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Customized Entry Package

For MSc Human Resource Management

Are you interested in the programme MSc Human Resource Management, but do not meet the requirements for direct entry? If you have studied one of the programmes enumerated below at the University of Groningen, you can be offered a customized Pre-Master's packages:

  • UG BSc Psychology students

  • UG BSc Sociology students

Knowledge obtained in the BSc Psychology and BSc Sociology is highly relevant within the field of Human Resource Management. As such, you can continue your studies in the MSc Human Resource Management after completing some additional courses.

15 ECTS package in FEB or FBSS courses (NEW in 24-25)

The list below enumerates the relevant courses for Pre-Master's Human Resource Management, which are offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and by the Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences (FBSS). Students have to choose and complete their own set of courses (total of 15 EC) based on their own interests. You are allowed to mix courses from FEB and FBSS, but selected courses should be sufficiently different from each other. Each course is 5 EC.

Courses offered by FEB:

Course Code

Course Name

Block AY 2024-2025

EBB608B05

OR

EBB100A05

OR 

EBB069B05

Ethics and international business 

OR 

Ethics in business and management* 

OR 

Business ethics, sustainability and law

1b


2a


2b

EBP607A05

Gedrag in organisaties

1b

EBB617B05

Human resource management B&M 

2a

EBB634B05

OR 

EBB711C05

Organizational change for Pre-MSc 

OR

Organisatieverandering en leiderschap

1b


2b

EBS003A05 

OR

EBB054A05 

Organization theory & design for Pre-MSc 

OR

Management- en organisatietheorie

1b


1a

EBB649C05

Strategic management B&M 

2b

EBB110A05

Teamwork - theories, design and dynamics

1a

EBB601B05

Work organization and job design 

2a

Courses offered by FBSS:

Course Code

Course Description

Block AY 2024-2025

PSBA2-03*

OR

PSEBE2-03 (EN) / PSBA2-20 (NL) 

Arbeids-, Organisatie- en Personeelspsychologie*

OR 

Psychology in the workplace

1b

PSB3E-SP06 (Bachelor) / PSMIN08 (University-level minor) 

Consumer and economic psychology 

1b

PSB3E-IO15 

Conflict Management and Negotiation at Work

2a

PSMAB-8 

Creativity & innovation in organizations

2a

PSB3E-SP01 

Group Dynamics

1a

PSB3E-SP02 

Intergroup relations

2a

PSB3E-OP01 (Bachelor) / PSMIN14 (Bachelor) 

Sport and performance psychology

1a

PSB3E-IO16 

Well-being at work

1a

PSB3E-IO02*

Conflict management*

N.A.

PSB3E-IO07*

Organizational change*

N.A.

PSB3E-IO03

Personnel psychology*

N.A.

*not currently offered.

Students may opt to complete these courses during their BSc Psychology or BSc Sociology study, or after obtaining the Bachelor degree (with a Pre-Master's enrolment). Successfully completing the 15 EC that are relevant to Human Resource Management while also obtaining a BSc Psychology or a BSc Sociology degree grants students direct entry to the MSc Human Resource Management programme.

For detailed course information, check the Ocasys course catalogue

NB: Students are advised to always check carefully if and when a course is offered.

Note: Students are responsible for arranging for a correct registration for the Master’s programme in Studielink (including tuition fee payment). For UG students, the deadline for application in Studielink for the Master’s programmes is 1 August for the September intake and 1 January for the February intake. Students also have to register for courses in Progress in a timely manner; the deadline for enrolment for courses closes a week before the programme starts.

Last modified:20 November 2024 8.51 p.m.