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Human Resource Management - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

My Advisor is _____________________

Lamar University's Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources involves the recruitment, selection, maintenance and development of human resources by organizations. It includes such diverse functional areas as interviewing, training, compensation and benefits, health and safety and labor relations. You are a natural for human resources careers if you can think on your feet, have excellent public speaking skills, understand the importance of strategy and possess empathy for your fellow human.

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
BULW 1370
or MISY 1373
Business Environment and Public Policy 
or Introduction to Business Technologies
 3 ______ BULW 1370
or MISY 1373
Business Environment and Public Policy 
or Introduction to Business Technologies
 3 ______
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______ ENGL 1302 Composition II 3 ______
Creative Arts Core 3 ______ POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______
Life and Physical Science 3 ______ COMM 1321 Business and Prof Speech 3 ______
HIST 1301 U.S. History I 1763-1877 3 ______ MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I Macro 3 ______ ACCT 2302 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 ______
ACCT 2301 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ______ ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II Micro 3 ______
POLS 2302 Intro/American Government II 3 ______ BUAL 2305 Business Statistics 3 ______
HIST 1302 U.S. History II Since 1877 3 ______ ENGL 2300
or PHIL 2306
 Ethics and Literature 
or Ethics
 3 ______
Life/Physical Science Core 3 ______ MGMT 3300 Intro to Crit Think/Business Decision Making 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
FINC 3310 Principles of Finance 3 ______ COMM 3340 Interviewing 3 ______
MKTG 3310 Principles of Marketing 3 ______ BULW 3320 Employment Law 3 ______
MGMT 3310 Principles of Org Behavior and Mgmt 3 ______ MGMT 3320 Production Management 3 ______
BULW 3310 Business Law 3 ______ MGMT 3330 Human Resource Management 3 ______
PSYC 2301 General Psychology 3 ______ PSYC 3340 Industrial Psychology 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
MGMT 4320 Advanced Organizational Behavior 3 ______ MGMT 4370 Strategic Analysis 3 ______
MGMT 4330 Compensation Management 3 ______ MGMT 4340 Quality and Productivity Management 3 ______
International Requirement 3 ______ Free Elective 9 ______
MGMT 4350 Issues in Human Resource Management 3 ______
MISY 3310 Principles of MIS 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______