Requirements

Requirements

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To earn the Master of Labor and Employment Relations (MLER) degree, students successfully complete 39 graduate credits in a variety of areas.

Specific Required Courses

Introductory Seminar in Labor and Employment Relations (Taken in your first or second semester in the program)
Collective Bargaining

CORE COMPETENCIES: Choose at least one from each of the following areas
LAW Labor Law Employment Law Immigration Law
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY Women & Work Identity and Discrimination at Work and in the U.S. Labor Market Immigration, Public Policy, and Worker Rights The Inclusive Workplace
INSTITUTIONAL VARIETY Seminar in International/Comparative Employment Relations Globalization, Corporate Restructuring and Employment Labor/Employment History
ECONOMIC POLICY Economics and Demographics of Labor Markets Economics and Public Policy in a Global Context
FINANCE Financial Analysis & Corporate Governance HR Decision Making: Financial Decisions
RESEARCH METHODS Research Methods in Labor & Employment Relations Problem Solving Tools & Analysis in Employment Relations HR Decision Making: Data Based Decisions Strategic Corporate and Industry Research

CORE COMPETENCIES:
Choose at least one from each of the following areas

LAW

Labor Law
Employment Law
Immigration Law

WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

Women & Work
Identity and Discrimination at Work and in the U.S. Labor Market
Immigration, Public Policy, and Worker Rights
The Inclusive Workplace

INSTITUTIONAL VARIETY

Seminar in International/Comparative Employment Relations
Globalization, Corporate Restructuring and Employment
Labor/Employment History

ECONOMIC POLICY

Economics and Demographics of Labor Markets
Economics and Public Policy in a Global Context

FINANCE

Financial Analysis & Corporate Governance
HR Decision Making: Financial Decisions

RESEARCH METHODS

Research Methods in Labor & Employment Relations
Problem Solving Tools & Analysis in Employment Relations
HR Decision Making: Data Based Decisions
Strategic Corporate and Industry Research

Additional Requirements

In addition, students take 15 credits of graduate-level elective courses offered through the School of Management and Labor Relations, or other Rutgers graduate programs in related areas such as sociology, public policy, or human resource management.

Six of those elective credits must be from the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department.

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