Master of Science in Human Resources with Concentration in Talent Management

at University of New Haven USA

Have a passion for sports? Unite your love for the game with a pioneering, business-focused sports management program – the first to be licensed and accredited by the state of Connecticut – and among the first in North America to be accredited by the Sports Management Program Review Council (SMPRC).

As a University of New Haven sport management major, you will combine your study off the field with hands-on experience and business training in all facets of modern sports.

The program will help you accomplish several goals, including:

• Gaining the business training you need to contribute your knowledge, creativity and strategic leadership to the industry
• Learning in an AACSB-accredited and SMPRC-endorsed program that increases your chances of earning a higher, more competitive salary after graduation
• Preparing detailed marketing plans, sponsorship proposals, and event plans
• Conducting market research for a sports organization
• Benefiting from mentoring, internship, and job shadowing programs that connect students with sports industry professionals
• Taking advantage of guest speakers, facility tours, and volunteer opportunities that bring the real world to the learning experience

As an English major at the University of New Haven, you’ll study contemporary fiction and poetry while you explore public speaking and writing for business. You’ll develop and hone an exceptional writing ability, develop critical thinking skills, and learn to communicate with clarity and strength through the written and spoken word.

Yes, you’ll study Shakespeare. But you’ll also gain the real-world skills that will make you a sought-after employee in virtually any field by:

• Choosing from a concentration in Literature, Writing or both
• Gaining a broad disciplinary background and training in the field
• Studying American humor, creative writing, film, African-American literature, the Victorian novel, popular American culture and more
• Having the chance to qualify for the Honors program, which enables you to be part of a very exclusive community of learners
• Gaining real-world experience through an internship
• Having the chance to join the Words Rhyming Into True Expression (WRITE) Poetry Club or the international honor society Sigma Tau Delta
• Getting individual attention from instructors thanks to small class sizes

To produce graduates who are competent, caring Registered Dietitian Nutritionists who remain active in the practice, by providing innovative, inter-professional, student centered education with a focus on experiential education, and with an emphasis on lifelong learning.

The Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences program provides a curriculum and supervised experiences that are designed to fulfill required competencies established by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics under the Future Education Model (FEM) accreditation. Successful completion of the program results in a Verification Statement from the Program Director authorizing eligibility to sit for the national registration exam administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Successful passage of this exam confers the title Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).

As a criminal justice major at the University of New Haven, you’ll join one of the nation’s most established and diversified criminal justice programs. It’s a program that allows you to customize a major that fuses your interests with pragmatic, sought-after learning opportunities that will lead you to a successful and fulfilling career in this challenging and rewarding field.

You will gain an acute understanding of crime-solving and public safety issues as you learn to not only navigate the intricate fields of criminal justice but also shape the future of our justice system.

As a criminal justice major at the University of New Haven, you’ll join one of the nation’s most established and diversified criminal justice programs. It’s a program that allows you to customize a major that fuses your interests with pragmatic, sought-after learning opportunities that will lead you to a successful and fulfilling career in this challenging and rewarding field.

Program Outcomes:

• Analyze a substantial body of literature related to police, corrections, or courts.
• Communicate criminal justice concepts orally and in writing.
• Evaluate and moral issues in a professional/disciplinary setting.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of theory, methods, and empirical findings related to issues of police, correction, and courts.

Fighting fires requires knowledge, strategy, expert technique, calm under pressure, and courage.

As a fire science major at the University of New Haven, you will be joining one of the largest, most comprehensive fire science programs in the country. You will learn the science of what gives a fire life, what keeps it burning, and the techniques and tactics to put it out. You will learn to battle blazes, lead teams, and prevent fires from starting in the first place. And, you’ll focus your career path by choosing one of two concentrations:

• Fire Administration: Learn fire department best practices and department command structure as you develop the skills needed to become a leader.
• Fire/Arson Investigation: Prepare for a career in fire investigation, arson/fraud detection, and code enforcement as you earn a minor in criminal justice.

Our facilities are state of the art. Your practical experience in them will include:

• Becoming familiar with modern fire-detection software and alarm panels
• Studying in the state-of-the-art fire/arson investigation lab, where live fires are produced for investigation
• Experimenting with flash and fire points in the fire dynamics lab
• Learning about and experiencing the systems and sprinkler heads used throughout the industry

Homeland security and emergency management focuses on protecting the country and responding to – and recovering from – man-made and natural disasters. Our program is extraordinarily unique because it combines two important areas of study into one. This model is what employers are looking for.

We are cross-training students to provide you with a well-rounded picture of what is going on in the world today. We'll instill in you the skills to respond appropriately to these challenges and the ability to navigate complex issues. You can choose to focus your degree in either homeland security or emergency management, or complete both tracks.

