Online Human Capital Development Certificate Program

La Salle University's Human Capital Development certificate program teaches students how to better leverage their organizations' human capital.

Our online Human Capital Development Certificate Program is a twelve-month graduate certificate program that prepares participants for careers in the exciting field of human capital development by providing them with the skills and tools to better leverage their organizations' human capital and improve their workforce over time to meet their future needs.

Online learning at La Salle offers the same rigorous curriculum as face-to-face learning with increased flexibility for those juggling busy schedules. Courses will meet both asynchronously, using discussion boards, blogs, and journals, and synchronously, using programs that allow real-time chat and video or audio web conferencing to help you stay connected with your instructors and classmates.

The program consists of six courses:

  • Human Resource Development
  • Theories of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
  • Advanced Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • Investing in Human Capital
  • Legal Environment of HCD
  • Strategic Approaches to Human Capital

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that La Salle University's Master of Science in Human Capital Development fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. The Human Capital Development Program has also been recognized by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for coaching credit.