The Priority Application Deadline for Fall 2012 is May 31, 2012. All supporting documents must be postmarked or received by May 31.*
Applications completed after the Priority Application Deadline will be considered for admission on a space available basis. Please see our application requirements for additional details.
*If you are unable to take a required test before the Priority Application Deadline, we will accept a confirmed test date in lieu of scores.
In today's increasingly complex world, business and organizational leaders must be innovative, adaptive, and global in both thought and action. In the rich, multidisciplinary field of human resource development, the focus is on improving learning and performance in individual, group, and organizational as well as community and society contexts through several domains of practice:
- Human capital strategy
- Workplace learning and performance
- Talent management
- Knowledge management
- Leadership and management development
- Organization development
- Change management
- Business transformation
The M.S. in Human Resource Development is uniquely positioned at the intersection of business and education. Participants gain access to Drexel's distinctive blend of theory, practice, and problem-based action learning. Students are exposed to the best of today's thought leadership and take away the tools and frameworks needed to drive learning, performance, and change in their own organizations.
Three concentrations are offered, guided by the increasing demand in these areas for strategic HRD leadership:
- HRD in Business Settings
- HRD in Educational Settings
- HRD in Global Settings
The program is taught in an "executive" in-class/online format, with classroom sessions held one Friday (6-9pm) /Saturday (8--4pm) three times per quarter. Students enroll in the MSHRD as a cohort at the Drexel University Sacramento, Philadelphia, or corporate locations, taking courses together (nine core and four concentration courses) allowing for interaction and networking among peers and local leaders.
Drexel University's School of Education is recognized as a member of The Academy of Human Resource Development Program Excellence Network that includes 30 of the best HRD programs in the nation.
