The program of study in industrial relations and human resources (I.R.H.R.) requires all students to:
-
Complete three core seminars
- Select a primary field of either Human Resources
or Labor, Work, and Society, in which five courses will be taken
- Either select a secondary field in which
three courses will be taken, or take three electives if no secondary field
is chosen
- Complete four statistics and research methods
courses
- Complete a master's thesis
- Complete a dissertation
- Attend the Proseminar, consisting of
presentations by SMLR faculty, outside scholars, and Ph.D. students
Students choose their courses in
consultation with the graduate director. Courses can fulfill the specific
requirements as listed here or be used to recognize expertise in primary or
secondary fields of study. Each field has a specific set of courses that are
required to be completed, which are listed under the links below. A customized
secondary field can be developed in conjunction with the graduate adviser and
the graduate director, which then must be approved by the Ph.D. Policy Committee.
Students can take doctoral
courses at Princeton, Columbia, New York University, CUNY, Fordham, New School, or Stony Brook
as part of their studies, through the
Inter-University Consortium in which Rutgers participates.
Course Outline
Seminar in Industrial Relations: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature (3)
Seminar in Human Resources: Macro Foundations (3)
Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
Primary field
(15): either
1.
Human Resources
or
2.
Labor, Work, and Society
Secondary field (9): either
1. Human Resources or
2.
Labor, Work, and Society
3. Customized, or
4. No secondary field, with 9 credits of electives approved by director
Research Methods (3)
Statistics I (3)
Statistics II (3)
Advanced statistics or methodology elective (3)
Master's thesis (6)
Proseminar credits (3)
Doctoral thesis credits (18)
Ph.D. Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (I.R.H.R.) 
