Human Resource Management

Objectives

This major is an interdisciplinary program, housed in the Psychology department, and designed for students who want careers in the Human Resource Management field. Students are prepared to handle responsibilities for recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, compensation, organizational communication and other HRM activities. They will have opportunities in the private sector, not for profit organizations, or state and local government.

Student Outcomes

Students who earn a degree in Psychology or Human Resource Management will be able to:

1) Understand the broad areas of psychology, including behaviorism, psychodynamic theory, cognitive theory, humanistic theory and biological bases of behavior.

2) Use knowledge of statistics and research design to plan and execute a research project.

3) Be able to criticize research conclusions.

4) Understand, direct, real world application of psychological Knowledge.

5) Apply ethical reasoning to psychological work.