Schedule and Coursework
<p><strong>Certificate Schedule</strong></p>
<p>Select the schedule that best fits your needs. Choose the 7-month program available at our Plymouth Campus where you will attend class just one evening per week through a hybrid learning model or set your own pace by attending our Milton Campus where you can complete the certificate in approximately one year. Whichever pace you select, classes are completed in just 8 weeks by meeting once per week.</p>
<p><strong>What you will learn</strong></p>
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<li>The legal relationship between employer and employee, and how federal employment and labor statutes impact virtually all HR decisions that involve hiring, promotion, assignment, discipline, and discharge.</li>
<li>Job analysis and design and strategies to involve employees in ways that maximize company performance.</li>
<li>Quantitative and practical tools to develop short-term and long-term staffing plans.</li>
<li>Strategies to attract, select, and retain the best employees.</li>
<li>Employee performance evaluation and the design and development of training programs.</li>
<li>Compensation strategies, including merit and incentive plans, wage and salary structure, defined benefits, and compensation methods.</li>
<li>The impact of globalization, diversity, technological change, and new work arrangements.</li>
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<p><strong><br />Program Requirements </strong></p>
<p>This certificate assumes that students have knowledge equivalent to MGT 1500, Principles of Management. The first required course, MGT 2500, is a prerequisite for the other required courses. Some of the elective courses may have additional prerequisites.</p>
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<p><strong>Required Courses:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Credits:</strong></p>
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<p>BUS 2500: Human Resource Management</p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p>BUS 2262: Employment and Labor Law</p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p>BUS 2540: Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention</p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p>BUS 3500: Employee Training and Development</p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p>BUS 3530: Total Compensation</p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p><strong><br />Elective (choose one): </strong></p>
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<p>3</p>
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<p>BUS 2265: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations</p>
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<p>AC/BUS 2764: Business Presentations</p>
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<p>COM 2310: Interviewing</p>
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<p>BUS 2511: Public Administration</p>
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<p><strong>Total credits required to complete the certificate program:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>18</strong></p>
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