MASTER’S DEGREE IN
HUMAN RESOURCES
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Make a greater impact on your organization
Our M.S. in Human Resources program is an advanced professional learning experience, designed to enable working professionals to rise to the challenge and complex workplace situations in human resources and talent management.
Courses are delivered in a mix of modes: many are in-person classes, some are hybrid (part in-person, part on-line), and some are fully online. Whatever the delivery mode, you will interact and connect with faculty and class peers in challenging and engaged dialogue. This will lead to deeper learning and help you distinguish yourself in the world of HR.
With the advanced knowledge gained through a master’s degree come major benefits: heightened respect for your perspective, a greater impact within the organization, and, of course, a higher salary than with a bachelor’s degree alone.
Maurice “Mo” Cayer, Ph.D.
An accomplished applied psychologist, Dr. Cayer has extensive industry experience improving organizational and human resource effectiveness. He has held leadership positions at Bayer, GE Capital, R.H. Macy & Co., and JC Penney Co. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from New York University.
PROGRAM FEATURES
As an M.S. in Human Resources student, you’ll benefit from career-enhancing features such as:
- Gaining a greater depth of human resources knowledge and skills needed to be an effective leader.
- Focusing on a new set of competencies and skills that are needed today: raising employee engagement, innovation, globalization, diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and strategic leadership.
- Engaging in high-impact practice at the “strategy discussion table,” so that you will become experienced in actively contributing instead of passively observing
- The building of strategic thinking skills required for leadership roles which are essential in achieving the end goals of a firm’s competitive strategy
- Stronger, more compelling oral and written communication skills
CHOOSE FROM 3 CONCENTRATIONS
We offer aspiring leaders enrolling in our program three areas of concentration:
Talent Management
Create plans to recruit, hire, train, retain, and motivate a diverse and global workforce.
Organizational Leadership
Develop advanced interaction skills in working effectively with others as well as the change management skills that will make you an influential leader.
Employee Relations
Use and apply conflict intervention and negotiation strategies in the management and resolution of workplace disputes.
STUDENT SUCCESS STORY
“Getting my graduate degree from the University of New Haven propelled me above my peers in my career field. I developed a solid foundation of business fundamentals, leveraged the professor’s opinions in many career decisions I had to make, and used the HR knowledge I learned at school on the job almost immediately. A great HR professional must have excellent business acumen and HR expertise. The University of New Haven’s AACSB accreditation, combined with the fantastic HR professors they have, enabled me to take long strides in my career.”
LeAndre J. Pearson
’18 Graduate
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