Course Work Required for the MHRLR Degree
Degree Options
The vast majority of master students choose the "no-thesis" option which allows them to obtain their degree by earning 36 semester credits through coursework without writing a thesis. A master's thesis is not required. However, students planning to enter a doctoral program after completing their masters may choose the thesis plan.
Program Duration
Required courses are offered at least twice during each calendar year. Some courses are offered during the summer. In addition, required courses are offered in the late afternoon or at night at least once every four years. This allows individuals who work full-time, and participate in our program as part-time students, to obtain their masters degree within three to four years.
TOTAL CREDITS: 36
Required Courses: 21 credits
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| LIR 809 |
Labor Markets |
3 |
| LIR 823 |
Organizational Behavior in Labor and Industrial Relations |
3 |
| LIR 824 |
Human Resource Strategies and Decisions |
3 |
| LIR 825 |
Compensation and Benefits Systems |
3 |
| LIR 832 |
Data Sources in Labor and Industrial Relations |
3 |
| LIR 858 |
Collective Bargaining |
3 |
| LIR 863 |
Law of Labor-Management Relations |
3 |
Elective Course 15 credits (usually 5 courses)
The School offers more than 20 graduate courses dealing with employment, human resources, and/or industrial relations subjects. This enables students a diversity of choices for their elective credits. However, counting on the School's approval, students may earn elective credits by completing courses outside the School.
It may be possible to transfer up to six semester credits of graduate work from another graduate degree program provided the courses are related to work and/or employment matters, were taken in the recent past, and the student received a grade of 3.0 or higher. Such transfer must be approved by the Associate Director for the Graduate Program.
Our courses are supplemented by a Labor and Industrial Relations Library with a staff of specialized librarians.
Our School also benefits from a microcomputer laboratory available for use only by MHRLR students. Many of our courses use instructional, statistical, and/or word processing software packages to teach aspects of organizational behavior, to analyze compensation models and to acquaint students with workplace computer applications in human resource information systems.
In addition, all students gain a significant exposure to topics in international labor relations and human resources. Each required course in the MHRLR program, as well as many elective courses, will cover at least one topic related to global issues. The topics covered may include international salary and fringe benefit policies, staffing and training for international organizations, cross cultural negotiations, the implications of national culture for organizations, and the impact of global competition on collective bargaining. Students interested in further exposure to international labor relations can also enroll in LIR 854, International IR/HR Systems. This course compares the institutions and labor relations practices of a number of advanced industrialized market economies.
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