Top Online Universities for a Human Resources Degree

Companies, as of mid-2010, see Human Resources as a key component in a successful business strategy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth rate in the Human Resources industry through 2018 making this a smart career choice. Get Degrees, a comprehensive source for college and university information, lists these as the top Human Resource online schools.
  1. American Intercontinental University Online

    • American Intercontinental University Online offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a concentration in Human Resource Management. The university's curriculum includes industry-current concepts and techniques for students just entering the field or for human resource professionals wishing to advance their knowledge and career. In the program, you'll study general liberal arts courses, core business classes and topics specific to the human resources industry. Some of these topics include Employment and Labor Law, Training and Development, Managing Organizational Change and Performance Management and Employee Services. The university supports its students with many free resources. For instance, the Learning Center includes online learning labs designed to enhance your regular classes and one-on-one tutoring conducted in online real-time sessions.

      American Intercontinental University Online

      5550 Prairie Stone Parkway, Suite 400

      Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

      877-701-3800

      aiuonline.edu/

    University of Phoenix

    • University of Phoenix offers a Master of Management degree with a concentration in Human Resources Management. You'll learn the latest concepts of human resource management including how to evaluate company strategies and functions from a human resource perspective and how to implement the strategies in order to recruit, select, retain and develop top talent. Courses examine in detail modern human resource techniques such as human capital development, employee motivation and compensation, hiring employees based on the company's needs and future human resource trends. Other classes include Conflict Management, Managing in a Cross-cultural Environment and Strategies for Competitive Advantage. To enter the master's program, you must have an undergraduate degree and be employed or have access to a company where you can apply the human resource concepts and techniques.

      University of Phoenix

      3157 E. Elwood St.

      Phoenix, AZ 85034

      866-766-0766

      phoenix.edu

    Strayer University

    • Strayer University offers a Master of Science in Human Resource Management degree. The program will prepare you to work as a human resource professional, applying human resource concepts and techniques that coincide with your company's goals and strategies. The core topics covered in the program include strategies of human resource management, organizational behavior, ethics, employment law and human resource information systems. The program includes two concentrations from which you can choose to follow: Human Resource Generalist or Human Resource and Organizational Development. In the Human Resource Generalist concentration, you'll focus on such topics as talent management, employee and labor relations and performance management. The Human Resource and Organizational Development concentration focuses on managing organizational change, developing human capital and human resource management consulting.

      Strayer University

      8540 Cinder Bed Road, Suite 1750

      Lorton, VA 22079

      888-378-7293

      strayer.edu/

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