Detail of award: MAJOR, MINOR AND JOINT AWARDS involving BUSINESS and/with HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT including Integrated Foundation Year 2021 entry
Name of award: BA (Hons) involving Business and/with Human Resource Management

In order to achieve the named award above, students must meet all requirements of this award map  

STAGE 1a

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

FDN018

Transition to University – Learning to Learn

40

Compulsory

None

FDN020

Investigating Your Subject

20

Compulsory

None

FDN023

Foundations in Business

20

Compulsory

None

FDN021

Negotiated Learning Project

40

Compulsory

None


Students must take all compulsory modules


STAGE 1b - Business

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

BUS1004

Introduction to Management

20

Compulsory

None

BUS1001

Business Environment

20

Compulsory

None

BUS1009

Business in Society

20

Compulsory

None

Students must take the compulsory modules.


STAGE 1b – Human Resource Management

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

HRM1027

Introduction to Human Resource Management

20

Designated

None

HRM1028

Organisations, Culture and Behaviour 1

20

Designated

None

HRM1016

HRM in Business Context

20

Designated

None

HRM1017

Reflections on Work (WBL)

20

Designated

None


Students must take all modules.


STAGE 2 - Business

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

BUS2002

Strategic Business Analysis

20

Compulsory

None

BSO2003

Operations Management 1

20

Compulsory

None

HRM2003

Managing Human Resources

20

Designated

None

BSO2017

Information Technology for Business

20

Designated

None

MKT2031

Issues in Small Business Entrepreneurship

20

Designated

None


Major students must take BUS2002 and BSO2003 and must take two designated modules making 80 credits and must take 40 credits from their minor subject to total 120 credits for Level 5 study.
Joint students must take BUS2002 and BSO2003 and one designated module making 60 credits. Students must take 60 credits in their other subject to total 120 credits for Level 5 study.

Minor students must take BUS2002 and BSO2003 making 40 credits and must take 80 credits in their major subject to total 120 credits for Level 5 study.


STAGE 2 – Human Resource Management

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

HRM2003

Managing Human Resources

20

Compulsory

None

HRM2039

Employment Law

20

Compulsory

None

HRM2004

Employee Selection & Measurement

20

Designated

None

HRM2002

Organisational Behaviour2

20

Designated

None

HRM2005

Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation

20

Designated

None

HRM2014

Managing in Organisations

20

Designated

None

HRM2042

Learning Through Work 3

20

Designated

None

HRM2049

Career Development and Employability

20

Designated

None


Major students must take HRM2003 and HRM2039 plus two designated modules making 80 credits and must take 40 credits from their minor subject to total 120 credits at level 5
Joint students take HRM2003 and HRM2039 plus one designated module making 60 credits and must take 60 credits in their other subject, to total 120 credits at level 5
Minor students must take HRM2003 and HRM2039 making 40 credits and must take 80 credits from their major subject to total 120 level 5 credits.


∞ HRM2005 is the research methods module for this subject. Please note that only one research methods module can be undertaken as part of a Joint Honours award. If your other chosen subject offers a research methods module an additional designated module must be taken in its place from the second award map.


OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR         

 

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

HRM2053

The Placement Year Experience: Organisations in Context

40

Compulsory

None

Students must have successfully completed 100 credits at Level 5 in order to undertake placement

STAGE 3 - Business

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

BUS3002

Debates in Strategic Management

20

Compulsory

BUS2002 or MKT2001

BUS4001

Business Dissertation7

40

Compulsory for Mj

None

BUS4002

Business Project8

20

Designated for Jt

None

BUS4003

Business Joint Dissertation9

20

Designated for Jt

None

ACC3007

International Money & Finance

20

Designated

None

BSO3004

Operations Management 2

20

Designated

BSO2003

MKT3026

Opportunity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

20

Designated

None

BUS3011

Developing Cross-Cultural Capability

20

Designated

None

HRM3008

Organisational Change

20

Designated

None

BSO3017

Strategic Management of the Digital Organisation

20

Designated

None


Major students must take BUS4001 and BUS3002 and one designated module making 80 credits and must take 40 credits in their minor subject to total 120 Level 6 credits.
Joint students must take BUS3002 plus two designated modules making 60 credits and must take 60 credits from their other subject to total 120 Level 6 credits. Joint students must take a dissertation module from one of their subjects, but may instead also undertake an interdisciplinary dissertation joining both subjects together
Minor students must take BUS3002 plus one designated module making 40 credits and must take 80 credits in their major subject to total 120 Level 6 credits.

STAGE 3 – Human Resource Management

Code

Title

Credits

Status

Pre-Requisites

HRM4001

Human Resource Management Dissertation4

40

Designated: mj

None

HRM4002

Research Project5

20

Designated: mj, jt

None

HRM4003

Human Resource Management Interdisciplinary Dissertation 6

20

Designated: jt

None

HRM3007

Strategic Human Resource Management

20

Compulsory

None

BUS3011

Developing Cross Cultural Management Capability

20

Designated

None

HRM3005

Employee Relations

20

Designated

None

HRM3009

Developing People in Organisations

20

Designated

None


Major students must take HRM4001, HRM3007 and one designated module or HRM4002, HRM3007 and two designated modules making 80 credits modules and must take 40 credits from their minor subject to total 120 level 6 credits.
Joint students must take HRM3007 plus two designated modules making 60 credits and must take 60 credits from their other subject to total 120 level 6 credits. Joint students must take a dissertation module from one of their subjects. Joint students must take a dissertation module from one of their subjects, but may instead also undertake an interdisciplinary dissertation joining both subjects together.

Minor students must take HRM3007 plus one designated module making 40 credits and must take 80 credits from their major subject to total 120 level 6 credits.

 

Students who do not complete the Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subjects upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6 credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules, whether identified as compulsory or designated. Where the completed Level 6 credits are from one subject area only, the award title will be Ordinary Degree X WITH Y.  Where the completed Level 6 credits are from both subject areas, the award title will be either Ordinary Degree X WITH Y or Ordinary Degree X AND Y depending on the degree on which the student registered.

 

1 Cannot be counted with HRM2002
2 This module cannot be taken with HRM1002 and is compulsory for those students who did not study HRM1002 or equivalent in level 4
3
Work-based Learning Module (WBL) student must be in part or full time work and register with NBS Centre for Work-based Learning
4 Cannot be taken with HRM4002
5 Cannot be taken with HRM4001
6 Cannot be taken with HRM4001 or HRM4002 and must be taken with the joint dissertation/project module from a second subject
7 Cannot be taken with BUS4002
8 Cannot be taken with BUS4001
9 Cannot be taken with BUS4001 or BUS4002 and must be taken with the joint dissertation/project module from a second subject

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