Optimizing Your Organization's Workforce

To be successful, human resource professionals are finding that it is not enough to just manage the traditional human resource functions in most organizations. Today, you are expected to be an organizational leader, strategic partner and change advocate.

Human resource leaders are expected to know how to effectively manage change, innovation and conflict as well as design effective learning programs and have a strong understanding of management principles and human resource functionality. Taking these principles, you can establish yourself and your department as a strategic partner with top management through the acquisition of strong leadership skills and an overall understanding of organizational systems and processes.

This certificate program provides you an opportunity to sample the St. Thomas graduate program in human resources and change leadership. This program was designed for working professionals like you with evening and Saturday class meetings and an opportunity to start the program in the fall or spring. And later you can apply these credits toward a St. Thomas master's degree.

The St. Thomas Difference

Certificate applicants can apply at any time and begin coursework in either the fall or spring semester. Non degree students may take up to six semester credits without being fully admitted as a degree- or certificate-seeking student. Those credits will transfer in when you are fully admitted.

Developed within the St. Thomas values-based, liberal arts tradition with a commitment to improving practice based on theory and research, the program features:

• Competency-based learning – Curriculum is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills needed for a variety of roles within organizations.
• Learning for the real-world – This program is taught by faculty with professional experience and the program's focus is on practice, based in theory.
• Connections – Tap into a regional network of peers and mentors in the human resource field.
• Convenient scheduling – Most classes are offered one evening per week or Saturdays on the downtown Minneapolis campus.