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The Human Resource Development
Orientation Handbook and Research Guide

College of Professional Studies
Department of Behavior Sciences & Human Services
Human Resource Development Program

HURD 880 – Integrative Seminar: Advanced Issues in HRD

College: Professional Studies
Department: Behavioral Sciences and Human Services

Credit Hours: 3 Credits (8-Weeks) Semester: Fall Year: 20XX

Location: CLT XXX Day/Time: Mondays, 4:55pm – 9:55pm
Instructor: Office: GA/Adjunct Office – (301) 860-3156

Office Hours: By Appointment

PREREQUISITES: The student must have successfully completed all prerequisites to
specifically include HURD 806 before taking this course. Additionally, the student must have
advanced to candidacy prior to enrolling in this course.

Electronic Devices: Please turn all electronic devices on silent during the class session.

Course Description:
This is the point in the students’ academic development where they are expected to demonstrate
scholarship. Students are expected to demonstrate highly independent research initiative, knowledge
of the subject matter relevant to their area of study and a willingness to engage their colleagues in
higher levels of intellectual discourse. This is the “giving back” process, where the student reflects
back and provides evidence that they have inculcated the knowledge gained through the series of
courses included in this curriculum. Therefore, little direct intervention is offered on the part of the
instructor; rather, he/she seeks to serve as a facilitator of the intellectual dialogue taking place with
and among the students. The facilitator serves as a catalytic agent to jump start thinking, rather than
a director of the discussion and intellectual pursuits.

Course Objectives:
This course has four primary objectives: (1) to provide an academic framework in which emerging
human resource practitioners can synthesize their knowledge; (2) to provide guidance on current
topics, developments and professional issues in the arena of adult learning, human performance
improvement programs, consultant-client relations, management, strategies for change, analysis of
social forces as hypothesized and research by graduate students engaged in HRD studies, (3) to assist
the student in the design, development, construction and completion of the seminar paper required
for graduation from this curriculum; and to (4) achieve an in depth exploration of major issues and
trends in the area of human resource development.

The student will demonstrate oral and in written form knowledge of various human resource
development issues and solutions as it pertains to professional organizations, business, corporations,
and community enterprises. The student will develop and write his/her recommendations for further
development and review of key areas of human resource development base on the area explored in
their thesis papers. The student will actively engage in the exploration of new and emerging issues

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