Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations: Post Diploma

Number of credits required from Athabasca University: 24 credits.

Maximum credit awarded in this program for prior learning through Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) processes: 6 credits.

Program Learning Outcomes

As a result of completing this program, students should be able to

• show familiarity with disciplinary knowledge sufficient to wield it with confidence and discrimination.
• show insight into relationships among applicable theories and concepts as well as their connection to disciplinary practices and/or to other disciplines.
• use the tools, mechanisms and processes of critical thinking consciously and systematically.
• produce organized, systematic and dependably sound written work related to the discipline.
• use disciplined, reasoned and forceful logical arguments related to the discipline.
• use advanced skill in interpreting intersection with knowledge from other disciplines.
• demonstrate knowledge of detailed historical and developmental data related to one or more specialized areas within the discipline.
• demonstrate a systematic and thorough practical and theoretical grasp of disciplines from a body of knowledge and its source.
• demonstrate an advanced capacity to promote understanding of the scope and depth of knowledge related to the discipline.
• show frequent examples of original thinking related to the discipline.
• identify academic and other related learning goals with assessment of resources, pace and personal capacity to achieve these goals.
• identify issues and problems related to a disciplinary body of knowledge and make inquires into potential solutions and accommodations used in the discipline, as well as their impacts.
• explain why knowledge and approaches to knowledge vary, and describe the consequences that may be related to the discipline.
• systematically extract insights into discipline-related questions or issues from experience and/or practical application.
• show some insight into ethical questions, with discussion of the elements of solutions, their sources, and qualities of evidence for their resolution.
• design and conduct sophisticated research related to the discipline.
• draw on a sufficient range of learning to confidently and efficiently pursue degree goals and disciplinary objectives.

Program Core

• Human Resources: recruitment and selection, job analysis, compensation and benefits, evaluation and performance appraisal, training and development, discipline and termination, and learning and work.
• Labour Relations: negotiations, contract interpretation and grievance handling, grievance and rights arbitration, and employment and labour law.

Possible Career Options

• Human Resources Manager
• Union Representative
• Mediator/Conciliator
• Recruitment Officer
• Employment Counsellor
• Convention Organizer
• Human Resources Research Officer
• Corporate Trainer
• Employment and Placement Manager
• Labour Relations Manager
• Training and Development Manager
• Policy Development
• Customs Officer

Possible Further Education Options

At Athabasca University

• Master of Arts – Integrated Studies (MAIS)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Education in Distance Education (MEd)
• Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Distance Education Technology

At Other Educational Institutions*

• law
• library science
• journalism
• education

* Some universities will not accept a three-year degree for admittance into a graduate program. An additional year of study may be required. It is the students’ responsibility to research the entrance requirements of other universities.

Updated March 25, 2009