MBA in HR Program Highlights
Learn how to handle complex issues in the workplace with an MBA in human resource management.
No business can succeed without a team of dedicated employees, and as a human resource professional, you’ll play a vital role in keeping that team as strong as possible. Our online master’s degree in human resources helps you prepare to navigate the complex challenges and demands you’ll encounter on the job. After graduation, you’ll be fully prepared to bring new skills and strategies to your workplace and start making a difference right away.
- In addition to your core business classes, you’ll also take courses focusing on the real-world problems that human resource managers need to be able to handle.
- Classes in this HR master’s degree are led by experienced professionals who will help you understand a wide variety of topics and issues that will help you keep up with the always-evolving needs of the workplace.
- The MBA in human resource management at Baker College is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).
- Want to complete your degree as soon as possible? This program is eligible for our Accelerated Path option, which allows you to earn your master’s degree in significantly less time.
Why Earn an MBA in Human Resource Management?
Human resources careers can be very fulfilling and rewarding, since you’ll be helping people find jobs that are right for them. And with so many different types of organizations to potentially work in, you’ll be able to take your HR career in any direction you like. This HR master's program is designed for people who work within the personnel or human resource areas. In addition to the core business courses, students are exposed to very specific issues that confront human resource managers every day.
Students can expect to be exposed to practitioners in human resources, to the constantly changing roles of various human resource personnel within the field and to a variety of topics and issues highly relevant to the changing workplace. This HR program takes on an even greater significance as the world looks to well-trained human resource specialists to provide the kind of services needed by the workforce.
HR Master's Degree Curriculum
The Baker College MBA in Human Resource Management is a 2-year, IACBE-accredited program consisting of 36 credit hours (12 hours of major courses and 24 hours of business requirements). Our curriculum includes compensation and benefits, labor relations and conflict resolution and strategy in a global environment.
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Compensation and Benefits
Labor Relations and Conflict Resolution
Strategy in a Global Environment
Outcomes & Performance
Our quality-focused, market-driven and rigorous program curricula will establish and enhance core business knowledge and the ability to anticipate and react to societal changes, as well as provide students with technological proficiency, the ability to make ethical decisions and the communication skills that embody the professional acumen graduates need to make positive contributions to their chosen fields.
Accreditation
External peer review is the primary means of assuring and improving the quality of higher education institutions and programs in the United States. This recognition is accomplished through program accreditation, approval or certification.
The College of Business at Baker College has received specialized accreditation for its business program(s) through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) acknowledges that the Baker College Master of Business Administration Human Resource Management program has renewed its alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas for study by students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines, created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, 2013, and 2018, are part of SHRM’s Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and to help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered on campus.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available on campus each semester.
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Courses for this degree program are available through Baker Online.
100% online, this format offers flexible scheduling with 8-week semesters
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.
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