Human Resources Management
Learn HR Management through the most widely recognized HR professional certificate program in Northern California. The interactive training these programs deliver let participants implement skills at work immediately—whether as a new practitioner or as an experienced professional.
Certificate Programs
The Professional Development Center offers the following Human Resources Management certificate programs, which provide you a wide range of courses that reflect your career needs and individual fields of interest. Take individual courses or entire certificate programs.- Human Resource Generalist
- Human Resource Management Senior Professional
- Human Resource Specialist
Program Designed for:
- HR managers who want to expand their business and employment expertise
- HR professionals who want to specialize or update their skills on a national level
- Anyone whose job includes HR functions
- Those who desire to become SHRM PHR and SPHR certified
Benefits of Program
As you progress in the program, you will learn to:- Create strategic plans for recruitment and retention of top employees.
- Select, recruit and retain the strongest talent for your company.
- Develop On-boarding plans to train employees effectively.
- Develop internally equitable compensation plans.
- Protect yourself and your company through current compliance.
- Build innovative and legally-defensible HR policies and procedures.
Certificate Requirements
- Generalist certificate requires 11.2 CEU's (Continuing Education Units) 4.2 CEU's of core courses, 4.2 CEU's of electives and 2.8 CEU's of specialty electives.
- Senior Professional certificate requires 11.2 CEU's (Continuing Education Units) 4.2 CEU's of core courses, 7.0 CEU's of electives.
- Specialty certificate requires a completed Generalist or Senior Professional certificate plus 5.6 CEUs (Continued Educational Units)
Human Resources Management Course Descriptions and Schedules
NOTE: Our courses can be taken individually or cumulatively towards a certificate. The courses do not need to be taken in any particular order.
How to Get Started
- Review the current course schedule for the next course coming up and complete and submit a registration form. You can do this all on our website.
- Attend the course and continue to the next course through completion.
- If you are interested in the entire certificate program, complete and submit the Certificate Application Form (requires a one time, non-refundable fee of $50) and continue taking the rest of the courses required of the certificate program. After completion of your last class required for the certificate, complete and submit a Certificate Request Form for processing (certificates take 4-6 weeks to process).
Attend an Information Session
We
offer information sessions regularly throughout each term, which
provide an opportunity for new and current students to meet our staff,
network with other students and instructors, and learn more
about our programs and courses. See the Events section of our website for details of the next session and to RSVP.
Time to Complete
You must complete your certificate program within 2
years from your first course in the program. While
the program can be completed in as little as two terms, most students complete
the work in two to three terms.
Partners
