The curricula for Human Resource Development provides students with the content and course sequence to enter the workforce in either education, business or industry. The program stresses application in real settings as well as strong foundations in knowledge, and has strong field-based components. The following courses have been combined to give students a well-rounded foundation in the roles and responsibilities in education and business settings.
This program is approved to be offered at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center in McAllen, Texas.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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ENGL 103
| Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
or Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| KINE 120 | The Science of Basic Health and Fitness | 1 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 1 | 3 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 2 | 3 |
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ACCT 209 | Survey of Accounting Principles 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 203 | Foundations of Human Resource Development 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 4 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| COMM 203 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| EHRD 210 | Legal and Ethical Environment of Human Resource Development 3 | 3 |
| ENGL 210 | Technical and Professional Writing 3 | 3 |
| ISTM 209 | Business Information Systems Concepts 3 | 3 |
| MGMT 209 | Principles of Business Regulations and Law 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| EHRD 315 | Applied Human Resource Development in the Workplace 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 372 | Learning and Development in HRD 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 391 | Measurement and Evaluation in Human Resource Development and Technology Management 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 481 | Seminar 3 | 3 |
| MGMT 309 | Survey of Management 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| EHRD 325 | Human Capital Acquisition, Management, and Development 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 371 | Applied Learning Principles 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 374 | Organizational Development 3 | 3 |
| FINC 409 | Survey of Finance Principles 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| Interpersonal Communication | |
| Organizational Communication | |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
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| Fall |
|---|
| EHRD 402 | Instructional Technology and Design 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 408 | Globalization and Diversity in the Workplace 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 413 | Conflict Management and Dialogue 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 490 | Research in Human Resource Development/Technology Management 3,5,6 | 3 |
| MKTG 409 | Principles of Marketing 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| EHRD 405 | Principles and Practices of Leadership in Human Resource Development and Technology Management 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 477 | Project Management in Organizations 3 | 3 |
| EHRD 484 | Professional Internship 3,6 | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 |
Students must have completed 60 hours to register for 300- or 400-level courses.
Graduation requirements include a requirement for 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. Selection must be from courses on the approved list. Selection can be courses that also satisfy the requirement for social and behavioral sciences, creative arts, language, philosophy and culture, or electives.
Foreign Language Requirement - 2 years of the same foreign language in high school or 1 full year (2 semesters) of the same foreign language in college.
