Program Description and Benefits

18 credits

The (CERT HR) Graduate Human Resources Certificate is designed to enhance your career opportunities and enable you to develop key competencies in:

• Human resources administration
• Legal issues
• Staffing
• Employee and organizational development
• Performance appraisal
• Performance-based compensation
• Employee benefits
• Safety and health
• Employee/Labor relations
• Training
• Automated human resource information systems

Five (5) of the graduate credit courses from this program may be transferred to either the M.S. degree in Adult and Organizational Learning or the M.S. degree in Human Resources. The transfer of courses must occur prior to the completion of the certificate program.

The Graduate Human Resources Certificate enables you to pursue careers in a variety of organizational settings and markets/industries. If you are an experienced practitioner, the certificate will enable you to accelerate your career progression through the various human resources functions.

The Graduate Human Resources Certificate benefits you and your present/ future employer by:

• Providing a broad and comprehensive knowledge base of the human resources subject areas
• Improving the professional status of the human resources functions within a multidisciplinary organization
• Creating an environment and culture that encourages the maximum utilization of an employee’s full potential so as to compete successfully in a global market
• Developing communications programs for improving teamwork, processes and interpersonal relations

Are you interested in finding out more?

Contact

Prof. Christine Westphal, Director
Human Resources, Learning and Performance Programs
Suffolk University
Beacon Hill
Boston, MA 02114
Tel: (617) 994-6455
E-mail: cwestpha@suffolk.edu

OR

Office of Graduate Admission
Tel: 617.573.8302

Certificate Requirements

The Graduate Human Resources Certificate Program is an 18-credit (six-course) program. Each course awards three graduate credits.

The graduate credit courses in this program can be applied to the M.S. in Organizational Learning and Development or the M.S. in Human Resources.

Required Courses

18 credits:

EHS 680 The Human Resources Functions
EHS 681 Training and Development
EHS 682 Human Resources and the Law
EHS 683 Recruitment and Selection
EHS 684 Employee Relations
EHS 685 Compensation Systems and Employee Benefits

Note: If you are enrolled for graduate academic credit and can demonstrate competency in one of the above courses, you may be able to replace one of the required courses with the following:

EHS 665 Human Resources Information Systems OR
EHS 670 Special Topics OR
EHS 686 Contemporary Issues in Human Resources OR
EHS 687 Strategic Human Resources Planning OR
EHS 688 Virtual Human Resources

Admission Requirements

The following is required for admission to the Graduate Human Resources Certificate Program:

• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree from an accredited institution
• Two letters of recommendation, preferably from employers or supervisors
• Completion of the Graduate Application for Admission

Note: No test is required for admission to the Certificate Program.