There is growing recognition that the quality of an organization’s human resources plays a central role in an ever changing business environment. With organization’s facing the need for continuous change in a competitive environment, they must more than ever begin to rely on the knowledge, skills and abilities of their workforce to confront such challenges. Human resources is a field of business administration that works towards ensuring this for the organization. Through courses such as compensation management, human resource management, industrial relations, training and development, and organizational behaviour students will learn how to ensure that the human resource goal of attracting, developing and maintaining a competitive workforce is accomplished. Students completing this concentration may want to discuss with faculty the various options for certification as a human resource professional that are available throughout Canada.
To complete a B.B.A. with a Human Resources Management Concentration students are required to complete the following courses: The following program requirements are specific to students entering in the Fall 2011 semester. Students who entered the WSB prior to the Fall 2011 should follow the academic calendar requirements in place in the year they started their studies OR click on the Changes in BBA/BA Major Business program link.
90 and 120 credit B.B.A. Click here for more information about the Business programs
- 42 credits of required Business Core courses which are composed of ECO102, ECO103, BMA140, BMA141, BAC121, BAC221, BFN200, BCS220, BHR221, BMG112, BMG215, BMG311, BMK211, BMS231
- ILT100, a 1 credit information literacy and critical thinking lab course, is required for all business students.
- 21 credits of Human Resources Management Concentration Stream courses as listed below.
- 9 credits of free electives within or outside of Business.
- 18 credits of free electives outside of business for 90 credit B.B.A. students OR 48 credits of free electives outside of business for 120 credit B.B.A. students (18 credits of which may be business courses).
Human Resource Management Concentration Stream Courses:
Required: 1 course (3 credits)
BHR224 Human Resource Management
Plus: Any 6 courses (18 credits) from the following list:
BMG230 Business Research Methods
BHR312 Industrial Relations
BHR313 Compensation Management
BHR315 Training and Development
BHR316 Organizational Conflict and Negotiation
BHR317 Organizational Dynamics
BHR321 Organizational Theory
BHR325 Topics in Human Resource Management
BHR326 Personnel Recruitment & Selection
BHR328 Occupational Health and Safety
BHR330 International Human Resources
BHR333 Employment Law
BHR334 Administering the Collective Agreement
BMG322 Change Management
ECO204 Labour Economics
