Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management (HRMN)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,871 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $9,606 and $9,343 | domestic fall semester fee: $4,557/ domestic winter and summer semester fee: $4,512 and $4,466
Introduction
Develop workplace culture and employee relations with an HR career
Lead people. Manage change. Learn the expertise required to achieve positive employer-employee relationships. Gain hands-on experience during your co-op work term.
Today’s human resource professionals are leaders and managers of change. They respond to the challenges triggered by new trends in technology, increasing government involvement in the employer-employee relationship, workplace diversity, and globalization. The future belongs to organizations with human resource expertise that can lower labor costs, improve productivity, increase responsiveness to customers’ needs, and build employee commitment.
Graduates from the program will be ready to perform all human resources functions within the business environment. Demonstrating the skills and competencies such as the ability to communicate effectively collaborate with others and display initiative and perseverance, graduates will possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to be a key person within the organization.
Industry support
Honda of Canada Mfg.
Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM) is one of the largest employers in Simcoe County, with 4,200 associates. Established in Alliston in 1986, it’s a premier manufacturing facility best known for producing the Honda Civic and CR-V.
Georgian’s $1.8-million multi-faceted partnership with HCM supports leading-edge equipment, innovative research and development, collaborative program support, and newly established scholarships for Georgian students.
HCM is a proud employer of 250 Georgian alumni in diverse roles and provides valuable co-op work experiences to students each semester through its Technical Development Program (TDP). HCM also provides a suite of awards and scholarships to help students reach their goals, each valued up to $2,500.
Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro plays an important role in Ontario’s electricity sector, servicing approximately 785,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Canada’s largest city. The company has 1,270 employees and is dedicated to investing in its people and in the future by giving back to the community.
Partnering with Georgian since 2012, Toronto Hydro proudly supports enhancements to the student learning environment through funding for new state-of-the-art equipment. A proud co-op employer, the company has offered co-op work terms to more than 171 Georgian students since 2017, often leading to full-time employment after graduation.
Toronto Hydro offers a suite of 10 awards to support Georgian students in achieving their educational goals, as well as expanded opportunities around corporate training, research, and employee engagement.
Benefits of studying part-time:
- Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go!
- MORE choices. We are always adding more flexible delivery programs and courses.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
- HRMN 1007 Human Resources Management
- HRMN 1009 Labour Economics
- HRMN 1010 Employment Law
- HRMN 1011 Compensation
- HRMN 1013 Organizational Behaviour
- HRMN 1017 Recruitment and Selection
Semester 2
- HRMN 1006 Occupational Health and Safety
- HRMN 1008 Training and Development
- HRMN 1014 Finance and Accounting
- HRMN 1016 Human Resources Planning
- HRMN 1022 Employee and Labour Relations
- HRMN 1023 Human Resources Analytics
Co-op Work Term
- COOP 1054 Human Resources Management Work Term
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Human Resources Management graduate certificate gives you many career opportunities
Career opportunities are available in all sectors of the economy because every organization, whether private or not-for-profit, has a human resources function. Graduates from this program are equipped to administer human resource functions within various Canadian and international business and public sector environments. Graduates will be prepared to work within manufacturing, retail, banking and other financial institutions, medical facilities, government offices, human resource consulting firms, education, and small business.