Business Administration - Human Resources

Start your career here, finish as a professional! Gain experience on three co-op work terms. Support the HR activities of any organization.

Students develop the skills and knowledge necessary to perform human resource functions within domestic and international business environments. Students prepare to implement and evaluate plans for staffing, performance management, training, employee and labour relations, health and safety, and benefits and compensation administration functions. They also learn to apply communication, information technology, teamwork, leadership and organizational development strategies to support the human resources activities of an organization. They acquire the competency to contribute to a number of more complex functions supporting organizational effectiveness, including applying principles of financial analysis and control, collaborating in the design of an organization's human resources plan, and in the preparation of an organization's business plan.

Graduates of this program may find employment in a broad range of private, public, and not-for-profit sectors of business and industry including manufacturers, retailers, banks and other financial institutions, medical facilities, government offices, human resources consulting firms, and other large and small businesses.

Admission requirements

OSSD or equivalent with

• Grade 12 English (C or U)
• any Grade 11¹ or 12 Mathematics (C, M or U)

Mature students, non-secondary school applicants (19 years or older), and home school applicants may also be considered for admission. Eligibility may be met by applicants who have taken equivalent courses, upgrading, completed their GED, and equivalency testing. For complete details refer to: www.georgiancollege.ca/admissions/policies-procedures/

Pathways

Applicants who have taken courses from a recognized and accredited post-secondary institution and/or have relevant life/learning experience may also be considered for admission; refer to the Credit Transfer Centre website for details:
www.georgiancollege.ca/admissions/credit-transfer/

Admission details

In order to broaden the program choices, all General, Accounting, Human Resources, and Marketing students, whether they are in a two-year or a three-year diploma program, will share a common first semester. Students will take five mandatory courses in that semester, and will have a choice of which General Education course they wish to take. The curriculum for this common first semester is as follows:

BAHR courses combine current theory with experiential learning methodologies in order to prepare the student for the ever increasing demands that are required of the regulated Human Resources professional.

Program-specific Courses

• ACCT 1000 - Financial Accounting Principles 1
  (Semester 1 / 42 hours)
• BUSI 1001 - Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
  (Semester 1 / 42 hours)
• COMP 1003 - Microcomputer Applications
  (Semester 1 / 42 hours)
• MATH 1002 - Mathematics of Finance
  (Semester 1 / 42 hours)
• MKTG 1000 - Introduction to Marketing
  (Semester 1 / 42 hours)
• ECON 1000 - Microeconomics
  (Semester 2 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1000 - Human Resources Management Foundations
  (Semester 2 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1022 - Occupational Health and Safety
  (Semester 2 / 42 hours)
• HURM 2000 - Employment Law
  (Semester 2 / 42 hours)
• MKTG 2033 - Professional Edge
  (Semester 2 / 42 hours)
• ECON 2000 - Macroeconomics
  (Semester 3 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1004 - Compensation
  (Semester 3 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1006 - Training and Development
  (Semester 3 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1007 - Recruitment and Selection
  (Semester 3 / 42 hours)
• ACCT 1003 - Finance and Management Accounting
  (Semester 4 / 42 hours)
• BUSI 1019 - Payroll Administration
  (Semester 4 / 42 hours)
• HURM 2002 - Benefits and Pensions
  (Semester 4 / 42 hours)
• HURM 2007 - Wellness and Employee Engagement
  (Semester 4 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1002 - Labour Relations
  (Semester 5 / 42 hours)
• HURM 1005 - Human Resources Planning
  (Semester 5 / 42 hours)
• HURM 3003 - Human Resources Decision Support Systems
  (Semester 5 / 42 hours)
• MGMT 2001 - Principles of Management
  (Semester 5 / 42 hours)
• Program Option Course - Select 1 course from the available list during registration. Contact the program co-ordinator for further details.
  (Semester 5 / 42 hours)
• HURM 3000 - Current Issues in Human Resources
  (Semester 6 / 42 hours)
• HURM 3004 - Employment Legislation - Application and Compliance
  (Semester 6 / 42 hours)
• MGMT 2012 - Introduction to Project Management
  (Semester 6 / 42 hours)
• Select 2 courses from the available list during registration. Contact the program co-ordinator for further details.
  (Semester 6 / 84 hours)
• COOP 1008 - Business Work Term 1 (Fall intake - occurs after Semester 2, Winter intake - occurs after Semester 3)
  (560 hours)
• COOP 2027 - Business Human Resources Work Term 2 (Fall intake - occurs after Semester 3, Winter intake - occurs immediately after Work Term 1)
  (560 hours)
• COOP 3018 - Business Human Resources Work Term 3
  (560 hours)

Communications courses

• Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
  (Semester 1)
• Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
  (Semester 2)
• Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
  (Semester 4)

General education courses

• Select 2 courses from the general education list during registration.s
  (Semester 3)
• Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
  (Semester 4)
• Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
  (Semester 5)
• Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
  (Semester 6)