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BSc Business and Human Resource Management (Industry)

Lancaster University

Institution
Lancaster University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Business and Human Resource Management (Industry)
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
N602
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects

About this course

BSc Hons Business and Human Resource Management (Industry), a business management and business and human resource management degree focused on organizational behavior and workplace practices. Core topics include Marketing, Accounting, Human Behaviour, Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, Entrepreneurship, Global & Comparative Perspective, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. This four-year program includes an integrated professional placement year in the third year, allowing students to apply academic concepts in a graduate-level work environment. The first year covers foundations through compulsory modules such as Economics for Business, Foundations in Management Theory and Practice, Key Issues and Debates in Organisations, Work and Technologies, Principles of Marketing, and Professional Development for Study and Your Future Career, alongside optional choices including Foundations of Accounting and Finance. The second year examines workplace dynamics through compulsory modules like Understanding People and Management, Human Resource Management: Managing Our Working Lives, Human Resource Management in Practice, Ethics and Responsibility in a Global Context, and Research Methods for Business and Management, with optional study abroad or digital organization modules. The third year consists of a full-time placement year. The final year centers on advanced topics through compulsory modules including Managing People and Change, Contemporary Perspectives on Work and Human Resources, Managing People Globally, Work and Employment Relations in the Global Economy, and a Capstone Project, alongside optional modules covering technological futures and global sustainable development.

Modules

  • Economics for Business
  • Foundations in Management Theory and Practice
  • Key Issues and Debates in Organisations, Work and Technologies
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Professional Development for Study and Your Future Career
  • Foundations of Accounting and Finance
  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Understanding People and Management
  • Human Resource Management: Managing Our Working Lives
  • Human Resource Management in Practice
  • Ethics and Responsibility in a Global Context
  • Research Methods for Business and Management
  • Management in International Businesses and Organisations
  • Organising in the Digital Age
  • Global Business Knowledge and Mindset
  • Placement Year
  • Managing People and Change
  • Contemporary Perspectives on Work and Human Resources
  • Managing People Globally
  • Work and Employment Relations in the Global Economy
  • Capstone Project
  • Technological Futures
  • Global Sustainable Development
  • Power, Technology and Society