Why Choose Human Resource Management at Bethel University?
People are an organization's greatest asset, and human resource professionals are the ones who recruit, develop, protect, and retain them. Bethel University's Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management prepares you to lead that work, pairing a solid business foundation with focused training in the core areas of HR: staffing, compensation, training, employment law, and workplace safety.
The program is built around the realities of the profession. You study management and organizational behavior alongside the specialized skills HR demands, from designing pay and benefits structures to navigating labor law and managing risk, then ground it all in business ethics and strategy. The result is a graduate ready to step into the HR field and support both an organization and the people who power it, with preparation that maps to professional HR practice.
What You'll Learn
In this program, you will learn:
- A command of management fundamentals, including organizational behavior, operations, and control systems
- Advanced human resource skills across recruitment, selection, development, compensation, and training
- An understanding of organizational theory and how to structure organizations for effectiveness
- A foundation in business law and the employment and labor laws that govern the workplace
- The ability to design, develop, deliver, and evaluate organizational training and development programs
- Skill in designing and evaluating pay structures and total compensation and benefits packages
- A knowledge of HR's role in occupational health and safety, including OSHA, risk management, and loss prevention
- A grounding in business ethics and the social responsibilities of business
- The strategic thinking to connect HR decisions to an organization's broader goals
Courses You'll Take
These are the main courses that define the major:
BUS 301, Principles of Management
BUS 412, Human Resource Management
BUS 317, Organizational Behavior
BUS 316, Organization Theory
BUS 310, Business Law I
BUS 417, Business Ethics and Society
HRM, Training and Development
HRM, Total Compensation Management
HRM, Employment and Labor Law
HRM, Human Resource Risk Management
You will also complete BUS 302 Principles of Marketing, BUS 307 Management Information Systems, BUS 413 Business Policy and Strategy, and three hours from an upper-level business course.
