Bachelor of Human Resource Management

If you love working with people and helping them achieve their best, then a Bachelor of Human Resource Management is the ideal degree for you.

Based in the School of Business, this three-year program will give you the skills to effectively manage both organisations and their employees.

The combination of theoretical training and practical skills will allow you to thrive in the modern business environment.

Three Core Curriculum courses

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Theology
• Ethics

Eight Business foundation courses

• Accounting
• Business Communication
• Business Information Technology
• Business Law
• Economics
• Principles of Management
• Principles of Marketing
• Quantitative Methods for Business

Nine Human Resource Management courses

• Change Management
• Employment Law
• Employment Relations
• Human Resource Development
• Human Resource Policy
• Organisational Behaviour
• Principles of Human Resource Management
• Strategic Workforce Issues
• Human Resource Economics or Leadership Theory and Practice

Three general electives

Choose from other electives in Business, Arts & Sciences, Health Sciences, and Philosophy & Theology (some restrictions may apply). Electives can also be used to create another Major or Minor area of specialisation in the School of Business.

More information about the courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations.

Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy minimum requirements outlined at admission requirements. These include those relating to age and English Language Proficiency. We also consider your application more broadly – your non-academic achievements (such as any previous leadership roles, volunteering, work, church and/or community involvement) as well as personal qualities - your aspirations and interests and your capacity to complete your chosen program.

Applicants with recent Secondary Education:

• Indicative ATAR of 70 with a score of 50+ in ATAR English, ATAR Literature or ATAR English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD)
• OR
• Minimum International Baccalaureate (IB) score of 24
• OR
• Completed AQF Certificate IV or higher in a relevant discipline, from an accredited provider such as TAFE or a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) with a score of 50+ in ATAR English, ATAR Literature or ATAR English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD).

Applicants with Higher Education Study

• Other university studies completed at undergraduate level or higher, a minimum of 4 successfully completed subjects;
• OR
• Successful completion of the Notre Dame Tertiary Pathway Program or of another Enabling Program at a level deemed sufficient by the University;

Applicants who have successfully completed subjects at another University, which are relevant to the selected program of study, may be eligible for Advanced Standing.

Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) study

• Completed AQF Certificate IV or higher in a relevant discipline, from an accredited provider such as TAFE or a Registered Training Organisation (RTO).

Applicants with Work and Life Experience

Applicants who left secondary education more than two years previously and who have not undertaken VET or higher education study since then, but with relevant work and life experience. Such experience may include, but is not limited to:

• STAT scores of at least 135 in the Multiple Choice section and 140 in the Written English section are required
• OR
• Mature-age completion of two Year 12 WACE or HSC exams with a resulting ATAR of 70 or above
• OR
• Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) or equivalent results if these have been completed within the last 5 years.

Please note: all applicants must be of school leaving age or older to apply.