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Business Management (Human Resource Management) (Top Up)

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About this course


Course option

1year

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Business and management

Human resource management

Management studies

Specifically designed for students who have already obtained a HND or equivalent qualification, the BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management allows you to top up to a full bachelor degree in less than year.

Underpinned by the key principles of business through a set of core business modules, this one year course will address key themes in human resource management that will enable you to improve individual and organisational potential. Your studies delve into the importance of employee relations and its significance on the success of a business. Allowing you to build upon your existing subject knowledge, you’ll look into how people are managed within an organisation and how implemented policies can effectively contribute to organisational success.

Modules

During the BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management course, you will examine core aspects of business such as business strategy and communication in a global context, whilst also getting the chance to conduct an investigation into a business problem that allows you to apply your business acumen to a real life scenario.

In addition to studying four core business modules that will broaden your understanding of how businesses operate, you will also study two additional modules specialising in human resource management.

Core business modules:
•International Business
•Business Strategy
•Business Research Project
•Business Communications

Specialist human resource modules:
•Leadership and Management Development
•Employee Engagement

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

England
£9,000
per year
EU
£9,000
per year
International
£12,600
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Pontypridd

Department:

Business School

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

88%
Business and management
88%
Management studies

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Business and management (non-specific)

Teaching and learning

80%
Staff make the subject interesting
88%
Staff are good at explaining things
87%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
85%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

86%
Library resources
87%
IT resources
86%
Course specific equipment and facilities
83%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

61%
UK students
39%
International students
60%
Male students
40%
Female students
59%
2:1 or above
16%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
D
C

Human resource management

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This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.


Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

81%
UK students
19%
International students
39%
Male students
61%
Female students
59%
2:1 or above
14%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
C
C

Management studies

Teaching and learning

92%
Staff make the subject interesting
88%
Staff are good at explaining things
90%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
80%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

82%
Library resources
68%
IT resources
69%
Course specific equipment and facilities
78%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

41%
UK students
59%
International students
61%
Male students
39%
Female students
46%
2:1 or above
12%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
A
C

After graduation


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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Business and management (non-specific)

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Human resource management

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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Management studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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£25k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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