Program: Management, Human Resource Management Concentration, B.S. - Westfield State University

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mar 29, 2025

Human resource managers oversee the recruitment, training and compensation of a company’s employees. By ensuring a high-quality workforce, human resource managers have a critical impact on organizational success. Students choosing the Human Resource Management concentration take advanced courses in human resource management, leadership, diversity, and social justice.

Required Business Courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
FINC 0207 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles Credits: 3
MGMT 0241 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions Credits: 3
MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior Credits: 3
MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
or ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
MGMT 0338 - International Business Credits: 3
MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management Credits: 3

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 0103 - Speech Credits: 3
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credits: 3 *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106 , Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Human Resource Management (18 credits)

Required Courses

Students must take the following courses:

MGMT 0301 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
MGMT 0314 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0333 - Intellectual Property Law Credits: 3
MGMT 0344 - Project Management Credits: 3

Elective Courses

Students must choose any two electives from the following courses:

EGST 0205 - Introduction to Gay And Lesbian Studies Credits: 3
EGST 0221 - Women in Modern Organizations Credits: 3
LSPA 0314 - Spanish for the Professions Credits: 3
MGMT 0330 - Advanced Human Resource Seminar Credits: 3
MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
PSYC 0212 - From Disorder to Orientation Credits: 3
PSYC 0353-0356 - Special Topics in Psychology Credits: 3 *
SOCW 0360 - Diversity and Social Justice Credits: 3
*When offered as Psychology of Gender.

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE or Common Core .

Management, Human Resource Management Concentration, B.S.