| INTRODUCTION
Human resource managers help organizations achieve their goals by:
- establishing and maintaining employee recruitment systems;
- ensuring employees' career growth and personal dignity in the workplace;
- hiring and firing employees when necessary; and
- ensuring that their employers are in compliance with state and federal laws.
Sounds kind of boring, but human resources (HR for short) is anything but boring. It is usually
one of the more exciting jobs in a business. Human resource managers do many essential things:
- they recruit, hire, and train new workers;
- they often determine wage levels paid to employees;
- they are often in charge of worker safety;
- they ensure compliance with equal employment opportunity laws; and,
- many personnel workers deal with labor relations problems.
The Human Resource Option at SDSU is for sociology majors who want to link employers with their
employees. Our program provides students with the basic principles and skills of human
resources and provides employers with competent, professional workers.
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DEMAND FOR
HUMAN SERVICE PERSONNEL
Recent social developments have
increased the need for individuals with skills in human relations.
Among these are:
- increased complexity in
employer-employee relations;
- improved education level of the
work force;
- demands for more humane treatment
of employees;
- greater complexity in government
regulations;
- greater competition for employees.
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OCCUPATIONAL
TITLES
Human resource personnel are usually
generalists in small organizations. In large bureaucratic
organizations they may specialize in any of the following:
- employee counselor
- wage administer
- personnel recruiter
- EEO compliance officer
- human resource specialist
- job analyst
- employee opinion analyst
- safety director
- training director
- organization development specialist
- personnel research manager
- benefits & services manager
- labor relations specialist
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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS & THEIR ANSWERS
- What should I do to test my
interest in this area?
You can test your interest in
personnel management by taking Sociology of Work (SOC 353),
which is an overview of the field of human resource management. You
will also gain insight into the field by attending meetings of the
Human Resources Club.
- Are their any minors that would
compliment this option?
Most students in this option minor
in economics or business administration, but some students have
minored in political science and psychology. The selection of a
minor often depends on one's interests.
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REQUIRED
COURSES & ELECTIVES
Over and beyond the university and
college requirements, the required and elective courses in this option
are:
- SOC 100--Introduction to Sociology
- SOC 307--Research Methods I
- SOC 308--Research Methods II
- SOC 353--Sociology of Work
- SOC 403--Social Theory
- SOC 453--Industrial Sociology
- ACTG 210--Principles of Accounting
I
- three credits with a BUS, ADM, or
ECON prefix
- eight credits outside sociology
(see lists of elective courses below)
- SOC 494--Internship in Sociology
(8-12 credit hours)
- fourteen credit hours in sociology or
anthropology
ELECTIVE COURSES
Students must take 8 credit hours from
the following lists.
Political Science: POLS
210--State & Local Government; POLS 320--Public Administration; POLS
454--International Law and Organization
Pyschology: PSYC
331--Industrial and Organizational Psychology; PSYC 477--Psychology
Testing and Measurement
Speech: SpCm 215--Public
Speaking
Business Administration and
Economics: BADM 310--Business Finance; BADM 350--Legal Environment
of Business; BADM--Business Law; BADM 360--Business Management; ECON
101--Global Economics; ECON 201--Principles of Microeconomics; ECON
370--Marketing; ECON 466--Public Finance; ECON 467--Labor Law and
Economics; ECON 431/531--Managerial Economics; ECON 450/550--Industrial
Organization
English: ENG 379--Technical
Communications
Computer Science: CSC
105--Introduction to Computers; CSC 205--Advanced Microcomputer
Applications; CSC 325--Management Information Systems
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FOR MORE
INFORMATION
Contact Donna Hess for more
information about the Human Resources Option:
donald.arwood@sdstate.edu.
The department's internship coordinator is Patricia Joffer; e-mail her at this address:
patricia_joffer@sdstate.edu.
To learn more about internships
click
here.
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