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Certificate Program in Human Resource Management
Certificate Contact
Business and Management Department, (408) 861-3860, or e-mail program@ucsc-extension.edu.
Program Overview
Human resource management is a dynamic profession that continues to grow in complexity and stature. The profession's diversity demands both the specialist and generalist perspectives to stay current and succeed.
Take individual courses to expand or update specific skills or pursue the certificate for comprehensive training from the pros that have helped shape this important profession in Silicon Valley. We are HRCI Approved and offer five state-of-the-art curricula to help achieve your career goals:
- HRM Certificate: Our highly regarded generalist training for HR professionals
- Recruiting and Staffing Specialty: The latest in talent acquisition and sourcing practices, tools and strategy
- Leadership Development Specialty: Training, facilitation and instructional design, including content from our renowned Instructional Design and Delivery program
- Employee Relations Specialty: Performance management essentials focused on best practices and real-world application
- HR Business Partner/HR Generalist Specialty: designed to build your business acumen and credibility "on the line" with internal clients
Several courses fulfill MCLE credit requirements.
Audience
- HR managers
- HR consultants
- Recent college graduates
- Career changers from nearly any profession or discipline
Certificate Requirements
- Total of 11 courses
- Eight required courses
- Three elective courses
- Overall GPA of 3.0
- Course work must be completed within three years of declaring candidacy
- Courses completed more than five years prior to date certificate is issued cannot be used to fulfill requirements
- Refer to our Web site, www.ucsc-extension.edu/gpa, for our calculator
Prerequisites:
None.
Recommended Course Sequence
We recommend that you start with "Human Resource Management, Introduction."
Certificate Application Information
We encourage you to establish candidacy in a certificate program early in your studies. The benefits of declaring candidacy early include notification of updates to the program.Certificate applications can be submitted through our online form or using our PDF form . If you use our PDF form, please submit your application along with the appropriate fee to the address or fax number listed on the application form.
Program Coordinator
NANCY NELSON, B.A., CA-SPHR, is principal of HRProse, LLC, and has more than 20 years of experience managing a variety of corporate HR functions in the telecommunications and high-tech sectors. She most recently served as HR director for Ultra Clean Technology. Ms. Nelson is past adjunct faculty in the CSU Hayward School of Business and has facilitated the Northern California Human Resource Association SHRM certification prep course. She is active in HR organizations and is a certified mediator for . She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the Human Resources Certification Institute.
HR Certification Institution Provider Approved
HR Certification Institute, the national certification board for HR professionals, has certified our HRM program as an Approved Provider. All our HRM courses now qualify for recertification credit hours, based on HRCI standards.
For more information, please refer to the HR Certification Institute at hrci.org.
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
