BA (Hons) Finance & Human Resource Management at University of Strathclyde

BA (Hons) Finance & Human Resource Management is a Joint Honours degree at Strathclyde Business School combining Finance with Human Resource Management. Finance covers the principles of investment and value, business finance and decision-making, and the analysis of securities such as bonds and shares. Students take a broad business Year 1 and then choose two subjects to continue in Years 2 and 3.

Faculty: Strathclyde Business School  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time (joint honours)  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Finance: Year 1 covers the principles of investment and value, valuation of bonds and shares and accounting methods; Year 2 covers financial decision-making, risk and return and share pricing with statistical and spreadsheet methods; Year 3 covers advanced empirical analysis with historic and live data; Year 4 offers Finance as Single Honours with a research dissertation or Joint Honours. Human Resource Management: Year 1 introduces HRM through Managing People, Years 2 and 3 cover HRM theories and techniques including organisational psychology and sociological theories, and Year 4 offers specialist classes.

Career pathways

Finance graduates become financial analysts or investment managers with merchant banks, pension funds, insurance companies and stockbrokers, and many also pursue careers with accountancy firms and further study for professional accounting qualifications. Human resource management graduates work in HR and broader business or administrative roles in insurance, retail, manufacturing, recruitment consultancy and general management, for example as HR assistants and recruitment consultants.

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