Society for Human Resource Management affirms curriculum for CGU’s MS in Human Resource Management program

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has affirmed that the curriculum for Claremont Graduate University’s Master of Science in Human Resource Management program meets the society’s standards and guidelines for HR education programs.

CGU is 1 of 60 schools in the country and 1 of only 5 schools in California acknowledged by the society for meeting the guidelines for a Master’s of Science in Human Resource Management.

Founded in 1948, SHRM is the world’s largest membership organization devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 275,000 members in over 160 countries, the society is the leading provider of resources to serve the needs of HR professionals and advance the professional practice of the field. SHRM’s standards have been endorsed by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which specializes in accreditation for business and accounting programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level.

As part if its review, SHRM interviewed faculty and assessed the topics, courses, business context, and delivery methods of CGU’s Human Resource Management program to ensure the program is providing students with the skills they need to succeed in HR jobs upon graduation.

In its letter of affirmation, SHRM praised the “quality and thoroughness” of the CGU program and expressed hope that the endorsement would encourage prospective students to “seek more information about becoming a degree candidate at your university.”

Stewart Donaldson, dean of CGU’s School of Social Science, Policy, and Evaluation, thanked SHRM for its thorough review and emphasized his program’s commitment to developing the next generation of HR leaders.

“We prepare our graduates to maximize the management of their organizations’ most important assets — people,” Donaldson said. “In the emerging global economy, these skills are more important than ever.”

Graduates of CGU’s Human Resource Management program understand how business issues, social, regulatory, and technical changes affect HR requirements and costs; design and lead organizational change; apply strategic HR management practices to their organizations; and create attractive organizational cultures that support employee thriving and organizational flourishing.

The evaluation by SHRM concludes a five-month transformation the program. During that time, the program changed names from Master of Science in Human Resource Design to Master of Science in Human Resource Management, and now includes a new concentration in Positive Human Resource Development, which is the first of its kinds in the world.

Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2016 semester.