M.A. Labor Electives

You choose two elective courses (6 credits) to reflect your interests and to reinforce the individual focus of your degree. You are urged to use your electives to build a concentration in such areas as trade union administration, collective bargaining and dispute resolution, occupational health and safety, or human resource management. You may choose to take residency-based, scheduled or individualized electives. You can design individualized electives to help you do work on your final project. You also may cross register at another college or use transfer credit to complete elective credits. Examples of electives include but are not limited to:

• Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
• Labor and International Economy
• Staffing the Organization
• Occupational Safety and Health in the Modern Workplace
• Labor Arbitration
• Labor Law
• History of Labor and Policy
• Current Issues Facing Labor
• Compensation, Motivation and Performance