IRHR: Industrial Relations and Human Resources MIRHR, PhD Courses

Required Courses

Course Code Course Title
IRE1002H
Applied Statistics in Industrial Relations
IRE1010H
Economic Foundations of Industrial Relations and Human Resources
IRE1126H
Economics of Labour and Human Resources
(prerequisite: IRE1010H or equivalent)
IRE1270H
Law of Labour Relations
IRE1338H
Law in the Workplace
IRE1362H
Organizational Behaviour
IRE1609H
Strategic Human Resources Management
(exclusion: RSM2609H Aligning People and Strategy)
IRE1610H
Industrial Relations
IRE1700H HR Consulting Models, Practices, and Applications
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE2001H
Foundations and Current Issues in Industrial Relations and Human Resources
IRE2002H
Research Methods for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
(prerequisite: IRE1002H)
IRE2003H
Research Project in Industrial Relations and Human Resources
(prerequisite: IRE2002H)
IRE2004H
Data Analytics and Metrics for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
(prerequisite: IRE2002H)
IRE3002Y
Research Seminar I
IRE3003H
Research Seminar II
(prerequisite: IRE3002Y)
IRE3004H
Special Topics in Employment and Industrial Relations
IRE3005H
Workshop in Industrial Relations I (Credit/No Credit)
IRE3006H
Workshop in Industrial Relations II (Credit/No Credit)
RSM3062H
Methods and Research in Organizational Behaviour

Elective Courses

The Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (CIRHR) offers key elective courses in both industrial relations and human resources. With the permission of the Graduate Coordinator, students may take courses in other departments and Faculties. Since graduate units give preference to their own students, CIRHR students can enrol in these elective courses only when space is available. Students must meet the standards and requirements of the other departments and Faculties in those courses taken outside CIRHR.

Not all courses are offered every year. The availability of elective courses may be subject to change due to such factors as faculty research leaves and departmental resources. Some courses may be available only in the day or in the evening.

Please consult the CIRHR timetable which lists available courses in each session. The notation (PR) following a course indicates the course has a prerequisite, and additional information may be obtained from CIRHR.

Further details concerning specific courses and brief course descriptions are available on the CIRHR website.

Industrial Relations and Human Resources

Course Code Course Title
IRE1260H
Seminar on Labour Arbitration
(prerequisite: IRE1270H, IRE1338H, or equivalent)
IRE1270H
Law of Labour Relations
IRE1338H
Law in the Workplace
IRE1600H
International Developments in Labour and Human Resource Policy
IRE1611H
Sociology of Work and Organizations
IRE1615H
Labour and Globalization
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1620H
Labour Relations Problems in Historical Perspective
IRE1625H
Contemporary Issues in Public Sector Labour-Management Relations
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1630H
Negotiation Skills, Theory, and Practice
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1635H
Collective Bargaining
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1640H
Contemporary Trade Unionism: Issues, Challenges, Strategy
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1650H
Managing Workplace Conflict
(prerequisite: IRE1610H or equivalent)
IRE1655H
Health and Safety
IRE1715H
Special Topics in Industrial Relations and Human Resources
IRE1720H
Managing Organizational Change
(prerequisite: IRE1362H or equivalent)
IRE1725H
Cross Cultural Differences in Organizational Contexts
(prerequisite: IRE1362H or equivalent)
IRE2021H
Business Strategy for IR/HR
IRE3007H Qualitative Research Methods in Work and Organizations
IRE3008H Econometrics for Industrial Relations I
IRE3615H
Performance Management Systems
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE3635H
Compensation
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE3640H
Recruitment and Selection
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE3645H
Training and Development
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE3650H
Human Resource Planning and Strategy
(prerequisite: IRE1609H or equivalent)
IRE3655H
Leadership
(prerequisite: IRE1362H or equivalent)

Reading Courses

In certain circumstances, and with the approval of the Graduate Coordinator, students may be allowed to take a reading or research course:

Course Code Course Title
IRE1090H
A reading course or individual research in an approved field
IRE2090H
A reading course or individual research in an approved field