Accelerated B.S. to M.S. in Labor Relations and Human Resources

Curriculum

Bachelor’s Requirements

Please review the requirements for your bachelor’s degree on URI’s curriculum sheets page.

Master’s Requirements

M.S. degree consists of 36 credits. You will be permitted to double count credits towards both degrees up to one third (12 credits or four 3 credit courses) of the total 36 credits required for the M.S. Degree.

CORE (must take all five)

  • LHR 500: Labor Relations & Human Resources
  • LHR 531: Employment & Labor Law
  • LHR 542: Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining
  • LHR 551 (MBA 572): Strategic Human Resource Management
  • LHR 580: Professional Seminar in Labor Relations and Human Resources

Specializations

For a specialization in human resources , select a minimum of 4 classes (up to 6) from:

  • LHR 521(PSC): Global Politics of Work and Social Welfare
  • LHR 533: Business of Benefits
  • LHR 546: Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • LHR 573 (MBA 573): Staffing Organizations
  • MBA 577: Total Reward Management
  • MBA 578: Human Resource Development
  • HR 581: Internship: Labor Relations & Human Resources

For a specialization in labor relations, select a minimum of 4 classes (up to 6) from:

  • LHR 521(PSC): Global Politics of Work and Social Welfare
  • LHR 544 (HIS): Historical Roots of Modern Labor Issues
  • LHR 545: Arbitration & Mediation of Labor and Employment Disputes
  • LHR 546: Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • LHR 581: Internship: Labor Relations & Human Resources

Open Electives- choose no more than 3

  • LHR/MGT 446 Special Topics in Management
  • LHR/MGT 461 Management Data Analysis and Communication
  • LHR 503 (PSC) Problems in Public Personnel Administration
  • LHR 590 Directed Study/Reading
  • MBA 502 Organizational Behavior

Sample Schedule

Our M.S. program is fully aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management’s curriculum guides for HR education.