Mandatory Courses and the SHRM Competencies They Highlight

There are several different courses offered for the HR major and minor. Below is a list of these mandatory courses and electives along with a description from the UWW Course Catalog as well as the SHRM Competencies these courses highlight.

Mandatory HR Courses: 

MGT 301- Organizational Behavior:

  • Course Description: A study of the intraorganizational behavior and attitudes of people in an organizational setting; the organization’s effect on perceptions, feelings, and actions; and the consequences of behavior on the organization, particularly how it affects the achievement of the organization’s purposes.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Communication
    • Relationship Management

BEINDP 288- Career Information:

  • Course Description: Offered on a satisfactory/no credit basis only. A presentation of techniques of self-analysis in preparation for the job search. The job search includes resume, cover letter, and interview preparation.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Communication

BEINDP 290- Business Writing:

  • Course Description: This course will assist students in transitioning from academic writing to business writing. The course will teach students to effectively analyze communication situations and write business documents that are clear, complete, concise, and courteous. Business grammar, writing mechanics, and document format will be covered.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Business Acumen
    • Communication

FNBSLW 341- Business and Commercial Law:

  • Course Description: An introduction to business and the law. Includes topics such as legal systems, court procedure, business torts and crimes, contracts and related areas of the Uniform Commerical Code, government regulation of business, and the ethical and legal rights and duties of individuals and businesses in our society.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Ethical Practice
    • Business Acumen

FNBSLW 344- Business Finance:

  • Course Description: Problems of financing long-run funds requirements of the business enterprise to include reserve and dividend policies, promotion, expansion, combination of business, planning, planning of capital structure, legal forms of business enterprise.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Critical Evaluation
    • Business Acumen

ITSCM 306- Operations Management:

  • Course Description: The study of contemporary theory, methods and procedures used to manage the production/operations (P/OM) function in service and manufacturing organizations. Included is a thorough overview of the qualitative and quantitative methods used by managers in making the decisions needed to effectively and efficiently transform resource inputs into goods and services.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Critical Evaluation
    • Consultation

MKT 311- Principles of Marketing:

  • Course Description: A study of the activities involved in the distribution of goods and services in a system-analysis framework. Examines consumer buying behavior and marketing functions within the firm. Investigates constraints imposed on decision makers and evaluates the performance of marketing in terms of social and economic efficiency.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Business Acumen
    • Critical Evaluation

MGT 489- Admin. Policy:

  • Course Description: This course emphasizes management issues and practices from a top management perspective. Students learn theories and skills relevant to the strategic management of organizations, including the ability to assess the external and internal environments of the organization, strategy formulation and implementation.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Global and Cultural Effectiveness
    • Organizational Leadership & Navigation

MGT 320 (Both)- Human Resource Management:

  • Course Description: A study of employee relations from the standpoint of the business firm, including recruitment, selection, placement, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, records, and employee services.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Relationship Management
    • HR Technical Expertise

MGT 425 (Fall Only)- Compensation Management:

  • Course Description: A detailed study of job analysis, methods of job evaluation, performance appraisal, community wage survey, basic systems and plans of compensating employees, and fringe benefits.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Consultation
    • Critical Evaluation

MGT 426 (Fall Only)- Staffing:

  • Course Description: A study of the theory and application of methods used in recruiting and selecting employees. This course will include: the legal issues in employment, research in the employment process, the development and use of selection devices, and recruiting applicants for job openings.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Ethical Practice
    • Relationship Management

MGT 428 (Both)- Training & Development:

  • Course Description: The course will emphasize theory of training and development, research to determine needs, types of programs, practicum in conducting a training and development session, and evaluation of programs.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Organizational Leadership & Navigation
    • Communication

MGT 429 (Spring Only)- Employee Benefits:

  • Course Description: Principles and techniques in the Administration of Employee Benefit Programs. The course will include: Planning, implementation, design and evaluation of major employee benefits, such as medical, disability, pension, profit-sharing, government mandated programs and quality of work life plans.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Business Acumen
    • Critical Evaluation

MGT 430 (Spring Only)- Labor-Management Relations:

  • Course Description: Study of the relationships between management and organized groups of employees, including labor unions and professional associations. Analysis and evaluation of collective bargaining processes and strategies, current bargaining issues, legal regulations of bargaining, negotiations and administration of collective agreements, factors contributing to conflict and methods of settlement.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Organizational Leadership & Navigation
    • Relationship Management

MGT 478 (Both)- Seminar in HR:

  • Course Description: A capstone course required of students in Personnel/Human Resources Management. The course will integrate HR subject matter areas through empirical research. Students will utilize their academic preparation, analytical skills, and communication skills to develop a proposal and prepare a research report.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • HR Technical Expertise
    • Consultation

Electives (Only Have to Take One):

MGT 493- Cooperative/Internship in Management

  • Course Description: This course is a constructed-supervised work experience within the major area of concentration of the student. The internship experience offers the student an opportunity to merge with actual day-to-day activity in business. No more than 5 credits will apply toward graduation. Repeatable for a maximum of 5 credits in major/degree. Department Consent required.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Business Acumen
    • HR Technical Expertise

                MGT 496- Special Studies

  • Course Description: Variable topics. Group activity. Not offered regularly in the curriculum but offered on topics selected on the basis of timeliness, need, and interest, and generally in the format of regularly scheduled Catalog offerings. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits in major/degree. Consent of instructor required.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Communication
    • Relationship Management

                MGT 498- Independent Study

  • Course Description: Repeatable for a maximum of 3 credits in major/degree. Department Consent required.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Organizational Leadership & Navigation
    • Business Acumen

                Safety 380- Industrial Accident Prevention

  • Course Description: Students will review case studies of historical events, investigate professional OSH organizations, and learn to utilize OSH regulatory and consensus standards websites as an introduction to the basic practice of hazard identification and assessment, control strategies, and basic safety program development.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Critical Evaluation
    • Ethical Practice

                FNBSLW 443 (Fall Only) – Labor Law

  • Course Description: A legalistic introduction to labor law through a study of cases and related statutes of those general principles important to both workers and management. The study of these materials will aid management and labor in understanding the position of the law in determining and providing a solution to labor law problems.
  • SHRM Competencies:
    • Ethical Practice
    • HR Technical Expertise

 

HR Minor Exception:

  • The only difference between the HR major and minor is that the Seminar in Human Resources (MGT 478) can be taken as the HR elective credit needed, it is not required to take for the minor.

*All course descriptions taken from the UW-W Course Catalog