Course summary

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year 1 of the degree onwards will be from Coventry University campus. This course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for a professional career within business and human resource management. The foundation year introduces the world of business with a sharp focus on aspects of management, business communications and marketing in a global context. The foundation year creates opportunities for you to develop key business skills and to put theory, both traditional and contemporary, into practice with real-world scenarios. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Business and Human Resource Management BA (Hons) degree within Coventry University’s Business School. The degree part of the course aims to develop your expertise in broader-based business management and the more specific function of human resource (HR) management. This course focuses on how every organisation’s success depends on its ability to recruit, motivate and retain high-quality staff.  It aims to provide you with a distinctive insight into the challenges of managing people at work, and how these can be addressed in a world of fast-paced technological change and increased internationalisation.   Key benefits of the degree

• Practice your skills - Develop your business skills through a variety of international case studies, problem-based learning, simulated business and human resources activities in our Business Simulation Suite. The simulation suite is equipped with modern technology, from inter-communication, built-in mics, cameras and the use of virtual reality headsets.

• Real-world exposure - Industry field trips to organisations within a range of sectors and diversified HR functions, past visits include Jaguar Land Rover, Ironbridge, Warwick Castle, Cadbury’s and Coventry City Council. You also can attend events to build your professional network.

• Industry insight and professional network development - Learn from experienced staff, whose consultancy, training and research links with organisations are deep and wide-ranging.

• Lecturers at the forefront of HR developments - Our research-active staff will also share the latest thinking, new developments and specific challenges of a changing work environment. We have lecturers who focus on new ways of working, diversity management, multi-cultural teams, identity, HR professionalisation, the organisation of change and the changing nature of management, social network analysis, shared perceptions, organisational psychology and organisational behaviour.

• Career ready - Upon graduation, you will be well prepared to begin your career in HR or to pursue further professional HRM/HRD qualifications, such as the Advanced CIPD Level 7 or an MA/MSc in Human Resource Management.