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Graduate Degrees

The Human Resource Development program offers two graduate degrees:

The program prepares scholar/practitioners to be educators, managers and consultants in academic and public and private settings. It focuses on human resource and workforce development theory and best practices. The core values are excellence, intellectual freedom, integrity, service, learning, diversity and stewardship. The M.H.R.D. program is a 30-hour non-thesis online program with a capstone project. The Ed.D. in HRD program is designed for students who seek leadership careers in education, business or industry settings. The doctoral program is a 54-hour online program beyond a conferred master's degree.

For more information about the master's or doctoral degree programs in Human Resource Development, please contact Graduate Program Coordinator Jim Maddox, Ph.D., jfmaddox@uark.edu.