Master of Business Administration with a Specialization in Strategic Human Resources Online

Prepare for advanced HR roles by building expertise in staffing, compensation, the operational responsibilities of human resource management, and more.

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Start class: 1/13/25
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Program Overview

Get to know our online MBA in Strategic Human Resources

Become an effective leader with the core business knowledge and specialized skills and insights you will gain in the Master of Business Administration with a Specialization in Strategic Human Resources online program from Texas State University. Led by faculty with real-world human resources experience, this 100% online, AACSB-accredited MBA program equips you with expertise in talent management, organizational behavior, and strategic HR practices. Increase your proficiency in using HR analytics and data to make informed decisions. Drive organizational improvement with up-to-date legal and ethical knowledge applicable to an array of businesses in an increasingly globalized business world. This strategic human resources MBA program online, part of the McCoy College of Business, uses innovative learning methods in a flexible format designed specifically for working professionals.

As a student of this Strategic HR MBA online program, you will learn how to:

  • Align HR strategies with organizational goals, enhancing strategic decision-making capabilities
  • Lead ethically and effectively, manage diverse teams, and foster inclusive workplace environments
  • Use HR analytics and data to make informed decisions regarding recruitment, retention, and talent management
  • Understand and apply global HR practices, preparing to manage international workforce challenges and opportunities
  • Improve communication and presentation skills, essential for HR professionals to effectively convey policies, training programs, and strategic plans to stakeholders
As a student of this Strategic HR MBA online program, you will learn how to:
  • Align HR strategies with organizational goals, enhancing strategic decision-making capabilities
  • Lead ethically and effectively, manage diverse teams, and foster inclusive workplace environments
  • Use HR analytics and data to make informed decisions regarding recruitment, retention, and talent management
  • Understand and apply global HR practices, preparing to manage international workforce challenges and opportunities
  • Improve communication and presentation skills, essential for HR professionals to effectively convey policies, training programs, and strategic plans to stakeholders

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Total Tuition $25,311*
Duration As few as 16 months
Credit Hours 39

Accreditation

aacsb accredited

The McCoy College of Business at Texas State University is an accredited member of AACSB International. For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education. McCoy College's Department of Accounting also holds an additional AACSB accreditation. Fewer than 200 universities worldwide earn AACSB accreditations in both business and accounting.

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Tuition

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Tuition for the MBA with a Specialization in Strategic Human Resources online program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA in Strategic Human Resources $649 $1,947 $25,311*

*Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. For more information, please visit https://onestop.txst.edu/cost-payments/cost-attendance.html.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $25,311*
Per Credit Hour $649

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Calendar

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The Texas State Master of Business Administration in Strategic Human Resources program is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20251/13/2512/30/241/6/251/13/251/13/253/3/258 weeks
Spring 2 20253/4/252/18/252/25/253/4/253/4/255/7/258 weeks

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Start Class 1/13/25

Admissions

Follow the streamlined requirements for our MBA in Strategic Human Resources

Apply to the online MBA with a Specialization in Strategic Human Resources program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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To be eligible to earn your MBA with a Specialization in Strategic Human Resources online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

  • Two years or more of professional business experience
  • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
  • Completed online application
  • Nonrefundable application fee of $55 ($90 for international*)
  • Official transcripts from each institution where course credit was granted
  • Resume/CV outlining education, professional and technical achievements, scholarships/grants, publications/presentations, other accomplishments
  • Statement of purpose outlining the applicant’s interest in the program and a description of the applicant’s three most significant accomplishments
  • Two letters of recommendation from sources able to assess the student’s ability to succeed in graduate school
    • GPA and GMAT/GRE Requirement:
    • GMAT/GRE not required for applicants with a GPA of 3.5 or higher
    • For applicants with GPA below 3.5, official GMAT or GRE (general test only) with competitive scores will be required for consideration
  • Approved English proficiency exam score:
    • Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.
    • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of
      • 19 listening
      • 19 reading
      • 19 speaking
      • 18 writing
    • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
    • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
    • Official Duolingo scores required with a 110 overall
    • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

    • You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:

    • Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
    • Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
    • Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
    • Arrange all pages in the correct order
    • Remove any encryption/password protections

    Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].

    Official transcripts can be mailed to:

    TXST One Stop
    Texas State University – Graduate Admissions
    601 University Dr.
    San Marcos, TX 78666

    *Texas State defines an international student as anyone who is in a non-immigrant visa status, including H-1B visa holders. If you are not a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you would be classified as an international student and should complete the international application for admission.

Admission Requirements

  • Minimum 2.75 GPA
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university
  • Resume detailing professional experience

Courses

Discover the degree plan for this online MBA in Strategic HR

To graduate from the MBA in Strategic Human Resources online degree program, you must complete a total of 39 credit hours, including 30 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of elective courses.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide an integrative understanding of the firm. A variety of organizational models and perspectives will be incorporated to facilitate understanding of the complexities of the firm, its environments, and its relationships with stakeholders. Includes focus on case analysis issues and communication skills.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides the quantitative foundation for business analysis and decision making. Topics include inferential statistics, regression analysis, and other analytical/modeling techniques with wide applicability in decision-making and problem solving in all functional areas of business.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the major considerations in financial decision making. These considerations are analyzed by exploring the role of financial managers in creating value and maximizing shareholder wealth within the constraints of legal and ethical behavior. The development of critical thinking, quantitative applications, and analytical skills are major goals of this course because the topics require knowledge of specialized problem-solving techniques. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Organizational behavior and structure as influenced by environmental variables and system relationships
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the processes and strategies to create, produce, and deliver goods and services that drive organizations' overall success. It will highlight operational and tactical problems organizations typically confront and introduce the concepts and analytical tools (both process and systems based) used to deal with these problems.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the planning and coordination of marketing functions, marketing policies, and the analysis of marketing administration.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Use of accounting information for improving managerial decision making. Emphasis is on understanding the practice of business management, budgeting, cost behavior, and operational, internal, and management control. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The application of economic theory and analysis to the formulation of business policy, including demand analysis, production theory, linear programming, and pricing policy
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to contribute to the development of the business professional. Academic content is supplemented by training in soft skill topics to better prepare the students for a successful business career. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An integrative approach to policy formulation and administration (decision making) to achieve organization objectives. Should be taken the last semester of student’s MBA program

Students must take the following courses:

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the methods involved in recruitment and selection of employees with an emplasis on measurement, job analysis, performance appraisal, legal issues, and the role of human resource planning and strategy. This course relies on statistics to teach students to make reliable and valid employment decisions.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of theoretical and applied perspectives on needs assessment, design, development delivery and evaluation of training and development as well as organizational change and development.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of challenges that decision makers consider when managing their human resources across the globe. Drawing on theories and models from cross-cultural and international management areas, this course covers such topics as globalization, culture, emerging international assignments, and expatriate recruitment, selection, training, repatriation, and career management.

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