Human Resources Concentration

Why USF for Human Resources Management?

Get connected to a robust alumni network of HR professionals who are guest speakers as well as professional contacts. Explore the Northern California chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) that offers workshops, conferences, networking events, job fairs, and scholarships.

What Skills Will You Master?

• Interpersonal Skills — Sharpen your leadership, communication, negotiation, team dynamics, and emotional intelligence skills.
• Talent Management — Learn how to grow and develop at work while empowering others to do the same.
• Workforce Design — Think strategically about business goals and how to achieve them by attracting and keeping the best people.

USF's HR Concentration Is SHRM-aligned

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As of March 18, 2026, the University of San Francisco Human Resources Concentration aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, over 850 programs in over 580 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guidelines and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidelines and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum required HR Content areas that must be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for work as an HR Professional. The guidelines — created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2022 — are part of SHRM's Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow the standards.

Program Learning Outcomes

It is expected that Management majors upon graduation will be able to:

• Apply concurrently organizational behavior and management theory to practice in the classroom, organization, and society
• Analyze and synthesize how cognitive, behavioral, and emotional outcomes at the individual, team and organizational levels contribute to the sustainability of organizations
• Demonstrate competence in integrating skills relevant to effective management professionals in making timely and ethical decisions required to lead complex organizations
• Learn to lead, communicate, and work effectively with diverse individuals and teams through a broad, interdisciplinary foundation
• Develop a fuller awareness and appreciation of self, others, society and the world through the Jesuit values of moral and ethical leadership, social justice, and service to others

Major Requirements (60 units)

Business Core

Required Courses

The business core and foundation courses cover the basic business topics needed for a career in business. Consistent with the direction of business today, the business core at the McLaren School of Management highlights issues related to the global business environment, diversity and ethics. Oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, and critical thinking are also stressed throughout the curriculum.

All Business majors must complete a set of business foundation and core courses, as well as the required University Core Curriculum. Students admitted to the McLaren School of Management’s Honors Program take the Honors Program core. Please see School of Management Honors Program. The required foundation courses are also used to satisfy University Core Curriculum requirements (see faculty adviser). Students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in their foundation and business core coursework.

• BUS 100 - Launch into Business
• BUS 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting
• BUS 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
• BUS 204 - Foundations of Analytics
• BUS 205 - AI and Emerging Technologies
• BUS 301 - Business Law
• BUS 302 - Marketing Principles
• BUS 304 - Foundations of Organizational Behavior
• BUS 305 - Principles of Finance
• BUS 308 - Systems in Organizations
• BUS 403 - Entrepreneurial Strategy
• ECON 110 - Introductory Economics

Management and HR Concentration Requirements (20 units)

Students take 20 units of upper division, non-core business coursework.

Management Major Required Courses (4 units)

Students must take the following courses for the Management Major.

• BMGT 441 - Leadership Live
• BMGT 442 - Management Capstone

Human Resources Concentration Required Courses (12 units)

Students must take the following courses for the HR concentration. 

• BMGT 471 - Human Resource Management
• BMGT 472 - Unlocking Human Potential
• BMGT 473 - Contemporary Workforce Design

Electives (4 units)

Complete 4 units from the following:

Frequency of course offerings varies. Please check course schedule each semester.

• BMGT 344 - Professional Power and Influence
• BMGT 345 - Global Virtual Project Teams
• BMGT 347 - Negotiation & Critical Conversations
• BUS 386 - Event Planning with a Purpose
• BUS 388 - Customer Experience Management
• BMGT 444 - Justice, Equity, and Organizations
• BMGT 446 - Evidence Based Management
• BMGT 448 - Emotional & Cultural Intelligence

Degree Planner

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Senior Year

*This information is subject to change, the degree planner is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information.