Business Management with HRM (with placement year)

What’s the most important part of any business? It's people. Our Human Resources Management course will give you the expertise and knowledge you need to thrive when it comes to employing, engaging and leading people in business.

Alongside learning the fundamentals of business, you’ll get the chance to take specialist HRM modules covering topics like learning and development, and employee relations, to support your career in management.

Gain real-world experience before you graduate with a placement year. Our Centre for Professional Success experts will help you in applying for placements and internships. You’ll also get hands-on from day one, working on practical projects with real businesses.

With accreditations from AACSB and the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD), our course gives you a faster path to professional qualification to boost your career potential – and your potential earnings.

Why study at Hull?

• Qualify faster and earn more: Thanks to our CIPD accreditation you’ll graduate already part-qualified, which could mean you start on a higher salary.

• Get hands-on from day one: On top of your built-in placement year, you’ll work on live industry projects for local companies and big-name brands.

• 100% employability: A perfect 100% of our students are in work or further study 15 months after graduating.¹

Where could this take me?

With the added benefit of CIPD accreditation, this course opens a world of opportunity in business and people management.

Whether you’re looking to lead large teams, influence corporate policy or transform lives through training and development, the highly transferable skills and knowledge you’ll gain through learning and real-life business challenges will make you a desirable applicant in a range of roles.

Graduates have used their degree to secure work in HR, marketing and events, retail and the financial sector.

¹ (Human Resource Management) UK domicile full-time first-degree leavers; Higher Education Graduate Outcomes statistics, for the academic year 2020/21, published by HESA June 2023.

Core modules include:

Accounting and Finance
Marketing
World Economy
Organisational Management
Learning and Development
Employee Relations and Engagement

Optional modules include:

Individual Research Project
Consultancy Project
Problem Solving for Complex Systems

All modules are subject to availability and this list may change.

You'll be assessed through a combination of written, practical and coursework assessments throughout your degree.

Written assessment typically includes exams and multiple choice tests.

Practical is an assessment of your skills and competencies. This could include presentations, school experience, work experience or laboratory work.

Coursework typically includes essays, written assignments, dissertations, research projects or producing a portfolio of your work.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of