Advanced Diploma in Business Administration - Human Resources
Online Canada
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 4,650
STUDY FORMAT
Distance learning
Introduction
Specialize in a rewarding and inspiring career in human resources management.
Human Resources Management is one of three majors offered through AC Online that Business Administration students can select. In the second half of the Business Administration Ontario College Advanced Diploma program, you select a major to specialize in. Prior to selecting a major, you develop a strong foundation in various business skills.
The Business Administration - Human Resources Management program prepares you for a meaningful human resources management career.
Learn about various specializations of human resources management, including:
- Human Resources Planning
- Recruitment and Selection
- Compensation and Benefits Design
- Training and Development
- Labor Relations
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Employee and Organizational Research
- Employee Relations
- The procurement, implementation, and maintenance of human resources information systems
- Relevant human resources and organizational management legislation
Should you elect to earn your Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), one of the requirements is nine courses. Each of the nine HRPA-required designation courses is within this major. This program is also approved by the Society of Human Resources Managers (SHRM).
Ideal Students
This major is well-suited for students who:
- Enjoy working with people
- Have an interest in planning and executing business initiatives on a project basis
- Are motivated to lead, advocate, and champion for organizations and employees
- Possess advanced people, communication, teaming, planning, and critical thinking skills
Admissions
Curriculum
Level: 01
- BUS2301: Business Computer Applications
- ECO2305: Microeconomics
- ENL1813: Communications I
- LAW1702: Business Law
- MGT2319: Skills for Academic & Business Success
- QUA0002: Business Mathematics
Level: 02
- ACC2310: Accounting Concepts I
- BUS2303: Database & Advanced Excel Concepts
- ECO2306: Macroeconomics
- ENL1823: Communications II
- MGT2328: Introduction to Management Fundamentals
- QUA0003: Quantitative Methods I
Level: 03
- ACC2313: Accounting Concepts II
- BAI2300: Global Business Environment
- FIN2303: Introduction to Finance
- MGT2320: Material and Operations Management
- MGT2381: Human Resources Management
- MKT2317: Marketing
Level: 04
- ENL1829: The Art of Oratory
- FIN2305: Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
- MGT2359: Laws of the Workplace
- MGT2382: Organizational Behaviour
- MGT2393: Recruitment and Selection
- QUA2343: Quantitative Methods II
Level: 05
- MGT2380: Labour Relations
- MGT2384: Training and Development
- MGT2388: Compensation Management
- MGT2396: Occupational Health and Safety
- English General Education Elective: Choose 1
- ENL1725: Canadian Identity
- ENL1726: Symbols, Text and Meaning
- ENL1798: Contemporary Canadian Issues
- ENL1825: Communication Dynamics
Level: 06
- MGT2325: Leadership
- MGT2391: Human Resources Management Strategic Planning
- MGT2394: Human Resources Research and Information Systems
- MGT2399: Employee Relations
- Electives: 1 with Departmental Approval
- FLD2400: Field Placement
- MGT2398: Human Resources Professional Career Preparation
- General Education Elective: Choose 1
- AST2000: Introduction to Astronomy
- COR1737: Abnormal Psychology
- DSN2100: Design Thinking
- ENL0009: Introduction to Children's Literature
- ENL0010: Science Fiction
- ENV0002: Environmental Citizenship
- ENV5004: Waste-Free Ontario
- FAM1003: Psychology of Learning
- GED0021: Disability in Arts: Portrayals and Identity
- GED0022: Positive Psychology: the Science of Happiness and Well-Being
- GED2200: Free Speech and the Challenge of Social Media
- GED5007: Transatlantic Slavery and Its Abolition
- GED5010: The Fungus Among Us
- GED5301: On Death, Dying and Medical Assistance in Dying (Maid)
- GED7105: Professionalism and Ethics
- GEO0012: Foreign Landscapes and Their Inhabitants
- MGT2346: Introduction to E-Business
- PSI1702: Government of Canada
- PSY0001: Co-Dependency as an Addiction
- PSY0007: Cults and Terrorism
- PSY0010: Criminal Psychology - Psychopathic Minds
- PSY0014: Learning, Thinking and Problem Solving
- PSY1754: Selected Topics in Psychology
- SCI2200: Dynamic Dna: You Are Not Alone
- SSC5012: Racism and Discrimination
- Approved Other Electives
- MGT1000: Approved Course - Other Program Or Major
- MGT1001: Approved Course - Other Program Or Major
Program Outcome
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of employee recruitment, selection, and retention strategies
- Administer and facilitate the performance management program
- Coordinate and support the development, implementation, and evaluation of employee orientation, training, and development programs
- Implement and support effective employee and labor relations strategies in both non-union and union environments
- Administer and communicate the organization`s total compensation plan
- Collaborate with others in the implementation and monitoring of organizational health and safety policies and practices
- Contribute to the identification of information needs and apply current and emerging information technologies to support the human resources function
- Contribute to organizational development strategies aimed at promoting organizational effectiveness
- Present and evaluate communication messages and processes related to the human resources function of the organization
- Develop, implement, and evaluate personal professional development plans to achieve ongoing competence in human resources professional practice
- Identify and communicate the human resources component of the organization`s business plan
- Contribute to the collection, analysis, and utilization of human resources data
- Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment, and environmental stewardship
Career Opportunities
Graduates may find employment in all industry sectors as assistants, coordinators, generalists, managers, or specialists in human resources management planning, recruitment and selection, compensation design and management, training and development, labor relations, health and safety, advising, and managing.
Program delivery
Other Delivery Options
- Part-time Online
- Business Administration - Accounting (Full-time Online)
- Business Administration - Accounting (Part-time Online)
- Business Administration - General Business (Full-time Online)
- Business Administration - General Business (Part-time Online)
- Business Administration (Core) (Full-time Online)
- Business Administration (Core) (Part-time Online)
English Language Requirements
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