Human Resource Management (Accelerated) Bachelor of Arts
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 48
Program Entrance Requirements
Applicants should be at least 24 years of age; have earned a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarter) hours of transferable credit at a regional, accredited post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of 2.0 (on a scale of 4.0) cumulative transfer GPA for all transferable courses; and have at least three years of full-time work experience. Credits earned through Prior Learning Assessment cannot be used for satisfying the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program.
Degree Requirements for the B.A. In Human Resource Management
- Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours
- Completion of final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University, including four upper-division courses in the major (12 semester credit hours)
- Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for courses in the major.
Degree Requirements
I. Human Resource Management Foundation Courses (18)
| L6-100 | General Psychology | 3 |
| L6-303 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| L6-360 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| L6-365 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| L6-405 | Methods of Research | 3 |
| L6-494 | Internship in Human Resource Management | 3 |
II. Required Support Courses (21)
| LE-200 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| LE-201 | Basic Microeconomics | 3 |
| LA-120 | Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| LB-200 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 3 |
| LB-250 | Business Law I | 3 |
| LB-360 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| LG-200 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
III. Select three courses in Psychology, including at least two courses from the following: (9)
| L6-220 | Theories of Personality and Development | 3 |
| L6-276 | Workshop in Psychology | 1 |
| L6-277 | Workshop in Organizational Psychology | 1 |
| L6-280 | Group Dynamics | 3 |
| L6-285 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| L6-366 | Organizational Training | 3 |
| L6-367 | Organizational Motivation | 3 |
| L6-368 | Organizational Staffing | 3 |
| L6-369 | HRM Precertification Seminar | 3 |
| L6-370 | Organizational Compensation | 3 |
| L6-373 | Organizational Leadership | 3 |
(Three workshops can replace one elective only.)
IV. General Education (42)