About this course
What you’ll learn
Webinar Info Session
Learn more about the Human Resources Management Certificate course by watching a short pre-recorded webinar. Watch Now (Opens in a new window)
A Course Designed for Your Success
This course combines expert instruction with the most comprehensive and effective way to prepare for success on your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP exam. The interactive SHRM Learning System is a personalized roadmap to help you master the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (SHRM BASK™) and prepare you for the SHRM certification exams.
- Optimize your valuable study time and keep you on track for your upcoming SHRM Certification exam date with a customized study plan.
- Visualize your study plan through course topic cards depicting SHRM BASK topics.
- Fill your knowledge and competency gaps with interactive online reading content and assess your understanding with flashcards and periodic quizzes.
- Test your knowledge and increase exam day confidence with 2,700+ practice questions used on previous SHRM Certification exams.
- Receive ongoing support from your SHRM-certified instructor, who can provide guidance to prepare you for exam day.
- Culminate your preparation with the included Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam digital study guide, which contains study guidance, test-taking tips, and additional practice questions.
Learning objectives
- Develop leadership competencies in leadership and navigation, ethical practices, and diversity and inclusion.
- Develop interpersonal competencies in relationship management, communication, and global mindset.
- Develop business competencies to strengthen your consultation ability, analytical aptitude, and business acumen.
- Understand human resources strategies, including talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, learning and development, and total rewards.
- Understand the organizational function and operation of human resources and its connected areas.
- Understand the workplace context for human resources, including the US legal and corporate implications.
Who should attend?
Anyone working in human resources or who has duties related to human resources seeking a broad understanding of the field. You might be new to human resources — with less than two years’ experience. Or, you might be a seasoned professional desiring refreshment or an opportunity to update your knowledge on this topic. Either way, you might be, looking to become SHRM® certified. Led by a SHRM®-certified instructor, this course combines the SHRM Learning System with expert teaching to facilitate a comprehensive and detailed review of the current SHRM BASK™.
Continuing Education Information
Spring and Fall Courses
The Human Resources Management Certificate course assumes a basic familiarity with the general duties within human resources. You can expect to spend 7-12 hours per week outside of class sessions on the course assignments which include readings, quizzes, and discussion questions. Both the classroom and live-online courses require at least 80% attendance and earn 80% or above on graded assignments to earn the UGA Certificate of Program Completion.
Successful graduates of the course will receive 4.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (Opens in a new window) from the University of Georgia and a printed certificate mailed to you. Additionally, you will earn the SHRM® Certificate of Achievement, which can be printed.
Summer Course
The Human Resources Management Certificate course assumes a basic familiarity with the general duties within human resources. Once you receive access to the materials (approximately 30 days before the start date), you should plan to spend 7-12 hours per week on the course assignments which include readings and quizzes. Since this is a three-day intensive course, attendance each day is required and an 80% or above on graded assignments is needed to earn the UGA Certificate of Program Completion.
Successful graduates of the course will receive 2.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (Opens in a new window) from the University of Georgia and a digital certificate will be emailed to you.
Requirements & policies
Accommodations
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is committed to providing equal access to continuing education programs for students living with permanent or temporary disabilities. Learn more about the program accommodations (Opens in a new window).
Schedule
Human Resources Management [Wednesdays] – 0307-031
No class Sept. 3 and Oct. 15, 2025
Location
2530 Sever Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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Fees & funding information
SHRM Exam Voucher for 2025 – As a special convenience to our students, you can bundle your course registration with a discounted SHRM exam voucher. To learn more about the SHRM certification, which is separate from this course, please visit the SHRM Certification website (Opens in a new window).
Military funding information
The classroom course has been approved by the Department of Veterans Services to receive GI Bill® funding (Opens in a new window). Spouses of active duty members eligible for MYCAA (Opens in a new window), Air Force TA (Opens in a new window) and Army TA (Opens in a new window) may contact their education service officer to apply for course approval. For more information regarding funding for this course, visit our Financial and Military Assistance (Opens in a new window) page or contact our office at 706-542-3537. Only classroom courses qualify for funding.
Cancellation or refund
If the online SHRM Learning System is accessed or any print materials are shipped, you will be charged a 50% cancellation fee.
Prerequisites
No. There are no prerequisites for enrolling in Human Resources Management; the course content assumes a basic familiarity with the general duties within human resources.
People & organizations
Instructors
Charles Craig
As a SHRM-CP/SCP exam preparation instructor for the University of Georgia, Charles Craig brings to the classroom over twenty-seven years of real-world human resource experience and years of experience instructing Human Resources Management preparation classes. His human resources certifications include SHRM’s Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR). Charles earned his MBA from Brenau University.
Charles is a member of SHRM’s Advocacy Team and a member of the SHRM Atlanta Chapter. He has over fifteen years of experience as a certification instructor for HRCI’s PHR/SPHR and SHRM’s CP/SCP exam preparation classes. As one of SHRM’s original situational judgment question writers for the SHRM-CP/SCP learning system, Charles brings a unique perspective and insight to exam preparation. He previously instructed the learning system class for the University of North Georgia, Emory University, DeKalb County, SHRM Atlanta, and The Chick-fil-a Corporation.
Kim Nash
After a 30-year career in human resources, she founded her company, THriv, to accompany leaders on their professional growth journey to achieve successful results. She serves leaders through coaching, teaching, and public speaking. Kim partners with organizations to provide a variety of business consulting, training & development, compliance management, and human resource related services. Additionally, she delivers a variety of presentations for organizations. Kim also serves as a part-time instructor for various universities teaching the SHRM HR Essentials and Professional Human Resource Management courses for human resource professionals. Kim holds the SHRM-SCP certification through the Society of Human Resource Management, the SPHR certification through HR Certification Institute, the Compensation Management Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits and has completed the John C. Maxwell Certification Program to teach, coach, train, and speak. Kim is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a Past President of the Human Resource Professionals of Central PA. She is a graduate of York College of PA with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Education, and holds an MBA/Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix.
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