Program Highlights

Build your future in human resources with a bachelor’s degree.

No business can succeed without the right team of employees. By working in human resources, you can use your people skills to help companies find those perfect employees. Our human resource management degree can help you start a career in one of today’s fastest-growing fields. As long as businesses exist, there will be a need for human resources professionals to recruit new talent, oversee compensation and benefits and handle employee relations.

Working in human resources involves a very wide range of skills and knowledge.
By combining classroom learning and practical experience, you’ll graduate from this program with a very well-rounded education that can help take you far in your career.
This program is led by experienced working professionals who focus on helping you learn the most important skills and information it takes to succeed on the job.
The Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management degree program at Baker College is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).

At a glance

120

Credit Hours (Avg.)

Years (Avg.)

86%

Students who receive scholarships, grants or financial aid

Why Study Human Resources?

Careers in human resources 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 career in any direction you like. This program is an excellent career choice for students who want to perform an identifiable set of activities that affect and influence the employees who work in an organization. These activities include recruitment, selection, compensation, training and development and evaluation.

Human resource managers are responsible for attracting, motivating and retaining qualified employees and matching them to the right jobs. Coordinating a team of specialists, they oversee employee recruiting and hiring, establish compensation guidelines and help limit job turnover, often in concert with hiring managers and other key organizational stakeholders. They also help employees improve their skills and productivity through training and development opportunities.

Career Facts

$61,920

Median Yearly Income

Outlook 2018–2028

$105,930

Median Salary for Executives

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Curriculum

The Baker College Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management degree program is a 4-year, IACBE-accredited program consisting of 120 credit hours (36 hours of major courses and 54 hours of business requirements). Our curriculum includes 30 hours of general education requirements, employee and labor relations and two 120-hour work experiences.

Sample Courses

HRM 4510

Employee and Labor Relations

Description

Studies all aspects of effective employee and labor relations including managing organizational culture and retention, employee motivation and rewards, employee engagement, conflict management and dispute resolution, employee discipline and terminations, union/management relations, the collective bargaining process, negotiation skills, grievance management, and unfair labor practices.

HRM 3010

Staffing Human Resources

Description

Studies the challenges of a comprehensive staffing model that identifies all the key components of staffing, external influences, and staffing system management. Major areas covered are the staffing model, external influences (economic, laws and regulations), staffing strategy and planning, job analysis, measurement, external and internal recruitment, selection, decision making, and the final match.

WRKBS 4010

Work Experience

Description

Provides a 120-hour learning experience in an appropriate work environment structured to allow students to develop skills and gain training in their major field. Program completion based on associate or bachelor requirements may vary between programs. There may be certain course requirements that require completion prior to enrolling in the work experience course. *Note: Students in the BBA would take this course as their 2nd required work experience.

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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.

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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 programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA. List of accredited programs.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) acknowledges the Baker College Bachelor of Business Administration in 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 re-validated 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.

Classes Available Anywhere

This program is offered in-person on our campuses in Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Jackson, Muskegon, and Owosso. Baker College online programs are available to students across the country. In Michigan our students come from Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Owosso, Traverse City, and many other locations. Beyond Michigan, our online graduates hail from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other states.