Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources

The Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources (MIRHR) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs benefit students who are interested in advanced academic study leading to career opportunities in human resources management, labour management relations, collective bargaining and dispute resolution, organization development and change, and labour market and social policy. The MIRHR degree may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. The MIRHR is a professional degree program designed to train students in the latest innovations and best practices within industrial relations and human resources management. The degree provides specialized study of the employment relationship using an interdisciplinary approach.
The MIRHR is designed to train professionals in the latest innovations and best practices within industrial relations and human resources management. It provides specialized study of the employment relationship using an interdisciplinary approach. Integral to the MIRHR degree is training in the essential analytical and empirical methods required of the today's practitioner. The MIRHR degree consists of required courses, as well as elective courses that increase a student's breadth of knowledge. A student may also select elective courses based on a specific area of interest. Two program options are available for those who meet the requirements for admission. Part-time study is available in both MIRHR programs.

Applicants to the two-year MIRHR program require an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. A minimum grade average of B+ in each of the final two years of the degree is required.

Applicants to the 12-month MIRHR advanced-standing option require an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university and significant academic training (normally 3.0 full-course equivalents [FCEs] at the senior undergraduate level), employment relations, human resources, industrial relations, labour studies, or labour economics. If the admissions committee determines that an applicant does not have sufficient academic training to qualify for advanced standing, the student will be considered for the two-year MIRHR degree. A minimum grade average of B+ in each of the final two years of the degree is required.

Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must write the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The following minimum scores are acceptable:

• paper-based TOEFL exam: 600 and 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE)
• Internet-based TOEFL exam: 100/120 and 22/30 on the writing and speaking sections
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, with at least 6.5 for each component.