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Course summary
Build confidence before diving into a career-focused HR programme. The Foundation Year helps you develop essential academic, digital and business skills, preparing you for success in the full degree. As you progress, you’ll explore how organisations recruit, develop and manage people, with modules covering employment law, leadership, diversity, and digital transformation. You’ll gain hands-on experience through live projects and simulations, and have the option to take a paid placement year. Accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), this course also gives you the opportunity to graduate with a professional qualification alongside your degree. / Build academic confidence and business foundations in the Foundation Year. / Explore key HR topics like employment law, diversity, and organisational behaviour. / Apply HR theory to practice through live projects and simulations. Develop your skills You’ll look ahead to the technologies that will affect the work of business professionals in the future and gain essential digitals skills that will help you go further in the industry, such as: / Body swap technology / iDea Bronze Award / Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Word and 365 / Power BI A degree you can trust Our BA (Hons) Human Resource Management course is accredited by the CIPD, so you know that what you learn is aligned with industry standards (subject to reaccreditation. All our undergraduate business courses are available with: • Placement Year - on the placement year option, you will not pay fees to the University and will earn a wage for the work that you do. • Study Abroad – study with one of our partner Universities for a semester or a year. Find out more on www.salford.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/human-resource-management-with-foundation-year. This course is not open to international students. Please note that the content of this course is currently being reviewed, to ensure we offer the most up to date module content for all of our students. We do expect that some of the content will change from that which you will see on this page. As soon as we know the full details of this, all applicants will be informed about the new content.
Modules
Please note that the content of this course is currently being reviewed, to ensure we offer the most up to date module content for all of our students. We do expect that some of the content will change from that which you will see on this page. As soon as we know the full details of this, all applicants will be informed about the new content. Your foundation year will give you a grounding in business management, preparing you for your future studies. As you progress into your first, second and third years of study, you will further develop your responsible leadership and strategic thinking. In your first year, you will study core modules to help build your understanding of how organisations function and how HR fits into the wider business context. The second year will see you diving deeper into HR, looking at employment law, project management, business intelligence and people management. Gain hands-on experience through a paid industry placement or study abroad opportunity, enhancing your professional network and employability. In your final year, you'll advance into strategic HR looking at entrepreneurship, sustainability, leadership and management.
Assessment method
We use different assessment techniques in different modules and try to ensure all assessments reflect the types of work you will do after graduating. This may include portfolio work, multiple choice questions, group reports and problem-solving questions.
How to apply
14Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- N603
- Institution code:
- S03
- Campus name:
- Peel Park Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 64 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Salford
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT