Metropolitan School of Professional Studies

MA-HRM Program: HR Generalist Track

The program consists of a total of 12 courses, or 36 semester credits, and requires approximately 18 - 24 months to complete. Students must earn at least a 'B' grade point average (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) - both overall and on final projects completed as part of the capstone course.

Courses within the program include the following:

• MBU 530 Management of Human Resources
• MBU 510 Organization Theory and Behavior
• MBU 543 Labor-Management Relations
• MBU 523 Legal Environment in Human Resources
• MBU 564 Benefits and Compensation
• MBU 627 Human Resource Information System and Communications
• MBU 566 Human Resource Development and Training
• MBU 512 Conflict Resolution
• MBU 653 HR Budgeting and Metrics
• MBU 663 Leadership and Organization
• MBU 629 Strategic Planning for HR Managers
• MBU 673 Master's Capstone: Research, Synthesis, Applications

Schedule

Participants will typically take two courses per term, with each course meeting one evening per week, from 6:10 - 8:40 p.m., or from 6:35 - 9:05 p.m. Most students elect to complete the program as part of a cohort, although this is not required. The cohort model allows students to go through the duration of the program with the same group of colleagues. The benefits enjoyed from completing the program in this manner include:

• enhanced collegiality among the students
• student-colleagues serve as a ready back-up if you have to miss a class, providing notes and insights from the missed class meeting
• students become a strong professional network both during the program and afterward when you're facing new challenges
• personal friendships
• a more relaxed classroom dynamic that makes the learning experience more enjoyable
• familiarity among the faculty regarding which courses you have (or have not yet) completed within the program
• a fixed schedule for the duration of the program, which greatly enhances students' ability to schedule and accommodate personal and professional obligations
• confidence in knowing that the course you need each semester WILL be offered exactly when you expect/need it to be.

The following table provides a reasonable example of how the program is structured. Your schedule will resemble this, but may not be identical.

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