Labor and Industrial Relations. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on employee-management interactions and the management of issues and disputes regarding working conditions and worker benefit packages, and that may prepare individuals to function as labor or personnel relations specialists. Includes instruction in labor history, policies and strategies of the labor movement, union organization, labor-management negotiation, labor law and contract interpretation, labor economics, welfare and benefit packages, grievance procedures, and labor policy studies.

Related Occupations

• Business Teachers
• Compensation and Benefits Managers
• Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
• Employment Interviewers
• Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists
• Personnel Recruiters

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Case Western Reserve University
• City College of San Francisco
• Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Cleveland State University
• Cornell University
• CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
• Flathead Valley Community College
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
• Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne
• Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro
• Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
• Iowa State University
• Laney College
• Lansing Community College
• Le Moyne College
• Los Angeles Trade Technical College
• Loyola University Chicago
• Marshall University
• Michigan State University
• National Labor College
• New York Institute of Technology-Central Islip
• New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Campus
• New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury
• New York University
• Northern Kentucky University
• Northwestern University
• Onondaga Community College
• Ottawa University-Phoenix
• Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
• Rhode Island College
• Rider University
• Rockhurst University
• Roosevelt University
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway
• San Diego City College
• San Jose City College
• Seton Hall University
• Sinclair Community College
• SUNY College at Old Westbury
• SUNY Empire State College
• SUNY-Potsdam
• Syracuse University
• Temple University
• The Community College of Baltimore County
• University of Bridgeport
• University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
• University of Illinois at Springfield
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Iowa
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst
• University of Massachusetts-Boston
• University of Minnesota-Duluth
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• University of New Haven
• University of North Texas
• University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus
• University of Rhode Island
• Wayne County Community College District
• Wayne State University
• West Virginia University
• West Virginia University Institute of Technology
• Youngstown State University