Human Resource Management with Foundation Year

Human Resource Management professionals who can motivate employees, drive performance and ensure organisational compliance are highly sought after. This programme with foundation year is designed to give you the ideal starting point if you want extra support before beginning degree‑level study.

During the foundation year, you’ll build confidence in academic writing, business concepts and digital skills, while strengthening your communication and problem‑solving abilities. You’ll explore introductory ideas in management and people practices, preparing you to progress smoothly into the full honours degree.

Once you move into the main programme, you’ll gain an understanding of organisational processes and people management practices that play a pivotal role in organisational performance and success. You’ll develop key skills such as communication, leadership, emotional intelligence and teamwork, alongside critical knowledge of employment law, talent management and organisational behaviour.

• Build confidence in academic, business and digital skills to prepare for degree‑level study

• Explore introductory concepts in management and people practices

• Strengthen communication, teamwork and problem‑solving abilities in a supportive environment

• Gain the study skills needed to progress into the full honours programme

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.

This course gives you the knowledge, skills and experience needed for a graduate career in human resource management. Your foundation year will give you a grounding in business management, preparing you for your future studies.

In your first year, you will build a strong foundation in HRM and explore its role across different organisations. You will focus on core HR skills such as emotional intelligence, professionalism and ethical decision making, while learning about the stages of the employee lifecycle and embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles into practice.

In your second year, you will deepen your understanding of organisational structures and discover how HR skills, processes and practices can be applied to improve organisational effectiveness. This stage of the course helps you connect theory with practice, preparing you to take on more advanced HR responsibilities.

In your final year, you will bring together everything you have learned to develop a complete understanding of human resources. You will design strategic HR plans for different functions across a range of organisations, giving you the confidence and expertise to step into professional HR roles or progress into postgraduate study.

/ Year One: Introduction to Human Resources; Digital and Business Skills; Understanding Organisations; HR Business Skills; Data Analysis for Business; The Future of Business

/ Year Two: Professional Development; Managing and Coordinating Human Resources; Analysis for HRM; Project Management; Employment Law for Business; Live Project in HRM; The Digital Workplace; Employee Relations; Internship

/ Year Three: Business Ethics and Sustainability; Employee Engagement and Reward; Leadership and Management in HRM; Resourcing and Talent Management; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management; Enhancing Professional Practice

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.