MILR Concentration: International and Comparative Labor
In the International and Comparative Labor concentration students have the opportunity to increase their understanding of international and comparative industrial relations, human resources, organizations, and labor markets. In particular, it is expected that students will understand how different IR and HR policy and labor market institutions "work" in different national contexts.
Core Courses
All MILR candidates must complete the following six core courses
- ILRCB 500 Collective Bargaining
- ILRCB 501 Labor Relations Law and Legislation
- ILRST 511 Statistical Methods for Social Sciences
- ILROB 520 Organizational Behavior and Analysis
- ILRLE 540 Labor Economics
- ILRHR 560 Human Resource Management
Concentration Courses
In additional to the six core MILR courses, students must complete six courses that consist of international or comparative courses related to international and comparative labor. Three of those courses must provide an understanding of the relevant institutional environment of another country or region in ways that prepare students for international careers and assignments in that country or region. The remaining three courses may be any international or comparative course, and may include language courses. Courses will be selected and agreed upon by the student and his/her special committee chairperson. The chair of the International and Comparative Labor department Department will also maintain a suggested list of courses.
Electives
Students in the International and Comparative Labor concentration will enroll in a minimum of 4 additional free electives.
Notes
Courses taken toward fulfillment of the MILR degree requirements must meet all of the following criteria
- The course number (level) must be 400, or above.
- The course must be taken for a letter grade – pass/fail or S/U grade option courses do not count toward MILR degree requirements.
- The final course grade must be C or above.
- All courses must be full-semester in length and worth 3 or more credit hours.
- Exceptions: NBA 570 and ILRHR 654 count toward the 48 credit hour requirement but not toward the 16 course requirement. 1 or 2 credit, or partial semester courses, meeting all other criteria, may count toward the 48 credit hours but not the 16 courses. Language courses below the 400 level may in some cases count toward the requirements for the International and Comparative Labor concentration, with prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.
- The student must petition the Director of Graduate Studies for other exceptions, prior to taking the course in question.
ILR Faculty Members in International and Comparative Labor
- Rosemary Batt rb41@cornell.edu
- John H. Bishop jhb5@cornell.edu
- George Boyer grb3@cornell.edu
- Lance Compa lac2@cornell.edu
- Maria Cook mlc13@cornell.edu
- Gary Fields gsf2@cornell.edu
- Rebecca Givan rkg22@cornell.edu
- James A. Gross jag28@cornell.edu
- Sarosh Kuruvilla sck4@cornell.edu
- Lisa Hisae Nishii lhn5@cornell.edu
- Lowell Turner lrt4@cornell.edu
The International and Comparative Labor concentration is in the International and Comparative Labor Academic Department.
