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Earn your degree part-time and online while you continue to gain valuable work experience.

SHRM-Aligned

Earn Society for Human Resource Management and/or HR Certification Institute recertification credits.

Humanize the Workplace with a Master’s in HR Online

You already make a profound impact on the lives of others. Take your contribution (and career) one step further — by earning a Master of Human Resources and Employment Relations.

This online program takes a unique “people and culture” approach by putting employees at the heart of the organization. Online learners like you can gain the expertise and practical skills to create a more engaged, aligned, and innovative workforce. You will emerge as a strategic resource who can:

  • influence corporate culture
  • support a diverse and inclusive work environment
  • advocate for employee welfare
  • develop modernized total awards packages
  • create fair labor practices and a safe work environment
  • enhance your employer’s brand
  • contribute to the organization’s bottom line

Earn a Master’s Degree

A specialized master’s degree provides a tightly focused curriculum that can help you efficiently build expertise within a specific discipline — often in less time and with less expense as compared to broader graduate business degrees like an MBA.

This online master’s in human resources and employment relations can help you develop strategic programs and policies that align with your organization’s business goals. Build expertise in people and culture, diversity and inclusion, talent management, ethical decision-making, and employment law.

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Earn Stackable Credentials on the Way to Your Degree

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Earn up to 3 graduate certificates while you work toward your HR master’s degree. It’s a great way to quickly add valuable credentials to your résumé and gain new skills — without any additional course work, course fees, or application fees. The following certificates are embedded in the online Master of Human Resources and Employment Relations:

Gain the core competencies in HR management and employment relations needed to solve real-world problems faced by employees, managers, and organizational leaders. This online certificate can help you kick-start a career as an HRER professional or advance your current practice to the next level.

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Demonstrate and communicate knowledge of strategic human resources and ethics to excel in an HR leadership role. You can complete this fully online graduate certificate program on a part-time basis in about 9 months — while you continue to work.

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Gain a deeper understanding of labor and employment laws and learn to influence HR policies designed to protect both workers and employers. This online HR certificate covers unfair labor practices, workplace discrimination, termination, occupational safety, FMLA, privacy, and more.

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Create a staffing pipeline that drives growth, improves profitability, and delivers a competitive advantage for your organization. This fully online talent management certificate focuses on recruiting strategies, employee benefits, compensation, performance management, and more.

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Other HR-Related Graduate Programs

Penn State’s Graduate Certificate in International HR and Employment Relations explores how differences in culture, policies, practices, and perspectives apply to human resources and employment relations within multinational organizations. The skills learned in this program can make you a valuable asset to companies competing in the increasingly global business landscape.

Explore Our On-Demand Webinar

Interested in learning more about the master's degree? We encourage you to watch our on-demand webinar for the Master of Human Resources and Employment Relations (MHRER) when it's convenient for your schedule. Learn more about our stackable credentials, customization options, the student experience, and scholarships, plus valuable tips on applying to the program.

Why Penn State World Campus?

  • Study whenever, wherever on our advanced online platform
  • Complete weekly assignments at your own pace
  • Choose from multiple start dates each year
  • Create a customized path to completion
  • Asynchronous learning

  • Career coaching
  • Opportunities for international study and travel
  • Online student organizations
  • Subsidized SHRM exam prep classes
  • Free webinars that award SHRM and HRCI recertification credits

Get more value out of your online education! Penn State is an approved provider of the HR Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management. Upon completion of select courses, you may receive HRCI and/or SHRM recertification credits for free.

In one of my courses, I read a book called “You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader.” For me, that became my mantra as I learned how to lead from a place of servant leadership. Today, I’m a leader of a division, but I empower my team to be leaders as well. The lessons that you learn in those courses, they’re real-life lessons. And you carry them with you.
— Dionne W., Graduate, MPS in Human Resources and Employment Relations

We Are Penn State Online

This is the real Penn State. You will take courses with curriculum developed by the same professors who teach on campus. You can expect the same caliber of academic quality that you associate with Penn State.

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