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Business Management with Human Resource Management
BSc(Hons)

  • Course summary and entry requirements

    Course duration Help

    Sandwich: 4 years

    UCAS code N1NP

    Professional accreditation

    This course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Graduates will be exempt from some of the foundation level exams set by these professional bodies.

    About the course

    As companies become more aware of the importance of human resource (HR) functions and the need to recruit and retain the best workforce, graduates with HR skills are becoming increasingly sought after.

    As well as providing you with a broad range of business skills and knowledge, this course enables you to develop highly valued human resource management (HRM) expertise. It will help you to apply the principles and processes of HRM to help organisations to meet the challenges of managing and developing staff.

    A distinctive feature of this course is the work placement year. It significantly adds to your CV and many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers.

    Practical and personal skills development is central to this course. You will develop expertise in project management, report writing, time management, presenting, budgeting, team working, flexibility and leadership.

    Classes are interactive with a wide variety of activities, such as presentations, case studies, designing marketing plans, decision making scenarios and lively discussions.

    Typical entry requirements Help

    The entry requirements listed here are for students starting their course in 2013. Individual offers may vary

    A-levels:
    ABB. Applicants with only two fullA-levels or a double award will beconsidered on an individual basis.Excludes General Studies.

    ND/C (Level 3):
    DDM.

    International Baccalaureate:
    32 points including 16 at Higher level.

    QAA-approved access course:
    acceptable, subject-specific units.

    GCSE (minimum grade C):
    at least three subjects including English language and mathematics or a science.

    Foundation degree/HND
    direct entry to year 2 may be possible with relevant subjects. HNC may also count towards direct entry.

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.0, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

  • Course content

    Course structure

    Year 1 provides a general business background. You will study subjects such as economics, finance, marketing and human resources. You will also work on academic skills such as research and analysis, and business skills including communication, time management, IT and problem-solving.

    Expanding your business knowledge and skills is the aim of the second year. The HRM pathway allows you to focus on specialised topics.

    A distinctive feature of the course is the work placement year. On placement you gain work and life experience. It significantly adds to your CV and many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers. Placement companies include: American Express, BMW, Bosch, Channel 4, Disney, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard, Home Office, IBM, Ipsos Mori, ITV, lastminute.com, Microsoft and Rolls Royce Motor Cars.

    In your final year you will be able to choose from a wide range of options, enabling you to tailor the course to suit your career aspirations.

    Syllabus

    Year 1
    - Global Business Environment
    - Organisational Behaviour and HRM
    - Principles of Marketing
    - Financial Knowledge and Skills
    - Business Project

    Year 2
    - International Business Analysis
    - Managing Systems and Processes
    - Business Law
    - Operations and Enterprise Resource Planning
    - Working Across Cultures
    Year 2 options include:
    - Environmental Sustainability
    - Creativity in Enterprise
    - Design and Innovation
    - Purchasing and Supply

    Work placement year

    Final year
    - Managing and Developing People
    - Business Strategy
    - Placement Project
    Plusup to four options from a range of around 60, including:
    - Understanding Employee Relations
    - Employee Selection and Development
    - International Human Resource Management
    - Human Resource Management and Organisational Change
    - Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
    - Project and Event Management

    You can view the programme specification for this course as a PDF file by clicking on the link below:

    Programme Specification

  • Fees and costs

    The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

    The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

    What's included in the fee?

    When costs such as health or criminal record checks, field trips or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

    You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply please check with the school that provides your course using the contact details on the left of this page for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

    Our website www.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.

    BSc(Hons) Business Management with Human Resource Management  [J1EG012]
    UK/EU 9,000 GBP
    Island Students 9,000 GBP
    International 10,500 GBP

    If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is currently £750 for Home and Island Students and £1,760 for International students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

  • Location

    Location Help Moulsecoomb

    Located to the north of Brighton city centre, the Moulsecoomb campus offers students an excellent learning environment and a wide range of facilities. It is the largest of our five campuses with over 8,000 students.

    View campus maps and directions

    Living in Brighton

    Brighton’s rich mix of historic architecture, lively arts scene, varied shopping and cosmopolitan community make it a vibrant, enjoyable place to live. It is no wonder that many Brighton graduates choose to stay here.

