Human Resources, M.H.R.

Program of Study

The MHR is a 10-course, 40-semester-hour professional human resources management degree. All students complete six core (required) courses. Students select the four remaining courses from a list of electives.

Students begin the program as a group in the fall term each year and proceed through the core courses together. This cohort feature allows for the development of a community of learners who come together and support one another in pursuit of their academic goals. Once students have been accepted into the program, however, they may take elective courses as degree-seeking students during any term prior to the fall term. Courses are offered evenings and weekends during the fall, spring, and summer terms. A mixture of Rollins College faculty and Central Florida Human Resource professionals teach the courses.

The Curriculum

The curriculum is designed to provide a broad, generalist approach to core areas of human resource management and opportunities to explore areas of specific interest. Some key features of the curriculum are:

• Emphasis on HR processes critical to developing distinctive competencies, competitive advantages, and organizational effectiveness.
• Emphasis on developing management, leadership, professionalism, personal effectiveness, critical analysis, problem solving, teamwork, professional writing, and presentation skills.
• Emphasis on providing knowledge students can use and apply immediately on the job.
• Emphasis on balancing of theory and application in EVERY course.
• Fewer, longer, deeper core courses with more credit hours allowing coverage of the key HR processes with greater sophistication.
• Diverse elective courses allowing students to pursue areas of interest with a balance of depth and breadth.

Additional Information

Master of Human Resources Additional Information