Master's in Human Resource (HR) Management Online

Turn your passion into a role that empowers people to reach their full potential.

• 100% online course delivery
• 36 credit hours
• Complete your master's in as few as two years
• Flexible, work on your own schedule format

Take your career to the next level and become a strategic partner within any organization when you graduate with a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. In this program, you'll learn how to help your organization's leadership and talent navigate changes big and small.

As a graduate of this program, you'll be a versatile HR professional ready to lead the heart of a company. You'll gain an understanding of rewards systems, conflict management, and goal assessments as they relate to a company's planning, execution, and successful completion of objectives. You'll also have the confidence to train management-level staff in budgeting, communication, strategy, and ethics.

Program Highlights

• SHRM-Aligned Curriculum: As a thought leader in the human resource world, coursework aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management ensures you're learning the most up-to-date information when it comes to your degree. You can be confident that what you're learning will apply to today's human resource needs.
• PHR/SPHR Certification Preparation: You'll learn the appropriate knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to prepare for the Professional in Human Resources and Senior Professional in Human Resources certification exams—both great certifications to solidify your credibility as a human resource leader.
• Expert Faculty: By connecting you to experts in the field, you'll learn what it takes to make a positive impact within organizations, and society as a whole. You'll study in a supportive, transformative environment where you'll get to know other's leadership styles; but more importantly, you'll reveal your own leadership style.

Program Outcomes

• Analyze the role of human resources in supporting an organizational strategy
• Develop interdepartmental relationships to further strategic leadership goals
• Evaluate human resource programs in key functional areas
• Create systems for talent management in partnership with organizational leaders
• Collect and interpret data for organizational assessment
• Model and teach effective, cross-cultural competence
• Demonstrate critical-thinking skills
• Incorporate ethical and legal perspectives into all human resource activities

Read full details about the Master's in Human Resource Management in our program outcomes page.

Coursework – Think strategically, help people

The coursework for the human resource management master's program allows you to enhance your breadth and depth of knowledge while also specializing in areas of interest such as payroll, counseling, and more. Saint Mary's SHRM-aligned curriculum has a management focus, giving you the tools to lead teams in any environment.

Preview just a few of the courses in the online master's degree program in human resource management:

Career Outlook – Step up your career game

Saint Mary's online master's degree program in human resource management can help you take your passion to the next level. As a strategic organizational thinker, you can facilitate greater success within your company by being the link between management and employees. You'll empower colleagues to use their full potential while you pursue your own in one of a myriad of career options:

• Human resource manager
• Compensation and benefits manager
• Labor relations manager
• HR practice leader
• Chief learning officer
• Human resource director

See more detailed information on our MAHRM career outlook page.

Opportunity in Your Hands

Every student enrolled in the online Master of Arts in Human Resource Management program at Saint Mary's receives an iPad^® that makes it possible to access your coursework wherever WiFi is available. See how your new iPad can help you learn.