The ELR Department is currently recruiting students for the IUP campus in Monroeville, Pa.
Informational sessions will be held at the Monroeville campus for interested applicants.
IUP’s highly successful graduate program in Employment and Labor Relations (ELR) is offered at the Monroeville campus. This program has a 30-plus-year history of preparing professionals for careers in employment relations in various settings, including but not limited to public and private management settings, union organizations, government agencies, and neutral and service organizations. The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree is a 36-credit program offered in a cohort format specifically designed for working professionals who desire to upgrade their employment skills, seek career changes, or enhance their promotion possibilities. This degree is highly useful to participants because it combines theoretical preparation with practical field application.
The 36-credit cohort format is structured in a way that allows students to complete the program in two years by taking two courses per semester. Coursework will be offered one evening per week (typically Mondays or Wednesdays) from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. during the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, with the second section offered online. (Note: Generous summer and winter vacation periods are scheduled into the program.) This program utilizes a cohort format, meaning that students begin the program as a restricted group and complete all of the required coursework together as a restricted group. This educational model encourages networking and enhances learning opportunities for participants.
Course offerings include: Employee Rights under Law, Theories of the Labor Movement, Dispute Settlement, Research Methods in ELR, Discrimination in Employment, Processes of Collective Bargaining, Compensation and Benefits Administration, Conflict Resolution, and other selected electives.
Applicants must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the IUP School of Graduate Study and Research.
The 24 students of Cohort I who began in January 1997 completed their program at the Monroeville Graduate and Professional Center and graduated in December 1998. Cohort II began in January 1999 at Monroeville and graduated in December 2000. Cohort III began in January 2001 at Monroeville and graduated in December 2002. Cohort IV began in January 2005 and completed the program at IUP’s Northpointe campus, located at the Slate Lick exit of Route 28, thirty miles north of Pittsburgh. Cohort V moved back to Monroeville and graduated in August 2009.
Required Core
- ELR 610 – Employee Rights Under Law
- ELR 611 – Development and Theories of the Labor Movement
- ELR 615 – Dispute Settlement
- ELR 612 – Labor Relations Practice and Administration
- ELR 619 – Research Methods In ILR
- ELR 622 – Discrimination In Employment
- ELR 625 – Processes of Collective Bargaining
- ELR 632 – Compensation and Benefits Administration
- ELR 641 – Contract Administration
- ELR 651 – Conflict Resolution
- Six elective credits
*Required and elective course descriptions can be viewed in the Graduate Catalog.
For information about the cohort program, including scheduled informational sessions, contact ELR Chair Dr. David Piper at 724-357-4471 and dpiper@iup.edu, or Cohort Recruitment Coordinator Dr. Michael Korns at 724-357-4424 and mkorns@iup.edu.
