The BSc Honours Year is designed for training and HR practitioners to build on existing academic experience and tops up previous relevant qualifications to a BSc Honours degree. This can either be from an approved foundation degree in HRM or the CLMS Certificate and Diploma Programmes, allowing you to build on the theories and topics covered in Years 1 and Year 2 and to focus in depth on some of the key issues in HRM today. You choose to study current topics such as e-learning, high performance work practices, developments in industrial relations and trends in labour market analysis before moving on to complete a dissertation.

BSc Honours Year details...

Structure

The BSc Honours Year is studied completely by distance learning over a minimum of 14 months to a maximum of 24 months. The course comprises three assessed option modules, which are themed around the subject of Human Resource Management (HRM), a research methods portfolio and a dissertation.

Enrolment Dates

February and October.

Admissions

The requirements for admission to the BSc Honours Year are the successful completion of the CLMS Diploma (HE), or an equivalent University of Leicester qualification such as a foundation degree, together with substantial work experience in a relevant field. Other qualifications of the equivalent level and content as the CLMS Diploma from reputable academic institutions may be considered. Please note, in order to be eligible for direct entry to the Honours Year of the BSc, your previous qualification must be no more than five years old.

Assessment

Students who enter the course at BSc level must first complete Academic Writing Skills - Undergraduate (AWS-U), a series of exercises designed to help develop the study skills required on the course. The module options are examined using 3,000-4,000 word assignments. The research methods module requires you to put together a portfolio which will form your research proposal, leading to a dissertation of 9,000 words based on independent supervised research. Students who complete the BSc with an overall upper second-class honours will be eligible for consideration for entry to our Masters programme.

Student Handbooks

More information on our course regulations can be found in the Undergraduate Student Handbook. 

Next step: request an Information and Application Pack.

For further information, please contact:

Email: dladvisers@le.ac.uk 
Telephone: +44 (0) 116 252 5377/3473