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Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration: Human Resources

Kristy Jorgenson

Is this program right for you?

The online BBA in Business Administration: Human Resources is a flexible option that prepares you for a variety of jobs with top employers in a growing industry.

This degree provides a robust foundation in business from the highly ranked Wisconsin School of Business. You will gain valuable skills in attracting, motivating, developing and retaining employees.

Graduates pursuing this degree will be prepared for an array of roles, like human resources manager, compensation analyst or compliance manager, to name a few.

  • If you enjoy a high level of personal interaction and have a healthy amount of empathy and patience, advancing in this field is for you.
  • You will learn to analyze an organization’s compensation strategy, discern the best staffing techniques, address challenges facing labor and employment relations, use the best negotiation tactics and design work systems that help employees contribute to an organization’s performance.
  • After you graduate, you’ll attract top national employers in a variety of industries, such as finance and insurance, health care and social assistance, professional/scientific/technical services and manufacturing.

Education that works for you

All courses are online so you can learn from anywhere in the world. Most courses have assignment deadlines, exams, quizzes and discussions throughout the term. Peer and instructor interaction varies based on the course, and discussion and engagement in the digital learning environment is encouraged. The program is designed for part-time students with multiple start dates and 8-week course formats so you can keep career and family commitments.

Program type

Bachelor's degree

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Degree awarded

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration: Human Resources

Commitment

2+ years, varies based on transferable credits

Tuition

Resident & nonresident: $500 per credit

No segregated fees, but other fees may apply.

Format

Online

Credits

120 undergraduate credits

Application deadlines

Spring 2025

  • Deadline for start 1: December 15, 2024
  • Deadline for start 2: February 15, 2025

Summer 2025

  • Deadline: April 15, 2025

Fall 2025

  • Deadline for start 1: July 15, 2025
  • Deadline for start 2: September 15, 2025
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Program requirements

To be considered for UW–Madison Online you must be a transfer student. A transfer student is anyone who has attended another college or university after graduating from high school and wishes to enroll in an undergraduate degree program at UW–Madison.

In order to be eligible for transfer admission for UW–Madison Online, you must have completed at least 12 transferable semester hours of college-level work. AP, A-Level, IB, and CLEP cannot be used toward the 12 transferable credit requirement.

Freshman applicants are not eligible for admission to UW–Madison Online. A freshman includes anyone who is currently a student in high school or who has not taken college coursework since graduating from high school.

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January 7, 2025 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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What you’ll learn

In addition to the required courses for the human resources major listed here, all students will build a strong business foundation by fulfilling business preparatory, core and breadth requirements in finance, accounting, management, business law, risk management and data analysis.

*All students are also required to fulfill university-wide general education and pre-business requirements, as well as a minimum of 120 credits to ensure all graduates acquire the essential core of an undergraduate education.

  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Compensation Theory and Administration
  • Personnel Staffing and Evaluation

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