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Master of Science in Human Resources and Organization Development

Major: HRE
Degree Awarded: MS
Unit: GE
Program Webpage: http://louisville.edu/education/degrees/ms-hrod


Program Information

This program educates professionals who lead workplace performance, development, and learning through discovery and critical inquiry.  Students and graduates work in corporations, government agencies, health-care organizations, the military, non-profit organizations, education institutions, and community-based groups.

The program has three concentrations which emphasize various aspects of this field:

  • Health Professions Education - Education, learning, leadership, and organization change for health-care settings.
  • Human Resource Leadership - Strategic and tactical human resource leadership for generalists and specialists.
  • Workplace Learning and Performance - Learning, training, performance improvement, and instructional design in organizational settings.

 



Curriculum


Concentration in Health Professions Education

Program Purpose:  To prepare professionals who lead performance, development, and learning in the health professions through discovery and critical inquiry.

Initial Assessment:

  • Admission to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies
  • GRE Completed
  • Program Competency Self-Assessment
  • Approved by Faculty Committee
Curriculum
Core Courses (18-21 hours)
ELFH 617Evidence Based Research in HROD3
ELFH 616HROD Integrative Capstone OR3-6
ELFH 699Thesis (requires 36 hours total)3
ELFH 605Leadership in HROD3
ELFH 614Program and Organization Evaluation3
ELFH 661Adult and Organizational Learning3
ELFH 662Organizational Analysis3
Concentration: Health Professions Education (12 hours)
ELFH 671Performance Improvement3
ELFH 672Instructional Design and Development3
ELFH 673E-Learning Design and Development3
ELFH 675Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education3
Elective (3 hours) 
ELFH 684Organizational Change and Consulting3
ELFH 612Talent Acquisition and Management3
Minimum total 33-36 hours
 
Midpoint Assessment:  Successful progress on Hallmark Assessment Rubrics, as determined by faculty advisor
 
Exit Assessment:  Competency Self-Assessment/Reflection, Program Portfolio and Integration of Research, Theory, and Practice or Thesis
 
Degree Assessment: 
  • A minimum of 33 hours with an overall grade point average of 3.0, and no more than 2 grades of C.
  • Satisfactory completion of Program Portfolio.
 
Concentration in Human Resource Leadership
 
Program Purpose:  To prepare professionals who lead people, performance, development, and learning through discovery and critical inquiry.
 
Initial Assessment: 
  • Admission to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies
  • GRE completed
  • Program Competency Self-Assessment
  • Approved by Faculty Committee 
Curriculum
Core Courses (18-21 hours)
ELFH 617Evidence Based Research in HROD3
ELFH 616HROD Integrative Capstone OR3-6
ELFH 699Thesis (requires 36 hours total)3
ELFH 605Leadership in HROD3
ELFH 614Program and Organization Evaluation3
ELFH 661Adult and Organizational Learning3
ELFH 662Organizational Analysis3
Concentration (15 hours)
ELFH 611Strategic Human Resources3
ELFH 612Talent Acquisition and Management3
ELFH 631Performance Management and Rewards3
ELFH 664Organizational Change and Consulting                             3
ELFH 671Performance Improvement 
Minimum total 33-36 hours
 

 

Midpoint Assessment:  Successful progress on Hallmark Assessment Rubrics, as determined by faculty advisor

Exit Assessment:  Competency Self-Assessment/Reflection, Program Portfolio and Integration of Research, Theory, and Practice or Thesis.

Degree Assessment: 

  • A minimum of 33 hours with an overall grade point average of 3.0, and no more than 2 grades of C.
  • Satisfactory completion of Program Portfolio.

Concentration in Workplace Learning and Performance

Program Purpose:  To prepare professionals who lead performance, development, and learning through discovery and critical inquiry.

Initial Assessment:

  • Admission to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies
  • GRE Completed
  • Program Competency Self-Assessment
  • Approved by Faculty Committee
Curriculum
Core Courses (18-21 hours)
ELFH 617Evidence Based Research in HROD3
ELFH 616HROD Integrative Capstone OR3-6
ELFH 699Thesis (requires 36 hours total)3
ELFH 605Leadership in HROD3
ELFH 614Program and Organization Evaluation3
ELFH 661Adult and Organizational Learning3
ELFH 662Organizational Analysis3
Concentration (12 hours)
ELFH 611Strategic Human Resources3
ELFH 664Organizational Change and Consulting3
ELFH 671Performance Improvement3
ELFH 672Instructional Design and Development                             3
Elective (3 hours) 
ELFH 641Graduate Seminar3
ELFH 663Methods of Facilitation 
ELFH 673E-Learning Design and Development3
Minimum total 33-36 hours
 

Midpoint Assessment:  Successful completion on Hallmark Assessment Rubrics, as determined by faculty advisor

Exit Assessment:  Competency Self-Assessment/Reflection, Program Portfolio and Integration of Research, Theory, and Practice or Thesis

Degree Assessment:

  • A minimum of 33 hours with an overall grade point average of 3.0, and no more than 2 grades of C.
  • Satisfactory completion of Program Portfolio.


Departmental Faculty


Meera Alagaraja

Assistant Professor

Roger Buskill

Instructor

Bradley Carpenter

Assistant Professor

Namok Choi

Professor

Phyllis Connelly

Assistant Professor

Jason Curry

Instructor

Rod Githens

Assistant Professor

Jacob Gross

Assistant Professor

W. Blake Haselton

Interim Dean, Superintendent in Residence

Ann Herd

Assistant Professor

Amy Hirschy

Assistant Professor

Craig Hochbein

Assistant Professor

John Keedy

Professor

Pradeep Kotamraju

Instructor

Antonette MacDonald

Instructor and Program Manager

Donna Pearson

Associate Professor

Joseph Petrosko

Professor

Bridgette O. Pregliasco

Assistant Professor

Michael Rowland

Assistant Professor

Brad Shuck

Assistant Professor

James Stone

Professor

Molly Sullivan

Assistant Professor

Kirsten Ewart Sundell

Instructor



Contact Information

Human Resources and Organization Development - MS

Rod Githens
(502)852-0618
 

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