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 2024

Course Offerings (PDF) Course Grid (PDF)

REQUIRED COURSES/THEORY/THESIS

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 560Macro Research Methods (PhD)Jung
LER 558Faculty-Student Workshop (PhD Seminar)Benton/Weaver
LER 591Employment Relations SystemsMun
LER 593AE1Quantitative Methods in LERAlexander
LER 593OQuantitative Methods in LER (MHRIR Online Only)Ogolsky
LER 599Thesis Research (PhD)Faculty Specific
*Register with CRN for Lecture (AE1) and CRN with specific quiz section on course 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)Riordan
LER 543Workplace Dispute ResolutionLamare

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 SystemsLyu
LER 561Compensation Systems (MHRIR Online Only)Shiller
LER 562Human Resources Planning and StaffingRestubog
LER 564HR Training and Development (2nd 8 wks)Zhang
LER 567Negotiation in Human Resource Decisions (2nd 8 wks)Cardador
LER 568Firm Performance and HRWeaver
LER 568Firm Performance and HR (MHRIR Online Only)Weaver
LER 570Leadership for HR Managers (1st 8 wks)Zhang
LER 590EMCEmployee Benefits & Non-Monetary CompensationLyu
LER 590TM1Talent Management (MHRIR Online Only)Ramsey
LER 597Employee Motivation and Performance (MHRIR Online Only)Franz
LER 597Employee Motivation and PerformanceMin
LER 598Implementing High Involvement Work SystemsWon

3. LABOR MARKETS AND EMPLOYMENT

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 545Economics of Human Resources (MHRIR Online Only)Forsythe
LER 545Economics of Human ResourcesWeinstein
LER 546The Gender Wage GapWeinstein

4. INTERNATIONAL HR

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 554Comparative Employment RelationsMun
LER 566International HR ManagementJung

OTHER RELATED COURSES

COURSETITLEFACULTY
LER 536Management of Workplace Gender IssuesPark
LER 537Employee Stress, Well-Being & SafetyPark
LER 550Game Theory & HR StrategyLamare
LER 590CTCurrent Issues in Labor and Employment RelationsKallas
LER 590DDDHR Analytics: Data-Driven DecisionsNewman
LER 590IMImmigration, Employment & Public PolicyLeRoy