Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Human Resources Management Online

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Bring valued expertise to any organization by mastering the art of motivation and productivity. Our online MBA in Human Resources Management will transform you into an essential HR leader with strategic knowledge critical to workplace success.

Program Overview

Gain insights into our online MBA in Human Resources Management program

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$24,102* Total Tuition

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as few as 12 months Program Duration

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36 Credit Hours

*Includes tuition and fees.

This 100 percent online MBA program prepares you to be an innovative leader and effective problem-solver in HR. Whether you're seeking to advance your career as a human resources professional or in business management, this program provides a wealth of relevant knowledge and skills.

Develop critical skills to impact all levels of an organization in the 100 percent online Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Human Resources Management program from the Monfort College of Business. In this program, you will broaden your expertise in preparation for overseeing an HR department, or focus on a more specific career path such as training and development, employee compensation or corporate recruiting.

This online human resources management MBA program prepares you to design an organization's compensation, rewards and performance management systems with an eye on attracting and retaining talent, employee benefits and performance management. You will gain a practical understanding of the major approaches used for managing both planned and unplanned organizational change. Plus, you will review diagnostic techniques for identifying organizational problems and examine how strategic organizational changes can boost quality, productivity and employee engagement.

UNC's nine credit hours of HR specialty courses will provide insight into talent management, compensation and performance administration, and managing organizational change. Focus on creating a competitive advantage for your company through strategic HR planning and staffing. You will learn about job analysis, recruiting, assessment, succession planning and retention, along with laws and regulations relative to the recruiting process.

With our 24 credit hours of core curriculum, you will deepen your competencies in areas such as ethical leadership, managerial accounting, economics, advanced international business, data analytics and visualization, strategic management, advanced finance and more. You will study organizational topics such as motivation, team dynamics, conflict and culture, and gain an in-depth view of leadership. All courses are 7 weeks in length.

To help ensure your success in the program, you will complete three foundation modules covering practical skills in economics, finance, and accounting, on a pass-fail basis. These required modules are offered free of charge and can be taken concurrently with your first for-credit course in the MBA program.

In this online program, you will learn:

  • Business management fundamentals
  • Solution-driven problem-solving skills
  • Global enterprise management essentials
  • Principles of ethical leadership
  • Business management fundamentals
  • Solution-driven problem-solving skills
  • Global enterprise management essentials
  • Principles of ethical leadership

Career opportunities:

  • Human Resources Manager
  • Director of Employee Experience and Communications
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Director of Global Engagement and Culture
  • Employee Relations Manager
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Director of Employee Experience and Communications
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Director of Global Engagement and Culture
  • Employee Relations 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

Learn more about our affordable tuition

Tuition for the MBA with a Concentration in Human Resources Management online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. For the MBA 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.

#10 Affordable Online MBA with No GMAT Requirement, 2024, DiscoverBusiness.US

Calendar

Know important application deadlines and class schedules

With multiple start dates each year, the MBA with a Concentration in Human Resources Management online 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
Spring 23/4/242/19/242/26/243/6/243/7/24
Summer 15/6/244/22/244/29/245/8/245/9/24
Summer 26/24/246/10/246/17/246/26/246/27/24
Fall 18/26/248/12/248/19/248/28/248/29/24
Fall 210/21/2410/7/2410/14/2410/23/2410/24/24

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Admissions

Find your fit for our online MBA in Human Resources Management program

The UNC Master of Business Administration 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

MBA 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 MBA program director to determine if a passing GMAT score may be required to qualify for admission to the MBA program. These applicants will be notified by the MBA 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

View the degree plan for our online MBA Human Resources Management

The MBA with an Emphasis in Human Resources Management online curriculum is comprised of 12 courses (36 credit hours), including 24 credit hours of MBA core courses, 9 credit hours of human resources emphasis courses, and 3 credit hours of elective courses.

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.

MBA program consists 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.

You must take the following courses.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Data analytics considers methods for structuring and manipulating large databases, extracting usable datasets and performing statistical and textual analysis to support decision- making. Exploratory, confirmatory and predictive analytics will be examined. Data visualization considers techniques to communicate statistical and operations information efficiently through graphical techniques. This includes dashboards, charting, plotting and mapping methods.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the concepts, applications, and uses of managerial accounting in managerial decision-making for managers and other internal users.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines application of microeconomic analysis used in managerial decision-making. Topics include demand analysis, cost and production functions, and behavior of competitive and non-competitive markets with applications to various business decisions.
Duration: 7 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
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a capstone experience through techniques and tools needed for effective strategy. Students integrate concepts, theories, and tools to develop comprehensive strategies in a variety of business environments.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the mechanics of globalization and the mastery of business strategy, operation and practices from a global perspective. It explores national differences in political economy, culture, ethics, and their implications in international management and how to integrate such differences into a global strategy.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This seminar course involves the analysis of the marketing concepts, functions and principles involved in planning, implementing and evaluating the total marketing programs of various organizations. Elements of the marketing process, including environmental impacts, building and managing brands and analyzing marketing strategies in delivering the best customer value will be the focus in this course.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course topics include time value of money, risk and return, capital budgeting, financial analysis and modeling, capital structure, working capital management, and international corporate finance. Advanced topics make use of case studies and/or simulation.
You must take the following courses.
Duration: 7 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Credit Hours: 3
Duration: 7 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
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines healthcare systems, their history and evolution.
Duration: 7 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
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
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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