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| Business: Human Resources Certificate |
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Total Units: 26.5 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
Description:
Within every organization, at least one employee is responsible for the Human Resources activities. The Human Resource Administration Certificate of Achievement program of study provides students with the opportunity to gain skills that can be applied to any organization. These involve compliance with employment law when maintaining personnel files, tracking employee leaves, administering employee benefits, administering and regulating salaries, and maintaining payroll. Students learn how to handle confidential information and sensitive situations.
Program Goal
The goal of the program is provide students with a rigorous preparation for a career in Human Resources, with entry at the technical or administrative level of the human resources profession, with skills for promotional or job enrichment opportunities at the management level of the profession.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Interpret and apply employment laws in a variety of complex human resource situations;
- Demonstrate competency in specific human resource administrative responsibilities in the areas of hiring, salary administration, benefits administration, and records administration;
- Apply necessary skills required for managing the complex human interactions and communications that take place in organizations; and
- Demonstrate an understanding of the strategic role of human resource management in a modern organizational setting; and
- Demonstrate the technical skills needed in the human resources field.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Business: Human Resources Certificate program are:
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Complete 26.5 units from
- Business: Human Resource Administration Requirements
| Business: Human Resource Administration Requirements - complete 26.50 units |
| BAD 52 | Human Relations in Organizations | 3.00 |
| BMG 53 | Oral Communication in Organizations | 3.00 |
| HR 60 | Human Resource Management | 3.00 |
| HR 61 | Human Resource Employment Law | 1.50 |
| HR 62 | Human Resource Records | 1.00 |
| HR 63 | Human Resource Hiring Process | 1.00 |
| HR 64 | Human Resource Compensation Administration | 1.00 |
| HR 65 | Human Resource Benefits Administration | 1.50 |
| HR 66 | Human Resource Administration Current Applications | 1.00 |
| CS 61.1A | Microsoft Excel, Part 1 | 1.50 |
| CS 61.1B | Microsoft Excel, Part 2 | 1.50 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| BAD 1 | Financial Accounting | 4.00 |
| BBK 50 | Computerized Bookkeeping and Accounting 1 | 3.00 |
| BBK 52.1 | Payroll Record Keeping and Reporting | 3.00 |
| BGN 112 | Marketing Your Skills | 1.50 |
| BMG 55 | Fundamentals of Financial Analysis | 3.00 |
| PSYC 34 | The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination | 3.00 |
| WEE 99I | Internship Work Experience Education | 0.50-8.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 4.50 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| BGN 71 | Business English Grammar | 3.00 |
| BGN 100 | Professional Business Writing | 1.50 |
| BMG 52 | Business Communication | 3.00 |
| ENGL 1A | College Composition | 4.00 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
Program Requirements Notes:
HR 66 must be the final course taken in the sequence for this program.
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Course Prerequisites and Advisories:
Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories;
that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course.
Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers
in the Program Requirements section.
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It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.
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Notes:
HR 60 is the orientation course for this program.
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