The MA Master of Arts in Human Resources program is a 30SH 30 semester-hour degree program designed for working professionals who want to shift to an HR career track and current HR professionals wanting to develop their effectiveness as organizational leaders. The program is designed as part-time for working professionals and is delivered online, primarily through synchronous, online class sessions. The program is designed to include the necessary competencies and content areas set forward by Society for Human Resource Management’s Management (SHRM).
The program will include several program emphases, each tied to the formation of graduates as organizational leaders, that represent EMU distinctives and lenses critical for HR professionals to meet current workplace needs.
Common Good Leadership: Leaders should serve as an ethical leader in their organizations in responding to and supporting employee, organizational, societal and ecological well-being.Â
Executive Presence: Human resource professionals should be distinctive leaders exhibiting an executive presence of character , and composure and positively contribute to their organization and community.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Leaders have a responsibility to create inclusive organizations that promote individual dignity and success, affirm personal identities, and solve systematic barriers to employment.
Trauma awareness Awareness and Resilience: Leaders create organizations that are safe, trustworthy, collaborative, and empowering for employees.