Human Resource Management (Joint Honours)

UCAS code: Y002

Start date: September

Course length: full time: three years, or four with optional placement year.

Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

If you don't want to specialise in just one area, want to impress employers with your CV, want a mix of skills to move your career on and enjoy two of you're a level subjects equally, a joint honours degree could be just for you.

You can combine HR with another subject and study it as a major, joint or minor pathway, which means that you can choose the amount of accounting modules you want to take in your degree.

The first stage will introduce you to business and HR. The second stage develops an understanding of the policies, procedures and practices of HR. You can choose to take a placement year as your third year, or move straight to the final stage where you'll be looking at HR strategies and how these link in to the overall organisation and business strategies.

We'll introduce you to recent developments in the management of people at work, developing your critical abilities and teaching you to consider managing people from a social, cultural and political point of view. We'll also develop your personal skills throughout the course. From group working and time management through to report writing and presentation skills, we'll equip you not only with the subject knowledge, but also with the personal, transferable skills that are vital to your career and which you need to be successful in the graduate job market.

Our team members are active in research and consultancy in both HRM and organisational psychology, all of which informs your studies, so you're up to date with the latest HR issues.

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• BSc (Hons) in Applied Criminology and Human Resource Management
• BSc (Hons) in Biology and Human Resource Management
• BA (Hons) in Business Management and Human Resource Management
• BA (Hons) in Dance & Movement Studies and Human Resource Management
• BA (Hons) in Education Studies and Human Resource Management
• BSc (Hons) in Geography and Human Resource Management
• BA (Hons) in History and Human Resource Management
• BSc (Hons) in Human Resource Management and International Relations & Global Development
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Law
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Marketing
• BSc (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Mathematics
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Property Development
• BSc (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Psychology
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Sociology
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Sport & Exercise Studies
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Media Studies and Human Resource Management
• BA (Hons) in Professional Writing and Human Resource Management

Stage one

You will study these modules:

• Developing Professional Business Skills
• Understanding People and Organisation

And you will choose your options from:

• Marketing in Action
• Finance and Business Performance
• Managing Performance in Operations
• Markets, Prices and Strategy

Stage two

You will study these modules:

• Employability and Personal Development Planning
• Employment Law in the Workplace

And you will choose your options from:

• Business Simulation
• Managing the Dynamic Organisation
• Ethics and Social Responsibility

Stage three - Optional placement year

Final stage

You will study these modules:

• Developing and Managing Performance
• Strategic Management of Human Resources

And you will choose your options from:

• Independent Study - double module
• Principles and Practices of Management and Leadership
• Global Talent Management
• Employment Law in the Workplace
• Developing Employability from the Placement Experience (prescribed for students who did a placement)

Our entry requirements are usually 220-300 UCAS points, of which at least 200-240 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 60 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

• If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £7,700 per year.
• If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £8,250 per year.

We'll be announcing our part time and international fees for 2013/14 later in the year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

How you'll learn

All modules involve the discussion and application of underlying concepts. You will produce your ideas in a variety of formats and as you advance through your studies you will be able to introduce more analytical tools and techniques to analyse and interpret information. In stage two and three there's an increasing emphasis on independent learning with more student led seminars and directed study aided by self-directed learning.

How you're assessed

Assessment is by a combination of case studies, learning logs and reflective portfolios, computer assessments, group projects, individual assignments.The variety of assessment methods allows you plenty of opportunity to demonstrate the development of your technical skills.

Work placements

Optional but recommended. Find out more about placements

Anything else?

Guest lectures and case study scenarios are used to supplement tutor support in various modules.

You'll develop your practical business and study skills by an interactive seminar programme.

• We'll prepare you for a range of careers in HRM in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Your first role will be a junior HR role, from which you can develop through progression and professional accreditation in your field.
• Your career progression can be enhanced even further by supplementing your degree with CIPD professional qualifications or you can choose to study for a masters qualification here in Derby Business School.
• Take advantage of the reduction in fees you'll qualify for as a Derby alumni.

"My studies at Derby have given me the skills, knowledge and confidence I need for my current role as an HR Co-ordinator.  The course was very challenging and rewarding and the staff were always very supportive."

Nick Davies