Courses

** LAS 300, 303, and 304 will be changing prefixes to HRM 300, 303, 304.

HRM 301 Training and Employee Development (3,0,3) This course will provide students the opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills involved in the effective training and development of employees. This course will address the roles of organizational trainers and managers in employee training and development. PREREQ: MGT 340.

HRM 302 Recruiting and Selecting Human Resources (3,0,3) Provides students in-depth knowledge of the human resources planning, recruitment, and selection activities performed in organizations. Exposure to the variety of recruiting sources and hiring techniques managers use to staff the organization will be stressed. The focus will be on developing within the student the ability to design recruitment and selection programs that support the organization's short-and long-term strategies. PREREQ: MGT 340.

HRM 394 Special Topics in Human Resource Management (3,0,3) Specialized topics of student and business community interest. Topics for current offering listed in on-line Schedule of Classes. May be repeated up to three times for elective credit when topics differ. PREREQ: MGT 340.

HRM 396 Internship: Human Resource Management (3,0,3) Application of theoretical knowledge in solving business problems through consulting and counseling with business owners; group work in case analysis and problem solving. PREREQ: MGT 340.

HRM 480 Strategic Human Resources (3,0,3) This course will provide students the opportunity to learn essential knowledge and skills involved in making the Human Resource function a strategic partner in organization. Emphasis will be placed on aligning HRM activities with organization's values and mission and using HRM activities to build the organizational capability and competitive advantage. Open only to students certified as Human Resource Management majors. PREREQ: HRM 301, HRM 302, MGT 340, LAS 304 and senior standing.

LAS 300 Introduction to Labor Relations (3,0,3) Development, structure, and process of American labor relations; evolution and origins of labor unions, internal and external responses to their environment, major legislative and judicial decisions affecting labor management relations, and the collective bargaining process; current and anticipated developments. PREREQ: junior standing.

LAS 303 Employment Law (3,0,3) Legal and administrative framework for labor management relations; role of the courts; the NLRB and other administrative agencies, decisions, and procedures. PREREQ: MGT 340.

LAS 304 Compensation and Benefits (3,0,3) Economic impact of wages and benefits on the labor management process; estimating the cost of the labor contract, benefits law, and effects of wages and benefits on the economy. PREREQ: MGT 340.