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BA(Hons) Business and Human Resource Management (with Foundation Year)
BA(Hons) Business and Human Resource Management (with Foundation Year)

BA(Hons) Business and Human Resource Management (with Foundation Year)

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English requirements

  • IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
 
 

Course Information

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.

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)and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). 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 provides you with real-world HR (human resources) 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.

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Content

The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.

Year zero (foundation year)

You will study:

  • Becoming a Professional
  • Introduction to Organisations, Enterprise and Management 
  • Economics and Accounting for the Real World
  • Introduction to Law in a Social, Business and Global Context.

You normally need to pass your foundation year before going onto Year one.

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 learning and development module.

See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.

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
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Bristol is home to many multinationals, small to medium sized enterprises and charities, who 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.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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