The MBA/HRM program is designed to meet the needs of a broad but unique population - the working adult manager or supervisor who could benefit from a graduate business education. Because the tools of the human resources management science are applicable to the problems of the public sector as well as the private sector, students whose career interests involve not-for-profit enterprise are also encouraged to seek admission. The MBA/HRM program requires a practical background in business, and the successful candidate will have a least three years of relevant experience.

The various components of the program-curriculum, learning resources, and faculty- have been selected to produce specified outcomes. These outcomes, while reflecting contemporary academic practice, also focus on the functional competencies required of working manager. Thus, the MBA/HRM program emphasizes the identification, analysis, and solution of complex human resources management problems that require technical understanding and blackened decision making. Although a functional knowledge of managerial economics, accounting, finance, quantitative analysis, and human resources management underlies the program, equal attention is given to the development of report writing, oral reporting, and group processing skills.

Students develop additional expertise in the solution of persistent human resources management problems through the completion of a research project, which relates the student's professional interests or responsibilities of the goal of improved human resources managerial functioning. The research project on human resources management, therefore, serves not only to provide a vehicle for the application of theory to practice, but also serves to demonstrate that the MBA/HRM candidate can perform in a variety of sophisticated management roles with the confidence and self-discipline expected of the MBA/HRM program graduate.