Business: Human Resource Administration (AA) Business Total Units: 27.5

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.

Associate Degree Requirements:

The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:

For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter, a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis, is required for each course applied toward the major.

Description:

Within every organization, at least one employee is responsible for the Human Resources activities. The Human Resource Administration 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 to 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.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. Interpret and apply employment laws in a variety of complex human resource situations;
  2. Demonstrate competency in specific human resource administrative responsibilities in the areas of hiring, salary administration, benefits administration, and records administration;
  3. Apply necessary skills required for managing the complex human interactions and communications that take place in organizations; and
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the strategic role of human resource management in a modern organizational setting; and
  5. Demonstrate the technical skills needed in the human resources field.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Business: Human Resource Administration program are:

  • Complete 27.5 units from
    • Business: Human Resource Administration Requirements
    • Information Learning Resources Requirement

Business: Human Resource Administration Requirements - complete 26.50 units
BAD 52Human Relations in Organizations3.00
BMG 53Oral Communication in Organizations3.00
HR 60Human Resource Management3.00
HR 61Human Resource Employment Law1.50
HR 62Human Resource Records1.00
HR 63Human Resource Hiring Process1.00
HR 64Human Resource Compensation Administration1.00
HR 65Human Resource Benefits Administration1.50
HR 66Human Resource Administration Current Applications1.00
CS 61.1AMicrosoft Excel, Part 11.50
CS 61.1BMicrosoft Excel, Part 21.50
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
BAD 1Financial Accounting4.00
BBK 50Computerized Bookkeeping and Accounting 13.00
BBK 52.1Payroll Record Keeping and Reporting3.00
BGN 112Marketing Your Skills1.50
BMG 55Fundamentals of Financial Analysis3.00
PSYC 34The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination3.00
WEE 99IInternship Work Experience Education0.50-8.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 4.50 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
BGN 71Business English Grammar3.00
BGN 100Professional Business Writing1.50
BMG 52Business Communication3.00
ENGL 1ACollege Composition4.00
 
Information Learning Resources Requirement - complete 1.00 units
LIR 10Introduction to Information Literacy1.00

Program Requirements Notes:

HR 66 must be the final course taken in the sequence for this program.

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.

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.

Notes:

HR 60 is the orientation course for this program.

Contact
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(707) 527-4435
pphipps@santarosa.edu