Ph.D. Course Details
Course Description Credits Timing Possible Courses
Ph.D. seminar in IR - Required 3 I or II

16:545:611 or approved equivalent
Ph.D. seminar in HR - Required 3 I or II 16:545:612 or approved equivalent
Three of the following:
  • Economics for IRHR
  • Labor and employment history
  • Law of employment relations OR law of labor-management relations
  • An advanced sociology course
  • An advanced psychology course
 3 I–III Three courses to develop breadth of knowledge. These serve as the foundation for taking advanced seminars, which develop depth of knowledge.


Approval of the graduate director is required for the advanced sociology course and the
advanced psychology course.
Statistics I - Required 3 I

15:291:515 or equivalent. Must be a Ph.D.-level course, beyond the level of 16:960:531, 532.
Statistics II - Required 3 I or II

15:291:625 or equivalent. Must be a Ph.D.-level course, beyond the level of 16:960:531, 532.
Research Methods for IRHR 3 I or II 16:545:613
Advanced statistics or methodology elective 3 II or III 16:545:616 or 16:545:701, 702, or equivalent. Approval of the graduate director is required.
Master's thesis 6 II–III 16:545:701
Proseminar credits 4 I–IV 16:545:615
Advanced electives 17 II, III Advanced Ph.D.-level courses that develop depth of knowledge in the chosen field. Approval of the graduate director is required.
Doctoral thesis credits 18 IV–V 16:545:702