Industrial and Labor Relations
graduate fieldoverview
degree offered
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Industrial and Labor Relations (M.I.L.R.) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Science (M.S.) Degree | academic degree
area of concentration
- Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History | major concentration
- Collective Representation | major concentration
- Dispute Resolution | major concentration
- Human Resources and Organizations | major concentration
- Human Resource Studies | major concentration
- International and Comparative Labor | major concentration
- Labor Economics | minor concentration
- Labor Market Policy | major concentration
- Organizational Behavior | major concentration
- Social Statistics | minor concentration
people
field members
- Abowd, John Maron | Professor
- Bacharach, Samuel | Director, Inst Workplace Stud
- Batt, Rosemary | Alice H. Cook Prof of Women an
- Bell, Bradford | Associate Professor
- Bishop, John H | Associate Professor
- Blau, Fran D | Professor
- Boyer, George R | Professor
- Bunge, John A | Associate Professor
- Christopherson, Susan M | Professor
- Collins, Christopher J. | Associate Professor
- Colvin, Alexander James | Associate Professor
- Cook, Maria L | Associate Professor
- Cowie, Jefferson R | Associate Professor
- Daniel, Cletus Edward | Professor
- Devault, Ileen A | Professor
- Diciccio, Thomas J | Associate Professor
- Dragoni, Lisa | Assistant Professor
- Dyer, Lee D | Professor
- Ehrenberg, Ronald Gordon | I.M. Ives Prof of ILR and Econ
- Fields, Gary Sheldon | Professor
- Givan, Rebecca K. | Assistant Professor
- Gold, Daniel Richard | Professor
- Goncalo, Jack A. | Assistant Professor
- Gross, James A | Professor
- Hallock, Kevin F. | Professor
- Hammer, Tove Helland | Professor
- Hausknecht, John P. | Assistant Professor
- Hurd, Richard W | Professor
- Hutchens, Robert M | Professor
- Jakubson, George Hersh | Associate Professor
- Kahn, Lawrence M | Professor
- Katz, Harry Charles | Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor
- Kuruvilla, Sarosh C | Professor
- Lawler, Edward J | Martin P. Catherwood Professor
- Lieberwitz, Risa L | Professor
- Lipsky, David Bruce | Professor
- Nishii, Lisa H. | Assistant Professor
- Rubineau, Brian | Assistant Professor
- Seeber, Ronald | Vice Provost
- Smith, Robert Stewart | Associate Dean for Academic Af
- Sonnenstuhl, William James | ILR Department of Organization
- Tolbert, Pamela S | Professor
- Turner, Lowell | Professor
- Velleman, Paul F | Associate Professor
- Wells, Martin Timothy | Professor
- Williams, Michele | Assistant Professor
- Wright, Patrick M. | Professor
library liaison
- Cohen, Suzanne Amy | Librarian I
affiliations
has affiliated organization
- Catherwood Library Kheel Center | research center
The M.I.L.R.
Choose one of the following areas of concentration: human resources and organizations; collective representation; dispute resolution; labor-market policy; or international and comparative labor.
Students complete a minimum of 48 credits in courses and seminars, including required courses in collective bargaining, organizational behavior, labor economics, labor and employment law, human resource management, and statistics. Candidates with a law or M.B.A. degree may be able to obtain an M.I.L.R. degree in two semesters. Students interested in careers in business administration may apply for a five-semester, dual-degree program at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (M.I.L.R.) and the Johnson Graduate School of Management (M.B.A.).
The M.P.S.
This degree is limited to individuals with professionally related work experience who wish to update their knowledge of current practices. Applicants for this degree are typically sponsored by their governments or organizations. Degree requirements include course work, an MPS project paper and a two-year commitment. Students may choose to study part-time in New York City in the M.P.S. (I.L.R.) New York program, or full time in residence on the Ithaca campus.
M.S. and Ph.D.
Candidates select major and minor subjects from the following areas: collective bargaining, labor law, and labor history; organizational behavior; human resource studies; international and comparative labor. One minor is selected from outside the ILR Field of Study.
Minors
Labor Economics and Economic & Social Statistics are offered as minors only. Minor subjects in fields outside ILR are encouraged. Each candidates program is supervised by a committee of faculty members chosen by the candidate. The average M.S. program requires two years; the doctoral program typically takes an additional three years.