Bachelor of Art Business & Human Resource Management (with Foundation Year)

Our degree in Business & Human Resource Management (HRM) will give you the skills you need to successfully manage organisations and their people in today’s fast-paced, and often challenging business environments and to play a part in influencing strategic business decisions.

You will:

• Apply cutting-edge, contemporary research and theory to your studies.
• Practice some of the core HR/business skills that are transferrable across the wider business sector.
• Develop essential skills in negotiation, listening, persuasion, problem-solving and decision-making.
• Build a foundation for a career in business, with specialist knowledge and skills in HR to make sure ‘employees come first’.
• All our Wrexham-based graduating students will also achieve a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management from the Chartered Management Institute worth over £1,300 at no extra cost.

• Includes a foundation year to prepare you for further study.
• Apply cutting-edge, contemporary research and theory to your studies.
• Participate in lively and dynamic lecture discussions and debates on real-time HRM issues with your lecturers and fellow students.
• Develop essential skills in negotiation, listening, persuasion, problem-solving and decision-making.
• Take part in an optional industrial placement giving you highly sought after industry experience employers are looking for.
• Become a highly effective HR professional who can operate successfully in a range of business environments and sectors.

• YEAR 1 (Foundation Year)

  MODULES

  • Fundamentals of Finance
  • Fundamentals of HRM
  • Fundamentals of Business
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • The Skills You Need
  • Contextual Studies

  YEAR 2 (LEVEL 4)

  MODULES

  • Introduction to Management & Business
  • Introduction to Business Finance & Accounting
  • Human Resource Management in Context
  • Marketing Essentials
  • Business Communication Skills
  • Business Analytics

  YEAR 3 (LEVEL 5)

  MODULES

  • Managing Corporate Risk and Crime
  • Digital Business Strategy
  • Agile Leadership
  • Professional Behaviours & Valuing People
  • Organisational Performance & Culture in Practice
  • Organisational Development
  • Optional Industrial Placement

  YEAR 4 (LEVEL 6)

  MODULES

  • Strategic Management
  • Employment Law
  • Managing People in an International Context
  • Talent Management in Organisations
  • Dissertation

Our general requirement for the foundation year is 48-72 UCAS tariff points but all applications are considered individually and we consider work experience, vocational training/qualifications, as well as motivation and potential to succeed.