Further Your Education. Advance Your Career with Additional Undergraduate Studies
The Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management is available to students who hold an undergraduate degree from any accredited university. Upon successful completion of the 5.0 credits, students will have satisfied the nine subject areas required for the “Certified Human Resources Professional Designation (CHRP)” and be eligible to write the CHRP Knowledge Exam (CHRP-KE). For CHRP, students must achieve a cumulative average of 70% in all courses, with no individual course mark less than 65%. In order to take the exam, a student must be an enrolled member of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) of Ontario, which involves a monetary fee to the Association.
Study Options
Campus: Peterborough and Durham GTA
Full-time or part-time studies
Click here for Admission Requirements.
Courses
Postgraduate certificate courses can be found in the undergraduate calendar and timetable. For individual course descriptions, see the University Calendar. Please consult the academic timetable, for information on when courses will be scheduled.
Course Registration
New Student Course Registration:
For support with new student course registration, visit our website for next steps.
New International Student Webpage:
Visit our New International Student Website to determine your next steps after you have completed course registration.
Breakdown of courses by term
Students are to follow the schedule of courses by term as outlined below for full-time studies. We cannot guarantee course availability if students do not follow the recommended course sequencing. Students who fail to adhere to the recommended schedule may not be able to complete their certificate program within the scheduled number of terms and students may have to return to complete an additional term.
Term 1 Courses
ADMN 1221H: Financial Accounting
ADMN 2220H: Organizational Behaviour
ADMN 2230H: Human Resource Management
ADMN 3230H: Training, and Development
ADMN 3270H: Human Resource Planning
Term 2 Courses
ADMN 3021H: Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting
ADMN 3220H: Organizational Selection in the Canadian Workplace
ADMN 3260H: Perspectives on Occupational Health and Safety
ADMN 3280H: Motivation and Compensation Systems
ECON 3500H: Economics of Industrial Relations
Part time – students should complete ADMN 1221H, 2220H and 2230H before taking other required ADMN courses.
For students who have accepted their offer of admission and have questions about registering in their courses or life at Trent in Peterborough, please email businesscertsptbo@trentu.ca.
Application to Graduate from the Certificate
At the beginning of your last term, when you believe you are ready to graduate, you can submit the Application to Graduate form found in myTrent under Academics > Self Service > Graduation Overview. You should apply as soon as your course registration for your final term is finalized (early in Summer term if you are graduating in September; early in the Fall term if you are graduating in January; early in the Winter term if you are graduating in Spring). The deadline to apply to graduate can be found in the Academic Calendar site under Important Dates, as well as at Important Dates & Deadlines. A minimum cumulative average of 60% is required to complete the certificate.
Convocation ceremonies for students who graduated during the last year (September, January and Spring) are held the first week of June. Please visit Convocation site for the most up-to-date information.
