Program offered is a Bachelor Degree.

Colorado Technical University's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a concentration in Human Resource Management is designed to prepare the aspiring human resource professional to participate as an integral member of an organization's management team. The complexities of today's legal environment, together with increased emphasis on customer service and competitiveness through effective personnel management, have dramatically affected the role and responsibilities of the human resource manager. Program curriculum is designed to develop insight into management structures and processes and to help build professional skills in communication, human resources and systems management.

What skills can I learn?

Students who successfully complete the BSBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management should be able to:

• Acquire knowledge and an appreciation of the rapidly changing and expanding role of the contemporary and future human resource manager.
• Develop an awareness of the importance of strategic human resource planning.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of employee selection, placement, promotion, and termination processes.
• Develop knowledge related to employee compensation and benefits models to include the ability to set up a payroll system and also have familiarity with the payroll function.
• Understand employee diversity found within management-labor relations.
• Appreciate the complexity of contemporary employment law.
• Demonstrate the application of management information systems including spreadsheets and database applications.
• Recognize ethical issues and develop a framework for appropriate resolutions.

What are some possible career opportunities?

Human resource professionals provide a broad range of services in any organization, including compensation and benefits; training and development; selection, recruitment, and retention of employees; OSHA, affirmative action and EEO compliance; diversity programs; new employee orientation; performance appraisal; succession planning; career development; job redesign; and labor relations. Your degree may prepare you for positions including human resource manager, benefits administrator, compensation planner, employee assistance program administrator, recruiter, or trainer. Human resource professionals are employed in virtually every industry.

Built-in CTU Academic Certificates

The BSBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management includes the following built-in Academic Certificates:

• Basics of Accounting and Finance
• Business Fundamentals
• Business in the Global Environment
• Customer Service
• Human Resource Development
• Human Resource Management
• Management Essentials
• Organizational Systems Improvement
• Professional Communication Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
• Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship

These CTU Academic Certificates can be earned without additional courses.

Additional Certification

The BSBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management is designed to provide a foundation so that those who wish to seek further professional certification, such as Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) through the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), can prepare for that certification process.

CTU does not guarantee third-party certifications. Certification requirements for taking and passing certification examinations are not controlled by CTU but by outside agencies and are subject to change by the agencies without notice to CTU. Therefore, CTU cannot guarantee that graduates will be eligible to take certification examinations, regardless of their eligibility status upon enrollment.

Find disclosures on graduation rates, student financial obligations and more at www.coloradotech.edu/disclosure.

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