BBA in Human Resource Management

Why choose the human resource management program at North Central College?

North Central integrates traditional business courses with additional coursework to understand "what makes people tick-" and breed future HR professionals to know how to handle employee relations. Our human resource program teaches students to identify and leverage best HR practices and best fit to attract, retain, motivate and meet business goals as a professional Human Resources manager. Drawing out the best and creating a productive work environment.

Our Human Resources degree program teaches the core fundamentals of becoming a human resources manager. It also prepares students for real-world HR training so students will learn to work in private organizations or government sectors. Those interested in a graduate program may pursue the MBA or MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

You can also:

• Apply what you’ve learned in class through campus organizations.
• Travel, study, and work internationally through our education abroad and international internship programs.
• Identify job opportunities through faculty and alumni networks and our Career Development Center.
• Human Resource Management prepares students to manage the employees of organizations in the private or government sectors. Students learn the legal, theoretical and practical aspects of staffing, motivating, rewarding, assessing performance, and disciplining employees in union and non-union settings. Those interested in graduate studies may pursue the MBA, MA in Industrial Relations, or MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Since 1861, North Central has been a place where new ideas lead to unlimited possibilities. We’re an independent college dedicated to the power of the liberal arts and sciences to transform students into leaders both in their careers and communities. Our nearly 3,000 students study across more than 65 undergraduate and graduate programs, with their education, made richer by supportive faculty and staff, world-class facilities, and countless opportunities to learn beyond the classroom.

A College on the move

Building on the foundation of more than 150 years of excellence, North Central continues to grow with numerous new facilities, programs, and initiatives in the works.

The College opened with 40 students in a single two-story building in Plainfield, Illinois. Since then we’ve changed names twice (to North-Western, then North Central), moved once (from Plainfield to Naperville), and grown steadily (to about 3,000 students).

Over the years, thousands of dedicated students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends have helped us thrive through the toughest challenges – wars, economic crises, social upheavals, and more – and build a future brilliant with hope and promise.

We’ve met the changing needs of students from Civil War veterans to millennial entrepreneurs. And we’ve always stayed true to our heritage of moral courage and forward-thinking.

Today we’re a top-ranked private comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences. U.S. News & World Report counts us among “America’s Best Colleges,” one of the top six schools in the Midwest for a “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.” Students choose from more than 55 undergraduate majors and five graduate program areas.

Although the College originally discouraged organized athletics as a distraction from weightier matters, our 26 intercollegiate sports in NCAA Division III make our athletic department the largest in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW). North Central is proud of its 32 team national championships and 123 individual national champions.

Though affiliated with the United Methodist Church, we welcome and encourage students and staff of all faiths. We are thoughtfully expanding our academic programs to respond to the needs of our ever-changing world, recently adding Middle Eastern and North African Studies, along with Arabic. And we’re transforming our facilities – most dramatically with a new interdisciplinary Science Center located at the corner of Brainard Street and Van Buren Avenue.

It’s been an amazing 150+ years. But it’s clear that the best is yet to come!