Accredited Courses
HRU is proud to feature College Accredited coursework within the HRU curriculum. College level courses broaden the range of course offerings on HRU, and underscore our goal of becoming the Federal Government's "one stop" source for Human Resources Career Development.
Criteria for Accredited Courses:
The Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council, in partnership with the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the US Department of Education, have identified the following regional and national accrediting agencies as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit. If your institution is accredited by one of the agencies below, we will accept your courses for further review and will let you know the determination of such review. If your course(s) meet the criteria for content established by the CHCO Council and OPM, you will be approved to have your course(s) listed in the HR University catalog with all applicable information posted on HR University for our users to register and access your course(s).
The Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council, in partnership with the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the US Department of Education, have identified the following regional and national accrediting agencies as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit. If your institution is accredited by one of the agencies below, we will accept your courses for further review and will let you know the determination of such review. If your course(s) meet the criteria for content established by the CHCO Council and OPM, you will be approved to have your course(s) listed in the HR University catalog with all applicable information posted on HR University for our users to register and access your course(s).
Accreditation List:
List of Accrediting Agencies
Course Review:
For more information on course review criteria, please contact HRUniversity@opm.gov.
List of Accrediting Agencies
Course Review:
For more information on course review criteria, please contact HRUniversity@opm.gov.
Course Offerings
American University- American University Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program
- American University Key Executive Leadership Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Champlain College
Excelsior College
George Mason University
The Catholic University of America
- Human Resource Development and Training
- Human Resource Information System and Communications
- Leadership in Organizations
- Management of Human Resources in the Federal Government
- Master’s Capstone: Research, Synthesis, Applications
- MBU 633 Legal Environment of Human Resources in the Federal Sector
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Performance Management in the Federal Sector
Penn State
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota
University of Maryland University College
- Federal Employees and Dependents Discounted Tuition
- Undergraduate Certificate:
- Graduate Certificates: