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Steps to Complete the Program

  • Determine the courses that you would like to take using the curricululm suggestions below and the Curriculum Planning Worksheet.
  • Sign up for classes according to your curriculum plan.
  • Collect your certificate from the instructor upon successful completion of each of your classes.
  • Upon completion of all your classes, please contact Kristen McConaha at kmcconah@bellevuecollege.edu or 425-564-2549. Kristen will review your progress and award you the Human Resources Certificate. It’s that simple!

Course Scheduling Suggestions

The Human Resources Today class is the introduction to all others and should be the first class that you take in this program. This class offers a comprehensive overview of HR and is a prerequisite for all other classes. You may take any of the following core courses concurrently: Recruiting and Retaining a Talented Workforce, Navigating the Confusing Waters of Employment Law, Compensation Basics, and Benefits I: Understanding the Challenging World of Benefits. HR Case Studies: Pulling it all Together should be taken as your last core class.

It is recommended that the core courses be taken in the sequence above. Other than these prerequisites, courses and electives may be taken in any desired sequence.

Most Common Path

You do not have to complete the program in two quarters. In fact, you can take as long as you like. As an example, a three-quarter progression through the curriculum might look like this:

First Quarter Human Resources Today
Recruiting and Retaining a Talented Workforce
Other electives as you are able.
Second Quarter Compensation Basics
Navigating the Confusing Waters of Employment Law
Other electives as you are able.
Third Quarter Benefits I: Understanding the Challenging World of Benefits
Other electives as you are able.
*HR Case Studies: Pulling it all Together

*HR Case Studies: Pulling it all Together should be taken as your last core class.

Your Shortest Path

The shortest path through the Human Resources curriculum takes two quarters. The recommended sequencing for this more intensive shorter path is:

First Quarter -
First Half
Human Resources Today
Recruiting and Retaining a Talented Workforce
Other electives as you are able.
First Quarter -
Second Half
Compensation Basics
Navigating the Confusing Waters of Employment Law
Other electives as you are able.
Second Quarter -
First Half
Benefits I: Understanding the Challenging World of Benefits
Other electives as you are able.
Second Quarter -
Second Half
Other electives as you are able.
*HR Case Studies: Pulling it all Together

*HR Case Studies: Pulling it all Together should be taken as your last core class.