Master of Science in Human Resources and Organization Development
Major: HREDegree 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 617 | Evidence Based Research in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 616 | HROD Integrative Capstone OR | 3-6 |
| ELFH 699 | Thesis (requires 36 hours total) | 3 |
| ELFH 605 | Leadership in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 614 | Program and Organization Evaluation | 3 |
| ELFH 661 | Adult and Organizational Learning | 3 |
| ELFH 662 | Organizational Analysis | 3 |
| Concentration: Health Professions Education (12 hours) | ||
| ELFH 671 | Performance Improvement | 3 |
| ELFH 672 | Instructional Design and Development | 3 |
| ELFH 673 | E-Learning Design and Development | 3 |
| ELFH 675 | Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education | 3 |
| Elective (3 hours) | ||
| ELFH 684 | Organizational Change and Consulting | 3 |
| ELFH 612 | Talent Acquisition and Management | 3 |
| Minimum total 33-36 hours | ||
- 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.
- 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 617 | Evidence Based Research in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 616 | HROD Integrative Capstone OR | 3-6 |
| ELFH 699 | Thesis (requires 36 hours total) | 3 |
| ELFH 605 | Leadership in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 614 | Program and Organization Evaluation | 3 |
| ELFH 661 | Adult and Organizational Learning | 3 |
| ELFH 662 | Organizational Analysis | 3 |
| Concentration (15 hours) | ||
| ELFH 611 | Strategic Human Resources | 3 |
| ELFH 612 | Talent Acquisition and Management | 3 |
| ELFH 631 | Performance Management and Rewards | 3 |
| ELFH 664 | Organizational Change and Consulting | 3 |
| ELFH 671 | Performance 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 617 | Evidence Based Research in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 616 | HROD Integrative Capstone OR | 3-6 |
| ELFH 699 | Thesis (requires 36 hours total) | 3 |
| ELFH 605 | Leadership in HROD | 3 |
| ELFH 614 | Program and Organization Evaluation | 3 |
| ELFH 661 | Adult and Organizational Learning | 3 |
| ELFH 662 | Organizational Analysis | 3 |
| Concentration (12 hours) | ||
| ELFH 611 | Strategic Human Resources | 3 |
| ELFH 664 | Organizational Change and Consulting | 3 |
| ELFH 671 | Performance Improvement | 3 |
| ELFH 672 | Instructional Design and Development | 3 |
| Elective (3 hours) | ||
| ELFH 641 | Graduate Seminar | 3 |
| ELFH 663 | Methods of Facilitation | |
| ELFH 673 | E-Learning Design and Development | 3 |
| 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.
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