The Human Resource Management Certificate program provides working professionals with the essential skills they need to manage human capital using the rich resources of one of the world's leading business schools.
In courses lasting as little as two semesters, participants gain an understanding of organizational dynamics, negotiation, strategic implementation, and other fundamental areas of HR management. The emphasis is on the application of classroom concepts to practical decision making in the workplace that will enable participants to quickly transfer their new skills to enhance decision making.
The program is designed for working professionals and does not require previous course work in business or human resources. Courses are held in the evenings in state-of-the-art teaching facilities at Jon M. Huntsman Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. During the spring and fall, classes meet one evening a week. Summer classes meet two evenings per week.
Faculty members are appointed by the Wharton departments for their subject area expertise and their ability to maximize the learning and networking opportunities that can arise from across a select, highly motivated group of professionals.
During the fall and spring semesters, classes meet one evening per week, and participants can take one or two courses. In the summer, classes meet two evenings per week, and participants may enroll in one class per session. The certificate can be completed in as little as two regular semesters or in one regular semester and two summer sessions. All courses earn post-baccalaureate credits from the University of Pennsylvania.
Classes are taught by Wharton professors and industry executives who are chosen for their subject expertise, teaching skills, and ability to offer networking opportunities to course participants.
Applications must be filed according to the following schedule of deadlines:
For the Spring term beginning January 14, 2009: no later than November
21 (Extended to December 5, 2008)
For the Summer session I beginning May 26, 2009: no later than April
17
For the Summer session II beginning July 6, 2009: no later than May
22**
**For the Saturday Business Essentials Certificate Program, the Summer session
begins May 30, 2009 and ends August 15, 2009. All materials must have been received
by the Summer I deadline of April 17.**
For international applicants, deadlines are:
For the Spring term beginning January 14, 2009: no later than October
31
For the Fall term beginning September 9, 2009: no later thanJuly
10
WPWP-ELP Alliance students may notbegin certificate
study in the summer sessions.
Fees for the 2008-09 academic year will be $2,893* per course.
* Includes $78 tech fee not charged during the summer sessions. Tuition is subject to change.
WPWP certificate courses receive full post-baccalaureate accreditation from the University of Pennsylvania and so often qualify for most companies' tuition assistance programs. In addition, Penn offers loan programs, details of which are available at www.sfs.upenn.edu.
For more information, or to apply, please contact:
Wharton Programs for Working Professionals
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
255 South 38th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104.6359
215.898.2888 phone
215.386.4304 fax wharton-wpwp@wharton.upenn.edu
“It helped tremendously. It realy did change the way I see a lot of things and made me appreciate that when you set up a company, the Human Resources function is about a lot more than just managing the payroll. You help to retain people and make the company attractive to potential employees.”
Daniel Oviedo Lopez, a native of Paraguay, who completed the Human Resource Management Certificate in May 2005
