To earn the M.L.E.R. degree, students are required to complete successfully 39 credits of course work. Of these 39 credits, 24 credits must be taken in required courses in labor and employment relations. Students take a core area of required courses; one course each from the law, institutional diversity, workforce diversity, finance, and research methods groupings; and 15 elective credits for a total of 39 credits. The following are the required courses:

38:533:565  Economics and Demographics of Labor Markets (3)

38:578:500  Introductory Seminar in Labor and Employment Relations (3)

38:578:560  Collective Bargaining (3)

Students also must take one course from each of the following areas:

Law

38:533:566  Employment Law (3)

38:578:550  Labor Law (3)

38:578:565  Public Sector Collective Bargaining (3)

Institutional Diversity

 38:578:562  Seminar in International/Comparative Labor and Employment Relations (3)

 38:578:612  Labor/Employment History (3)

Workforce Diversity

 37:575:307  Latino Workers in the United States (taken for graduate credit) (3)

 38:578:541  Women and Work (3)

 38:578:551  Seminar in Minorities and Work (3)

Finance

38:578:538  Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance (3) 

38:533:541 HR Decision Making: Accessing Data for Decisions (3)

Topics and other courses approved for this requirement.

Finally, students take 15 credits of electives to reach the 39-credit total; 6 credits of these must be from courses offered by the labor studies and employment relations department. With the permission of the graduate program director, students may fulfill part of their credit requirements by taking courses in labor and employment relations, human resource management, or another graduate program at the university. In addition, students may apply a master's thesis, an internship in labor and employment relations, or independent study to fulfill the elective requirements.