To earn the master's in labor and employment relations degree, students are required to complete successfully 39 credits of coursework. 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 at least 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

38:578:530 Globalization, Corporate Restructuring, and Employment (3)

38:578:555 Globalization and the Future of Employment (3)

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

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

Workforce Diversity

38:578:526  Immigration, Public Policy, and Worker Rights (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) 

38:533:540  HR Decision Making: Financial Decisions (3)

Research Methods 

38:533:542 HR Decision Making: Data-Based Decisions (3)

38:578:501 Research Methods in Labor and Employment Relations (3)

38:578:613 Topics: Problem-Solving Tools and Analysis in Employment Relations (3)

Other research methods courses at the graduate level may be approved by the director of the program as meeting 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 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.