The HRM program in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas begins with an opening course in which students learn about all the functional areas within HRM. This course is followed by a series of required courses that provide a comprehensive examination of specific functional areas: employment law, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, learning and development, performance management, and organizational change management. Students can supplement these courses with electives in labor relations, HR analytics, leadership, management development, and negotiations. The final required course is the capstone course in which students develop an HR strategy for a local business. That strategy encompasses all the aspects of human resource management, and student’s final strategies are usually presented to the chief Human Resource officer of the participating organization.
Like all undergraduate programs in the Jindal School, the BS in HRM program requires students to complete an internship with a local employer in which they apply the knowledge they have gained in school to real-world settings with real-world consequences. The Dallas /Fort Worth Metroplex is home to thousands of organizations, large and small, and is the ideal place to begin a career in HR through an internship.
The Jindal School has a faculty that combines research and academic interests with real-world experience. Most faculty members work or have worked in industry in a variety of senior HR and consulting roles prior to joining UT Dallas. This unique combination of knowledge, experience and contacts enables the faculty to appropriately prepare students for a future in human resource management.
