Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management
Elevate Your Human Resources Management Career
The Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management is designed for professionals working in school districts, non-profit organizations, and small businesses who want to enhance their HR expertise. The program combines practical skills with a solid theoretical foundation, preparing students to manage human resources effectively in a variety of organizational settings.
Through five carefully structured courses, participants will develop competencies in key areas such as employee relations, recruitment, performance management, and organizational development. The program also emphasizes applying knowledge directly to real-world contexts, allowing students to implement HR strategies that address the unique challenges and needs of their workplaces.
Program Coursework Requirements
Completion of this graduate certificate requires five core courses designed to provide a comprehensive foundation in human resources management.
The objective of this course is to provide the student with a fundamental background in all the functional areas of human resources such as recruiting, selecting, training, developing, and evaluating personnel. Human resource management teaches theories and practices related to hiring processes, administrative services, performance management, staff administration, and employee performance appraisal to students to learn how to motivate and enhance employees’ contributions to maximize the productivity of an organization. Various current topics in human resources will be discussed such as reverse discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, managerial obsolescence, labor law, collective bargaining, Artificial Intelligence as well as international human resource management.