2007-2008 Catalog of Courses 
    
    May 18, 2024  
2007-2008 Catalog of Courses [Archived Catalog]

Human Resource Management B.B.A.


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The Human Resource Management Degree is designed for students who desire a degree that provides wide ranging business skills and a desire for challenging work.

Are you looking for an opportunity to affect change in your organization? Do you enjoy leading people? Then this is the degree for you.

The course work has been designed by practicing Human Resource professionals using the framework for professionals provided by the Human Resource Certification Institute.

• Strategic Management
• Workforce Planning and Employment
• Human Resource Development
• Compensation and Benefits
• Employee and Labor Relations
• Occupational Health, Safety and Security

Specific course work prepares students in Employment Law, Recruitment, Assessment and Selection; Employee Performance, Training and Development; Compensation and Benefits; Health Safety and Security; Employee and Labor Relations, HR Information Systems and Strategic HR Management; Current Issues. Woven throughout the specific coursework of Human Resources are topics relevant to all business professionals.

To stay ahead of the rapidly changing HR environment, and to maximize your opportunity to experience the growing importance of HR in organizational strategy, this is the degree of choice for HR professionals.

Students in this accelerated program study one topic at a time enabling full concentration and maximum exposure to the topic.

SCHEDULE

The program consists of 75 weeks of instruction - one night per week for four hours.

DEGREE AWARDED

Bachelor of Business Administration

CONTACT

Kathy Slemp, Program Director
Human Resource Management
316-295-5412
kslemp@friends.edu

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  1. Sixty-two (62) semester hours of transferable credit from accredited colleges or universities.
  2. Completion of Writing 1 and 2 with a “C” or better.
  3. Earned credit in a college math course.*

*Math required for graduation is College Algebra or a higher level math class.

Total: 43 hours


General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program:


  • Writing 1 3 hours
  • Writing 2 (w/ “C” or better) 3 hours
  • Math (level at least Math for Liberal Arts)* 3 hours
  • Natural Science w/ lab 4 hours
  • Speech/Interpersonal Comm** 3 hours
  • Religion/Philosophy 3 hours
  • Social/Behavioral Science 6 hours
    (Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics)
  • Liberal Arts/Humanities*** 6 hours
    (Fine Arts, History, Literature, Foreign Language)

Notes:


* Math:

  • Nature of Mathematics for Liberal Arts or higher is required for Criminal Justice and Organizational Management and Leadership degree programs.
  • College Algebra is required for Business Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management degree programs.
  • College Algebra (w/ “C” or better) is required for Computer Programming and Accounting degree programs.

** Required for Criminal Justice program
***Liberal Arts/Humanities requirement is 3 hours for Criminal Justice program

Total: 31 hours


Conference Courses


Upon recommendation of the instructor and the student’s advisor, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Division Chair may grant permission for a student to take a course by conference.

Frequent conferences with the instructor, reports and examinations ensure that the student covers the same materials and maintains the same standards as those who take the course regularly. Written permission to take work by conference must be given and residence credit is granted. Special course arrangement forms must be completed and are available in the Registrar’s Office. Any lab fees attached to the course will be charged.

Internship Program


Degree Completion Program Students may earn up to six hours per semester for a total of two semesters or 12 hours total in an internship program that has been approved by their degree program director. (Please refer to the internship course description for complete details.)

Writing 1 and Writing 2 Requirements


1.


Writing 1 and Writing 2 with “C” or better are required for acceptance into a degree completion program.

2.


Writing requirements must be completed in one of the following ways:

A.


By taking Writing 1 and Writing 2 at Friends University or another accredited institution, passing the course with “C” or better.

B.


By taking the CLEP, which includes both the CLEP essay and CLEP multiple choice sections, in the area of English composition. Students who pass the test with a score of 500 or better will receive six hours of ungraded credit for Writing 1 and Writing 2, pending the submission of a research paper that conforms to APA style and is approved by a fulltime faculty member of the English department. The paper should be written according to the guidelines currently established by the English program for Writing 2. This option can provide for students who need both Writing 1 and Writing 2 and who have never enrolled in either course before. The CLEP test is an option only for a student who has no previous enrollment in Writing 1 or 2.

C.


Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the CAPS Exception Committee.

Total Major and General Education: 74 hours


Total Degree: 124 hours


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