Program Overview

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BA (Hons) Human Resource Management

Overview

The BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to pursue a career in business and human resource management. This HR degree will help you get ahead of resource management, personnel HR, and general business operations.

Why choose this course?

• 6th in the UK for Business and Management courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
• Studying at Wolverhampton will allow you to develop the skills businesses demand including IT, project management, team working and leadership.
• The tutors on this programme will have had experience as practicing managers, have worked with business in an advisory capacity or will be researching business and management

What happens on the course?

The BA (Hons) Human Resource Management suite of courses are designed to equip you with the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours to enable entry into the Human Resource Profession. This course enables you to identify, release and apply your talents in practical and beneficial ways that will inspire you towards achieving your personal ambitions and future career success

Course Modules

Year 1

• Developing People Practitioner Skills
• The Digital Business
• The Inclusive Business
• The Responsible Business

Year 2

• Analysing People Development in Organisations
• The International HR Professional
• The Professional Manager and Leadership
• Theory and Practice of People Management

Year 3

• People Profession - Transforming Organisations
• Strategic People Management
• The Professional Project
• Transition into the HR Profession

Potential Career Paths

• Postgraduate study
• HR advisor
• Employee liaison officer
• Diversity Officer
• Recruitment

Additional Information

• A supportive professional study environment
• Knowledgeable tutors
• A supportive environment
• Blended learning
• Flexibility
• Professional body informed programmes
• Internationalisation

What skills will you gain?

• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of your field of study
• Demonstrate an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline
• Demonstrate conceptual understanding that enables the student to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems
• Demonstrate the ability to manage your own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources
• Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data

Course Fees and Finance

• Location: Home, International
• Mode: Full-time, Part-time
• Fee: £9250 per year (Home, Full-time), £9535 per year (Home, Full-time), £4625 per year (Home, Part-time), £4768 per year (Home, Part-time), £14950 per year (International, Full-time), £15995 per year (International, Full-time)

Entry Requirements

• Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points
• A Levels: grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma: grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma: grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

What our students say

• 'I definitely feel supported by my lecturers, both Kevin and Ayesha. They've got pretty much an open door policy when it comes to their office hours. Need help? You just send them an email.'
• 'The thing I like most is the way that the lecturers talk to you. They have knowledge that their willing to share to you, and it's almost like a mutual transaction' - Zak Woods

Who accredits this course?

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status)
• Changes for EU students
• Self-funding
• Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees
• Financial Hardship
• Bursaries and Scholarships

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• Named after our Chancellor, the Lord Swraj Paul Building offers six floors of purpose-built student space, and is our Business School’s impressive multi-million pound home.
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How We Compare

• Full-time Course: 85% say staff value students views and opinions about the course, 97% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well, 95% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course
• Part-time Course: 82% say staff value students views and opinions about the course, 82% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well, 65% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course

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• BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management
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• BA (Hons) Part-time 6 years, Full-time 3 years
• Course Options: Location | Study mode | Duration | Start date |
• University: City Campus | Part-time | 6 years | 15 September 2025 | Apply Directly
• University: City Campus | Full-time | 3 years | 15 September 2025 | Apply via UCAS

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