The Policy Issues on Work and Pay Certificate requires 15 semester credits, including 5 credits in core courses, and a minimum of 10 credits in electives.
Required Core Courses (5 credits)
- PA 5431 Public Policies on Work and Pay (3 credits)
OR HRIR 5061 Public Policies on Work and Pay (3 credits)
- HRIR 5054 Public Policy on Employee Benefits (2 credits)
OR PA 5022: Economics of Social Insurance Programs (3 credits–only this section of PA 5022 will count for the certificate)
Note: All core courses must be taken for a letter grade.
Elective Courses (A minimum 10 credits)
Choose any three to five courses:
- HRIR 5000 Topics in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (2 credits)
Topic of section must cover public policies
- HRIR 5022 Managing Diversity (2 credits)
- HRIR 5023 Employment Labor Law for the HRIR Professional (2 credits)
- HRIR 5025 Comparative and International Human Resources and Industrial Relations (2 credits)
- HRIR 8071 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (4 credits)
- PA 5401 Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy (3 credits)
- PA 8390 Research Methods in Public Policy (2 credits)
- HIST 5844 U.S. Labor History (3 credits)
- LAW 6203 Labor Law (3 credits)
- LAW 6631 Employee Discrimination (3 credits)
- LAW 6625 Disability Law (3 credits)
- LAW 6632 Employment law (3 credits)
- LAW 6833 Alternative Dispute Resolution (2 credits)
- APEC 5511 Labor Economics (3 credits)
- SOC 8421 Work and Occupations (3 credits)
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