IR&HRM - Undergraduate Study

Qualifications Available

Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc) | Degree Planner (pdf)
Certificate (Cert(SocSc))
Diploma (Dip(SocSc))

IR&HRM can be taken as a first major, second major or supporting subject for the BSocSc degree, a second major or supporting subject for the BA degree, or as elective papers toward any qualification at the University of Waikato (assuming any required prerequisites have been met).

Subject Regulations

To complete a major in IR&HRM, students must gain at least 120 points above 100 level in the IR&HRM subject, including at least 60 points above 200 level. These must include the compulsory papers listed below.

Compulsory papers:
     HRMG241 Organisational Behaviour
     LBST201 Employment Relations In New Zealand
     PCSS231 Planning Learning Opportunities for Adults
     HRMG342 Human Resource Management
     LBST331 Workers' Education and Training
     and one of:
     HRMG343 Business Research Methods
     PCSS330 Adults Learning for Life
     PSYC317 Organisational Psychology

Recommended in first year of programme of study:
     LBST101 The Nature of Work
     SOCY101 Introduction to Sociology
     STMG191 Introduction to Management
     * these are prerequisites for the compulsory 200 and 300 level papers

It is recommended that students complete a supporting subject in Education Studies, Labour Studies or Psychology, or a second major in another Social Science subject.

To complete a supporting subject in IR&HRM, students must gain at least 70 points in the IR&HRM subject, of which at least 40 points must be above 100 level. These must include the compulsory papers listed.

Compulsory papers:
     LBST201 Employment Relations In New Zealand
     HRMG342 Human Resource Management

Papers

Undergraduate IR&HRM Papers (Catalogue of Papers)