"Learn how to succeed in HR with the online Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management. Recruit top talent for a tech startup. Visit job fairs on college campuses. Help improve benefits packages for large firms. This online HR program will help you support the teams that help businesses succeed. HR professionals are partners with the business, said Deborah Gogliettino, SNHUs associate dean for human resources. [This is valuable] for the organization and for the person doing the job. The specialized HR degree program combines your business education with the fundamentals of human resources. You'll learn about employee safety, labor relations, and the management of a global workforce. These skills can help set you apart when pursuing your HR career."

Learn how to:

- Solve organizational goals using human resource management practices

- Help build collaborative relationships with diverse teams

- Engage in ethical, legal, and socially responsible business practices

- Consider global and societal contexts in all business decisions

- Use business data gathered through research and technological applications

- Communicate effectively to diverse internal and external audiences

This business degree with a concentration in human resource management is aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. A leading HR organization, SHRM helps define education standards taught in college business schools by establishing and reinforcing new HR standards recognized and respected by organizations across industries. These industry standards can help professionals learn and apply HR principles in the workplace. By building upon the online business degree program, this specialized human resources management degree concentration explores how businesses operate.

"Your job is to build the workforce," said Gogliettino. "And in order to understand how, you have to understand the organization."

In the human resource management degree online program, you'll learn about leadership, motivation, and maximizing an organization's human capital. You'll apply your course material to real-world situations and learn how to build benefits and programs that can add organizational flexibility or may even steer your corporate culture in a different direction, such as including work-from-home packages for employees. This program is aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management's HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. All courses are thus designed to meet current HR industry standards. Apart from the business core and general education courses, this concentration will hone in on relevant human resource concepts and principles, such as policies and administration, decision making and planning, compensation and benefits, and strategy and development.

"There have been a couple of times that I've been able to use my knowledge gained in those classes to help work through situations that I've come across," said Susan Jones '18. "Without obtaining that knowledge in class, I wouldn't have known how to handle the situation."

Dinovincent Frangiamone '20 took away the most from his leadership course. "With this course, I have learned effective leadership behaviors and traits that I could use to ensure that I am leading my team in an effective way," he said. "I enjoyed and found this class to be most valuable because no matter what department I'm in, I do plan on being part of the leadership team."

For student Nicole Thompson, it's been her Applied Marketing Strategies class. "In this course, we examined how important strategic and smart marketing is in the success or failure of a product," she said. "As a new entrepreneur, this information is extremely valuable. It forced me to rethink my marketing strategies and evaluate how my product would influence my potential audience. " Classes are taught by instructors who have years of real-world experience they want to share with their students."

"The instructors are amazing," said Courtney Sheaffer '18. "They are all very knowledgeable and helpful. They have helped me when I needed help and were there for me when I needed more clarification. They are very professional, and I enjoyed learning from all of my instructors." Sheaffer isn't the only one who benefitted from the experience of instructors."

"I found that the instructors brought their personal experiences and stories to the class which I found very helpful and relatable," said Laura Swedberg '21. "I enjoyed how interactive the instructors were with their classes."

"There are some truly amazing instructors that teach courses at SNHU," Frangiamone said. "I have had several experiences learning from inspiring instructors. They offered their assistance in every possible way. They were there to guide and support you throughout your continuing educational journey."

Part of our mission to expand access to quality higher education means removing the barriers that may stand between you and your degree. That's why you can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials. Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 6 (8-week) undergraduate terms.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)