BA (Hons) Business with HRM at University of the West of Scotland

Our BA Business programmes are designed with your career aspirations in mind, offering flexibility and a broad range of opportunities to tailor your studies. Build a strong foundation in your first two years (Levels 7 & 8) with our newly introduced common modules where you'll focus on the essentials in business and marketing studies. For your third year (Level 9) onwards, you'll have the freedom to choose your area of specialism.

Duration: 4 years full-time, typically 6 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: Paisley: September  |  Location: Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

The BA (Hons) Business with HRM programme allows you to tailor your studies to suit your career goals. In Levels 7 and 8, you'll build a strong foundation in core business subjects, shared across four pathways: Business, Finance, Human Resources, and Marketing. Year 1: Entrepreneurial Thought and Action, Understanding Organisations in Business and Society, Fundamentals of Finance*, Introduction to Marketing*, Foundations of AI in Business*, Professional Development Experience Level 7. Year 2: Organisational Behaviour, Creating Sustainable Business, Operations Management, AI Innovation and Business Analytics*, Digital Workplaces*, Social Media Marketing*. Year 3: Managing Talent in Organisations, Managing Performance and Reward, Professional Practice HRM, HR Systems and Analytics, Critical Employment. Year 4: Transformational HRM, HR Policy & Practice, Managing Equality and Diversity, Critical Issues in International HRM.

Career pathways

Upon completion of the programme, our graduates are equipped with the professional knowledge, skills and understanding to pursue careers within human resources. The business modules arm our graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to explore careers in general organisation management.

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