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Recommended & Required Courses 

The following courses, classified by topic, are considered to be basic to a program of study in Industrial Relations.  Additional courses may be considered as they support the student's educational objectives.  Required classes are listed in bold face and underlined. 

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT  

Organizational Behavior Mgmt 507
Employment Law for Managers Mgmt 573
Managing Employee Attitudes and Behaviors Mgmt 570
Seminar in Personnel and Human Resources Management Mgmt 571
Diverse Identities at Work Mgmt 472
Organizational Theory in the Public Sector PolS 571
Public Personnel Administration PolS 573
Management in the Public Sector PolS 575
Industrial Psychology Psych 450
Advanced Industrial and Organizational Psychology Psych 550
Advanced Topics in I/O Psychology Psych 650
Analysis of Complex Organizations Soc 420
Social Organization Soc 530
Organizations and Their Environments Soc 532

LABOR RELATIONS  

Labor Economics Econ 320
Collective Bargaining Econ 322
Employment Law for Managers Mgmt 573

FUNCTIONAL AREAS & SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS  

Management Information Systems Concepts MIS 503
Strategy Formation Mgmt 501
Ethics and Social Responsibility Mgmt 511
International Business Environment BusAd 544
Economics of Discrimination Econ 321
Seminar in Employee Benefits Fin 555
Adult Learning in Higher Education HGED 677X
Internship IR 598
Total Quality Management Mgmt 521
Strategic Planning and Environmental Analysis Mgmt 581
Special Topics in Management Mgmt 590
Public Budgeting and Financial Management PolS 572
Government, Business, and Society PolS 577
Special Topics-Public Administration and Public Policy PolS 590G
Special Topics-Industrial/Organizational Psychology Psych 590B
Vocational Behavior Psych 623
Social Psychology Soc 520
Small Groups Soc 521
Attitude and Attitude Change  Soc 522
Sociology of Gender Soc 528
Racial and Ethnic Inequality Soc 529
Special Topics-General Sociology Soc 590A
Sociology of Adoption and Diffusion Soc 642

METHODOLOGY & RESEARCH 

Creative Component** IR 599**
Research for Thesis** IR 699**
Psychological Measurement I Psych 440
Research Methods in Applied Psychology Psych 508
Intermediate Research Methods I Soc 511
Statistical Methods for Research Workers Stat 401
Statistical Design and the Analysis of Experiments Stat 402
Statistics for the Social Sciences Stat 404
**You must complete either the Thesis or the Creative Component

 

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