Undergraduate Degree

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations provides a general social science understanding of the complex nature of people and work. The program focuses on workforce education, training and development; laws governing employment and workplace rights; human decision-making and behavior in the labor market and workplace; and organizational strategies, policies and practices governing and influencing employee outcomes and performance.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations.
   
   The completion of Statistics and Probability 200 or 201 referenced in item 3. below may also satisfy the University mathematics requirement or the SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) REQUIREMENT in the College, but not both.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Human Resources and Labor Relations major is met by completing Human Resources and Labor Relations 465. That course is referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Social Science for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. The following courses for the major (39 or 40 credits):

   a.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	GEO	363	Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Geographers						3
   	PSY	295	Data Analysis in Psychological Research						3
   	STT	200	Statistical Methods						3
   	STT	201	Statistical Methods						4
   	STT	315	Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Business						3
   	STT	421	Statistics I						3
   b.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   	EC	201	Introduction to Microeconomics						3
   	EC	202	Introduction to Macroeconomics						3
   c.	All of the following courses (18 credits):
   	HRLR	201	Human Capital, Human Resources, and Labor Relations						3
   	HRLR	313	Employment Relations						3
   	HRLR	314	Legal Environment of Work						3
   	HRLR	315	Research Methods and Analysis						3
   	HRLR	410	Voice and Democracy at Work						3
   	HRLR	465	Capstone in Human Resources and Labor Relations						3
   d.	Complete a minimum of 15 credits with at least 3 credits from each of the four areas below (General, Human Capital Systems, International, and Labor History):
   	General
   	CEP	460	Communication Skill Training for the Helping Professional						3
   	HRLR	211	Introduction to Organizational Leadership						3
   	HRLR	212	Career Management						3
   	HRLR	311	Applied Organizational Leadership						3
   	HRLR	490	Special Topics in Human Resources and Labor Relations						3
   	HRLR	493	Internship in Human Resources and Labor Relations						3 to 12
   	HRLR	494	Undergraduate Research in Human Resources and Labor Relations						3 to 6
   	SSC	490	Special Topics in Social Science						3
   	SSC	493	Social Science Internship						3
   	SSC	493A	Social Science International Internship						3
   	SSC	494	Undergraduate Research in Social Science						3
   	SSC	496	Field Study Abroad						3
   	Human Capital Systems
   	CEP	470	Disability in a Diverse Society						3
   	HRLR	316	Economics of Human Capital						3
   	HRLR	401	Income Inequality						3
   	MGT	411	Organizational Staffing						3
   	International
   	HRLR	414	Legal Standards in a Global Workplace						3
   	HRLR	420	Comparative Human Capital Systems						3
   	Labor History
   	HST	307	Labor History of the United States to 1863: Making a North American Working Class						3
   	HST	308	Labor History of the United States since 1863: Modern Labor and Working-Class History						3