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Graduate Courses
Industrial Relations
(Interdepartmental Graduate Program)
Supervisory Committee: Peter F. Orazem, (Chair). Affiliated Faculty:
Accounting (Ravensroft), Economics, (Mattila, Orazem), Finance (Power),
Management (Chacko, Johnson, McElroy, Morrow, Schrader, Werbel,
Wortman), Organizational Learning and Human Resource Development
(Mullen), Political Science (Lee), Psychology (Hanisch), Sociology
(Anderson, Besser, Bird, Jones-Johnson, Woodman)
Work is offered for the degree master of science with a major in
industrial relations. Work toward this multidisciplinary degree
is offered by faculty drawn from the departments of Economics, Management,
Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and the program in Organizational
Learning and Human Resource Development. Admission is not restricted
to students from these majors. However, students entering industrial
relations ideally should have a broad background in the social sciences.
Graduates understand and know how to manage human resources in business
and nonprofit organizations. They possess the analytical and interpersonal
skills necessary to function as human resource professionals. They
understand various aspects of the employment relationship and the
techniques for improving the quality of work life in an increasingly
diverse, global, and technologically oriented labor force. Graduates
demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills as well
as the ability to lead groups and teams.
The program in industrial relations is regarded as education for
both professional practice and scientific inquiry. Through the Industrial
Relations Center and its interdisciplinary faculty, facilities and
opportunities exist for research of both a fundamental and applied
nature on a variety of problems concerned with the world of people
at work.
A student majoring in industrial relations will choose a major professor
from the graduate faculty of the cooperating departments. The student's
program of study will be developed with the guidance of an advisory
committee selected by the student and the major professor, and approved
by the chair of the Industrial Relations Supervisory Committee.
Students may elect the thesis option (consisting of 30 semester-hour
credits) or the nonthesis option (consisting of 36 semester-hour
credits).
Regardless of which option is taken, all students must take the
following core courses: Econ 320, Econ 322, Mgmt 570, Mgmt 571,
and Stat 401. For students enrolled in the nonthesis option, the
research component of their degree program will be satisfied via
the completion of a 3-credit creative component. For students enrolled
in the thesis option, the research component of their degree program
will be satisfied via the completion of a 6-credit thesis. The balance
of the program of study for students in either option will consist
of electives from the recommended courses in the industrial relations
curriculum, with a maximum of four courses in any one department.
A minimum of 12 semester credits must be taken from 500-level (or
above) courses. In general, the degree program in industrial relations
is designed to be as flexible as possible to support the student's
own professional interest. Satisfactory completion of a final comprehensive
oral examination is required of all students. As part of their graduate
education, students enrolled in the nonthesis program have the option
of enrolling in an off-campus internship program.
Courses appropriate for the master of science degree are determined
by the student's program of study committee. Sample recommended
courses for graduate students majoring in industrial relations include:
Econ 320, 322, 590; Fin 555; I Tec 504, 506; Mgmt 501, 507, 511,
512, 570, 571, 573, 575, 590; MIS 503; Pol S 547, 571, 572, 573,
574, 575, 576, 590; Psych 440, 450, 550, 590, 623; Soc 420, 511,
528, 529, 530, 532, 590B, 642; Stat 401, 402. See departmental listings
for course descriptions and credits.
Courses for Graduate Students
I R 598. Internship. Cr. 1 to 6 each
time taken, maximum of 6. Prereq: Graduate enrollment in industrial
relations. Internship designed for work exposure in a human
resources or labor relations department of a private or public employer.
Not recommended for students already having had such work experience.
Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
I R 599. Creative Component. Cr. 3
or 4. Preparation and writing of creative component. Offered on
a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
I R 699. Research. Cr. 1 to 6 each
time taken, maximum of 6. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading
basis only.
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