Master of Business Administration – Human Resource Management Emphasis Online

Embrace the opportunity to enhance your career prospects with an HR MBA that prioritizes experiential learning and strategic problem-solving to deepen your understanding of the human resource manager’s role.

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Program Overview

Discover what the human resource management MBA online program could do for you

Total Tuition: $16,269
Program Duration: As few as 12 months
Credit Hours: 33

Elevate your professional trajectory with Southern Utah University's Master of Business Administration – Human Resource Management Emphasis online program. Enhance your HR expertise while refining your organizational leadership skills so you can prepare to excel in diverse organizational settings. Develop adaptable strategies for various HR initiatives that foster continuous improvement within organizations through a curriculum that balances theory with practical application.

Learn to create globally aware and culturally responsive teams as you gain the business acumen and soft skills essential to move any organization forward. The capstone strategy course enables you to integrate and apply the methods and tools you've developed to tackle strategic challenges and solve real-world issues effectively.

As a graduate of this HR management program, you will be prepared to:

  • Understand the global, ethical and sociopolitical context of business
  • Integrate and utilize knowledge from core areas of business including finance, accounting, marketing and more
  • Effectively apply strategic analysis and decision-making skills, supported by appropriate quantitative methods and information technology
  • Explore and understand the legal aspects of employment law as it relates to managing people and organizations
  • Understand union-management relationships
  • Successfully implement ethical and legal procedures for HR departments and organizations
  • Understand the global, ethical and sociopolitical context of business
  • Integrate and utilize knowledge from core areas of business including finance, accounting, marketing and more
  • Effectively apply strategic analysis and decision-making skills, supported by appropriate quantitative methods and information technology
  • Explore and understand the legal aspects of employment law as it relates to managing people and organizations
  • Understand union-management relationships
  • Successfully implement ethical and legal procedures for HR departments and organizations

This program prepares you for human resources management roles, such as:

  • VP of Operations
  • HR Director
  • Training and Development Specialist
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager
  • VP of Operations
  • HR Director
  • Training and Development Specialist
  • Compensation and Benefits Manager

Accreditation

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The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

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Total Tuition: $16,269*
Program Duration: As few as 12 months
Credit Hours: 33

Accreditation

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The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

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Tuition

Affordable tuition designed for you

Maximize the value of your MBA online with our affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition, which includes all fees.

Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $493
Total Tuition: $16,269*

Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA – Human Resource Management $493 $1,479 $16,269*

*Tuition price reflects 33 credit hour program. Students who do not have a business undergraduate degree from an AACSB-accredited business school with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher must take an additional 3 credit hour prerequisite Foundations course alone in their first term. Students can be fully admitted to the MBA program prior to taking the Foundations course.

Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $493
Total Tuition: $16,269*

Calendar

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Designed for working professionals, SUU Online programs conveniently feature 7-week courses and multiple start dates each year.

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Next Apply Date: 1/1/25
Next Class Start Date: 1/8/25
TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class Day
Spring I1/8/251/1/251/1/251/3/251/8/252/23/25
Spring II2/24/252/17/252/17/252/19/252/24/254/20/25
Summer I5/12/255/5/255/5/255/7/255/12/256/29/25
Summer II6/30/256/23/256/23/256/25/256/30/258/17/25
Fall I8/27/258/20/258/20/258/22/258/27/2510/14/25

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Next Class Start Date: 1/8/25

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Admissions

Your online human resource management MBA program admission checklist

Our streamlined admission process enables you to start quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the MBA online, including what additional materials you need and where you should send them. Requirements include:

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • 2.5 GPA
  • No GMAT Required

Foundations course

Students may be required to take a 3 credit hour Foundations course based on a holistic review of the application and supporting documents with special consideration of undergraduate major, GPA and relevant work experience. Students will be notified of their course sequence at the time of admission.

Transcripts

Please submit official transcripts from the college/university in which a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from an accredited institution was obtained.

  • Applicants who have graduated from SUU do not need to submit a transcript
  • International transcripts must include a transcript evaluation from a third-party service such as SpanTran or WES showing that the degree is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree

Official transcripts must be mailed or emailed directly from the granting institution(s) to:

Email address:
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Mailing address:
Admissions Office
Southern Utah University
PO Box 8008
Cedar City, Utah 84720

Courses

Get to know the online human resource management MBA program curriculum

For the MBA – Human Resource Management online program, you must complete 24 credit hours of core courses, including a capstone strategy course, and 9 credit hours of emphasis courses. Students may be required to take the 3 credit hour Business Foundations course in the first term based on a holistic review of the application and supporting documents with special consideration of undergraduate major, GPA and relevant work experience. Students will be notified of their course sequence at the time of admission.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This accelerated and condensed course covers the essential concepts of Business Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Financial and Managerial Accounting and Corporate Finance that are necessary for success in subsequent graduate level business administration courses.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the principles of organizational behavior involved in managing people and organizations in a business environment. Topics include leadership, motivation, effective teams, conflict and negotiations, power and influence, organizational culture, and change management. This course focuses on the practical application of these principles in a meaningful and ethical manner. **FIXED FIRST COURSE for all MBA STUDENTS unless you are required to take BA 6000. If BA 6000 is required, you will receive a course sequence from your academic advisor. This fixed-first does not apply to students in Nursing programs, MSN/MBA dual degree program, or the MS in Cybersecurity with Information Assurance - Management program.**
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The management of operations and supply chain, including such topics as competitive strategy, product and service design, quality management, process improvements, supply chain management, work design management, logistics, and selected areas of operations research. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of the course is to enable students to prepare themselves to become leaders of organizations and to embark on paths of personal leadership development. The course requires personal curiosity and reflection from students as well as personal openness and sharing in class discussions. Leadership development concepts used in the course will be immediately applicable for students and useful for the rest of their lives. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course reviews the development and use of management accounting information systems in planning and control activities. Using case studies of actual companies, its focus is on new management accounting practices adopted by the innovative companies around the world.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Application of microeconomic principles to business management and strategy. Includes fundamental topics in microeconomic theory, industrial organization, and organizational economics. Uses business case analysis. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the capital budgeting process, including estimating the cost of capital and cash flows, correct application of decision rules, and ways of analyzing and dealing with uncertainty in your forecasts. It also discusses key topics in financial management, such as optimal leverage, raising capital for the firm, and equity payout policies. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on reinforcing, extending, and applying marketing concepts, principles, and techniques through readings, case studies, and secondary research. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is the capstone course for the MBA, and as such, it will integrate the methods and tools developed in the curriculum to solve the strategic positioning and management issues of the organization. This course is usually taken in the student's final semester. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000 or advisor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C-

MGMT 6350 must be taken before MGMT 6360 and MGMT 6370.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the role of a human resource manager.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The objective of this course is to explore and understand the legal aspects of employment law as it relates to managing people and organizations. Students will be able to describe the different labor laws and identify issues within an organization's policies and practices. Human resource law affects all companies and being able to successfully implement ethical and legal procedures is a vital responsibility. Students will learn about policies and procedures that allow a diverse workforce to work together successfully. Pre-req: MGMT 6350
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The objective of the course is to provide potential general managers with the opportunity to generate an understanding of and appreciation for union-management relationships. Utilizing text material, academic and practitioner publications, primary and secondary research, the students will be required to research, discuss, and design responses to important strategic questions organizations are responding to now and in the future with respect to union-management relationships. Pre-req: MGMT 6350

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