Master of Business Administration - Human Resource Management Concentration
Rock Hill, USA
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The MBA in Human Resource Management is a 36 credit hours postgraduate programme at Winthrop University, offered on-campus and online from Rock Hill, South Carolina. It requires nine elective credits in employment law, talent development, and HR management and covers performance management, discrimination, labor relations, unions, international variations, and public policy.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can manage HR departments or advance HR careers; typical roles include HR manager, human resources director, talent development manager, employment relations specialist, compliance analyst, and labor relations consultant. You'll gain HR strategy, employment law application, talent and performance management, employee development, and policy navigation skills.
The general MBA program is a 36 credit hour program, including nine credit hours of electives. Students who pursue the MBA with a Human Resources concentration are required to take the 9 elective hours in employment law, growing and developing talent, and HR management coursework. Students selecting this concentration often have a management background or an undergraduate degree in HR, management, or general business administration. Graduates from this program are well suited to become managers of human resources departments or advance their HR management careers. Example topics include: performance management, employee development, private and public sector employment law, labor relations, employment discrimination, international variations, unions, and public policy.
