Human Resources Management Degree Concentration Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership program with a Management concentration and a Human Resources Management track provides students with the opportunity to develop leadership and management skills applicable across diverse industries and organizations, including private, public, for-profit, and non-profit sectors. The curriculum emphasizes collaboration and the ability to influence team behaviors while navigating social, economic, and ethical challenges.
The Human Resources Management track focuses on strategies for supporting and motivating a diverse workforce. Students explore employee recruitment, retention, and development practices, including approaches to compensation, benefits, rewards, and recognition. Topics include fostering workplace inclusivity, addressing workforce challenges, and enhancing employee engagement.
Through ECPI University’s year-round accelerated schedule, students can earn a bachelor’s degree in as few as 2.5 years.
Knowledge and Skills
Graduates should grow in the following areas:
Leadership and Collaboration: Develop skills to influence individual and team behaviors in diverse organizational settings.
Workforce Support and Motivation: Implement practices to support and inspire a multicultural workforce in individual and group contexts.
Recruitment and Retention: Design effective strategies for employee recruitment, retention, and recognition to enhance organizational performance.
University Benefits
On Campus or Online
Learn your way with in-person collaboration or online simulations and flexible schedules.
Graduate Faster
Our year-round, accelerated, programs let you earn your degree in just 2.5 years.
Simplified Scheduling
Your degree path is pre-scheduled, so you can focus on learning, not course registration.
As of July 2021, ECPI University aligned its Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership - Human Resources Management Track with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, over 500 programs in approx. 425 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines -- created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, 2013 and 2017 -- are part of SHRM’s Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.
On-campus learning provides an immersive, in-person setting with small class sizes. Build skills through hands-on labs, simulations, and discussions while connecting directly with instructors and classmates.
Online
Online learning offers a flexible format that lets you complete coursework on your own time. Access lectures, course materials, labs, and simulations online while collaborating through virtual discussions.
Hybrid
Hybrid learning combines multiple formats for greater flexibility. Depending on your course, learn on campus, attend live virtual classes, or complete coursework online outside of scheduled classes.
Human Resources Management Curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership Management Human Resources Management concentration
Featured Courses
Foundations of Decision MakingBUS316
Students will learn how to evaluate choices and actions while assessing certainty, uncertainty, and risk. Both individual and group decision- making will be explored.
Staffing and Workforce DiversityHRM443
Students will be given an opportunity to explore workforce communities and demographics to develop strategies that maximize skills and abilities of a diverse workforce.
Program Requirements
To receive the Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership, students must earn 121 semester credit hours. The program requires a minimum of 8 semesters, which is equivalent to 30 months or 120 weeks of instruction. Students will select one of the tracks available under this program. The program requirements are as follows:
Any course from BSBA and/or the other BS Organizational Leadership concentration depending on prerequisite. General electives from other programs and schools.
Any course from BSBA and/or the other BS Organizational Leadership concentration depending on prerequisite. General electives from other programs and schools.
Any course from BSBA and/or the other BS Organizational Leadership concentration depending on prerequisite. General electives from other programs and schools.
Institutional Accreditation
ECPI University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. ECPI University also offers credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels.
Questions about the accreditation of ECPI University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
As of July 2021, ECPI University aligned its Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership - Human Resources Management Track with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, over 500 programs in approx. 425 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines -- created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, 2013 and 2017 -- are part of SHRM’s Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.
ECPI University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. ECPI University also offers credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels.
