Human Resources and Employment Relations MPS

Course Overview

The Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Human Resources and Employment Relations (HRER) is a two-year program designed for students anticipating careers in some aspect of labor and human resources or labor-management relations. The program has the following objectives: provide students with an understanding of the roles employers, employees, employee organizations, and public policy makers play in the employment relationship; familiarize students with the complex personal and organizational issues inherent in the employment relationship; prepare students to systematically analyze complex issues and evaluate research results in the process of administering labor and human resource systems; prepare students for advanced graduate or professional training beyond the master's degree; prepare students for employment as practitioners in the field. Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employment Relations (MPS HRER) The MPS in Human Resources and Employment Relations (HRER) is a 33 credit program of study for professionals working in human resources/employment relations or considering a career in some aspect of human resources and employment relations. The program will prepare students to: understand the roles that employers, employees, employee organizations and unions, and public policy makers play in the employment relationship; analyze the complex personal, legal, and organizational issues inherent in the employment relationship; understand the ethical dimensions of human resource and employment relations; analyze complex issues and evaluate research results in the process of administering labor and human resource systems;