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Bachelor of Science in Management with a Concentration in Human Resource Management online
Build the business, leadership, and people-management skills to help organizations thrive while preparing for a career that puts employees and workplace culture first.
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Program Overview
Build skills every organization needs
The online Bachelor of Science in Management – Human Resource Management program from William Paterson University prepares you to have a meaningful impact by helping organizations attract, develop, and empower their greatest asset: their people. Build a strong foundation in business while exploring human resources, organizational behavior, labor relations, management strategy, and leadership. Develop in-demand skills in communication, negotiation, problem-solving, ethical decision-making, and business analytics while gaining global and sustainability perspectives through a curriculum aligned with Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) standards.
Whether you're advancing in your current field or making a career transition, you'll graduate ready to pursue opportunities and leadership roles in talent acquisition, employee relations, training and development, compensation and benefits, and labor relations.
Graduates of this online human resource management degree program will:
- Employ core human resource management principles in organizational settings
- Demonstrate effective leadership, communication, and negotiation skills
- Apply global and strategic perspectives to management decision-making
- Evaluate ethical, legal, and social issues in business and human resources
- Employ core human resource management principles in organizational settings
- Demonstrate effective leadership, communication, and negotiation skills
- Apply global and strategic perspectives to management decision-making
- Evaluate ethical, legal, and social issues in business and human resources
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$381
Per Credit Hour
120
Credit Hours
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Tuition
Tuition costs for the online BS in Human Resource Management program
Online undergraduate programs from William Paterson University offer affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. All fees are included in the total tuition.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course |
|---|---|---|
| BS in Management – HR Management | $381 | $1,143 |
Tuition breakdown
$381
Per Credit Hour
Calendar
Important dates for the online bachelor’s in human resource management program
William Paterson University online programs are delivered in an accelerated format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.
Now enrolling:
1/3/27
Apply Date
1/25/27
Class Starts
| All | Program Start Date | Application Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Payment Due | Last Class Day | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring I | 1/25/27 | 1/3/27 | 1/7/27 | 1/15/27 | 1/20/27 | 3/14/27 | 7 weeks |
| Spring II | 3/22/27 | 2/28/27 | 3/3/27 | 3/12/27 | 3/17/27 | 5/9/27 | 7 weeks |
Now enrolling:
1/3/27
Apply Date
1/25/27
Class Starts
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Admissions
How to apply for the human resources degree online program
At William Paterson University, we've streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the BS in Management – Human Resource Management online program, including what additional materials you need and where you should send them.
The requirements include:
- Online application
- Transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended
- Minimum 2.0 GPA
- Must be at least four years post high school
You must meet the following requirements for admission to this BS online program:
- Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- Students must be four years post high school or two years post high school and have earned 60 or more college credits
- Official transcripts from each college attended or high school transcript if no prior college experience
- Applicants must be at least two years post high school to enroll in our WP Online accelerated programs
- Complete online application and submit $50 application fee
Official transcripts, test scores, and other documents should be sent from the granting institutions to:
Email address: [email protected]
Mail address:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment Services
Morrison Hall 102
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Courses
Take a look at the human resource management courses for the online bachelor's in management degree
For the online Bachelor of Science in Management in HR program, you must complete 39 credits of core business courses, three credits of information systems courses, 12 credits of management courses, and 24 credits of concentration courses. Additional University core curriculum and elective credits will be required to complete the 120-credit BS degree.
Note: Transfer credit is given for all earned credits except in such cases where the earned grade does not meet major program requirements. There is no limit to the number of credits that may be transferred. A total of 30 credits used to complete a William Paterson University degree must be William Paterson University credits.
Information Systems Requirement
MGT 3050: Management Information Systems
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an overview of information systems at different levels of an organization. It addresses current technology, its impact on organizations, and its management. The evolving role of information systems and related technology within a business organization is also studied. The learning process is enhanced by means of critically studying and analyzing, with the support of information technologies and real business cases.
Management Requirement
MGT 3060: Organizational Behavior
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces basic principles, policies, problems, and successful methods of business organization and management. Emnphasizes management’s ability to analyze, plan, coordinate, and control the varied activities of production, personnel, finance, and marketing. Also examines social responsibility and environmental factors affecting business policy and operation.
MGT 3090: International Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a framework for the analysis of international management problems. Defines the nature of the international, multi-national, and transnational company. Also examines the evolution of these types of enterprises, develops a model of a multinational firm in a dynamic global setting, and provides a bridge among the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and international management.
MGT 4800: Seminar in Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores, in depth, selected theoretical aspects of management theories and/or the major areas within management. Each student is expected to take a major area and prepare a paper that may include decision-making processes, strategy formulation, perceptions of environmental factors, managerial values, organizational crises, and other current management topics. Students have the opportunity to write a paper based on their studies of real-world situations.
RPS 2100: Negotiation
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the basic concepts and key critical skills involved in between the organizational representative and the client, including the psychology of bargaining. Applies negotiation strategies and tactics in a variety of business environments, with an emphasis on collaborative and competitive styles of negotiating. Seminar-style course with multiple bargaining simulations throughout the semester.
