Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management)

  Institution: Swinburne University of Technology

About the course

Course Description:

Human resource management is the managing and coordination of the productive use of people to achieve business objectives. Human resource management includes: the recruitment and selection of staff members, management of employee relations, training and development of staff, job evaluation, change management, and occupational health and safety.

Swinburne’s Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management) is a vocationally oriented degree designed to equip students with the management skills and human behavioural knowledge for a career in human resource management. It is designed to assist in the intellectual, social and personal development of the student as preparation for entrance to a range of specialist and generalist business professions.

Aims & Objectives:

In addition to the university’s graduate attributes, graduates of the Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management) will be:

• cognisant of how the human resource function can help organisations gain competitive advantage
• effective team players in diverse environments
• critical evaluators of organisational behaviour
• adaptable and effective at managing change

Course Structure:

For completion of the Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management) students are required to complete a total of 24 units of study (300 credit points). This normally consists of;

• A Human Resource Management professional major consisting of 16 units (200 credit points)
• Eight (8) additional units that can be undertaken either as a co-major (8 units), or two minors (4 units each), or pathways credit and;
• The not-for-credit unit, HGB0004 Careers in the Curriculum

Note: Students may select co-majors or minors subject to timetable availability.

Units of Study :

Professional Major Units
HBC110N Accounting for Managers
HBE110N Microeconomics
HBH110N Organisation and Management
HBL111N Introduction to Business Law
HBN110N Introduction to Entrepreneurship
HBM110N Fundamentals of Marketing
HBH220N Organisational Behaviour
HBH222N Organising & Organisation
HBH225N Human Resource Management
HBH230 Human Resource Analytics
HBH330N Leadership and Organisation Dynamics
HBH323N International Human Resource Management
HBH324N Managing Workplace Relations
HBH326 Managing Diversity

Capstone Units
HBY310N Integrative Business Practice
HBY311N Industry Consulting Project

Plus one not-for-credit unit, HBG0004 Careers in the Curriculum

Eight additional units of study must be completed. These units of study may be taken as a co-major, two minors, or a minor and pathway units.

Education Abroad:

Swinburne offers International Exchange Programs as well as other Education Abroad Programs to help internationalise your degree. International Exchange is an academic program allowing you to study at a Swinburne Partner Institution for one or two terms during your degree. Swinburne’s Partner Institutions offer many relevant subjects as well as a secure base to explore a different culture. Your studies whilst on exchange can be credited towards your Swinburne degree, provided they are relevant and approved by Swinburne. For further information visit the Swinburne Abroad website.

Employment Outcomes

Career opportunities:

Studies in Human Resource Management (HRM) provide students with the interpersonal and communication skills necessary for any
HRM-related position within an organisation. Students also acquire the managerial and general administrative skills necessary to work in any business environment.

Career opportunities can be found in: administration, human resources, training and development management, customer service, staff recruitment and selection, employee relations, occupational health and safety (OHS), enterprise bargaining, change management and job evaluation.

English Language Requirements

Source : SwinBurne University Of Technology