Human Resource Management Career Track

In recognition of the fundamental importance of successfully attracting, developing, and managing employee workforces, the Human Resource Management Career Track prepares students to serve in generalist HR positions, provides the necessary background to pursue more specialized positions and graduate school opportunities, and helps students gain appropriate certifications such as the Assurance of Learning certificate offered by the Society for Human Resource Management.


A Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a major in Management and concentration in Human Resources requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements:

Core Requirements:

Select one course from the following: 4 sh
MTH 116APPLIED CALCULUS

4 sh

MTH 151CALCULUS I

4 sh

Additional Core Requirements:

ACC 201PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING

4 sh

BUS 201GATEWAY TO BUSINESS

4 sh

BUS 211MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

4 sh

BUS 221LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

4 sh

BUS 381INTERNSHIP IN BUSINESS

1-4 sh

BUS 465STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

4 sh

ECO 111PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

4 sh

ECO 203STATISTICS FOR DECISION MAKING

4 sh

FIN 343PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE

4 sh

MGT 323PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

4 sh

MKT 311PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

4 sh

Required Courses:

MGT 324HUMAN RESOURCES FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

4 sh

MGT 421HRM: STAFFING OF ORGANIZATIONS

4 sh

MGT 427HRM: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL REWARDS

4 sh

MGT 428HRM: STRATEGY AND CONSULTING

4 sh

Select one course from the following: 4 sh

BUS 326OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

4 sh

MGT 310BIG DATA ANALYSIS

4 sh

Select one course from the following: 4 sh

ECO 301BUSINESS ECONOMICS

4 sh

ECO 310INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY

4 sh

ECO 314INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE

4 sh

Select one course from the following: 4 sh

MGT 411PROCESS, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

4 sh

MGT 412ADVANCED ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

4 sh

MGT 429HRM: EMPLOYMENT LAW

4 sh


Study abroad students may transfer one management elective to the major provided they have taken MGT 323.

For students double majoring in two BSBA majors, a course that is eligible to count for two majors can only count towards one. For example, MGT 423 can count towards the MGT major and the ENT major. If a student is double majoring in MGT and ENT and takes MGT 423, this course can count toward the MGT or ENT major, but not both. However, we do allow a student to double count a course in BSBA major and a minor. For example, a student majoring in MGT and minoring in ENT can have MGT 423 count for both the major and the minor.

Elon Core Curriculum:

First Year Foundations

COR 110THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

4 sh

ENG 110WRITING: ARGUMENT AND INQUIRY

4 sh

Select one of the following: 

STS 110INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING

4 sh

MTH 151CALCULUS I

4 sh

STS 212STATISTICS IN APPLICATION

4 sh

Experiential Learning Requirement (2 Units required)

Included in experiential learning are study abroad, research, service-learning, leadership, internships, (including co-ops, teaching, and practicum), or other courses or experiences with ELR designation.

World Language Requirement

Students must meet one of the following: (a)complete a language course numbered 122 or higher at Elon, or receive transfer or study abroad credit for the same; (b) place into a language course numbered 200 or above upon arriving at Elon, using a department of world languages approved placement instrument; (c) score a 4 or 5 on an AP language exam or similar exam. Each student must take the language placement test by October 1 of his or her first full year at Elon. Students are allowed two tries; the higher score is counted. That score stands and may not be repeated by later testing. Consideration for Phi Beta Kappa membership requires the completion of a 222-level world language course or placement beyond that level.

Studies in the Arts and Sciences

Students must fulfill the requirements in each of the following categories.

Transfer students with at least 18 s.h. of transfer credit must complete 32 hours total in Studies in the Arts & Sciences, but may have as few as 7 hours in one or more of the four Studies in the Arts & Sciences areas.

Expression (8 s.h.) __________________   __________________

Eight hours chosen from at least two of the following: literature (in English or world languages), philosophy, & fine arts (art, dance, music, music theatre, & theatre). At least one course must be literature.

Civilization (8 s.h.)_______________   __________________

Eight hours chosen from at least two of the following: historyworld languages, art history and religious studies.

Society (8 s.h.) __ECO 111______   __________________

Eight hours chosen from at least two of the following: economics, geography, human service studies, political science, psychology, & sociology/anthropology, and public health studies 201 or 202.

Science/Analysis (Lab:___) (8 s.h.)                                 ________________

Eight hours chosen from one or more of the following: mathematics/statistics, science, and computer science. At least one course must be a physical or biological laboratory science.

Advanced Studies (8 s.h.) ________________   __________________

Eight hours of 300-400 level coursework outside the major field and chosen from areas under Studies in the Arts and Sciences.

COR Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar (4 s.h.) __________________

300-400 level COR course; requires junior/senior status.


Society (8 s.h.) __ECO 111__  __________

Eight hours chosen from at least two of the following: economics, geography, human service studies, political science, psychology, & sociology/anthropology, and public health studies 201 or 202.


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