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2013-2014 University Catalog 
    
2013-2014 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, B.S. - Management and Human Resources Subplan/Option: 180 units


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Offered by: College of Business Administration, Management and Human Resources Department

The MHR Department prepares students to obtain a baccalaureate degree (MHR major) with career emphases in either human resources, entrepreneurship and small business, general management, or not-for-profit management, through engaging them to become effective managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs, helping them develop their personal leadership style and making them more self-aware, and strengthening their performance-management skills of teamwork, communicating, questioning, and community-building. Its fulltime and adjunct faculty members are committed to emulating the teacher-scholar model and learn-by-doing philosophy of Cal Poly Pomona and enriching their classes with their professional experience and research insights.

All department programs are designed to provide maximum flexibility in selecting an area of specialty It is important that students entering Cal Poly Pomona for the first time seek the help of an advisor to ensure that their individual programs are in their own best interest.  Students choose the Management and Human Resources subplan in order to:

  •  give them a practical foundation, informed by theory, in human-resources management, entrepreneurship and small-business management, general management, or not-for-profit management—taught by first-rate faculty.
  •  learn how to manage their own performance by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses and then encouraging them to begin developing an action plan to work toward a career, not just a job, while earning their degree.
  • learn how to effectively work with others—MHR is the only department in the College of Business Administration that emphasizes discussions and activities involving groups in virtually every class. This consistent, prominent feature of our curriculum fosters the AACSB’s goal of improving the skills business students need to work in groups, a phenomenon they are sure to encounter in the workplace.
  • enhance self-efficacy in moving upward in organizations or launching new ventures.
  • acquire or hone skills most in demand by hiring companies—to communicate clearly in writing and oral presentations, ask insightful questions, and be effective leaders and teammates.
  • form and secure industry contacts through a variety of professional venues directly tied to employment opportunities upon graduation.
  • get a job or start a business upon graduation.

For our department, learn by doing is more than a slogan. We require students to engage in projects that get them outside of the classroom in virtually every course we offer in order to learn about business from the inside out. Moreover, we require students to spend a significant time in the field by engaging in internships as part of their degree.  MHR is one of only two departments in the College of Business Administration to require its students to obtain internship credit. Thus, the active learning process that begins in our classes before transitioning to the field enables students to gain industry/practical experience during the program.  This experience smooths the transition to getting a good job upon graduating.

Note(s):


One career-emphasis program selected with approval of advisor. Students who take the Computer Proficiency Skills Test must complete 30 units. See Groups A & B.

Management Emphasis - Group A: 22 units

MHR 313 - First-line Management (4) 
MHR 401 - Career Design (2) 
MHR 450 - Leadership (4) 
MHR 451 - International Comparative Management (4) 
*Choose two courses:
MHR 319 Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations (4) 
MHR 405 - Training and Development (4)   
MHR 406 - Managing Diversity in Organizations (4) 
MHR 421 - Management Union Relations (4) 

Management Emphasis - Group B: 8 units

May include lower and/or upper division business, economics and/or public administration transfer/Cal Poly Pomona courses related to the unique career goals of the student with approval of department advisor.

Human Resources Emphasis - Group A: 22 units

MHR 401 - Career Design (2) 
MHR 405 - Training and Development (4) 
MHR 411 - Human Resources Staffing, Planning, Recruiting and Selection (4) 
MHR 413 - Employee Compensation Plans (4) 
MHR 416 - Employee Benefits and Services (4) 
*Choose one course:
MHR 415 - Human Resource Information Management (4) 
MHR 421 - Management Union Relations (4) 

Human Resources Emphasis - Group B: 8 units

May include lower and/or upper division business, economics and/or public administration transfer/Cal Poly Pomona courses related to the unique career goals of the student with approval of department advisor.

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Emphasis - Group A: 22 units

MHR 321 - Creativity and Entrepreneurship (4) 
MHR 401 - MHR 401 (2) 
MHR 423 - Creating A Business Plan (4) 
MHR 425 - Emergent Ventures (4) 
*Choose two courses:
MHR 319 Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations (4) 
MHR 426 - Social Entrepreneurship (4) 
MHR 427 - Family Business (4) 
BUS 492 - International Communications Consultancy Instruction (4) 

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Emphasis - Group B: 8 units

May include lower and/or upper division business, economics and/or public administration transfer/Cal Poly Pomona courses related to the unique career goals of the student with approval of department advisor.

Not-for-Profit Management Emphasis - Group A: 22 units

MHR 319 - Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations (4) 
MHR 401 - Career Design (2) 
MHR 423 - Creating A Business Plan (4) 
MHR 450 - Leadership (4) 
*Choose two courses:
ACC 426 - Government Accounting (4) 
BUS 492 - International Communications Consultancy Instruction (4) 
EC 410 - Public Finance (4) 
MHR 313 - First-line Management (4) 
MHR 321 - Creativity and Entrepreneurship (4) 
MHR 426 - Social Entrepreneurship (4) 
PLS 315 - Politics of Public Policy (4) 

Not-for-Profit Management Emphasis - Group B: 8 units

May include lower and/or upper division business, economics and/or public administration transfer/Cal Poly Pomona courses related to the unique career goals of the student with approval of department advisor.

Unrestricted Electives: 0-8 units


Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from “Elective Subplan/Option”, “Required Support”, “GE”, and “Unrestricted Electives” is at least 116 units.

Computer Proficiency Requirement


1(see policy statement  in College of Business Administration introductory section).

General Education Requirements: 68 units


Students should consult the catalog website www.csupomona.edu/~academic/catalog/ for current information regarding this requirement. Unless specific courses are stated under Support Courses, see the list of approved courses under General Education Requirements, Areas A through E.

 

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