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With our Catholic liberal arts heritage and over 100 degree programs, including nursing and marine biology, from bachelors through PhDs, we've got your options covered. Focus on arts and sciences, business, education, social work, communication, nursing, medical sciences, theology, or law. Take things further with personalized research and experiential learning opportunities, on and off-campus. Enhance your prospects with hands-on internships at some of the country's top organizations.

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The path to your perfect career begins with planning and support. Career Development has resources for you to help you make the most of your time at Barry. Guidance is just an appointment away.

Service-learning integrates relevant community service with course work and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience, foster social responsibility and civic engagement, and strengthen communities.

Service-Learning

The Honors Program at Barry is designed to challenge, enrich, and prepare especially motivated students to pursue their fullest potential. By participating in a rigorous curriculum rounded out by an array of edifying and interactive events, students explore crucial issues that we face in our daily lives. Students are given the space for discussion and debate and the opportunity to learn from experts in their fields. The Office of Financial Aid can assist with determining eligibility for the Honors Program.

The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library is located in the center of the beautiful Miami Shores campus of Barry University. The Library is named in loving memory of Monsignor William Barry, one of the founders of Barry University and an inspirational figure in the Catholic Church within the Archdiocese of Miami. The extensive Library research collections include more than 950,000 physical items, over 40,000 print and on-line journal subscriptions, and several thousand on-line books and streaming video resources.

At Barry University, you will experience a small community atmosphere where you can always rely on our administrators and faculty for advice, encouragement and personal attention. We take great pride in giving individual attention from the very beginning. You can start building a personal relationship with one of our admissions counselors who will help answer any questions, and guide you through the entire admissions and enrollment process.

Continuing Education (CE) offers a variety of courses and non-credit programs designed to respond to the diverse educational interests and lifelong learning needs of individuals of all ages. We offer certificate, credential exam preparation, and licensure programs for professional and personal enrichment.

High school students: Get a jump-start on your college education with dual enrollment courses from Barry University! You can earn high school and college credit at the same time, right at your own school.

Dual Enrollment

We are committed to providing programs and services that are guided by Barry University's rich educational mission and intended to enhance your Barry experience. Through partnerships with others in the university community, we aim to create experiences that will help transform you into leaders for a just and humane world.

We are an NCAA Division II school and a member of the Sunshine State Conference with 12 varsity teams, including men's baseball, basketball, golf, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. So far, we've won 24 NCAA championships, had 338 All-Americans, 413 Scholar All-Americans, and nine NCAA "Women of the Year" finalists, the most of any Division II school. Not bad at all, but we're going for more.

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For students currently enrolled in classes at Barry, we have a wealth of resources you can tap into to bring ease and efficiency to your university experience. Get the help you need with administrative or financial questions, or check out course catalogs to help plan your schedule by semester. All the information you need to excel is at your fingertips.

Curriculum

Human Resource Administration Certificates

Curriculum Human Resource Administration Certificate 15 Credits

A Human Resource Administration Certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of 15 credits in the specified curriculum. This includes ADM 464 Strategic Human Resource Administration and 12 credits listed under the Human Resource Administration Specialization and for a total of 15 credits. The certificate will be posted on the student’s transcripts. Please notify your advisor of your intentions. Students pursuing the HR specialization will have the specialization posted on the transcripts in lieu of a certificate. All coursework must be completed before graduation. Grades of C or higher must be earned in all course work for the certificate.

Required Course: 3 Credits

  • A comprehensive review of general human resource theories and practices related to managing personnel more strategically. Major topic areas include staffing, human resource development compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, health, safety, and security.

Human Resource Administration Certificate: Choose 12 Additional Credits

  • A detailed examination of the collective bargaining system with attention given to negotiation and the administration of agreements. Special consideration will be given to the impact mergers, joint ventures, government regulatory agencies, the legal environment surrounding the negotiated process, and other topics.

  • Practical approaches for improving individual and team performance and organizational productivity will be reviewed in this course. Topics include adult learning theory, approaches to program development, implementation and evaluation, instructional systems and human performance improvement

  • This course examines the effect diversity has in the workplace and focuses on issues related to racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, physical, gender, and age differences, among others.

  • This course concentrates on developing knowledge concerning development and implementation of a compensation and benefits program. Students develop a comprehensive knowledge base regarding benefits and compensation administration.