Core Business Courses
ACCT 2110: Financial Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introductory course in the fundamental principles of accounting, the theory of debit and credit, account classification, preparation of working papers, adjusting, closing, reversing entries, and preparation of basic financial statements. Use of spreadsheet and word processing computer applications.
ACCT 2120: Managerial Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces basic concepts of cost accounting and the use of accounting as a decision-making tool for management.
ECON 2010: Macroeconomic Principles
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of macroeconomic analysis. Particular emphasis will be placed on the examination of production, expenditure, employment, unemployment, and price levels for the economy as a whole. Discussed are also monetary, fiscal, and financial policies, with regards to their impacts on economic growth, inflation, unemployment, and financial stability.
ECON 2020: Microeconomic Principles
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course discusses the basic economic principles related to the behavior of individual agents. The main topics include the following: 1) Opportunity Cost, 2) Demand and supply analysis, 3) consumer theory, 4) Production and costs, 5) Profit maximization, 6) Market structure ( perfect comptetition , monopoly, monoplistic competition, and oligopoly), 7) Market failure and the distribution of income ad 8) International trade and exchange rates.
ECON 2100: Business Statistics I
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Included in this course are the topics of descriptive statistics (collection and presentation of data, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, dispersion, and skewness); sampling and probability, and an introduction to statistical inference.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1400 OR MATH 1170 OR MATH 1600
ECON 2110: Business Statistics II
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a continuation of ECON 2100 Business Statistics I. Topics covered include one-sample and two-sample tests of hypothesis, ANOVA, simple and multiple linear regression, and nonparametric methods such as Chi-square applications and the analysis of ranked data. Optional topics are index numbers, time series and forecasting, quality control, and an introduction to decision theory.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2100 OR MATH 1300
FIN 3200: Corporate Finance
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the basic principles and practices of the financial management of private business corporations. The course provides an operational framework for financial analysis, planning, and forecasting, along with profit analysis and financial control for today’s business world.
LAW 2010: Legal Environment of Business
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to acquaint students with the laws of contracts. Examines concepts such as offer, acceptance, consideration, competent parties, legal subject matter, assignments, and third party beneficiaries. Scrutinizes defenses such as statute of fraud, infancy, insanity, and parole evidence.
MGT 2000: Principles of Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces basic principles, policies, problems, and successful methods of business organization and management. Emphasizes management’s ability to analyze, plan, coordinate, and control the varied activities of production, personnel, finance, and marketing. Also examines social responsibility and environmental factors affecting business policy and operation.
MGT 4310: Production and Operations Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Techniques and methods employed by managers to plan and control manufacturing and other operating systems are emphasized. Application of quantitative methods and various analytical techniques are stressed for operating system design, planning, control, problem solutions, productivity, inventory, scheduling, quality and capacity management, control system development, new technology evaluation, and transportation problems.
MGT 4600: Business Strategy and Policy
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This three credit course represents a case study approach to business decision-making that integrates functional and organizational disciplines. It examines a series of complex industrial situations in depth to determine, in each instance, the strategy and policies a firm should follow for its long-run survival. Some sections of this course are writing intensive.
MKT 2100: Principles of Marketing
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Major emphasis on techniques for solving business problems, the development of marketing policies, and the sale of consumer and industrial products. Various marketing decisions are examined with respect to product planning, channels of distribution, promotion activity, selling and sales management, pricing, and international marketing.
Concentration Courses (Choose any 3 from the following list)
MGT 3150: Human Resource Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the theories and practices of human capital management, specifically emphasizing the role human resources plays as a strategic partner in supporting, upholding, and delivering a business entities mission and values. Students will develop and apply the critical thinking skills necessary to integrate the myriad of moving parts involved in the human capital planning process by applying them to real life business situations designed to move a company forward. Some sections of this course are writing intensive.
MGT 4150: Applied Human Resources Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Builds upon the base knowledge and understanding of the principles, policies, practices, and challenges relating to strategy driven human resource planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management and appraisal, compensation, benefits, employee and industrial relations, safety, and career development of an organization’s human resources as learned in MGT 3150. This course, however, is taught from the point of view of the HR professional and offers an in-depth look at how human resource professionals function across the various roles int he HR department to partner with the C-level to create and maintain an effective, efficient and robust organization
MGT 3400: Labor and Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An examination of how labor and management are affected by various theories and institutional approaches and policies, such as public legislation on labor and management relations, collective bargaining, labor unions, inflation, and unemployment.
MGT 3990: Selected Topics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A topic not covered by an existing course.
MGT 4851: Human Resources Management Practicum
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied human resource management theory in a group setting. A consulting project for a profit or nonprofit organization is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: Overall GPA 3.0 and Senior status
MGT 4901: Internship in Management (HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This is a field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity. Prerequisite(s): MGT 2000 , Junior Status, minimum 2.5 overall and Major GPA , Permission of Chair and Dean.
MGT 4990: Independent Study
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A special project supervised by a faculty adviser.
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