In the homeland security track, you'll prepare for careers at the federal, state, or local level by:

• Exploring complex issues of immigration and border security
• Becoming knowledgeable about potential threats to the nation's critical infrastructure
• Studying transportation security and weapons of mass destruction
• Learning to respond to threats of terrorism

In the emergency management track, you will learn to manage and coordinate the multi-agency response to and recovery from man-made and natural disasters by:

• Mastering the tools and methods involved in emergency management
• Learning the principles of fire science technology
• Exploring concepts in hazard risk management, hazard mapping, and modeling

The Master of Science in Human Resources is designed to prepare professionals to advance their careers in the field of human resources. The program emphasizes the strategic role that human resources plays in the achievement of a firm’s competitive strategy, while providing students with the knowledge and skills needed to be effective human resource leaders. Specific focus will be on the emerging set of human resource competencies and skills needed to navigate the evolving human resources field including globalization, diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and strategic leadership.

Students will examine each of the major human resources functional areas including recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, change management, and learning and development. Students will also learn about key human resource processes, human resource analytics, and the set of skills needed to be a strategic business partner with an organization’s business lines and other enabling functions.

This program requires 36 graduate credits: 21 credits from core courses, 12 credits from one of three concentrations, and 3 credits from a restricted elective.

Program Outcomes: 

By the end of the program students will be able to: 

• Exhibit sophisticated knowledge of HR/business management practices that lead to professional HR career-related success.
• Employ strategic thinking necessary to be an effective business partner.
• Demonstrate reasoning leading to ethical, legal and socially responsible decision-making.
• Demonstrate compelling oral and written communication capabilities.
• (For the Talent Management Concentration)
• Create plans to recruit, hire, train, retain, and motivate a diverse and global workforce.
• (For the Organizational Leadership Concentration)
• Demonstrate interaction skills in working effectively with others and change management skills in such a way as to be influential in a leadership capacity.
• (For the Employee Relations Concentration)
• Effectively utilize and apply conflict intervention and negotiation strategies in the management and resolution of workplace disputes.

Through this interdisciplinary major, you’ll take courses in political science, economics, national security, legal studies, and history, studying conflict, development, and diplomacy. You will examine the resolutions of international conflicts, the role of inequality as a cause of conflict – and a critical component of its resolution – and explore post-conflict peace-making. You’ll do all this while learning from professors who have extensive international experience.

As an International Affairs major, you will also:

• Explore post-conflict reconstruction, foreign policy, and the international political economy
• Focus your studies on regions of rapid social change and economic development
• Study the necessity of sustainable socio-political systems
• Participate in high-impact activities such as the University’s award-winning Model United Nations team
• Develop communication, leadership, and organization skills and resiliency
• Pursue the federal government’s benchmark foreign language competency exam (ACTFL)

Governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and change agents – at the local, state, and national and international level – powerfully impact our lives.

As a political science major at the University of New Haven, you will develop an understanding of our complex political system and its players, and explore how and where you can make an impact.

You will have the opportunity to conduct data-driven projects with well-respected researchers, learn the craft of politics from real policymakers, become a part of the University’s award-winning Model United Nations team, explore the world through our study abroad programs to France, Japan, Germany, and England, and pursue a variety of internships in Washington, D.C., Hartford, and the New Haven area.

Studying political science can open up a wide range of job opportunities in government, business, the nonprofit sector, the legal system, and entrepreneurial occupations. The reason? The quality high-impact learning experiences our program provides will develop and sharpen your leadership, data analysis, writing, public speaking, intercultural competence, critical thinking, and networking skills.

You’ll also:

• Study American government and politics at local, state and federal levels

• Learn how to create and analyze policies in real-world settings
• Be a part of a real-world election exit polling project in which you learn project design, survey data analysis, and present recommendations to the Mayor of West Haven
• Develop critical thinking skills in logic, writing, and analysis
• Use current events as a lens to study history and foreign policy
• Study complex, often-controversial political issues such as immigration, nationalism, climate change, and terrorism
• Compare the political systems of other countries to the United States
• Learn the impact the United Nations has on international relations and conflict resolution
• Examine U.S. foreign policy, public interest groups, judicial behavior, and international law
• Explore the complex relationship between the President and the media

As an English major at the University of New Haven, you’ll study contemporary fiction and poetry while you explore public speaking and writing for business. You’ll develop and hone an exceptional writing ability, develop critical thinking skills, and learn to communicate with clarity and strength through the written and spoken word.

Thirty credits in English beyond the first year writing courses are required for a major in English.  Students completing a B.A. in English must complete the English Core, and the requirements for one of the concentrations in English (concentration in literature or concentration in writing).  In addition, they must complete 40 credits of the University Core Curriculum with the following restrictions:

• ENGL courses cannot be used to satisfy CC 8 or CC 9
• A student can take no more than one ENGL course in Tier 2 of CC 1