The course consists of seven modules plus a dissertation and residential component. The modules are:
Managing Resources in Context
Managing People for Results
Personnel Management: Issues and Contexts
Learning and Development
Employment Relations
Research Methods
Reward Management
On the first semester of the course, you will be studying the CIPD - accredited Leadership and Management Standards. This provides you with an understanding of the context of human resource management practice, and the skills required by a professional practitioner.
The dissertation is usually around 15,000 words.
During the course you will also participate in an international study visit to another EU country (previous residentials have been held in France). It will normally be of about six days’ duration. The week consists of visits to organisations, presentations from practitioners, and seminars and discussions on relevant issues. You will be required to complete an assignment about the study visit.
In addition, Year One includes a compulsory weekend residential at the beginning of the course to examine and practice the skills you will need throughout the rest of the course. There are a number of other compulsory one-day workshops throughout the course.
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Assessment
Assessment methods include assignments written in report format, comparative analyses, learning contracts and logs, presentations, group work and exams. There will also be a record of continuing professional development, and a dissertation.
Career opportunities
Successful completion of this Masters degree (or the Postgraduate Diploma) provides Graduate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and prepares you for careers in a wide variety of industries. Successful completion of the two modules in the first semester of the course leads to an Advanced Diploma in Professional Development and Licentiate Membership of the CIPD.
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The course consists of six modules and a dissertation.
Core modules:
Consultancy Skills for HR
Organisation Dynamics and Change
Research Methods
Strategic Human Resources
Strategic Management
International Personnel and Development
The dissertation comprises a 15,000-word organisation research project and report.
Assessment
You are assessed using a range of methods: essays, seminar leading, group project presentations, writing portfolios, research papers, as well as assessment and evaluation by your peers, together with the dissertation.
Career opportunities
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There are three compulsory taught modules:
History and Theory of Human Rights
Citizenship and Social Justice
Social Research: Principles and Practice
You must also complete a compulsory triple-module dissertation.
Three options must be chosen from a list including:
Human Rights and the International Order
Ethics and International Relations
Women, Gender and Human Rights
Labour, Race and Empire 1880-1960
Citizenship in the European Union
International Commercial Relations and Human Rights
Human Rights in UK and International Law
Refugees and Human Rights
Human Rights and Labour Rights
Criminal Justice and Human Rights
International Child Law and Human Rights Law
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History and Theory of Human Rights
Human Rights in UK and International Law
Legal Research Methodology
Options are chosen from a list including:
Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Women, Gender and Human Rights
Human Rights and Labour Rights
Refugees and Human Rights
International Children's Rights
Human Rights in the Digital Age
European Convention on Human Rights Parts I & II (including Moot Court)
Litigation at the European Court of Human Rights (Clinical module)
One option may be taken following discussion with the course director
The major in Human Services prepares students for working with the rapidly changing structure of contemporary society. Specific areas of study include human development, marriage and family studies and therapy, counseling, human sexuality, faith development, and social services.
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Managing Resources in a Strategic Context
Managing People for Results
People Management and Resourcing: Issues and Contexts
Learning and Development
Employment Relations
The Reflective Practitioner
Consultancy, Skills and Change
Choice of modules: either Managing Diversity or Labour Law
On the first stage of the course, you will be studying the CIPD-accredited Leadership and Management Standards. This is taught in one semester (in two modules). This provides you with an understanding of the context of human resource management practice and the skills required by a professional practitioner. Successful candidates will gain CIPD's Leadership and Management field and Licentiate status within the Institute.
The second stage
The course provides aspiring and current practitioners in the expanding area of human resource management with the professional education, development and skills to enable you to build your career. You may proceed to a career as a professional practitioner in personnel management, training and development, or industrial relations.
The University's provision in Business and Management was rated 'Excellent' in recent subject reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The course meets the requirements of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for Graduate status.
Entry requirements
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