Undergraduate Courses

  • HRD 100. Human Resource Development Leadership Laboratory. 1 credit, repeatable up to 8 credits.
    • HRD 100 provides students with the opportunity to lead and follow in an observed setting and receive constant feedback and mentoring on their demonstrated leadership skills. Students learn through leading as well as through a critical reflection, inquiry, dialogue, and group interaction. Everyone is responsible for contributing to the learning process and appreciation for the dynamics of leadership in physically and mentally challenging environments, both indoors and out. Students operate in teams formed and reorganized on a continuous basis, surrounded by peers at several levels of leadership experience and training. Collaborative learning is enhanced when students apply what they learn in class by describing relevant lessons learned through experiences outside the classroom.
  • HRD 101. Introduction to Leadership. 1 credit.
    • An introduction to: various leadership styles and their effect on organizations; insight into the leader’s roles and responsibilities within the context of the organization; character and values based leadership; basic leadership actions; the importance of self improvement in the areas of time management, health and fitness, goal setting, academic accomplishment and communications; group dynamics, and the development of interpersonal skills.
  • HRD 145. Leadership in a Diverse World. 3 credits.
    • This course promotes a conceptual understanding of leading, leadership and change, while encouraging practical application. Students sharpen their critical thinking skills by evaluating and analyzing leadership case studies, conducting research into leadership in a diverse world appropriate to their context and focus, engaging in critical examination of leadership in everyday settings, and exploring leading, leadership, and change from multiple perspectives. Students examine themselves as leaders, including style, assumptions, models, context and themes.
  • HRD 201. Leadership Styles – Theory and Application. 2 credits.
    • HRD 201 explores the dimensions of creative and innovative leadership strategies and styles by examining team dynamics and historical leadership theories. Students practice aspects of personal motivation and team building in the context of planning executing and assessing team exercises and participating in leadership skills labs. Focus is on continued development of the knowledge of leadership values and attributes through an understanding of institutional structures, duties and responsibilities of organizational/institutional leaders, and leadership in small organizations. Case studies provide tangible context for learning leadership skills, values, actions and attributes as they apply to a contemporary setting.
  • HRD 202. Developing Leader Skills. 2 credits.
    • HRD 202 examines the challenges of leading teams in a complex contemporary operating environment. This course highlights dimensions of leadership actions as well as developing an understanding of the process to develop plans and orders for others to execute. Continued study of the theoretical basis of the leadership framework explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership in the context of historical settings.

      HRD 202 is intended to provide a smooth transition into upper division leadership courses. Students develop greater self awareness as they assess their own leadership styles and practice communication and team building skills. Case studies give insight into the importance and practice of teamwork and techniques in real-world scenarios.

  • HRD 240. Introduction to Human Resource Development. 3 credits.
    • Description: An introduction to the role and scope of human resource development with particular emphasis on required competencies for HRD professionals. Critical moral and ethical issues are introduced.
  • HRD 245. Leadership in Organizational Settings. 3 credits.
    • Description: An examination of the principles of leadership and their application to group settings. Emphasis will be placed on the critical appraisal of the facets of leadership through the use of cases and readings.
  • HRD 370. Occupational Analysis and Assessment in Human Resource Development. 3 credits.
    • Description: This course is designed to provide the basic skill level for students in the area of occupational analysis and subsequent assessment. Particular emphasis is placed on actual analysis and assessment situations with application to program and curricular design. Prerequisites: HRD 240 & 245
  • EDUC 370. Instructional Technology. 3 credits
    • Description: Principles and procedures of a teaching/learning process designed to provide reliable, effective instruction to learners through systematic application of instructional technology. Includes selecting, producing, evaluating and utilizing nonprint media and equipment for application to instructional process. Prerequisite: HRD 240
  • HRD 475. Seminar in Leadership. 3 credits.
    • Description: Designed to provide senior-level students with the opportunity to face some of the dilemmas of leadership. Students will be encouraged to critically examine leaders and organizations to draw from real events the ambiguities of leadership. Course will involve extensive reading, case work and a range of guest speakers. Prerequisite: HRD 240 & 245
  • HRD 480. Learning in Adulthood. 3 credits.
    • Description: A study of the learning processes of the adult learner with an emphasis on adaptations of the instructional process to accommodate the differences inherent in the adult learning environment. Practical applications to actual adult learning situations are included. Prerequisites: HRD 240 & 245
  • HRD 485. Development of Materials and Programs. 3 credits.
    • Description: Designed to provide students with the basic skills necessary to design and develop skill-based training programs and courses. Emphasis will be placed on the actual design and development of training materials. Prerequisites: HRD 240, 245, & 370 Co requisites: HRD 475, 480
  • HRD 400. Occupational Internship. 3 credits.
    • Description: A structured occupational internship experience designed to provide students with the opportunity to observe within an actual occupational setting the role and scope of human resource development efforts. Minimum 400-hour experience approved by the program coordinator.
  • HRD 490. Special Study in Human Resource Development. 3 credits.
    • Description: Designed to provide in-depth and up-to-date exposure to the topics/issues pertinent to Human Resource Development and allows students to explore topics of special interest in human resource development. Prerequisite: HRD 240 or permission of the instructor.