The following are examples of programs designed for students with particular interests:

Labor Relations Organizational Change Diversity
Public Policy Community Leadership Public Sector

Concentration in Organizational Change, Employee Involvement, and Workplace Governance

Potential electives include:

• Employee Involvement and New Work Organization
• New Directions in Collective Bargaining
• Work and Social Change (given as a Topics class)
• Dynamics of Work and Work Organization
• Labor and Corporate Restructuring
• Conflict and Conflict Resolutiion in the Workplace
• Practicum in Organizational Change
• Employee Ownership
• Organizational Theory and Behavior
• Sociology of Organizations (taken in Sociology Dept.)
• Sociology of Work (taken in Sociology Dept.)

Concentration in Diversity

In addition to required courses in economics and demographics of labor markets and workforce diversity, potential electives include:

• Managing Workforce Diversity
• Women and Work*
• Seminar in Minorities and Work*
• Managing the Global Workforce
• Latino Workers in the U.S.
• Immigrant Workers and Their Rights
• Labor/Employment History*
• Employment Law*

*Course may be taken as an elective if not used to meet a requirement

Concentration in Public Policy in Labor Markets and Employment

In addition to the required course in economics and demographics of labor markets, potential electives include:

• Employment and Training Policy (taken in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy)
• Employment Law*
• Seminar in International/Comparative Labor and Employment Relations*
• Labor/Employment History*
• Protective Labor Legislation
• Public Sector Employment Issues
• Occupational Safety and Health
• State and Local Economic Development Theories and Policies (taken in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy)

*Course may be taken as an elective if not used to meet a requirement

Concentration in Labor and Community Leadership

In addition to the required class in collective bargaining, potential electives include:

• American Workers and Politics
• Labor and Corporate Restructuring
• Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Public Policy (taken in the Public Policy School)
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Union Organizing
• Immigrant Workers and Their Rights
• Labor and Corporate Research Methods
• Grievance Processes and Arbitration
• New Directions in Collective Bargaining
• Public Policy Advocacy (taken in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy)

*Course may be taken as an elective if not used to meet a requirement

Concentration in Public Sector Labor Relations

In addition to the required course in collective bargaining, potential electives include:

• Public Sector Collective Bargaining
• Public Sector Employment Issues
• American Workers and Politics
• New Directions in Collective Bargaining
• Grievance Processes and Arbitration
• Interest Dispute Arbitration
• Employment Law*
• Healthcare Employment Relations (given as a Topics class)
• Education Employment Relations (given as a Topics class)

*Course may be taken as an elective if not used to meet a requirement