Master of Human Resource Management

Universiti utara malaysia also acts as a catalyst for socio-economic development in the northern region of peninsular malaysia. It is envisaged that the university's basic infrastructure, state-of-the-art facilities and international pool of human resources will provide the much needed impetus to develop and sustain most, if not all socio-economic activities in the region.

Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) by coursework is a 42-credit-hour programme which comprises the following:

Students are required to:

Register and pass two (2) pre-requisite courses, i.e. SZRZ6014 Research Methodology and SCLE6014 Academic Writing with at least a B grade before they can pursue their research work.

Defend their proposal to a Committee, which comprises a chairperson and at least one examiner appointed by the School, as per requirement below:

• A.Students must submit two (2) copies of their research proposals to the School at least 2 weeks prior to the proposal defence session;
• B. The examiner(s) should provide written comments and recommend the status of the proposal at the end of the session;
• C. Students are required to make amendments based on the comments and suggestions given by the examiner(s); and

D. The research proposal should comprise the following chapters:

• Chapter 1 : Background of the Study, Problem Statement, Research Questions, Research Objectives, Scope of the Study, and Significance of the Study.
• Chapter 2 : Literature Review
• Chapter 3 : Research Methodology
• A. Research Framework
• B. Hypotheses/ Propositions Development 

Attend a viva voce session to defend their thesis, per requirement below:

• A. Upon approval from their supervisor(s), students should fill “The Intent to Submit Form (ITS)” and submit it to the School together with two (2) copies of the thesis;
• B. Students will be informed of the viva voce session by the School;
• C. Students have to pay the viva voce fee before the session takes place.

Submit a written thesis:

• A. Students should make corrections with guidance from the supervisor(s) based on comments and suggestions given by the examiners during the viva voce session.
• B. Before binding the final thesis, students should obtain approval (or signature) from the Schoolfor certification of the thesis.
• C. The thesis should be prepared in three (3) copies (two in hard cover and one in loose copy), all of which are to be submitted to the School.