School of Labor and Employment Relations

Current Courses

Current LER students can find course syllabi that have been shared by instructors in Illinois Box.

If you have questions about enrollment in a specific course, contact the faculty member currently teaching the course or Assistant Dean Becky Barker.

Spring 2025

Course Offerings (PDF) Course Grid (PDF)

REQUIRED COURSES/THEORY/THESIS

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 557Human Resources Theory (PhD)Restubog
LER 558Faculty-Student Workshop (PhD Seminar)Benton/Weaver
LER 591Employment Relations SystemsMun
LER 591Employment Relations Systems (MHRIR Online Only)Kramer
LER 593AE1Quantitative Methods in LER*B. Zhang
LER 593OQuantitative Methods in LER (MHRIR Online only)Ogolsky
LER 599Thesis Research (PhD)Faculty Specific
*Register with CRN for Lecture (AE1 or BE1 and CRN with specific quiz section on grid)

593AQ1 53175 593AQ2 53176

As students complete the three-semester master’s degree program, they must take at least one course in each of the four subject distribution areas listed below.

1. UNION-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS AND LABOR RELATIONS POLICY

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 542Collective BargainingRiordan
LER 542Collective Bargaining (MHRIR Online Only)Riordan
LER 543Workplace Dispute ResolutionKallas
LER 590CBCollective Bargaining in Sports & EntertainmentLeRoy

2. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 521Employment Law for HR Managers: Sep, Wrks Comp & SafetyLeRoy
LER 532Successful Change Management for HR Professionals (MHRIR Online Only)Mies/Ireland
LER 535Negotiation Principals in HR Context (MHRIR Online Only)Cardador
LER 561Compensation SystemsT. Zhang
LER 561Compensation Systems (MHRIR Online Only)Schiller
LER 565HR Management and StrategyWon
LER 567Negotiation in HR Decisions (2nd 8 wks)Cardador
LER 568Firm Performance in HR ManagementWeaver
LER 569Power & Influence in HRM (1st 8 wks)Benton
LER 572Social Networks in HRM (2nd 8 wks)Benton
LER 597Employee Motivation and Performance (MHRIR Online only)Franz
LER 598Implementing High Involvement Work SystemsWon

3. LABOR MARKETS AND EMPLOYMENT

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 544Workforce Planning and PartnershipsWeaver
LER 545Economics of Human Resources (MHRIR Online Only)Forsythe
LER 545Economics of Human ResourcesForsythe

4. INTERNATIONAL HR

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 554Comparative Employment Relations SystemsMun
LER 566International HR ManagementJung
LER 595Managing Diversity Globally (Online MHRIR Only)Kramer

OTHER RELATED COURSES

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 526Machine Learning Applications in HRMin
LER 536Management of Workplace Gender IssuesPark
LER 537Employee Stress, Well-Being, & SafetyPark
LER 590CTCurrent Issues in Labor and Employment RelationsKallas
LER 590DDDHR Analytics: Methods & Data-Driven PredictionsNewman

School of Labor and Employment Relations

504 E. Armory Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 333-1482

Fax: (217) 244-9290

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