BA (Hons) Human Resource Management

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Jan 2027
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Course Overview

This Human Resource Management (HRM) course provides a critical and comprehensive exploration of how to manage and develop an organization's most vital asset: its people. Students will learn to design and implement strategic HR practices—from recruitment to performance management—within diverse organizational contexts, including public, private, and non-profit sectors. The program equips you with the essential analytical skills to question established HR "best practices" and to thrive in the modern, complex world of work.

Key Program Highlights

  • Critical examination of HR "best practices" and the wider social, economic, and political environments of work.
  • Focus on strategic HR functions including recruitment, motivation, training, performance management, and employee relations.
  • Application of learning across diverse sectors, from traditional businesses to employee-owned and non-profit organizations.
  • Instruction by award-nominated faculty with rich industry experience and cutting-edge research expertise.
  • Development of essential critical thinking and analytical skills to effectively manage and adapt within modern organizations.

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Modules

  • The Global Business Environment: An Introduction
  • HeadStart
  • Accounting and Finance for Managers
  • Our Blue Planet
  • Ecology: An Introduction
  • Introduction to Computing Science
  • Economic Decision Making and Markets
  • Why is the world like this? Economic perspectives on society
  • Introduction to Education: Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology
  • Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre
  • Building Planet Earth
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Personal Finance
  • Media 1: An Introduction to Media Studies and Industries
  • The French-Speaking World 1
  • Introductory French 1
  • People and the Environment
  • Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
  • The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
  • Introduction to Journalism Studies
  • Language and Society
  • Mathematics I
  • Discrete Structures
  • Philosophy: What is it all About?
  • People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
  • Religion in the Modern World
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
  • Introductory Spanish 1
  • Introduction to Sociology and Criminology
  • The Management Challenge: An Introduction
  • Our Thirsty Planet: Man and the Aquatic Environment
  • Introduction to Physiology
  • Programming and User Interface Design
  • Introduction to Data Science
  • Understanding the Wider Economy
  • Introductory Economics
  • Introduction to Education: Politics, Policy and Practice
  • Introduction to Literary Studies: Theories & Approaches
  • Landscape Evolution
  • The Moving Image
  • The French-Speaking World 2
  • Introductory French 2
  • Global Environmental Issues
  • Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations
  • Ethical Issues in Journalism
  • Foundations of Language
  • Practical Statistics
  • Mathematics II
  • How Should We Live?: Philosophy, Ethics, and Life
  • Political Concepts and Ideas
  • Religion Colonialism and Nationalism
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
  • Introductory Spanish 2
  • Applying a Social Policy Lens
  • Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
  • People Management
  • Introduction to Aquatic Environments
  • Evolution and Genetics
  • Data Structures, Objects and Algorithms
  • Scripting for Data Science
  • Economic Decision Making and Markets
  • Why is the world like this? Economic perspectives on society
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Literary Revolutions
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Personal Finance
  • Reading Film & Television
  • The French-Speaking World 1
  • The French-Speaking World 3
  • Introductory French 1
  • Intermediate French
  • Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach
  • Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
  • The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
  • Reputations in History
  • Language and the Brain
  • Analysis I
  • Fundamentals of Sustainability in Management
  • Fundamentals of Marketing
  • From Plato to Existentialism
  • Philosophy: What is it all About?
  • People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
  • Understanding International Politics
  • The Social Mind
  • Religion and Culture: Problems of Representation
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 3
  • Introductory Spanish 1
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Understanding Global Sport
  • People, Policy and Practice
  • External Reporting
  • Biodiversity
  • The Organisation of Business
  • Managing Information
  • Systems
  • Programming Language Paradigms
  • Statistics for Economics, Business and Management
  • The Biosphere
  • Finance II
  • Digital Media and Culture
  • The French-Speaking World 4
  • Operations Management
  • Optimisation in Theory and Practice
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Socially Responsible Marketing
  • Moral Theory
  • Comparative Politics - States, People, Power
  • Great Political Thinkers
  • Research Methods
  • Brain and Behaviour
  • Global Retailing in Society
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 4
  • The Development of Social Theory
  • Foundations of Sport Development and Coaching
  • Science of Diving
  • Introduction to Digital Storytelling
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Writing and History: Scotland and Empire
  • Writing and Theory
  • Writing and Language
  • Environmental Resilience
  • Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815
  • Linear Algebra
  • The Business of eSports
  • Knowledge and Mind
  • Inventing Religion: Origins, Methods and Critique
  • Statistical Techniques
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
  • Introductory Spanish 2
  • Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
  • Learning and Development
  • HRM in Context
  • International Business
  • Responsible Business
  • Strategic Management
  • Environmental Economics
  • Business Analytics
  • Innovation Management
  • Leadership and Management
  • Marketing Analytics and Brand Creation
  • Sport Marketing
  • Multi-Channel Retail Marketing
  • Retail Strategy and Operations
  • Resourcing and Talent Management
  • Reward in Practice
  • Contemporary Employment Relations
  • International Business
  • Responsible Business
  • Strategic Management
  • Business Analytics
  • Innovation Management
  • Leadership and Management
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Tuition fee
Apply by
Start date
Sep 2026
Jan 2027
Duration
Campus
Mode of study
Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
1 weeks after your application is submitted