Our Curriculum Will
Meet Your Needs
1. All core and guided elective courses are offered online.
2. All courses contain cutting-edge information.
3. You can put what you learn in class immediately into practice.
4. You may choose from a variety of elective courses.
5. All courses are taught by instructors with years of online teaching experience.
6. The most up-to-date technology (WebCaT) is used to deliver the courses to your desktop.
7. You have the opportunity to learn with and from other HR professionals throughout North Carolina.
By completing only 12 courses offered online over the Web, you can earn your M.S. Degree in Human Resources at Western Carolina University.
The curriculum consists of 6 required courses that all students take and 6 elective courses (see below). HR 605, HR 602, & HR 610 are taken at the beginning of the program; HR 683 & HR 698 are usually taken during a student's last semester in the program. Students with more than 5 years of full-time human resources-related work experience may substitute a course for HR 683.
To find out what books are being used for the current semester, please visit the bookstore at books.wcu.edu.
Read course descriptions of our most frequently offered classes and view our 2-year course schedule.This will help you plan a course of study.
Required Core Courses
- HR 602: "Research & Evaluation Methods in Human Resources"
- HR 605: "Orientation To Human Resources"
- HR 610: "Human Resource Development"
- HR 645: "Consultation in Human Resources"
- HR 683: "Field Experience in Human Resources" (see Field Experience FAQ - PDF)
- HR 698: "Seminar in Human Resources"
Popular Electives Course
- HR 615: "Organization Development"
- HR 617: "Organization Performance"
- HR 660: "Career Development/Management Systems"
- HR 666: "Selected Topics: Legal Issues in Human Resources"
- HR 675: "Leadership in Human Resources"
- HR 678: "Guided Projects In E-Learning"
- HR 693: "Selected Topics: Comps & Benefits"
- HR 693: "Selected Topics: Organization Planning & Execution in Human Resources"
*Other course accepted pending approval of student adviser