Core Skills
- Critical Thinking: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Problem-solving within human resource management or across functions. General Employment Application- Problem-solving and developing solutions to business issues.
- Diversity: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Manage and promote a diverse workforce; Diversity awareness and training. General Employment Application- Manage and promote a diverse workforce.
- Ethical Reasoning: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Make human resource decisions in an ethical manner. General Employment Application- Make ethical business decisions.
- Teamwork: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Work with others in the human resource department and across the organization. General Employment Application- Work within and across functions in an organization to help it perform at a high level.
Discipline-Based Skills
- Training and Development: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Train employees for their current jobs and develop employees for future jobs within the organization General Employment Application- Prepare employees for jobs, so they can perform at a high level.
- Compensation and Benefits: B.B.A. HR Specific Application-Develop compensation and benefits plans to be competitive in the labor market General Employment Application- Enable the organization to be competitive for talent in the labor market and motivate and retain current employees.
- Performance Management: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Develop performance management systems to evaluate the performance of employees. General Employment Application- Evaluate employee performance to help ensure organization-level goals are met.
- Employment Law: B.B.A. HR Specific Application- Understand employment law to deliver all aspects of human resource management legally. General Employment Application- Assist employees and managers with following labor laws and avoiding labor law-related lawsuits.
Degree Requirements
Total Semester Credit Hours (SCH): 120
Major: 63 SCH
Program Code: HUMANRESOURCES.BBA CIP Code: 52.1001.00
Texas Core Curriculum
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | 3 |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Life & Physical Sciences | 6 | |
| Language, Philosophy, & Culture | 3 | |
| Creative Arts | 3 | |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | 3 |
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | 3 |
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| CAO: Women's Studies | 3 | |
| CAO: First Year Seminar, Wellness or Mathematics | 3 | |
| Total SCHs | 42 | |
Courses Required for Major
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| Business | ||
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | 3 |
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy (taken in final semester) | 3 |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Major | ||
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| MGT 3253 | Labor Management Relationship | 3 |
| MGT 3273 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 4013 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| MGT 4103 | Training and Development | 3 |
| MGT 4223 | Human Behavior in Business Administration | 3 |
| MGT 4273 | Management of Compensation | 3 |
| MGT 4293 | International Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 4303 | Employment Staffing | 3 |
| MGT 4453 | Legal Issues in Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Total SCHs | 63 | |
Departmental Requirements
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| Total SCHs | 15 | |
Recommended Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | TCCN | SCHs | |
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | ENGL 1301 | 3 |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | HIST 1301 | 3 |
| UNIV 1231 | Learning Frameworks: First-Year Seminar | EDUC 1100, EDUC 1200, EDUC 1300 | 1 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I | MATH 1342 | 3 |
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 2302 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 16 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | ENGL 1302 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | HIST 1302 | 3 |
| Wellness CAO Core | 2 | ||
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | GOVT 2305 | 3 |
| Language/Philosophy/Culture Core | 3 | ||
| Multicultural Women's Studies CAO Core | 3 | ||
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I | MATH 1324 | 3 |
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | ACCT 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | GOVT 2306 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Core | 3 | ||
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management | BUSI 1307 | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 | |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 | |
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 | |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 | |
| MGT 3273 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| MGT 3253 | Labor Management Relationship | 3 | |
| MGT 4103 | Training and Development | 3 | |
| MGT 4223 | Human Behavior in Business Administration | 3 | |
| MGT 4293 | International Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| MGT 4013 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 | |
| MGT 4273 | Management of Compensation | 3 | |
| MGT 4303 | Employment Staffing | 3 | |
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy | 3 | |
| MGT 4453 | Legal Issues in Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Total SCHs: | 120 | ||
