Programme title: Master of Science in Human Resource Management (CIPD) MSc (top up): 1 year (part time) April 2018

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1 Programme Specification Faculty of Management, Law and Social Science Programme title: Mater of Science in Human Reource Management (CIPD) Academic Year: 2018/19 Degree Awarding Body: Final and interim award: Programme accredited by (if appropriate): Programme duration: QAA Subject benchmark tatement: Univerity of Bradford Framework for Higher Education Qualification () level 7 MSc Potgraduate Diploma Potgraduate Certificate Chartered Intitute of Peronnel and Development (CIPD) MSc: 1 year (full time) MSc (top up): 1 year (part time) Date of Senate Approval: September 2010 Date lat confirmed and/or minor modification approved by Faculty Board QAA Mater degree in Buine and Management (2007) April 2018 Introduction The Mater of Science in Human Reource Management i accredited by Chartered Intitute of Peronnel and Development (CIPD), giving full exemption againt the 7 Advanced Diploma in HRM. On ucceful completion of the Mater degree tudent will automatically gain aociate level of CIPD profeional memberhip for one year. Thi challenging one-year programme aim to prepare propective human reource (HR) profeional to operate a effective practitioner who are able to comply with the highet profeional tandard and to continuouly develop their profeional capability. Thi involve equipping tudent with the kill and knowledge required to work effectively in changing and challenging environment and to develop in them the competencie required to think critically and trategically within an organiational context. Additionally, tudent will be provided with the neceary tool and focu to develop themelve, enuring that they can make a full contribution both a a buine partner and an effective manager. Thi will demontrate to future employer that our graduate have the kill and knowledge to take on enior HR poition. Team member have a wealth of both academic and practitioner experience, were commended at the 2014 Reearch Excellence Framework (REF) for their internationally recognied reearch and have trong link with the buine, HR and Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 1

2 Chartered Intitute of Peronnel and Development (CIPD) communitie in the Wet Yorkhire region. Programme Aim The programme i intended to: Develop the profeional knowledge, undertanding and kill in human reource management and it underpinning dicipline, to enable tudent to become effective practitioner. Develop the competence to be a buine partner who undertand the activitie, function and environment of the organiation/buinee in which tudent work and the ability to hape the HR agenda accordingly Think trategically and creatively about human reource iue in the wider buine and ocial context Develop effective HR and management kill Develop reflective kill to enable tudent to reflect on the impact of their performance and intervention and to manage their own profeional development Develop the ability and inclination to, through the dicipline of tudy at potgraduate level, think critically about human reource iue Develop the competence to be an ethical profeional who i able to reflect on the ethical implication of their action and encourage thi in other Develop pecialit knowledge in a elected apect of the HR dicipline. Programme Learning Outcome To be eligible for the award of Potgraduate Certificate at level 7, tudent will be able to: LO1 LO2 LO3 Have the profeional knowledge, undertanding and kill in human reource management and it underpinning dicipline, required of an effective practitioner. Be a competent buine partner who undertand the activitie, function and environment of the organiation/buinee in which they work and ha the ability to hape the HR agenda accordingly Think trategically and creatively about human reource iue in the wider buine and ocial context Additionally, to be eligible for the award of Potgraduate Diploma at level 7, tudent will be able to: LO4 LO5 LO6 Have effective HR and management kill Be able to reflect upon and evaluate the impact of their performance and intervention and manage their own profeional development Be able and willing, through the dicipline of tudy at potgraduate level, to think critically about human reource iue Additionally, to be eligible for the award of Degree of Mater at level 7, tudent will be able to: LO7 LO8 Be a competent and ethical profeional who i able to reflect on the ethical implication of their action and encourage thi in other Have developed pecialit knowledge in a elected apect of the HR dicipline and reearch methodologie. Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 2

3 Curriculum Student will follow a typical Mater programme, taught core module being delivered in 1 and 2 of an academic year and the diertation being undertaken in 2b. Core module will cover the generalit body of knowledge required to be an HR practitioner. Thi comprie: HRM in Context, outlining the etting in which HR operate, Leading Managing and Developing People, which cover the body of people management knowledge Employment Law, which explain the legal framework that HR practitioner operate within in the UK. Developing Skill for Buine Leaderhip, a kill development module, which will be portfolio baed and addre peronal, HR and general management kill. Employee Relation, Human Reource Development and Coaching and Leaderhip Development which relate to the generalit body of knowledge. Reearch Method, to preparation for a diertation. Diertation. Student will take one option module which allow them to develop pecialit inight into particular area of interet, it i likely, but not compulory, that thi pecialim will underpin the Diertation module which follow. The diertation mut addre an iue within the cognate dicipline of HRM and will allow tudent to explore in depth an HR iue in an organiational context. By the end of the programme, the tudent will have achieved the programme learning outcome and be able to operate a an effective HR practitioner Potgraduate Certificate Module Title Type Credit Module Code 7 Employment law * Core 20 ACYR LAW7014-B 7 HRM in context* Core 20 1 HRM7016-B 7 Leading, managing and developing people* Core 20 2 HRM7017-B *Module required for CIPD profeional memberhip purpoe Potgraduate Diploma Module Title 7 Developing kill for buine leaderhip* Type Core/ option/ elective Credit Module Code Core 10 1 HRM7015-A 7 Employee relation* Core 10 1 HRM7005-A 7 Human reource Core 10 1 HRM7006-A Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 3

