Combined Honours Programmes

Human Resource Management (Major, Joint or Minor)

Campus: Docklands

What will I study?

We offer a number of different Combined Honours programmes for Business Studies which allow you to choose how much of your time you wish to spend studying this subject. You can choose which options you wish to study depending upon your interests and ambitions. Other programmes available in the Business Studies area are:Business Finance, Business Studies, International Business and Marketing

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management deals with how organisations manage people. This covers issues such as recruitment and selection, training, performance management, communications with employees, pay and rewards. It should appeal to you if you want a career in HRM or one involving the management of people and are interested in issues such as the following:

How can we try to improve selection to get the right people in the right jobs?
How can an organisation deal with stress amongst employees?
What trends and changes are occurring in Human Resource Management in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world?

Which modules will I study?

You can view a full guide to the modules you have to study as part of your chosen pathway, along with a full range of option modules available by viewing the Single & Combined Honours Programmes Guide for Human Resource Management

Can I study a Combined Honours Programme as a Part-time degree?

All our Combined Honours Programmes can be studied on a Part-time or Full-time basis. As a Part-time student, you will study the same degree programme, but at a slower pace. You will study up to 4 modules per year (instead of 6 as a full-time student). You will find that some subject areas offer evening taught modules to aid flexibility. Some Business modules are available for evening study.

What career opportunities are open to me if I study Human Resource Management?

The range of potential careers is probably limitless, there are so many that they cannot be listed here.
As a brief overview our students have developed careers in Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance, Accountancy, Media, Marketing, Business Administration. They work in the UK, or Europe or world-wide.

Below you will find listed some of the organisations in which our most recent graduates are working:

Abbey National plc
Cancer Research Fund
Clarins (UK) Ltd.
College of Law
Credit Suisse Bank
Department for Education and Employment
Direct Computer Training Ltd
Hamleys of London Ltd
HM Customs and Excise
HSBC Bank plc.
Intec Telecom Systems
Lloyds TSB Group
London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Waltham Forest.
London School of Economics and Political Science
Marks & Spencer plc.
Merrill Lynch Inc.
J.Sainsbury plc
The Financial Services Authority
The Home Office
The National Health Service
United Dairies plc

Will I be eligible for any Professional Exemptions?

We are currently revising the exemptions that can be obtained from various Professional Bodies. Traditionally we have had exemptions from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, The Association of International Accountants, The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. You are strongly advised to consult with the University on the current status of the exemption negotiations to determine what is currently available.

Popular Combinations with Human Resource Management are

Business Information Systems/Human Resource Management (GN56 - Mod/MADF)
Clinical Science/Human Resource Management (BN96 - Mod/OCDF)
Computer Networks with Human Resource Management (G4N6 - BSc/MCdf)
Human Resource Management with Business Information Systems (N6GM - BA/DFma)
Human Resource Management with Psychology (N6C8 - BA/DFja)
Human Resource Management/English Literature (NQ63 - BA/DFPG)
Human Resource Management/Media Studies (NP63 - BA/DFPM)
Human Resource Management/Community Arts Practice (NW64 - BA/DFPR)
Human Resource Management/Psychosocial Studies (NC68 - BA/DFPT)
Human Resource Management/Sociology (Professional Development) (NL63 - Mod/DFPV)
Public Health/Human Resource Management (BN9P - Mod/OMDF)

What can I combine with Human Resource Management?

We have over 5000 different combinations and you can choose from over 75 pathways. Please visit the Combined Honours Programmes page for a full list

Please note that the timetabling for this pathway is currently under review and some combinations may require evening attendance. Please check with the School of Combined Honours for further details.