Industrial and Labour Relations is a 54-credit Faculty Program offered in the Faculty of Arts. Students completing the Faculty Program are not required to complete an additional Minor Concentration and therefore can take the remaining credits to complete the degree as electives. Students in a 90-credit program may take an additional 36 credits elective courses, students in a 120-credit program an additional 66 credits.
- In U1, students take 18 credits in various disciplines to build their general background in the area of Labour-Management Relations and to obtain prerequisites for more advanced courses.
- In U2, students take 24 credits. Some of these second-year courses provide more background material (e.g., Economics, Statistics), others focus on Labour-Management Relations (Human Resources).
- In U3, students take 12 credits, which mainly focus on Labour-Management Relations.
For information on class times and rooms, and to find out in which term a course is offered, students should consult the Class Schedule available on Minerva.
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Offered by: Arts - Dean's Office Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirements
** This program was discontinued as of September 2023 and is no longer available **
The Faculty Program in Industrial and Labour Relations provides students with a basic knowledge of the institutions and practices as well as the principal social and economic forces that underlie employment relationships. The program is composed of 54 credits of courses drawn from the Departments of Economics and Sociology within the Faculty of Arts and from Labour-Management Relations within the Desautels Faculty of Management.
Credits outside Arts and Science: Students in the Faculty Program in Industrial and Labour Relations may take no more than 30 credits in courses outside of the Faculties of Arts and of Science. This total includes required and complementary courses taken for the program and elective courses. Students should take at least 12 credits in both Sociology and Economics. Moreover, in the U1 year a student should take at most only one 3-credit elective course in the Desautels Faculty of Management in addition to the required courses, INDR 294 and MGCR 222.
Faculty of Arts regulations about "Courses Outside the Faculties of Arts and of Science" may be found with the Arts guidelines for "Course Requirements."
Continuance in the Program:
To remain in the program beyond the first year, students must take the six "U1 Required Courses" listed below during their first year and earn a 2.50 GPA in the U1 required courses.
Note: Continuing Studies courses may not be used to fulfil IR program requirements. Similarly, courses in Continuing Studies taken before entering the program may not be used to fulfil program requirements.
Required Courses (33 credits)
U1
- INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits)
- MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)
- SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits)
- SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits)
U2
- ECON 306 Labour Markets and Wages (3 credits)
- INDR 494 Labour Law (3 credits)
- ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits)
- SOCI 304 Sociology of the Welfare State (3 credits)
- SOCI 420 Organizations (3 credits)
U3
Complementary Courses (21 credits)
U1
6 credits from the following:
- ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits)
- ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits)
- ECON 230D1 Microeconomic Theory (3 credits)
- ECON 230D2 Microeconomic Theory (3 credits)
Note: ECON 230D1/D2 or ECON 208 and ECON 209.
U2
6 credits of statistics courses from the following:
Note: either from Sociology or Economics, but not both.
- ECON 227D1 Economic Statistics (3 credits)
- ECON 227D2 Economic Statistics (3 credits)
- SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research (3 credits)
- SOCI 461 Quantitative Data Analysis (3 credits)
U2 or U3
3-9 credits from the following:
- ECON 305 Industrial Organization (3 credits)
- ECON 308 Governmental Policy Towards Business (3 credits)
- ECON 310 Introduction to Behavioural Economics (3 credits)
- ECON 313 Economic Development 1 (3 credits)
- ECON 337 Introductory Econometrics 1 (3 credits)
- ECON 338 Introductory Econometrics 2 (3 credits)
- ECON 426 Labour Economics (3 credits)
- ECON 440 Health Economics (3 credits)
0-6 credits from the following:
- HIST 373 Canadian Labour History (3 credits)
- INDR 449 Occupational Health and Safety (3 credits)
- INDR 499 Internship in Industrial Relations (3 credits)
- ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits)
- ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
- ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits)
- ORGB 409 Organizational Research Methods (3 credits)
- ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits)
- ORGB 421 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)
- ORGB 440 Career Theory and Development (3 credits)
- ORGB 525 Compensation Management (3 credits)
- SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits)
- SOCI 354 Dynamics of Industrial Societies (3 credits)
- SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements (3 credits)
- SOCI 495 Social Problems and Conflicts (3 credits)
Faculty of Arts—2023-2024 (last updated Apr. 4, 2023) (disclaimer)
Important Notes
Continuance in the Program
To remain in the program beyond the first year, students must take the following U1 required courses during their first year and earn an average GPA of 2.50 in SOCI 235, MGCR 222 and INDR 294.
Statistics
Students who have earned an exemption for MATH 203 from advance standing should meet with the program advisor to review how they will complete the statistics component of the program.
Out-of-Faculty Credits
Students in the Faculty Program in Industrial Relations may take no more than 30 credits in courses outside of the Faculties of Arts and of Science. This total includes required and complementary courses taken for the IR Program and elective courses.
All of the courses offered by the Faculty of Management are considered outside of Arts and Science. The IR program has 18 credits of required courses that are out of faculty credits. Be careful when selecting your complementary courses and electives so that you do not go above the 30 credit limitation.
Continuing Studies Courses
Continuing Studies courses cannot be used to satisfy IR program requirements, even though the title may be the same as one of the IR courses listed below.
To identify a Continuing Studies course, you need to review the "notes" section in Minerva when registering for a course. In addition to this, you may also view the section number. Most regular section numbers are 001, 002, etc.; Continuing Studies sections are 700s.
Desautels School of Management Courses
In addition to the required courses, INDR 294 and MGCR 222, students should take at most only one 3-credit elective course in the Desautels School of Management during their first year in the IR program (U1).
Advising
It is in your best interest to consult with your program advisor regularly to make sure you are on track to meet your program requirements and graduate in a timely manner. If you are having any difficulty of any kind, you can interdisciplinary.arts [at] mcgill.ca (email) to schedule an appointment or visit Dawson Hall room 110.
When to see an advisor
- General degree audit
- Verification that you can graduate on time
- Questions about the program structure
- Questions about exchanges, study abroad, or transfer credits
Degree Audits
Prior to your appointment, it is recommend that you complete and submit a PDF copy of the Audit Sheet to your program advisor. This is a tool to help guide you on meeting your program requirements on time, to see what you have accomplished, and what is still missing.
N.B. Audit sheets are an unofficial overview of programs. The formal program regulations are found in the Course Calendar on Minerva. All changes to the program are updated in the course calendar.