Human Resource Management courses

About Ms In Strategic Human Resource Management in Sacred Heart University

The Masters in Strategic Human Resource Management program will help you develop the advanced quantitative skills and real-world knowledge it takes to contribute at the highest levels.

Why Earn Your Master's Degree in Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) at Sacred Heart?

Executive leaders rely on highly qualified and effective human resource managers to attract and retain top talent – which means the role of HR leader is evolving into that of a tightly integrated business partner. 

Through the SHRM graduate program, you will:

• Examine and understand the needs of global organizations
• Learn to manage people and processes within rapidly changing business, regulatory, and social landscapes
• Study a range of topics including performance management, talent management, HR analytics, HR law, and diversity and inclusion
• Use metrics and finance to develop critical thinking and creatively tackle diverse challenges
• Complete a capstone/applied research project that allows you to apply your studies to the field
• Benefit from a unique student cohort model, where students are admitted together each fall to create a student support system and future peer network
• Learn from distinguished faculty members with advanced human resource knowledge and experience, as well as senior-level HR executives who serve as guest lecturers
• Have the opportunity to join the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) SHU student chapter and take advantage of SHRM seminars, conferences, and online tools
• Be part of SHU’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology, one of fewer than five percent of elite business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB International
• Study in a program that fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates, one of only 313 programs worldwide that meets the guidelines

• Applicants typically admitted have less than 5 undergraduate failing grades (F’s or backlogs) and a minimum Bachelor’s grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (based on the traditional USA 4.0 scale.

English Language Requirements

• TOEFL iBT: 80
• TOEFL iBT® Home Edition: 80
• TOEFL Essentials: 8.5
• IELTS: 6.5
• PTE: 62

MS Business Analytics, Computer Science, IT, Chemistry, Cybersecurity, Finance & Investment Management and Healthcare Informatics will consider IELTS 6.0, Duolingo 105 or TOEFL Essentials 8.0. 

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