Master of Science in Strategic Human Resource Management

How will Saint Joseph's enhance my career in Human Resources?

Classes in this online HR master's degree program are taught by Saint Joseph's faculty members who have real-world HR management experience, as well as scholarly credentials. Therefore, students can feel confident that they're gaining the cutting-edge knowledge they need to succeed in today's tactical HR environment. Students also have access to dedicated career mentoring to help them work toward achieving their professional goals.

What can I do with a Master's in Strategic Human Resource Management?

Whether you want to help manage workforce flow or ensure your recruiting and retention plans are competitive, an M.S. in Strategic Human Resources Management will provide you with the expertise you can use to advance your career. Graduates of Saint Joseph’s SHRM master’s program go on to pursue careers such as:

• Director of professional development
• Director of business development
• VP of human capital
• Human capitalist analyst
• HR consultant
• Training manager
• HR analytics manager

The Strategic Human Resource Management M.S. online curriculum consists of 30 credits (10 courses) that are designed to cover the common body of knowledge required in the field of human resources and human capital management. The depth and breadth of courses allow students to develop expertise that allows the leveraging of people assets within an organization.

The master’s program in strategic human resource management curriculum is guided by the following goals and objectives for students:

• Strategic Integration of Human Resources: Students will understand and apply knowledge of Human Resources’ integrative, strategic business partner function to all levels and operations of the organization.
• Leading Change in Human Resources: Students will acquire and apply leadership and change agent skills necessary to increase an organization’s capacity for change.
• Functional Human Resources Skills: Students will learn skills germane to success as a Human Resources professional including survey administration, program evaluation, and human resource information systems.
• Employee Advocacy in the Ignatian Tradition: Students will learn and demonstrate knowledge regarding the central role of employees in Human Resources. Moreover, in line with Ignatian values underpinning the program, students will learn to balance “compassion” and “justice” in dealings with employees of the organization.

The final core course in the program (MGT 797 Managing Human Capital: Strategy and Application) is the capstone of the MSSHRM curriculum, in which students integrate the theories and practices studied throughout the degree and apply their knowledge in the field. This course requires a capstone project offered in a 16-week module.

Each of the 10 program courses is offered in an eight-week online module (with the exception of MHC 797).

• MHC 667 Human Resource Fundamentals
• MHC 560 Strategic Human Cap&Talent Mgt
• MHC 561 Human Cap Research Meas&Metric
• MHC 662 Total Rewards
• MHC 663 Talent-Selection & Retention
• MHC 562 Employment & Labor Law
• MHC 563 Human Resource Technology
• MHC 554 Ethical Practices in Business
• MHC 564 Finance & Acc for Managers

Capstone

• MHC 797 Manage Hum Cap: Strategy&App

Course Sequence

Core courses in the MSSHRM Program are designed to ensure that courses are integrated and build students’ cumulative knowledge to achieve the overarching objective of the program - to create strategic leaders.

MHC 667 and MHC 560 are the first two courses completed in the program. MHC 797 is taken in the student's last, or second to last, semester. The remaining seven courses can be taken in any sequence throughout the program.

The sequence of Synchronous Online Courses

The SHRM master’s program offers a sequenced, online curriculum that requires students to participate in live, online course sessions once a week, per module. These online sessions are typically held in the evening, after 6 pm.