Stark State College's business management human resources major combines core management principles with specialized HR skills such as talent management, succession planning, diversity awareness, and corporate culture development. It prepares students for entry-level roles in human resources departments with a solid foundation for growth in the HR field.
Major code: 2062 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Management, Marketing, and Culinary Arts Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| MGT223 | Business Decision Making | 4 |
| MGT224 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT232 | International Business | 3 |
| MGT237 | Safety and Health Management | 3 |
| MGT238 | Strategic Staffing | 3 |
| MGT239 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| MKT121 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| ACC130 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| ACC132 | Financial Accounting 1 | 4 |
| ACC133 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS124 | Business Analysis | 3 |
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| College Algebra 2 | ||
| ITD122 | Computer Applications for Professionals | 3 |
| or AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | |
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 64-65 | |
- 1
Student may elect to take ACC121 Introduction to Accounting prior to taking this course.
- 2
MTH124 Statistics or MTH125 College Algebra should only be taken by students planning to transfer to a four-year institution.
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for full-time associate degree students who plan to finish in two years.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| ITD122 or AOT226 |
Computer Applications for Professionals or Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel |
3 |
| BUS124 | Business Analysis | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| College Algebra 2 | ||
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT232 | International Business | 3 |
| ACC132 | Financial Accounting 1 | 4 |
| Hours | 16-17 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| MKT121 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| ACC130 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| ACC133 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| MGT224 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| MGT223 | Business Decision Making | 4 |
| MGT237 | Safety and Health Management | 3 |
| MGT238 | Strategic Staffing | 3 |
| MGT239 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 64-65 | |
Arts & Humanities Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG233 | British Literature: Medieval to 1785 | 3 |
| ENG234 | British Literature: 1785 to Present | 3 |
| ENG235 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG236 | American Literature: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG237 | American Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| ENG240 | Women's Literature | 3 |
| ENG241 | Major Modern Writers | 3 |
| HIS121 | United States History I to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS122 | United States History II from 1877 | 3 |
| PHL122 | Ethics | 3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Describe and analyze patterns of organizational behavior within contemporary organizations and apply management skills, human relations skills and motivational methods to create and maintain a positive work environment.
- Apply appropriate mathematical, statistical and other quantitative and business methods to analyze business situations.
- Demonstrate and apply professionalism, teamwork, and written and oral communications skills.
- Utilize specialized business skills in the areas of marketing, entrepreneurship, business development, operations, economics, as applicable, to understand businesses and how they interact with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
- Formulate goals and strategies to analyze the internal and external environment of business and demonstrate proficiency with developing strategies to identify and solve organizational problems for new and existing businesses.