BSc (Hons) Management (Human Resources)

at Alliance Manchester Business School

Course unit details

You take courses totalling 360 credits over the duration of your studies in order to graduate with Honours; 120 credits in each year of study. As your studies progress you have increasing flexibility in choosing courses which suit your personal interests and career aspirations.
 

Course content for year 1

Your first year will give you a good grounding in accounting, finance, management, work psychology, marketing, sociology and economics. This will help you to make more informed choices about optional course units in later years. You will study 120 credits in total.

Course units for year 1

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
 

Title

• Economic Principles
• Marketing Foundations
• Financial Decision Making M
• Fundamentals of Financial Reporting
• Fundamentals of Management Accounting M
• Academic and Career Development
• Case Studies in Professional Management
• Introduction to Work Psychology
• Quantitative Methods for Business and Management
• Introduction to Management and Organisation Studies
   

Course content for year 2

Your second year course structure is determined by whether you select a specialism or prefer to continue to study a broad range of topics. If you decide to specialise you will study 40 credits of core course units relating to your chosen specialism and 80 credits of optional course units to bring your total to 120 credits. Additional core course units in law must be taken by Human Resources specialists.
 

If you do not wish to specialise, you will choose 120 credits of optional course units from across the management portfolio, which includes all of the core course units for each specialism alongside additional topics.
 

You can choose up to 10 credits from a range of University College level 2 course units, including the Manchester Leadership Programme , and up to 20 credits of language courses at varying levels - please visit the University Language Centre website for more details.
 

Course units for year 2

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
 

Title

• Law in a Management Context
• Globalization & Employment
• Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
• Investment Analysis
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Consumer Behaviour
• American Society and Economy
• Financial Reporting and Accountability
• Intermediate Management Accounting
• Managing Projects
   

Course content for year 3

In your final year, you will choose at least 60 credits of final year options from your chosen specialist area. You will then select an additional 60 credits of optional course units to bring your total to 120 credits.
 

If you decide to opt for the BSc (Hons) Management without specialising you are able to choose from most course units within the management portfolio and will select a total of 120 credits of optional course units.
 

Course units for year 4

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
 

Title

• Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
• International Finance
• Share Prices and Accounting Information
• Financial Derivatives
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Accountability and Auditing
• Consultancy Project
• Corporate Governance in Context
• Financial Engineering
• Corporate Contracting and Managerial Behaviour

A-level

Grades AAA. Native language A-Levels are accepted. General Studies is normally accepted if one of four A-Levels passed in the same sitting. In most circumstances we will expect candidates to complete three A-Levels in one sitting to demonstrate the ability to manage a high level and volume of study.

Preferred A-Level subjects
 

We will consider the subjects you have taken in addition to your individual grades. Due to the popularity of our courses we may prioritise applicants based on the number of preferred subjects that they are studying. We may also take into consideration the combination of subjects taken. Please use the list below to check our preferred subjects for BSc (Hons) Management / BSc (Hons) Management (Specialism) / BSc (Hons) International Management:
 

Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, English Language/Literature, Geography, Government and Politics, Law, Mathematics/Further Mathematics, Politics, Psychology, Quantitative Methods, Sociology and Statistics.
 

AS-level

AS level results are not considered as part of the standard admissions process at The University of Manchester.
 

Unit grade information

The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit information where available.  Like all other information provided by applicants this may be taken into consideration when assessing your application.  Unit grades will not normally form part of an offer conditions.
 

GCSE
 

Applicants must demonstrate a broad general education including acceptable levels of Literacy and Numeracy, equivalent to at least Grade B or 6 in GCSE/iGCSE English Language and Mathematics. GCSE/iGCSE English Literature will not be accepted in lieu of GCSE/iGCSE English Language.
 

Please note that if you hold English as a second language iGCSE qualification, we require you to achieve a higher grade in your iGCSE than the one stated above or to offer one of our  acceptable equivalent qualifications .
 

International Baccalaureate

• 36 points overall. 6,6,6 in Higher Level subjects.
• Students without GCSE/iGCSE Maths at grade B (or 6) will need to achieve 5 in any one of the following SL subjects; Maths, Maths Studies, Maths: Analysis and Approaches or Maths: Applications and Interpretation. Alternatively we can accept grade 5 in Middle Years Programme Maths. 
• Students without GCSE/iGCSE English Language at B (or 6) will need to achieve 5 in SL Language A: English Language and Literature or Language A: Literature. If Language B: English is offered at SL we would need you to achieve a 6. 
• Applicants studying the International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme (IBCP) should contact the academic School prior to applying so that their academic profile can be considered.
   

English language
 

All applicants to the University (from the UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency.  The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:
 

• GCSE/iGCSE English Language grade B/6,   or;

• IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in any individual component, or;

• An acceptable equivalent qualification.

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £26,000 per annum.

What jobs do our Management graduates go into?  Examples of jobs recent graduates have gone onto include: audit graduate, HR graduate analyst, internet consultant and management trainee.
 

Who employs them?  A wide range of companies including: Balfour Beatty, Deutsche Bank, KPMG, Microsoft and Tesco.
 

What about further study?  Graduates have gone onto further study in business, economics, enterprise and branding at institutions across the UK and internationally, including London Business School, the University of Jiao Tong and the University of Lausanne.