The Management of Human Resources program is an accelerated degree completion program designed to adhere to the liberal arts core curriculum required by Faulkner University, yet be flexible enough to provide the adult student with the academic foundation to meet the challenges and problems of business or organization management.
The program will provide students with an understanding of business and organizational structure and functioning, increase effectiveness in communication and interpersonal relationships and identify and describe significant life experiences and lessons learned from these experiences.
Adults enrolled in the program are required to take the following three courses, which are worth a total of nine (9) hours: Management and the Family, Biblical Perspectives and Business Ethics and Values. These courses, by emphasizing Biblical principles and studying Biblical passages, are to provide a sense of professional ethics by enabling professionals to acquire the ability to reach conclusions on a carefully reasoned basis, to act with integrity in the face of social and organizational pressure, to work constructively with others, and to appreciate Christian family life.
Faulkner University’s executive education programs, including the Executive BBA and MHR, are offered primarily as degree completion programs. Students graduating successfully from such programs are eligible to apply for admission to graduate programs in the College of Business of Faulkner University. Certain graduate Business programs offered by Faulkner University might require additional prerequisites.
Because of the diversity in graduate programs (numerous programs across the nation and in various fields within the broad area of business, related to business, or outside of business) and the variety of entrance competencies for entry therein, it is not feasible for the University to undertake to advise students as to whether their programs of study at Faulkner will satisfy the prerequisites of other studies at other universities. Thus, the student contemplating transfer or graduate work at another institution bears the sole responsibility for ensuring that work done at Faulkner will satisfy the program requirements at a different university.
Although the MHR program provides the student with a bachelor’s degree and 48 semester hours of upper-division credit, please note that admission requirements for graduate schools vary extensively. It is possible that some graduate schools may require more than 48 upper division hours for admission.
Students must satisfy the above requirements, pass the courses in the MHR program, maintain a 2.0 grade point average on all work attempted, and pass a Comprehensive Examination in order to receive the Bachelor of Science degree. See the MHR Student Handbook for further discussion concerning the Comprehensive Examination.
Transcripts from all institutions attended are considered in calculation for honors. A Faulkner transcript will show both a Faulkner grade point average (GPA), and an Overall GPA that includes any transfer credit as authorized by the Registrar’s Office. However, the final GPA, which will be considered for honors at graduation, will include all Registrar approved credit from all accredited schools attended (technical and academic) in addition to credit awarded by Faulkner University. Students with an Overall GPA of 3.75 or higher will graduate with honors.
All requirements of the MHR degree must be completed within four (4) years of the initial enrollment to the program. Students who withdraw from the program, prior to re-entry re-enrollment must satisfy the requirements based on the current curriculum/catalog including completion/satisfaction of any core requirement deficiencies.