Employment Relations - School of Business

BBA with Major in Employment Relations

Kayla Cunningham, Staffing Specialist at RBC
Manning Alumnus, Class of '15

BBA students have the option to complete a major in the functional discipline of Employment Relations. The Employment Relations major prepares students to appreciate employment relationships in a variety of organizational settings, and from a variety of perspectives. It is a multi-disciplinary program that incorporates alternative perspectives such as the psychological, sociological, historical, legal, and economic bases of the employment relationship. Graduates will have a much deeper appreciation of the nature of paid work, its meaning and outcomes in an advanced industrial economy. In addition, some of our students will want to pursue graduate work, such as a master's degree in one of several disciplines including human resource management, industrial relations, or employment relations. Some students may even decide on a career in law or education. NOTE: Students who wish to choose a major would normally declare their major during their second year.

Program Requirements

45 hours - Required business courses for all BBA majors

BUSI 1013 Financial Accounting 1
BUSI 1703 Introduction to Business
BUSI 2803 Business Technology Management
BUSI 2013 Management Accounting
BUSI 2223 Fundamentals of Finance 1
BUSI 2233 Fundamentals of Finance 2
BUSI 2423 Marketing Principles
BUSI 2433 Marketing Strategy
BUSI 2513 Operations Management
BUSI 2733 Organizational Behaviour 1
BUSI 2743 Organizational Theory
BUSI 3063 Business Analytics Modelling
BUSI 3613 Business Law
BUSI 4953 Busi & Corporate Strategy
BUSI 4963 Strategic Issues in Busi

15 hours - Required non-business courses for all BBA majors

ECON 1013 Microeconomic Principles
ECON 1023 Intro to the Study of Macroeconomics
ECON 2613 Empirical Analysis in Econ & Busi
COMM 1213 Communication 1
MATH 1613 Gen Linear Algebra Calc: Busi/Econ
NOTE: MATH 1013 may be taken instead of MATH 1613

9 hours - Required Additional Business Courses

BUSI 3313 Human Resource Management
BUSI 3323 Employment Relations
BUSI 4313 Labour Relations

12 Hours - Required business & related courses chosen from the following

BUSI 3483 Advanced Business Research
BUSI 3623 Business Law 2
BUSI 3723 Organizational Change
BUSI 3733 Organizational Behaviour 2
BUSI 3753 Gender & Diversity in Organizations
BUSI 3763 Cross-Cultural Management
BUSI 4323 Seminar in Labour Relations
BUSI 4633 Ethics, Morality & Social Responsibility
BUSI 4663 Project Management
BUSI 4933 Project in Business 1
BUSI 4943 Project in Business 2
COMM 1223 Public Speaking/Presentation

12 Hours - Non-business electives chosen from the following

Students select 12 hours from ECON, PSYC, SOCI, WGST or other non-business disciplines related to the field of Employment Relations as approved by the Director of the School of Business

15 Hours - Non-business electives

Students select 15 hours of non-business electives

12 hours - University Electives (Business or Non-business Courses)

Students select 12 hours of business or non-business electives