Program Requirements
Prerequisites
Degree Plans
Course Descriptions
Comprehensive Exam
CORE CLASSES:
FIN 500 - Foundations of Financial Systems. An interdisciplinary course that examines principles of accounting, economics, and finance as applied to the contemporary business organization operating in a global market place. Focuses on integration of theory and practice to develop framework for measuring, analyzing, and improving financial performance.
MGMT 500 - Foundations of Management. Students develop an integrated strategic, operational, and process view of the organization. Focus is on operations, marketing, information systems, research processes and statistical techniques for decision making, management, leadership and ethics, and human resource management. Students demonstrate mastery of secondary research techniques, case analysis methodology, communication skills, and hands-on computer skills.
G B 565 - Managerial Statistics. Review of applied descriptive and inferential statistical calculations. Examination of statistics as a decision-making tool under uncertainty; focusing on probability, univariate/inferential and multivariate statistics. Emphasis is on interpretation of statistical information. Student will evaluate and interpret data, and report on current problems in the student’s field of study. Prerequisite: PC based or undergraduate statistics. MS, Management and MS, HRM majors must have completed G B 5983 or have permission of the instructor.
G B 598 - Business Research Methods. Nature, scope, and significance of business research and research methodology; primary research methods with applications to specific problems, place of quantitative methods in research and individual investigation and report on current problems in student's field of interest.
HRM 501 - Law and Regulation in Human Resources. Examines legal issues and regulatory processes related to employment relationship, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, privacy, employment testing and staffing, copyrights and patents, compensations and benefits, employee/labor relations, and occupational health and safety.
HRM 503 - Managing Human Resource Development. Focuses on the management of human resources development training programs. Examines management issues, identifying and responding to training needs, cost/benefit analysis, four-phase evaluation and the selection and development of training staff. Prerequisite: HRM 501 or approval of the instructor.
HRM 514 - Workforce Planning and Employment. Focuses on the legal, ethical and organizational considerations related to recruitment, assessment, selection, placement and appraisal of employees and managers within various types of organizations. Case law serves as a basis for discussing the role of the EEOC, INS, DOL and other enforcement agencies in this critical human resource function. Career development and record-keeping will also be addressed. Prerequisites: HRM 501 or the approval of the instructor.HRM 516 - Compensation Management. Analyzes the theories, concepts, operational practices and research related to managing comprehensive compensation programs. Various types of compensation plans, including job evaluation levels and wage structures are investigated. Emphasis is placed on the development of sound compensation programs which consider current trends, legal implications and social requirements. Quantitative applications are required to analyze various case studies and problems. Prerequisites: HRM 501.
HRM 524 - Employment and Labor Relations. Exploration of the labor union movement and the process of collective bargaining, the formation of a union, labor agreement negotiation, labor agreement administration, grievance processes, and arbitration and mediation. Labor law and legal issues in labor relations are explored extensively to include the National Labor Relations At and the functions of the NLRB. Negotiation skills are developed via mock labor contract negotiations. Prerequisite: HRM 501 or with the approval of the instructor.
HRM 595 - Professional Issues in Human Resources. Examines contemporary professional issues in human resource management. Emphasis is placed on current issues, ethical decision-making development. Successful completion of a comprehensive competency examination covering the principal areas studied within the human resource management function (human resource management practices, selection and placement, training and development, compensation management, labor relations and occupational safety, health and security) is required. Prerequisite: A minimum of 15 hours in Human Resource Management, Psychology or concurrent enrollment.
THE FOLLOWING COURSES COULD BE USED AS ELECTIVES:
HRM 500 - Human Resource Management. Presents the fundamental principles and techniques of personnel management and examines the management of human resources room the point of view of the personnel officer, the operational manager and the employee. Examines the responsibilities of organizational leadership for incorporating human resource issues in strategic planning and initiatives. Emphasis placed on current legal considerations, issues and research. Course may not be taken for MS HRM program credit.
HRM 504 - Personnel Problems Seminar. Concerned with developing the student’s proficiency in applying principles and technical tools to such personnel problems as employment, employee education and training, labor relations, industrial health and safety, wage and salary administration, and employee services.HRM 507- HR Consulting and Job Analysis. Theories, strategies, operational issues and research related to conducting job analyses. Job description and specification development are examined. Emphasis is placed on using appropriate techniques to acquire, measure, assess and use information gathered in the work place. Course also explores and develops consulting skills as used in the HR field. Field projects are used extensively. Prerequisite: HRM 5014 or with the approval of the instructor.
HRM 510 - The Adult Learning Environment. Examines learning patterns, interests and participation among adults, with implications for training and development programs. Particular attention is given to the joint responsibility for learning between trainer and adult participants.
HRM 515 - Employee Benefits and Services. Examines legal, social and technical issues and research surrounding current trends in employee benefit programs. Group health, disability and life insurance, retirement planning, time-off (leave) and wellness programs are address. Emphasis is placed on program administration, implementation and evaluation. Prerequisite: HRM 5013 or approval of the instructor.
HRM 555 - Internship in Human Resource Management. Provides work experience in the human resource field under the supervision of a faculty-approved management sponsor. Emphasis is placed on the application of human resource management skills to real world, practical problems and situations. A minimum of 20 work hours per week is expected, with a total of 200-300 on-the-job hours required during the semester. Prerequisite: Completion of 12 graduate semester hours in Human Resource Management, pre-registration coordination and approval of the course instructor. Field experiences fee $50.
HRM 585 - Seminar on Consumer and Business Finance. This course will cover selected consumer and business finance topics. Examples include debt management, initial public offering of a new business, Internet based finance and regulatory aspects, and management of compensation. Students will be expected to research assigned topics and submit reports. Credit for both FIN 5853 and HRM 5853 will not be awarded.
HRM 586 - Problems. This course offers students the opportunity to study human resource management topics and perform research within the student’s area of interest as directed by the responsible professor. Prerequisite: approval of the department head.
Questions?
Online/Waco campuses can contact Dr. David Deviney at (972) 449-3114, (254) 299-8361 or e-mail deviney@tarleton.eduStephenville campus can contact Dr. Randy McCamey at (254) 968-9311 or e-mail rmccamey@tarleton.edu
Central Texas campus can contact Dr. Barbara Lyon at (254) 519-5444 or e-mail lyon@tarleton.edu