  • This course examines the effect mediation and arbitration have in both the workplace and legal system. It focuses on theories and skills related to alternative dispute resolution including how to create, organize, and perform a mediation or arbitration. (Same as PLA 330)

  • This course provides an overview of federal statutes and state-regulated areas that impact the personnel function which must be considered by employers and attorneys and their paralegals. Among topics addressed are EEO and Affirmative Action, OSHA, ERISA, FMLA, and the ADA; employee privacy issues (polygraph testing, drug and alcohol testing, employer searching and monitoring); regulation of discrimination in employment; and wrongful discharge. (Same as PLA 335)

  • This course examines the effect negotiation has in the workplace and focuses on issues related to planning, communication, rationality, persuasion, and power among others.

  • This course will provide the student with a thorough understanding of the human resource function of recruitment and selection in private, public and not-for-profit organizations. The inter-play of applied research methods, the legal system, administrative theory and practice will be integrated into this course. Promotions, a specific application of selection, and placement and orientation will also be investigated. Emphasis will be on theory-to-practice. Students will develop applications from principles and best practices, including how to improve the oral interview process as a selection method. This course is designed for advanced students in human resource administration.

  • This course will be an overview of public personnel practices including the history and changing role of civil service systems, merit retention systems, labor relations and collective bargaining. Supervisory practices for public administrators will be taught in the context of the several personnel systems.

Curriculum Post-Baccalaureate Human Resource Administration Certificate 21 Credits

Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university may enroll in the Post-Baccalaureate Human Resource Administration Certificate program. The Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program will be awarded upon successful completion of 21 credits in the specified curriculum. This includes ADM 464 Strategic Human Resource Administration and 18 credits listed under the Human Resource Administration Specialization and for a total of 21 credits. Barry University graduates who may have completed some of the certificate coursework in their degree program may take approved substitutes in order to reach the minimum of twenty-one credits required for the certificate. A grade of C or higher in each course is required to receive a Post Baccalaureate Certificate of Completion.

Required Course: 3 Credits

  • A comprehensive review of general human resource theories and practices related to managing personnel more strategically. Major topic areas include staffing, human resource development compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, health, safety, and security.

Post-Baccalaureate Human Resource Administration Certificate: Choose 18 Additional Credits

  • A detailed examination of the collective bargaining system with attention given to negotiation and the administration of agreements. Special consideration will be given to the impact mergers, joint ventures, government regulatory agencies, the legal environment surrounding the negotiated process, and other topics.

  • Practical approaches for improving individual and team performance and organizational productivity will be reviewed in this course. Topics include adult learning theory, approaches to program development, implementation and evaluation, instructional systems and human performance improvement

  • This course examines the effect diversity has in the workplace and focuses on issues related to racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, physical, gender, and age differences, among others.

  • This course concentrates on developing knowledge concerning development and implementation of a compensation and benefits program. Students develop a comprehensive knowledge base regarding benefits and compensation administration.

  • This course examines the effect mediation and arbitration have in both the workplace and legal system. It focuses on theories and skills related to alternative dispute resolution including how to create, organize, and perform a mediation or arbitration. (Same as PLA 330)

  • This course provides an overview of federal statutes and state-regulated areas that impact the personnel function which must be considered by employers and attorneys and their paralegals. Among topics addressed are EEO and Affirmative Action, OSHA, ERISA, FMLA, and the ADA; employee privacy issues (polygraph testing, drug and alcohol testing, employer searching and monitoring); regulation of discrimination in employment; and wrongful discharge. (Same as PLA 335)

  • This course examines the effect negotiation has in the workplace and focuses on issues related to planning, communication, rationality, persuasion, and power among others.

  • This course will provide the student with a thorough understanding of the human resource function of recruitment and selection in private, public and not-for-profit organizations. The inter-play of applied research methods, the legal system, administrative theory and practice will be integrated into this course. Promotions, a specific application of selection, and placement and orientation will also be investigated. Emphasis will be on theory-to-practice. Students will develop applications from principles and best practices, including how to improve the oral interview process as a selection method. This course is designed for advanced students in human resource administration.

  • This course will be an overview of public personnel practices including the history and changing role of civil service systems, merit retention systems, labor relations and collective bargaining. Supervisory practices for public administrators will be taught in the context of the several personnel systems.

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