BA(Hons) Business Studies with Human Resource Management: University of the West of England

Introduction

BA(Hons) Business Studies with Human Resource Management (HRM) has been designed to combine a comprehensive business education with the opportunity to specialise and focus on a variety of issues directly related to HRM and Employment Relations. This degree will enable you to either pursue a career in HRM or to use your in-depth HRM knowledge working in a broader business field.

Course Content

During your first year you will study six modules per year, each one beginning in September and ending with a final assessment in May/June. In your second year you will study six compulsory modules and in your final year you will study five compulsory modules. Before you start an undergraduate degree at Bristol Business School you will receive further subject information shortly before the beginning of term.

Your first year of study will provide a general business foundation where you will study a range of core subjects including:

• Global Business Context
• Management and Organisational Behaviour
• Understanding Financial Information
• Business Information Technology Management
• Business Statistics and Decision Making
• The Political Economy of Work

During your second year you will study core subjects such as:

• Human Resource Management
• Employee Relations
• Law and Equality at Work
• Managing Finance
• Marketing
• Operations and Business Systems Management

In your final year you will study core subjects such as:

• Strategic Management
• Organisation Analysis
• Business and Labour History
• International HRM
• Independent HRM study project

Careers/further study

This degree will enable you either to pursue a career in HRM or to use your in-depth HRM knowledge working in a broader business field. HRM skills are required in all aspects of business and this degree will ensure that you can start your first job already equipped with these skills.

Entry requirements

English Language requirements: All students will have a recognised English Language qualification of at least GCSE grade C or an equivalent such as the British Council's International English Language Test (IELTS) grade 6.0.

Admissions and International Recruitment

Admissions and International Recruitment deals with enquiries and applications for all full-time undergraduate programmes. Contact us by

• telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83333
• fax: +44 (0)117 32 82810
• e-mail: admissions@uwe.ac.uk
• letter: Admissions and International Recruitment, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK