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Earn Credit For Prior Learning
Utilize your skills and real-world experience with the Society for Human Resource Management to earn a college degree! Through LSU Online’s Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) program, you can turn certifications into actual college credit. With less coursework to complete you save both time and money. Accelerate your career growth and apply today!
Learn to Lead with Confidence
In partnership with the LSU family of institutions, LSU Online provides access to several online leadership and human resource management programs. These degrees and certificates provide an affordable, convenient way for students to obtain the education needed for the career of their dreams. In any of these programs, students can learn skills that will help them improve their leadership and management abilities. After a program is completed, graduates will have the skills and credentials to put their new knowledge to use in their organization, get a new position, or earn a raise.
Credit For Prior Learning
Utilize your skills and real-world experience with the Society for Human Resource Management to earn a college degree! Through LSU Online’s Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) program, you can turn certifications into actual college credit. With less coursework to complete you save both time and money. Accelerate your career growth and apply today! Note: Credits are not guaranteed and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Ask your Enrollment Coach for more details.
See the Potential Credits You May Qualify for Below.
• 3 credits toward a BS in Leadership and Human Resource Development
• 3 credits toward an MS in Leadership and Human Resource Development
• 6 credits toward a BS in Leadership and Human Resource Development
• 3 credits toward an MS in Leadership and Human Resource Development
Degree Programs
LSU Online support programs from the LSU Family of Institutions, which includes the flagship in Baton Rouge, LSU Alexandria, LSU Eunice, LSU Shreveport, LSU Health New Orleans, and LSU Health Shreveport.
Offered through LSU Shreveport, the online Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management provides students with practical tools to create, develop, mediate, and maintain the interrelationships vital to an organization’s success. The program also coaches students on how to become competent consultants and business managers.
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Offered through LSU, the online Master of Science in Leadership and Human Resource Development enables students to become skilled, versatile organizational development professionals. Graduates are successful Organizational Development specialists, Chief Learning Officers, Human Resource Directors, Human Resource Development consultants, HR Specialists, and Training Directors.
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Offered through LSU, the online Master of Science in Leadership and Human Resource Development with a concentration in Workforce Development provides students the same fundamental knowledge of human resource development challenges, training and development needs, and change management approaches offered in the MS LHRD degree program, but supplements this knowledge with expertise in identifying, analyzing, and planning for broader workforce development trends that affect employee-employer dynamics in the workplace.
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Offered through LSU, the online Bachelors of Science in Leadership and Human Resource Development is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to help organizations develop their people to meet the challenge of change. Students will learn to prepare the workforce for change, connect and re-energize employees, recraft jobs, and increase workforce flexibility.
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Offered through LSU Online and the E. J. Ourso College of Business, the online Bachelor of Science in General Business with a concentration in Human Resource Management allows students to learn quantitative and non-quantitative job evaluation methods, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of wage structure, incentive plans, employee compensation issues, and human resource policy implementation at an organization’s strategic level.
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Offered through LSU Shreveport, the online Bachelor of Science in Management & Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management teaches students organizational behavior and labor law, and how to apply workforce hiring, training, motivation and evaluation skills in a variety of business environments.
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Professional Development Certificates
LSU offers professional development options for you to achieve the skills and knowledge you need to stay ahead at your organization and in your industry. Earn a digital badge to show off your expertise and potentially earn college credit toward a future online degree program. These self-paced programs do not require an application to LSU.
The Management & Leadership Series MicroCert provides foundational courses for supervisors, managers, business professionals, and team leaders looking to enhance their knowledge and skills in their management roles. This program is approved through Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) to translate in to college credit toward an LSU online degree.
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The Learning Experience Design Certificate program teaches instructional design theories, frameworks, tools, and practical applications to develop effective and high-quality learning experiences on digital platforms. This program is designed for new and experienced instructional designers, faculty, multimedia specialists, and those who support online course design and development in their organizations. This program is approved through Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) to translate in to college credit toward an LSU online degree.
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The Project Management Certificate program is a 54-hour fully online program that covers the essential and advanced skills relating to project management in a flexible online format. Students will learn practical skills and organizational competencies to make an immediate difference in their workplace effectiveness. This program is approved through Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) to translate in to college credit toward an LSU online degree.
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The Human Resources Management Certificate consists of a suite of courses that will teach students the basics of managing the benefits and policies to support an effective staff. Each 3- to 5-hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments that will engage students and structure their learning about human resource management.
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*Credits are not guaranteed and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Ask your Enrollment Coach for more details.
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Our Enrollment Coaches are happy to answer any questions you have about LSU Online programs. We serve as your liaison from application to graduation. Let us help you take the first step toward advancing your educational goals.
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