This Masters program covers essential areas of human resource management including strategy and HR, evidence-based HRM, organisational change, international and comparative HRM, recruitment and selection, and performance and reward management. You will gain a critical appreciation of the role and practice of human resource management in local and global business.
This program will further develop and deepen your understanding of key policy formulation, negotiation and implementation matters pertaining to the employment relationship in dynamic contexts. It encompasses workplace and institutional practices and strategies, employment law, negotiation and dispute resolution, managing equity and diversity, workplace health and safety, managing rewards and performance and employment relations strategy. It will deepen your understanding of the management of employment relations.
Related degrees
Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management – 3188
Graduate Certificate in Employment Relations – 3190
Note: The Graduate Certificate in Employment Relations is offered to International students via online study only.
Professional recognition:
AHRI Practising Certificate (APC) Program
Graduates of this accredited program may be eligible for direct entry into Unit 4 capstone: Applied Project in Organisational Capability provided requisite work experience requirements have been met.
Further advice may be sought from the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).
Attendance information:
The Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations is offered full-time and part-time at the Gold Coast and Nathan and online campuses. You may choose to study courses at other campuses or online where the program structure allows.
My career opportunities:
In gaining comprehensive knowledge of both employment relations (ER) and human resource management (HRM), you will be well prepared for working across both ER and HRM, including generalist roles such as: human resources manager; employment relations manager; director of employee relations; human resources business partner; human resources officer or specialist roles which may include: recruitment manager or officer; training manager or facilitator; pay/rewards officer; human resource policy adviser; employee adviser; organisational change manager; workplace relations adviser; labour relations adviser; trade union officer.
To be eligible for admission to the Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, a student must:
*hold a related Bachelor degree (or higher) from a recognised University (or another tertiary education institution of equivalent standing) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 scale)
*OR hold a Griffith Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management or Employment Relations (or equivalent) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 scale) - students with a Griffith Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management or Employment Relations will receive 40 credit points of advanced standing
*OR have a combination of alternative admission criteria such as formal, informal and non-formal learning deemed to be equivalent to one of the above.
From 2025:
*To be eligible for admission to the Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations you must have one of:
Pathway 1 - 1 year program (80CP):
*A recognised Bachelor degree (or higher) in a *related discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.0 using a 7.0 scale; AND a minimum 2 years full-time (or equivalent) relevant ^professional experience
Pathway 2 - 1.5 year program (120CP):
*A recognised Bachelor degree (or higher) in any discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.0 using a 7.0 scale; OR
*A combination of alternative admission criteria such as formal, informal, and non-formal learning deemed to be equivalent to either of the above.
Pathway 3 - 1.5 Year program (120CP):
*A recognised Bachelor degree (or higher) in a *related discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.0 using a 7.0 scale
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.
Tuition fees
*An International student pays tuition fees.
*Students are liable for tuition fees for the courses they are enrolled in as at the census date.
*The tuition fee for students who commence their program prior to 2014 is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student commenced the program.
FEE (INDICATIVE): $37,000 per year
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