Transition from Public Safety University

Status of Public Safety University (PSU)

Public Safety University disbanded as a foundation in the summer of 2006. The original intent of PSU was to partner with an education provider (University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies) to offer bachelor's degree-completion and master's degree programs to members of the public safety community.

The Human Resource Management program is no longer accepting new students in the Tidewater and Northern Virginia regions.

Status of Public Safety University Students

"Public Safety University" was the name of the partnering foundation. All students currently in the PSU program (those who enrolled in the Fall 2006 semester or earlier) are University of Richmond students who attend classes through the School of Continuing Studies in three campuses: the Richmond campus, the Northern Virginia campus, and the Tidewater campus. We will use the name "University of Richmond student" or "School of Continuing Studies student" to describe enrolled students and alumni.

Effective immediately, the term "Public Safety University" and the abbreviation "PSU" will not longer be used to describe the program or its students. For more details, review the FAQ document in BlackBoard in the "HRM/Leadership Program Cohorts" course.

Cohort members who started the program in Fall 2006 or earlier will continue to receive the original public safety discount on tuition until the conclusion of the cohort's program. The cohorts that started in 2006 will be the last cohorts to receive this discount. PSU no longer accepts new students.

Curriculum Changes

With the exception of select substitutions of new classes, the curriculum in which you entered the program remains unchanged.

The Bachelor of Applied Studies in Human Resource Management (BAS in HRM) degree completion program requires 60 credit hours in the School of Continuing Studies. This includes the minor in Leadership Studies. For course descriptions, visit the online catalog.

• COMMUNCATION SKILLS: 12 credit hours
  • ENGL 101U Composition, 3
  • ENGL 112U Professional Communication, 3
  • SPCH 105U Interpersonal Communications, 3
  • ISYS 203U Information Technology, 3
• MAJOR: 30 credit hours
  • Core Courses: 15 credit hours
    • ACCT 300U Accounting for Non-Accountants, 3
    • HRM 343U HR/Personnel Management, 3
    • LAW 322U Employment Law & Policy, 3
    • MGMT 341U Principles of Management, 3
    • MKT 321U Principles of Marketing, 3
  • Focus Courses: 12 credit hours offered from the following:
    • HRM 345U Organizational Development, 3
    • HRM 348U Application of Critical Human Resource Issues, 3
    • HRM 350U Training Design and Facilitation, 3
    • HRM 352U Quality Management and Process Improvement, 3
    • HRM 354U Compensation and Benefits, 3
    • HRM 360U HR in an IT World, 3
    • PSYC 327U Organizational Psychology, 3
  • Capstone Course: 3 semester hours
    • HRM 495U Capstone Seminar in Human Resource Management, 3
• MINOR in Leadership Studies: 18 credits
  • LDSP 200U Introduction to Leadership Studies, 3
  • LDSP 301U Leadership and Organizational Culture, 3
  • LDSP 302U Leadership and Ethical Action and the Law, 3
  • LDSP 303U Skills for Leading Individuals, 3
  • LDSP 304U Leading Groups and Building Teams, 3
  • LDSP 305U Leadership in a Time of Change, 3

The Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) requires 33 credit hours in the School of Continuing Studies. The cohorts that started in 2006 have the option of substituting a course from the new curriculum (visit scs.richmond.edu/hr for a list of courses) for the thesis option.

• MHRM: 33 credit hours
  • PSYC 530U Organizational Psychology, 3
  • HRM 531U Human Resource Management, 3
  • HRM 532U Legal Issues in Human Resource Management, 3
  • HRM 533U Research in Human Resource Management, 3
  • HRM 534U Strategic Human Resource Development, 3
  • HRM 535U Managing Compensation and Benefits, 3
  • HRM 536U Development and Training, 3
  • HRM 537U Developing High Performing Organizational Teams, 3
  • HRM 538U HRM Leadership in Changing Times, 3
  • HRM 539U Recruitment and Retention, 3
  • HRM 540U Thesis, 3

The PSU Web site

The Public Safety University web site, PSUniversity.org, no longer reflects the current and future HRM program. Its URL now redirects users to this Web page, scs.richmond.edu/hr/psu.