Bachelor's in Human Resource Management (BSBA)

The human resource management major at Roosevelt is unique given our small class sizes, student-focused faculty and real-world curriculum that prepare you for the demands of today's fast-changing HR landscape. Our faculty teach both theory and the real-world skills necessary to be a successful HR professional. You will get hands-on education that uses real-world cases, project, and experiential exercises to simulate precisely the types of activities you will do as a future HR professional, so that when you graduate you are prepared for the demands of the profession.

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Location: Chicago, Schaumburg

Start Term: Fall, Spring, Summer

Program Type: Major

The human resource management program equips the student with an education in the fundamentals of management, professional and technical competence in the management of human resource, and the attitudes and motivational skills necessary for developing employees. The emphasis is on managerial techniques and procedures developed by experience and research for harmonizing economic objectives with individual and group needs in business organizations.

What Differentiates Us

Industry-Certified Curriculum

Our HRM major is certified by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as being fully aligned with their curriculum guidelines, meaning it precisely matches the content identified by the HR professional community as crucial for any successful HR professional to know.

Get Involved On Campus

We maintain an active Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapter that allows our students to participate in on-campus events such as talks from prominent Chicago-area HR professionals, networking events, and resume and interviewing workshops.

Expectations & Requirements

Standards

Students majoring in HRM in the BSBA degree program can expect the following:

Extensive coverage of human psychology theories in order to understand individual- and group-based human behavior in the workplace
Technical coverage of the latest HR techniques as they relate to acquiring, motivating and retaining human talent in an organization
Applied cases and projects that challenge students to think critically and solve real-world problems that will prepare them to handle future professional demands
To be required to analyze and interpret conclusions from basic business data to aid in decision-making

Sample Courses

Introduction to Human Resource Management
Wage & Salary Administration (Compensation)
Employment Techniques (Staffing)
Industrial Relations Management

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Outcomes

Job Options

Graduates of this program are specifically prepared to hold entry-level jobs in the field of human resources (HR), such as HR coordinator, HR administrator, recruiter, and perhaps HR generalist. These entry-level jobs often serve as the basis for promotion into higher-level HR positions such as HR manager and director of HR.

Prepare For Further Education

Graduates from our HRM major go on to attend many different types of graduate schools, primarily in the field of business, but sometimes outside of that as well. Examples include various MS programs in HR (including Roosevelt's own MSHRM program), MBA programs, MS programs in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology, and other management-related graduate programs (e.g. organizational leadership).

More Opportunities

Clubs & Activities

We maintain an active student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) organization, the largest HR professional organization. The chapter is run by students (both undergraduate and graduate), but advised by one of our esteemed faculty members, Dr. Carolyn Wiley. The chapter has won several SHRM Merit Awards in recent years for its high-quality activities.

Testimonials

"We are quite proud of our HRM major in the BSBA degree and the students and faculty who comprise it. We have such a diversity of students in the classroom, and as a result our courses have lively and stimulating discussions and interesting hands-on projects that challenge our students to think critically as professionals and they respond quite well. Our faculty are a mix of well-known HR scholars and accomplished HR professionals, and that variety prepares our students well for the future challenges they will face as they move forward in their careers. Both groups work together to explore a SHRM-certified curriculum that represents the latest knowledge in the field of HR."

Ryan Petty

Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Roosevelt University