Master of Human Resource Management

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Master of Human Resource Management
Deakin course code	M782
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Campus	This course is only offered Online
Online	Yes
Duration	Depending on your professional experience and previous qualifications, the Master of Human Resource Management is typically 1 or 1.5 years duration. 1 year full-time (2 years part-time) - 8 credit points 1.5 years full-time (3 years part-time) - 12 credit points Deakin courses can also be studied part-time over a longer period.
Course Map - enrolment planning tool	This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9
Please note: ^This course is only available for part-time study in Trimester 2

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Human resource (HR) policies and practices have transformed due to the challenges of COVID-19 and the risks of cybercrime. Deakin’s Master of Human Resource Management will help you develop up-to-date skills to implement contemporary HR strategies that are highly impactful at both the individual and organisational level.

Whether you’re working directly in human resource management (HRM) or in general management with responsibilities in human resources development and management, extend your skills and knowledge with this formal qualification.

Do you have the skills required to lead contemporary HR strategies in a changing industry?

Skilled professionals with contemporary HRM knowledge are integral to the functioning of every industry. The breadth and depth of HR roles has expanded the opportunities to impact staff wellbeing and retention while driving organisational change.

Accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute, this specialised course is designed to provide enhanced qualifications for graduates in business, government and industry.

Undertake units that are highly relevant to industry, including employment relations, human resource strategy, leadership and management development. You will enhance your existing employment experience and gain the knowledge and skills to progress to managerial-level positions in HR.

Complement your primary studies with a specialisation, chosen from a wide range of business-related fields. Designed to meet industry demand for skilled professionals with a breadth of transferrable skills, a specialisation can help deepen your knowledge in a particular business field and benefit your future career.

Indicative student workload

You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Professional recognition

Deakin Business School holds both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. These prestigious accreditations are awarded to business schools that meet strict standards of quality, academic and professional excellence, and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing improvement and innovation in their courses, ensuring our graduates are employable worldwide

The Master of Human Resource Management is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI). As a graduate, you may be eligible for entry into the AHRI Practising Certification (APC) Program. This may include credits for up to four units completed as part of the APC professional accreditation program.

Graduates who have met the requisite work experience requirements will be eligible for direct entry into the Unit 4 Capstone: Applied Project in Organisational Capability of the APC Program. If you have any questions about the APC Program, contact enquiries@ahri.com.au.

Career opportunities

As a graduate of the Master of Human Resource Management you will have the skills and knowledge to work in a specialised field of HR.

Enhance your line-management people skills or progress to managerial-level roles, such as:

human resource manager
human resource business partner
people and culture director
recruitment coordinator.

Participation requirements

Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.

Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Mandatory student checks

Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management (M515)
Graduate Diploma of Human Resource Management (M615)

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Integrate advanced understanding of a contemporary body of knowledge in human resource management to operate as a skilled HR professional in business
Communication	Select and apply advanced appropriate communication skills within the context of the management of people and resources in organisations
Digital literacy	Select and apply appropriate digital technologies to identify and disseminate complex information, concepts and theories in human resource management
Critical thinking	Review, critically analyse, consolidate and synthesize human resource related knowledge to respond to specialised and authentic contexts encountered by human resource professionals
Problem solving	Relate and develop advanced problem solving skills necessary to conceptualise and solve human resource issues in the workplace
Self-management	Employ a range of advanced skills in undertaking independent learning in human resource management
Teamwork	Apply team working skills in addressing human resource issues in the contemporary workplace
Global citizenship	Evaluate emerging global human resource issues as they effect organisations

Course rules

To complete the Master of Human Resource Management students must pass 12 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
8 credit points of core units
4 credit points of open elective units

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.

Note:

Students who wish to enter the AHRI Practising Certification (APC) program are advised that it is their responsibility to ensure that they take the appropriate units required for entry.

Specialisations

Faculty-wide specialisations

Refer to the details of each specialisation for availability.

*Offered to students who commenced in 2023 or prior.

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point module

To be completed in the first trimester of study:

DAI001

Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin

Core units

Core units

MMH701

Human Resource Strategy

Strategic Staffing

Workforce Capability

Managed Change

Workplace Relations

Financial Decision Making

MIS714

People Analytics

MMH711

The New World of Work ^(Capstone)

Open elective units

The 4 credit points of electives may be selected from:

Recommended elective^{^}
a faculty-wide specialisation
postgraduate units offered by the University (subject to eligibility)
Deakin stackable short courses (0.5cp microcredentials)

^{^}Recommended elective:

MMH733

Ethical Decision Making in Organisations ^

MPM779/MPR779

Leadership in Complexity ^

Stackable short courses

Mix and match Deakin stackable short courses (0.5 cp microcredentials) to earn up to 4 credit point(s) of open electives, subject to eligibility. Any stacking must add up to a whole number to be used for credit. See more information on Deakin stackable short course options.

Work experience

This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more elective work integrated learning units.

Explore Business and Law WIL opportunities.

Course duration

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central

Research and research-related study

Research-related learning tasks are embedded across units where student achievement is demonstrated in specific assessment tasks.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Estimate your fees

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