Gain valuable HR skills and enhance your résumé in one place.
The SHRM Human Resources Generalist Certificate Program can be completed in 4-6 months. Enroll at any time and complete at your own pace.
Are you ready to master the fundamentals of HR?
Combining our newly designed SHRM Essentials of Human Resources program and three business electives, this program provides a foundational overview of HR practices and behaviors. Through real-world applications and scenarios, you will be introduced to fundamental HR topics to help you effectively approach the challenging situations that you face in the workplace.
Developed by SHRM, the world’s largest HR association and leading advocate for HR professionals, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course helps you discover the key value HR brings to the workplace.
Whether you’re a student, new to HR, or in a small business environment, our program will help you develop the critical HR competencies and learn how to apply them on the job.
Build a solid foundation in Human Resources skills.
By covering a breadth of practical HR topics, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course provides the knowledge to perform daily tasks. Here’s a look at what we cover in the course:
Leads with Purpose: Understand HR’s role in the workplace
Maximizes Talent: Learn how HR influences employee experience
Champions Culture: Discover how to promote equity in company culture
Optimizes Intelligence: Understand how to maximize efficiency with HR technology
Accelerates Performance: Learn how to create a measurable impact
Knows the Law: Stay up to date on U.S. state and federal laws
In addition to the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course, this program includes three elective courses in the topics of Business Writing, Business Communication, and Teamwork.
Elective choices include one of each of the following offerings:
Writing: Effective Business Writing, Writing Essentials, Business and Marketing Writing
Communication: Keys to Effective Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Communication
Teamwork: Achieving Success with Difficult People, Building Teams that Work, Collaborative Problem Solving
Upon successful completion, students earn a SHRM Essentials of Human Resources digital certificate of completion from SHRM and UCF, a digital certificate completion for each elective, a digital HR Generalist Certificate of Completion from UCF, and a digital badge.
The HR Generalist Certificate in its entirety is 87 contact hours. Students earn 8.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon completion.