Human Resource Management. Specialization in human resource management emphasizes the theory and techniques behind attracting, retaining and motivating key employee groups. Course work taken to build the requisite knowledge base for conducting scholarly research includes collective bargaining, compensation, staffing, strategic human resources, and human resource information systems. Current faculty conduct research in specific areas of industrial relations and business strategy, self-employment and gender differences, job search and choice, recruitment, job design, interviewing, turnover, and human resource systems. Depending on their major area of specialization, students are encouraged to minor in Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, or Industrial Psychology.
Students also can design specialized minors with guidance from their faculty.
The minor is to broaden a student's body of knowledge to support and enrich their studies in their major areas of specialization. Preliminary Examination Students are required to pass a preliminary examination in their major area of specialization. This exam is usually during the third year of study after all course work is completed. If a student fails the exam, the student may retake the exam a second time. If the student fails again, he or she is dropped from the program.