Industrial Relations (IDRL) 499

Overview

IDRL 499: Doing Research in Organizations is an open-ended study course intended for students who have already acquired a background in industrial relations studies at the university level. This course provides an opportunity to engage in a concentrated research project in which you will identify, read, and analyze articles, books, and other resource materials that relate to specific topics, all under the guidance of an industrial relations specialist at Athabasca University.

Evaluation

To receive credit for IDRL 499, you must complete the assignments successfully and achieve a composite course grade of at least a D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite course grade is as follows:

Materials

This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.

There are no formal course materials for this course. You, the student, are responsible for negotiating with an appropriate faculty member, a program of study valued at three credits.

Course materials are your (the student's) responsibility, though you have full access to the University Library.

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