Successful organizations recognize their employees as their most valuable asset, providing the skill, knowledge, and commitment that brings true worth to the organization. This realization has placed human resource management at the forefront of organizational leadership as vital to organizational performance.

Acknowledging the strategic role of human resource management within organizations, the Master of Science in Human Resources Management program at Colorado Christian University focuses on the methodologies and practices which are proven to secure and maintain a workforce which will maximize efficiency in functionality and operational effectiveness.

The 100% online master’s program focuses on planning and acquisition of talent, emerging trends, aligning employee performance with organizational goals, global talent management, labor relations, decision making with data and analytics, ethics, legalities, and contemporary challenges.

The Human Resource Management master’s program will instill you with the knowledge and tools necessary to become an integral part of organizational leadership and the decision-making team. The program’s breadth will cover the responsibilities, challenges, and competencies that contribute to effective human resource management.

At CCU, faith is incorporated into every course, ensuring that you will be prepared not only to lead, but to do so with ethics and in alignment with God’s plan.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIESDIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RESOURCES GENERALISTBENEFITS COORDINATOR

PROGRAM LENGTH

30 CREDIT HOURS

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15 MONTHSWITH FULL-TIME STUDY

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Students are required to complete 10 courses for the Master of Science in Human Resource Management. Some of the foundational courses include:

• Organizational Systems and Change Management (HRM 512). This course covers a range of traditional and alternative organizational systems approaches that support enterprise-wide collaboration for enabling innovation as a strategic objective, leading organizational change from the inside out, fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and servant leadership. This course dovetails evidence-based systems analysis with Biblical principles applying a socio-technical framework for evaluating, initiating and managing organizational-wide business process improvement.

• Compensation and Benefits Strategies (HRM 518). This course will expound upon the total rewards strategy which drives employee performance and aligns with organizational objectives. The course will cover both compensation and non-compensation elements and will explore cost/benefit analyses, outsourcing of compensation and benefits, special compensation circumstances such as workforce adjustments, employee separations, compensation structure changes, pay-for-performance, merit pay and salary survey designed and management.

• Recruitment, Selection and Retention (HRM 525). This course will encapsulate recruitment both internally and externally, selection, testing, interviewing, entry, development, retention and succession planning. Students will be exposed to tools and methodologies such as needs assessments, gap analysis and emerging trends.

• Labor Relations: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (HRM 545). This course will review, disciplinary issues and procedures, legal, practical and psychological issues when counseling or disciplining an employee, collective bargaining, grievances, negotiations, union relations, conflict management, mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Students will be exposed to how the use of distributive and integrative techniques, holistic approach, and Christian based values, can defuse negative emotions, build rapport and trust, reduce conflict and establish mutual goals.

Learn more about the Master of Science in Human Resource Management, and enroll now: ccu.edu/hrmasters.