M.S. in Human Resource Development

Become a Leader of Learning:  Learn the Latest Techniques and Technologies for Improving Employee Performance

The online Master’s in Human Resource Development program prepares graduates to become strategic partners to CEOs – or CEOs themselves. Using current research, best practices, software applications and database management systems, you will learn how to promote maximum employee performance in any organization.

The Master of Science in Human Resource Development program is ideal for training and development professionals, career changers, managers and executives who want to better develop their employees, and anyone involved in assessing and responding to the development needs of employees and their organization.

Students choose one of the following areas of concentration: 

• Human Resource Development in Business Settings
  Take four courses from the online MBA curriculum.

• Human Resource Development in Educational Settings
  Take four courses from the online graduate education curriculum.

• Human Resource Development in Global Settings
  Take four courses from the online graduate global and international education curriculum.

Co-op Experience

The Online Master’s in Human Resource Development is unique in that it includes an experiential component. Students are required to participate in a 20-week, part-time co-op that provides hands-on experience in the field of human resource development. Students work closely with Drexel's Steinbright Career Development Center to identify co-op opportunities.

Ideal Candidates for the Master’s in Human Resource Development

• Training and development professionals in various types of organizations, including colleges and schools, corporations, government agencies, health care, the military, and non-profit organizations.
• Faculty and deans of corporate universities who want formal training in HRD.
• Managers who want to learn more about how they can use new learning technologies to develop their employees.
• Public school teachers with interest in renewing and advancing their knowledge of learning theory and technology.
• Management consultants in human resources or other fields.
• Career changers who want to move into a field with huge impact on helping people succeed.

Key Program Features and Benefits

• Flexible – You can choose to concentrate your study in one of three settings:  business, educational or global and international.
• Innovative – The program's unique curriculum is practice-oriented and research-based, providing you with the benefits of both.
• Quality – You are exposed to the latest learning technologies by faculty who are current practitioners in the field. So you discover not only what has worked, but also what is currently working in human resource development.
• Accredited – By the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
• Convenient – You enjoy 24/7 access to all classes and materials.
   

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