BA(Hons) in Business and Human Resource Management
Bristol, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 15,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* home students per year: £9250 | international students per year: £15250
Introduction
Completing this course gets you an Intermediate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the CIPD. This tells future employers you have practical experience in the field.
Why study business and human resource management?
People are the most important asset in any organisation. It's increasingly important for businesses to understand and effectively manage their employees to succeed in a competitive, global economy.
There is always a need for graduates who can help organisations build and develop their workforce.
Why UWE Bristol?
BA(Hons) Business and Human Resource Management combines the study of people management with finance, marketing and strategy to give you a comprehensive understanding of how businesses function.
This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Completing this course will also get you an internationally recognised Intermediate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
Learn about the role of managers and how people contribute to business success. Focus on the practices and issues associated with people management. Develop a solid foundation in business theory and explore the challenges facing modern businesses.
An optional work placement year, recent case studies, guest speakers and staff with extensive industry experience provide you with real-world HR know-how.
Our students value the research-led teaching and enterprising business community at UWE Bristol.
Where can it take me?
This broad degree brings opportunities across HR and business management. Our students have secured HR specialist roles in companies such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Caterpillar, and on HR graduate programmes in both the public and private sectors.
Program Outcome
Professional accreditation
The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Completing this course will also get you an internationally recognised Intermediate Diploma in Human Resource Management- a valuable indication to future employers that you have completed a practice-oriented degree programme.
When you enrol, you'll automatically become a paid member of the CIPD, giving you access to developments in the field and networking opportunities.
This course is also accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Placements
We encourage you to do a 40-week paid sandwich placement after Year two. It can be in the UK or abroad.
Your placement is valuable because it allows you to gain real-world experience and skills that increase your employability.
UWE Bristol has strong links with employers and our students have secured placements (through a competitive process) with Mercedes F1, IBM, HP, Airbus, the NHS and Hays Recruitment.
You'll get help to find your placement and support throughout from your department and the careers service.
Study year abroad
You'll also have opportunities to study overseas on courses that are taught in English and relevant to your degree. The study year abroad is not a paid placement.
Career Opportunities
Bristol is home to many multinationals, small to medium-sized enterprises and charities, that value our course and provide diverse post-graduate opportunities to our students.
A broad understanding of business practice, crucial skills and a focus on HRM will give you a wide choice of careers.
Our students have secured specialist roles with multinationals such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Caterpillar, and HR graduate training programmes in both the public and private sectors.
Get inspired
Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.
We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.
Curriculum
Content
The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
Year one
You will study:
- Introduction to Management
- Understanding Business and Financial Information (BIM)
- HRM and Leadership in Context
- Understanding Organisations and People (BIM)
- Understanding the Principles of Marketing (BIM)
- Contemporary Business Issues
- Business Decision-Making for Management
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
Year two
You will study:
- Managing People
- Management Skills (Business and Management)
- Accounting Information for Business (BIM)
- Contemporary Employment Relations
- Research Methods for Business
- Equality Law and Diversity Management
- Operations and Supply Management
- Research in Human Resource Management and Leadership.
Placement year (if applicable)
If you study on the four-year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.
Depending on which you choose, you'll either complete a placement learning or a learning and development module.
Final year
You will study:
- Critical Business Enquiry project or Applied Business Project or Business Project
- Strategy and Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Development and Knowledge Management
- Managing Organisational Performance
- International Human Resource Management.
Plus, one module from:
- Work Integrated Learning
- Cross-Cultural Learning and Development
- Placement Learning
- Learning and Development on Study Year Abroad.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Your overall entitlement to funding is based on how long the course is that you're registered on. Standard funding is allocated based on the standard number of years that your course lasts, plus one additional year.
You'll apply for funding each year that you study and Student Finance will take into account how long the course is in each year that you apply. So if you register for the four-year course and then transfer to the three-year course, the number of years you can apply for funding will change. Student Finance will reassess your funding based on how many years you have been in study, not just those years for which you received student finance.
Always seek advice before taking any action that may have implications for your funding.