Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management online

Human Resource Management Professional

Master the art of people and process management to pursue leadership in HR. This respected online graduate certificate program prepares you for in-demand roles in a high-growth field.

Program Overview

Here’s a high-level look at our Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management online

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$10,308* Total Tuition

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6 months Program Duration

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15 Credit Hours

*Includes tuition and fees.

Earn your affordable, AACSB-accredited Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management 100 percent online and qualify for upper-management positions in areas such as employee relations, talent development, compensation and benefits, and organizational change.

Learn how to identify competitive advantages through strategic planning, explore how compensation systems attract and retain talent, and examine how well-designed organizational change can achieve increased quality, productivity and employee engagement. Coursework prepares you to sit for the Professional in Human Resources (PHR), SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certifications. Complete the program in as few as six months. Credits earned can be applied toward a human resources MBA at UNC.

In this online HR management certificate program, you will learn:

  • How organizations and people can successfully navigate planned and unplanned organizational change
  • Strategic organizational changes that can achieve increased quality, productivity and employee engagement
  • How total compensation systems attract and retain talent
  • To identify competitive advantages through strategic human resources planning and staffing
  • How organizations and people can successfully navigate planned and unplanned organizational change
  • Strategic organizational changes that can achieve increased quality, productivity and employee engagement
  • How total compensation systems attract and retain talent
  • To identify competitive advantages through strategic human resources planning and staffing

Career opportunities in HR management:

  • Human Resources Manager
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Employee Relations Manager
  • Change Manager
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Employee Relations Manager
  • Change Manager

UNC's Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business has earned prestigious accounting and business accreditation from AACSB International and is the first and only business program to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Office of the President of the United States.

Tuition

Take note of our budget-friendly tuition

Tuition for the Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. For the Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management core courses, there is a $48 fee per course with the exception of MBA 656; this course has a $78 fee. These fees are included in the Per Program tuition listed below.

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Calendar

Choose a start date and secure your spot

With multiple start dates each year, the online Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management program is structured with the flexibility and convenience that working professionals require. Choose the start date that best suits your schedule.

SessionProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlinePayment Deadline
Fall 210/21/2410/7/2410/14/2410/23/2410/24/24
Spring 11/13/2512/30/241/6/251/15/251/16/25
Spring 23/10/252/24/253/3/253/12/253/13/25

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Admissions

Your online Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management checklist

The UNC Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management online program has specific requirements that you must meet to apply. Please review the requirements below.

The requirements include:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
  • No work experience required with 3.0 GPA
  • No GMAT required with 2.5 GPA if all admission guidelines are met

Graduate Certificate Online Admission Requirements

To satisfy the requirements for admission:

Earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Applicants who have earned a higher degree from an accredited institution without receiving a bachelor's degree (i.e. Pharm D) may be eligible to apply without the conferral of a bachelor's degree.

If you are still completing your bachelor's degree at the time you apply, admission will be based on your current cumulative GPA, and you will need to resubmit your official transcript (showing your conferred degree and final GPA) during your first semester. If your final GPA fell below 3.00, you will be given additional requirements as defined by the academic program that must be met within one calendar year to remain enrolled at UNC.

  • At least a 3.0 GPA in the most recent degree received with no work experience. A 2.75 to 2.99 GPA in the most recent degree received with at least three years of professional work experience. A 2.5 to 2.74 GPA in the most recent degree received with at least six years of professional work experience.
  • No GMAT is required; however, applicants who fall outside admission and work experience guidelines will be reviewed by the program director to determine if a passing GMAT score may be required to qualify for admission to the graduate certificate program. These applicants will be notified by the program with the result of that review.

Transcripts

Request one official transcript from any accredited college or university where a bachelor's degree or higher was earned (if you have earned multiple degrees, bachelor's level or higher, an official transcript is required from each college or university where a degree was conferred).

If you received a degree from UNC, you do not need to request a transcript from UNC.

The Graduate School & International Admission Office reserves the right to request that applicants provide official transcripts from other colleges or universities as needed.

Exceptions:

  • If an applicant intends to use Veteran's Education Benefits, an official transcript from all colleges or universities attended will be required in order to maintain compliance with Veteran's Affairs policies.

Official transcripts from U.S. institutions should be sent via mail directly from the educational institution in an unopened, sealed envelope or through an electronically secure digital program from the issuing institution. Mailed transcripts should be sent to:

Office of Admissions
Campus Commons
1051 22nd St
Campus Box 10
Greeley, CO 80639

Electronic transcripts from U.S. institutions should be sent directly from the educational institution to: [email protected].

The Graduate School and International Admission does not accept email, scanned or PDF transcripts directly from applicants. All official transcripts, submitted as part of the application process, are retained by UNC and not returned to applicants or admitted students.

UNC retains submitted transcripts, from institutions other than UNC, for admitted students for up to five years after graduation or date of last attendance at UNC. Transcripts provided by applicants who were not admitted, denied admissions or did not complete their application are destroyed after one year. The Graduate School will make every attempt to use previously-submitted transcripts if they are within these timeframes. However, if the Graduate School cannot locate previously submitted transcripts, the transcripts fall outside the timeframes listed above, or they are considered illegible, applicants must provide new transcripts.

Applicants with academic credentials from outside the U.S. will need to follow the requirements for submission of foreign transcripts. Click on the Transcripts tab for information about international transcripts.

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Courses

Get to know the online Graduate Certificate HR Management program

The Graduate Certificate in HR Management online curriculum is comprised of five courses (15 credit hours), including one core course, three concentration courses and one elective.

Regardless of academic background, you are required to take three free foundation modules—Foundations of Economics, Foundations of Finance and Foundations of Accounting—on a pass-fail basis.

Graduate certificate programs consist of rigorous graduate courses that require ample dedicated time to work on assignments, and learn, retain, and apply complicated concepts. While we recommend taking one course per session, taking more than two courses in a single session is not permitted.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines organizational behavior topics such as motivation, team dynamics, perception, power, politics, conflict, and culture, with an in-depth view of leadership.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the creation of a competitive advantage through strategic human resources planning and staffing. Topics include job analysis, recruiting, assessment, succession planning, and retention. Also covers laws and regulations relative to the recruiting process.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the effective design of an organization's compensation, total rewards, and performance management systems. Topics include total compensation systems that attract and retain talent, employee benefits and performance management.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the major approaches used for managing both planned and unplanned organizational change. Reviews diagnostic techniques for identifying organizational problems and examines how strategic organizational change can achieve increased quality, productivity, and employee engagement.

General Elective – Choose Any 3 Credit Course

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers analytic techniques for decision making in accounting. Students in MBA 611 will learn the primary data analytics methods employed in accounting and will plan and conduct analyses of accounting data. Students will visualize and communicate results of analyses of accounting data, with emphases on managerial and financial accounting contexts.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for students with accounting undergraduate degrees who want to prepare to become CPAs. Students in MBA 612 will prepare to pass the new CPA exam. The course is a rigorous and condensed CPA exam preparation course.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the analysis and interpretation of financial disclosure data using data analytic techniques. Students in MBA 613 will learn how to conduct important analyses involving profitability, risk, and valuation using various analytical concepts and statistical methods. Students will also use data extraction tools to obtain firm financial data and employ data modification techniques to clean and organize available financial data.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the detection and prevention of financial fraud using data analytic techniques. Students in MBA 614 will learn to assess and mitigate the risks of financial fraud in modern organizations. Students will identify fraud risks and exposures, learn techniques for detecting and preventing fraud, and conduct fraud risk analyses using data analytics.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In this class, we discuss why consumers behave the way they do. Using these theories developed primarily in psychology, behavioral economics, and marketing, we will try to predict how consumers will respond in different settings. This course uses readings (both books and articles) to drive insights and generate discussion.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The Internet and advances in technologies for e-commerce, web design, mobile marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, search engine marketing, and web analytics/measurement are transforming how companies, brands, and individuals plan and practice strategic marketing. This course provides students with an understanding of how marketing is adapting and integrating these changes for the digital age.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Expand on fundamental concepts of marketing in relation to service industry settings. A second theme of the course focuses on the role of service in manufacturing businesses. Currently, many firms in the manufactured goods sector see service as the basis for attaining a sustained competitive advantage.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course is patterned after the Project Management Institute concepts of project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure. This course also prepares students to take the Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores six sigma - one of the most popular improvement methodologies leveraged by all types of organizations. The course will provide you the knowledge and hands-on experience with the most powerful tools used for six sigma projects. An optional benefit is the opportunity to take a certification exam and earn the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt designation.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores lean transformation - the number one improvement methodology designed for creating and maintaining a sustainable organization. The course will provide you the knowledge and hands-on experience with the most powerful tools used for lean transformations. An optional benefit is the opportunity to take a certification exam and earn the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt designation.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the improvement of supply chain processes and performance, explores important supply chain metrics, makes clear primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, and presents tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, transportation, warehousing and inventory control, order fulfillment and supply chain coordination.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines healthcare systems, their history and evolution.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The goal of this course is to provide non-financial healthcare managers with the practical knowledge of healthcare finance, budgeting and reimbursement models and the utilization of this information in executive decision-making.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an overview of the healthcare related managerial issues leaders face. Topics will include ethics, technological trends, role of the generalist vs. specialist and strategic management in healthcare organizations.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A seminar course in various business content areas as need and opportunity arise. Letter graded. Repeatable under different subtitles, no limitations.

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