Human Resource Management
Our Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) approved degree responds to current and future demands placed on the Human Resources profession; exposing students to the rhetoric’s and realities of people management - past, present, and future.
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Key Course Details
Human resource management (HRM) plays a vital part at every level of all organisations. An organisation will only succeed if its people are well managed, motivated, committed and engaged.
Course Highlights
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Module Overview
The skills, behaviours and core knowledge demanded by the HR profession are those which you will develop during your studies, making you desirable to future employers.
People, Work and Society
Students learn sociology of work in the contemporary economy, the links between people’s experiences and perceptions of work and the impact that it has on them and the wider society.
Economics, Law, and the Business Environment
Students will develop an understanding of the business environment and its analysis with reference to economic and legal factors and business frameworks used for environmental analysis.
Becoming a Professional; Critical Enquiry
Students will develop their critical thinking skills, their ability to find and interrogate relevant information and how to present their interpretation of research in meaningful ways.
Principles of Supply Chain Management
Provides a broad introduction to the principles and practice of logistics, procurement operations and supply chain management.
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
Introduces students to a range of core marketing and consumer behaviour concepts that will enable them to perform key marketing functions and processes.
Becoming a Professional; Enterprise Project
This module increases students’ awareness and appreciation of the subject of entrepreneurship, and the entrepreneurial mind-set which has been identified as a key attribute for the future-proof graduate.
HRM in the Workplace; Policy, Practice & Law
This module introduces students to the fundamental legal imperatives which inform HR policy and practice and sets the scene for the legal dimension of other modules which follow.
Resource and Talent Development
Learn the tools, techniques and practices that organisations use and the strategic approaches they take to position themselves as employers who meet current and anticipated skills needs.
Business Analytics for Management and Financial Decision-Making
Develop skills in analytics, financial interpretation, and numeracy for business in readiness for a career in your chosen field.
HRM context and challenges
Examines HR’s role in strategy formation and implementation in both national and international contexts.
Developing HR Professional Practice
This module enables students to develop a sound understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by Human Resources professionals whilst reflecting upon their own development needs.
Organisational Behaviour and Work
This module provides a managerial and critical perspective, utilising international research and case studies. Students are challenged to navigate ambiguity in this fascinating, complex field.
HRM 4.0 and the future of work
In this module, students build upon their HR knowledge, examining disruptive technologies' impacts, demographic issues, and employment patterns on the evolving profession.
Developments in Employee Relations
This module aims to develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the nature and context of employment relations in contemporary settings.
Employee Engagement: Rhetoric's and Realities
This module provides students with a broad understanding of what is meant by employee engagement and draws attention to the relationship between this and other HR concepts covered in other modules.
Strategic Management
Students will analyse information and environmental factors in the context of the HR Function to enhance abilities of informed decision-making.
HRM Critical Enquiry Project
Students will showcase their ability to investigate and diagnose a (potentially) live or complex business issue from an HRM perspective during a self-directed, supervised research project.
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How you’ll learn
There are plenty of opportunities to gain practical experience, where you can apply business theories in the real world. You will learn through lectures, tutorials, directed learning, independent study and workplace engagement. Lectures will be used to introduce key HRM and business concepts and theories. There are also opportunities to study through the medium of Welsh or Network75, a combined work and study route.
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Teaching staff
Our human resources degree is taught by a team of experts, who bring the latest developments straight to the classroom. This is reinforced by guest lectures, where you will hear directly from professionals working in the field.
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Placements
A year out on work placement, undertaking an internship as part of your human resource management course, or studying abroad is another great boost to your CV which can help you stand out from the crowd. Whether it’s studying abroad or gaining work experience, our experienced team will help you find a placement, in an area that interests you. course also offers all students a minimum of 10-weeks in industry as a core part of their study.
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Support
Specialised and personalised academic support is provided on a weekly basis appropriate for the level of student through the South Wales Business School’s Centre for Academic Success. This continuous professional development supports and compliments subject discipline within an academic context to enable and empower undergraduate business students. It combines various learning methodologies; seminars, training workshops, events, e-learning, live simulations, immersive learning, gamification and best practice techniques, all focused for student improvement and effective professional development.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
UCAS Points: 96 (or above)
Typical qualification requirements:
- A Level: CCC
- Welsh BACC: Pass the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Diploma with Grade C in the Skills Challenge Certificate and CC at A Level (this is equivalent to 96 UCAS tariff points).
- BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma Merit Merit Merit (this is equivalent to 96 UCAS tariff points).
- Access to HE: Pass the Access to HE Diploma and obtain a minimum of 96 UCAS tariff points.
Additional Requirements:
The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C or Grade 4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.
International applications welcomed:
We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence please view our dedicated country pages.
English language requirements
International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.
Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.
If you have previously studied through the medium of English IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.
If you do not meet the English entry criteria please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
We're here to help
Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch and we'd to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Fees and Funding
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
*Obligatory.
Students have the opportunity to attend various branch and regional CIPD events as well as occasional seminars and conferences. It is recommended that all students fully engage with the CIPD and their events to maximise their advantages of their professional membership.
Cost: £0 - £100
Students are encouraged to undertake a period of work placement during their second year of study. Students undertaking a placement may incur costs associated with travel and expected workplace attire and this will vary according to the placement.
Cost: £0 - £300
Students are encouraged to engage in any and all work experience opportunities, however, some of these may be unpaid and would require students to fund the subsistence costs associated with these. Additionally, in Year 3 only, students may opt to take the Employment Practice and Employability module whereby 70 hours of RWE is required. Students choosing this option may incur costs associated with travel and expected workplace attire and this will vary according to the placement.
Cost: £0 - £300
Students are offered the opportunity to complete an internship during their second year of study. Students undertaking an internship may incur costs associated with travel and expected workplace attire and this will vary according to the placement.
Cost: £0 - £200
Costs may be incurred while completing sandwich year if chosen . Costs associated with travel and expected workplace attire will vary according to the placement. Year 3 only.
Cost: £0 - £100
Variable costs may be incurred while completing a "study abroad option"
Cost: £0 - £1000
Text books are provided via the USW library but students may wish to purchase their own private copies.
Cost: £300 - £400
Should students choose to sit exams abroad (in their home country for example) there will be a £50 admin fee and a cost of £20 per exam. Students are also responsible for any additional charges made by an overseas exam venue.
Cost: £50 - £300
University Quality Assurance
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
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