Employment and Labor Relations (M.A.)

Wayne State University

Among the leading graduate programs of industrial relations, Wayne State's master's in employment and labor relations (MAELR) program provides a challenging and rich educational experience for students pursuing careers in human resource management and labor-management relations. Emphasizing the development of professional competencies, the MAELR curriculum is prepares students to master the requisite analytical and practical skills for attaining leadership positions in business, labor organizations, government and not-for-profit organizations.From an extensive offering of courses, students receive classroom training in human resource management (strategy, compensation, staffing, selection, training, work team systems and interested-based problem solving), union-management relations (contract negotiations, administration and arbitration, union organizations and union management's joint decision-making), dispute resolution, labor market analysis, international business and labor relations and in employment and labor law.Grounded in a long tradition of multidisciplinary study, the MAELR program exposes students to nationally and internationally recognized scholars and practitioners from labor relations, management, history, psychology, economics, political science, sociology and law. Bringing a wealth of professional and consulting experience to the classroom, instructors integrate cutting-edge research and theory and real case examples and exercises so that students learn about the most current workplace innovations and emerging trends and issues.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences