Master of Human Resource Management

What you will study

To complete the Master of Human Resource Management, you are required to complete 12 units, including one core option unit.

• Managing People and Organisations
• HRM Fundamentals
• Managing Employment Relations
• Acquiring and Managing Talent
• Managing and Rewarding Employee Performance
• Healthy Work and Wellbeing
• Diversity and Inclusion
• People Analytics
• Connecting Strategy and HRM
• Current Issues in Human Resource Management
• Managing Change

Select one of the following core option units:

• Project Management
• Health, Safety and Workplace Environment
• Management Practicum

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

To gain entry to the Master of Human Resource Management, you will need one of the following:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Equivalent prior learning including at least five years of relevant professional experience.

Alternatively, applicants may apply with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Human Resource Management.

English language requirements

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• IELTS academic overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0).
• Bachelor's degree from a country specified on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.
• Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent).
• Where accepted, equivalent prior learning including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Other tests, courses or programs defined on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Successful applicants with a graduate certificate qualification or higher in human resource management, management, industrial relations, employment relations or business administration may seek reduced course duration by applying for recognition of prior learning.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Potential career opportunities exist for graduates in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, recruitment, talent management, organisational development and more.

Possible future job titles:

• Human resource manager
• Human resource director
• Employment relations manager
• Workplace relations manager
• Recruitment consultant
• Talent manager
• HR officer
• Talent acquisition health and safety coordinator
• Director of people and culture

Learning outcomes

• Apply critical thinking and technical skills to solve authentic human resource management problems.
• Demonstrate effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Demonstrate mastery of a global body of human resource management knowledge and practice, including knowledge of research principles and methods.
• Independently initiate, plan and execute a substantial project to meet agreed deliverables.
• Justify decisions and judgements that address complex human resource management issues considering the ethical and social consequences.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Estimated first-year indicative fee (2025): $30,450 (domestic full-fee paying place)

The estimated first-year indicative fee is provided as a guide only, based on a typical enrolment of students undertaking the first year of this course. At ECU, you pay for the individual units you enrol in, not an overall course fee.

A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:

• The number of units studied per term.
• The choice of major or specialisation.
• Choice of units.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.