Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations

Regulations effective September 1, 2022.

The Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations is an integrated, multidisciplinary program of courses that examines employment relations within their social, legal, political, and economic contexts. The program will be of interest to trade unionists, managers, human resource specialists, and individuals interested in better understanding the employment relations of their own workplace.

Planning your program

Our online program plans can assist you in selecting the courses needed to fulfill your program requirements.

Athabasca University has also developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating.

Program requirements

Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.

Students are strongly encouraged to register in ENGL 255 early in their program.

Program structure

program structure
Total credits in the program	90
Required core courses	30
Electives and option courses	60
Maximum transfer credit	66
Minimum at senior (300/400) level	54
Residency requirement. A minimum of 24 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University.	24
Graduation with Distinction or Great Distinction. At least 24 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University in order to be considered.	24
Maximum Prior Learning and Assessment (PLAR) credits	30
No preparatory (100-level) courses will count towards this program

Required core courses

(30 credits)

required core courses
ENGL 255	Introductory Composition	(3)
EDUC 317	Training and Development in Organizations	(3)
HRMT 386	Introduction to Human Resource Management	(3)
IDRL 316	The Practice of Labour Relations	(3)
IDRL 309/LGST 310 or LBST 330	Human Rights, the Charter and Labour Relationsor Workers and the Economy	(3)
IDRL 215	Introduction to Labour Relations	(3)
IDRL 308	Occupational Health and Safety	(3)
IDRL 320	The Law of Work	(3)
SOCI 321	Sociology of Work and Industry	(3)
SOSC 366	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	(3)

Electives

(45 credits)

electives
Note: A minimum of 9 credits must be selected from the courses in HRMT and/or IDRL.
ACCT 253	Introductory Financial Accounting	(3)
ACCT 355	Cost Analysis	(3)
ADMN	All courses
ANTH 275	Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	(3)
CMIS 245	Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows)	(3)
CMIS 351	Management Information Systems	(3)
COMM 243	Interpersonal Communication	(3)
COMM 277	Group Communication	(3)
COMP 361	Systems Analysis and Design	(3)
ECON	All courses
EDUC	All courses
GOVN	All courses
HIST 336	History of Canadian Labour	(6)
HRMT	All courses
IDRL	All courses
LBST	All courses
LGST	All courses
ORGB	All courses
PHIL 252	Critical Thinking	(3)
PHIL 333	Professional Ethics	(3)
POEC	All courses
PSYC 200	Introduction to Career Development	(3)
PSYC 300	Theories of Career Development	(3)
PSYC 310	Learning and Instruction	(3)
PSYC 387	Learning	(3)
PSYC 401	Learning Through Life	(3)
PSYC 405	Creating a Working Alliance	(3)
SOCI 300	How Humans Organize: From Primary Groups to the World Wide Web	(3)
SOCI 301	Social Statistics	(3)
SOCI 332	Women and Unions	(3)
SOCI 345	Women, Gender and Work in Canada	(3)
SOCI 381	The Rich and the Rest: The Sociology of Wealth, Power, and Inequality	(3)

Options

(15 credits)

options
Junior- or senior-level credits from any area, including from the electives above (provided they haven’t been used to satisfy the elective requirement). Students who wish to substitute another course(s) for the electives may do so with the permission of the program director.	(15)

Information effective Sept. 1, 2022 to Aug. 31, 2023.

Updated July 25, 2024 by Office of the Registrar (calendar@athabascau.ca)