4.9. Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations Degree program
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Introduction
The Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations is an integrated, multidisciplinary program of courses that examines employment relations within their social, legal, political, and economic contexts. The program will be of interest to trade unionists, managers, human resource specialists, and individuals interested in better understanding the employment relations of their own workplace and in qualifying for employment opportunities.
Students are strongly encouraged to register in ADMN 233 or ENGL 255 early in their program.
Program Requirements
Total credits in the program Required core courses Elective and Option courses Through Athabasca University Minimum at senior (300 and 400) level Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits Required Core Courses (36 credits)
ADMN 233 Writing in Organizations or
ENGL 255 Introductory Composition (3)
EDUC 310 The Canadian Training System (in development) (3)
HRMT 301 Recruitment and Selection (in development) (3)
HRMT/ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)
HRMT/ORGB 387 Strategic Human Resource Management (3)
IDRL 304 Rights at Work: Grievance Arbitration (3)
IDRL 305 Collective Bargaining (3)
IDRL 308 Occupational Health and Safety (3)
IDRL 312 Industrial Relations: A Critical Introduction* (3)
IDRL 320 Labour Relations and the Law or
HRMT 322 Canadian Employment Law (3)
SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry (3)
SOCI 345 Women and Work in Canada (3)*IDRL 312 (3) replaces the former IDRL 311 (6).
Students presenting IDRL 311 will be granted credit for IDRL 312 and three credits of elective course requirements.
Electives (Select 39 credits from the following)
All courses labelled IDRL, HRMT, and LBST
ACCT 245 Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations or
ACCT 250 Accounting for Managers or
ACCT 253 Introductory Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 355 Cost Analysis (3)
ACCT 356 Strategic and Competitive Analysis (3)
ADMN 232 Administrative Principles (3)
ADMN 404 Business Policy* (*Refer to prerequisite) (3)
ADMN 499 Directed Study in Administrative Studies (3)
ANTH 275 Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
CMIS 245 Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows) (3)
CMIS 351 Management Information Systems (3)
COMM 243 Interpersonal Communications in Management (3)
COMM 377 Communication and Problem Solving in Groups (3)
COMP 361 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
ECON 247 Microeconomics (3)
ECON 248 Macroeconomics (3)
ECON 301 The Changing Global Economy (3)
ECON 377 Economics of Inequality and Poverty (3)
EDUC 301 Educational Issues and Social Change I: Historical Social Perspectives (3)
EDUC 302 Educational Issues and Social Change II: Current Debates (3)
EDUC 401 The Purposes of Adult Education (3)
HIST 336 History of Canadian Labour (6)
LGST 310 The Impact of the Canadian Charter on Labour Relations (3)
INST 200 Introduction to Native Studies 1 (3)
ORGB 319 Motivation and Productivity (3)
ORGB 326 Organizational Theory (3)
ORGB 327 Leadership in Organizations (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour (3)
ORGB 400 Organizational Culture (3)
PHIL 252 Critical Thinking (3)
POEC 393 Canada and the Global Political Economy (3)
POEC 483 International Political Economy: Power, Production, and Global Order (3)
PSYC 300 Theories of Career Development (3)
PSYC 301 Career Development in the Changing World of Work (3)
PSYC 401 Learning Through Life (3)
SOCI 381 The Sociology of Power and Inequality (3)Options (15 credits)
Junior- or senior-level credits from any area, including from the electives above (provided they haven't been used to satisfy the elective requirement). (15)
Students wishing to substitute another course(s) for the electives may do so with the permission of the program director.
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