4 7 Coaching and leaderhip Core 10 2 HRM7011-A 7 Reearch method Core 10 2 MAL7003-A 7 Management of change Option 10 2 HRM7003-A 7 Cro cultural management 7 International buine trategy Option 10 2 SIB7006-A Option 10 2 SIB7009-A 7 Strategic management Option 10 2 SIB7010-A 7 International Mater Option 10 3 MAL7004-A Summer chool *Module required for CIPD profeional memberhip purpoe Pleae note that the award of Potgraduate Certificate and Potgraduate Diploma do not hold the CIPD accreditation. Degree of Mater Module Title Type Core/ option/ elective Credit Module Code 7 Diertation Core 60 2 MAL7001-E The curriculum may change, ubject to the Univerity' coure approval, monitoring and review procedure. Student will be eligible for the award of Degree of Mater if they have uccefully completed at leat 180 credit and achieved the award learning outcome. Learning and Teaching Strategy Learning will be directed, upported and reinforced through a combination of lecture, taff-led mall group eion, virtual learning environment (or equivalent) activitie and guided private tudy. Seion may be delivered weekly or in block. Small group eion will ue practical application of cae and cae tudie with oral feedback given in the cla. Student will be directed to appropriate primary and econdary ource and be required to perform reearch and preentation exercie. The Employment Law module i a good example of thi where tudent are required to reearch legal iue and prepare an oral ubmiion of their finding at tutorial. All teaching will be upported by information upplied on the Univerity virtual learning environment. A a programme leading to profeional memberhip, peronal development planning i particularly important. The Developing Skill for Buine Leaderhip module focue on peronal and profeional kill aement and development, uing an e-portfolio, to upport thi. Skill workhop will be run that will allow tudent to identify kill gap and the prepare Peronal Development Plan to upport tudent in developing the required kill. All workhop will provide tudent with formative aement and feedback to upport them in their kill development. Learning trategie have been developed to be incluive of thoe with particular need, adopting mall group eminar and electronic upport mechanim. Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 4

5 Aement Strategy The programme i ummatively aeed by a mixture of examination, courework (group and individual) and preentation (group and individual). The final award of Mater will be gained by a ucceful completion of a bound diertation on an agreed topic, which evidence a critical expoition of primary data. Aement i integrated with learning and teaching to upport and demontrate achievement of the learning outcome for individual module and the complete programme. Emphai i placed on the feedback function of formative aement a part of the learning, teaching and aement trategy a a whole. The divere range of aement method are carefully deigned to enable the aement of the Programme Outcome. For example, the kill development workhop and e-portfolio in Developing Skill for Buine Leaderhip meet Programme outcome 4 and 5. The profeional knowledge, kill, trategic and buine partnering apect (Programme outcome 1-3) are aeed acro the majority of module. The independence of reearch and problem-olving, a required by Programme outcome 6, i alo demontrated in both taught module aement and either the diertation. Programme outcome 7, the development of an ethical approach, i aeed in core module, uch a Leading, Managing and Developing People and HRM in Context. Aement Regulation Thi Programme conform to the tandard Univerity Regulation which are available at the following link: In addition to the requirement of tandard Univerity regulation, candidate wihing to be eligible for CIPD profeional memberhip mut achieve a mark of at leat 40% in all aement component of the following module Module Title Type Core/opti on Credit Module Code 7 Employment law * Core 20 ACYR LAW7014-B 7 HRM in context* Core 20 ACYR HRM7016-B 7 Leading, managing and developing people* 7 Developing kill for buine leaderhip* Core 20 ACYR HRM7017-B Core 10 1 HRM7015-A 7 Employee relation* Core 10 1 HRM7005-A 7 Human reource 7 Coaching and leaderhip Core 10 1 HRM7006-A Core 10 2 HRM7017-A 7 Diertation* Core 60 2 MAL7001-E Admiion Requirement Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 5

6 The Univerity welcome application from all potential tudent and mot important in the deciion to offer a place i our aement of a candidate potential to benefit from their tudie and of their ability to ucceed on thi particular programme. Conideration of application will be baed on a combination of formal academic qualification and other relevant experience. The tandard entry requirement for the programme are a follow: A Firt degree; not necearily in a buine and management ubject; from an approved univerity, or an acceptable profeional qualification. Uual entry requirement i: UK degree minimum 2:2 (Honour); International degree gro percentile average (GPA) of 2.5 out of 4.0 or 6.5 out of 10, or overall average of 70 from 100% A the programme i delivered entirely in Englih, applicant mut be able to demontrate proficiency in the Englih language thu, UK educated tudent mut have a GCSE grade 4 (C) or above. Non-native peaker mut have a 6.5 core on IELTS tet of Englih, or 94 in the internet-baed TOEFL. Recognition of Prior Learning If applicant have prior certificated learning or profeional experience which may be equivalent to part of thi programme, the Univerity ha procedure to evaluate and recognie thi learning in order to provide applicant with exemption from pecified module or part of the programme. Student who are converting a PG Diploma to a Mater (Top-Up) are tudent with a PG Diploma in the cognate dicipline of HR from another intitution which ha been approved by the Univerity of Bradford and will be within a 5 year period. To achieve thi, tudent mut undertake a Reearch Method module and complete a diertation. The diertation mut addre an iue within the cognate dicipline of HRM and will allow tudent to explore in depth an HR iue in an organiational context. CIPD profeional memberhip i not available on thi award. Minor Modification Schedule Verion Number Brief decription of Modification Date of Approval (Faculty Board) 1 Removed withdrawn module March Removal of Diverity in Work and Organiation module. 3 Added CIPD Aociate Memberhip detail April 2018 LTC Chair action Route Code: <HUREMS_HUREMP_Nov 15> Univerity of Bradford 6