Minor in Human Resource Development
Program Overview
“Human resource development is any process or activity that, either initially or over the long term, has the potential to develop adults’ work-based knowledge, expertise, productivity, and satisfaction, whether for personal or group/team gain, or for the benefit of an organization, community, nation or, ultimately, the whole of humanity (McLean and McLean, 2001, p. 322).
HRD is most commonly associated with training and development efforts in the for-profit sector, but HRD skills can also be applied in community organizations, government agencies, social services, the military, religious organizations, vocational education, or any setting where adults are engaging with workplace related learning. The traditional knowledge bases of this interdisciplinary field include adult learning and teaching, adult development, program planning and evaluation, organizational development, and diversity equity and inclusion.
Program Mission
The HRD program aims to prepare graduate students to teach and lead effectively in a way that provides graduates with tools to:
- Assess educational and related needs
- Design, implement, manage, and evaluate programs and services to effectively address those needs
- Structure participatory programs involving collaboration, development, and ownership of educational ends and means by the learners themselves
- Understand, analyze, and relate pertinent theories to practice.
- Design and conduct practical research aimed at enhancing effectiveness of educational programs
- Model excellence in learning and leadership
Why minor in Human Resource Development?
An undergraduate minor in Human Resource Development can be paired with any number of majors at Texas State University. For example, students with majors related to computer science could pursue an HRD minor to better equip them to do technology related trainings in the workplace. Additionally, students pursuing majors in healthcare administration or business management might pursue a minor in HRD to prepare them to train employees in hospital or business settings.
15 Credit Hours Total From The Areas Outlined Below
Course Number | Required Course (3 Credits) |
|---|---|
| ADED 4322 | Foundations of Human Resource Development |
Directed Electives Category A (6 Credits) | |
| ADED 4343 | Organization Development |
| ADED 4325 | Methods for Teaching Adults |
| ADED 4321 | Introduction to Adult Learning |
| ADED 4330 | Adult Education Program Planning and Management |
| ADED 3344 | Multicultural Perspectives in Adult Education and HRD |
Course Number | Directed Elective B (6 Credits) |
|---|---|
| ADED 33**/43** | Any ADED prefix course at the 3000/4000 level course not used as a required course or as a "Directed Elective A" |
| ADED 4345 | Topics in Teaching Adults |
| ADED 4384 | Internship in Human Resource Development |
| COMM 4336 | Diversity and Inclusion Training |
| COMM 3319 | Introduction to Organizational Communication |
| MGT 4373 | Human Resource Management |
| MGT 4378 | Training and Development |
| PSY 3333 | Industrial Psychology |
| HA 3341 | Project Management and Professional Development in Healthcare |
| Soci 3358 | Work and Society |
| PA 3330 | Public Personnel and Human Resource Administration |
| CTE 3315 | Leadership and Professional Development |
| CTE 3321 | Work-based Learning |