    Social scene

    Alongside the traditional seaside attractions, Brighton is famed for its exciting social scene with a wide choice of pubs, clubs and restaurants.

    Music event on the beach

    Arts

    The highlight of the city’s cultural year is the Brighton Festival. The event is held each May and is England’s biggest arts festival, which showcases arts and performance from around the world. Brighton is also home to the UK’s oldest working cinema, the Duke of York’s, which shows alternative and mainstream films. The city is also well known for its exciting music scene and hosts The Great Escape music festival.

    Burning the Clocks winter solstice festival

    Sports

    Whether you take your sport seriously or just want to keep fit, Brighton offers all kinds of sports opportunities and facilities, on and off campus. You can also make the most of the location, and play volleyball, basketball and windsurfing down by the beach. The seafront is also the finishing point for the famous London – Brighton bicycle ride and the quirky veteran car run.

    Playing volleyball on the seafront

  • Staff profiles

    Business Management with Human Resource Management

    Julie Fowlie, Course Leader

    Julie's professional background is in management development within the financial services sector, which involved facilitating change through objective analysis, team building and leadership.

    She joined the University of Brighton in 1999 and is the Director of Business Programmes for undergraduate courses. Julie co-ordinates the Professional and Academic Skills Modules as well as teaching Managing People and Human Resource Management.

    Her main academic interests are the emotional dimension of leadership including emotional intelligence and most recently combining this construct with social marketing.

    In 2009 she co-authored How to Succeed at University, an essential guide to academic skills and personal development at university.

  • Career opportunities

    This degree is excellent preparation for working in areas such as employee relations, employment legislation, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, pay and benefits, consultancy, health and safety, training and development.

    Visit the careers service website.

  • More...

    Why study at Brighton Business School?

    Graduate with experience, ready for your career. You will be encouraged to apply for a paid work placement year. Work placements significantly add to your CV and many students return for their final year with firm job offers.

    Benefit from excellent teaching and learning support. We have 40 years' experience of running business courses. You will be allocated a personal tutor who will help support and guide you through your first year.

    Gain the knowledge and the skills that industry want. Our partners in industry and the professions contribute to course development and teaching.

    Be part of an institution that is innovative and relevant. The Research Assessment Exercise (2008) ranked us in the top 15 UK business schools in terms of world-leading research outputs.

    Live and study in an outstanding location. Brighton is a city with an extremely lively cultural and social life. It is no wonder that many Brighton graduates choose to stay here.

    More reasons to study at Brighton Business School

     

    Helping develop your career

    We provide career support from the first year. This is the only way to ensure our students are employable in the highly competitive job market. We do this by:

    The university's Careers Service offers guidance relating to any aspect of your career planning and development. The service is in regular contact with over 1,800 employers who post vacancies and attend our careers fairs.

    Beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship network. Taking part in beepurple activities, you will meet like-minded people, hear how other recent graduates have set up their own ventures and gain key enterprise skills that will help you stand out from the crowd.

    Momentum is our award-winning mentoring scheme. It pairs students with professionals who wish to share their experience. Students and their mentors meet regularly to exchange ideas, allowing the student to develop new skills and enhance their career prospects.

     

    International students

    Brighton Business School is a truly international place to study.

    As an international student, you will be supported from the moment you start with us. This includes:
    - a free orientation programme
    - a free pickup from Heathrow or Gatwick airport
    - free English language tuition (throughout your first year)
    - guaranteed accommodation in your first year
    - a range of scholarships and bursaries
    - a team of support staff to assist you, including a personal tutor.

    More details on support for international students

    Your level of English

    The level of English you need depends on the course. The details are included in the course information, but for more general information read our information on English language requirements.

    However, we provide a number of ways to improve your English before you start your course, and free English language support you while you are studying.

    Meeting entry requirements

    We can help you meet our academic entry requirements if your qualifications are not the correct level to study at university in the UK. The preparation courses at the University of Brighton’s International College have been specially designed to help international students to progress to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at the university.

    More about our university preparation courses

Business Management with Human Resource Management

Develop HRM expertise

Application process
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Find out more

01273 642151
Email undergrad.business@brighton.ac.uk

International students:
+44 (0)207 250 6749
international@brighton.ac.uk

 
 

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