Courses

This class is designed as an opportunity to explore the complexities of interpersonal communication and to develop a repertoire of interpersonal communication skills.

Introductory analysis of the employment relationship and the interrelated interests of management, workers, unions, and the public.

Course foci center on contemporary theory and research, interpersonal communication in personal and professional relationships, and a research practicum in which students conduct an original research study.

Explores the nature and functions of communication in organizations, with emphasis on concepts, tools, and skills for effective management of communication.

Survey of individual and family formal and informal intervention efforts; historical and current perspectives and approaches.

Strategies for, and roles of professional specialists in, the solution of problems in human development and family functioning.

Employment relations and legislative and policy responses to labor force issues of racial and gender inequality.

This course examines, at an advanced level, the theory, practice, and impact of the major phases of union organizing, collective bargaining, and contract administration.

Characteristics of modern nation-states and forces governing their international relations; nationalism; imperialism; diplomacy; current problems of war and peace.

A survey of traditional and contemporary conceptual frameworks and theoretical approaches for the analysis of international relations.

Personnel selection, training, accident prevention, morale, and organizational behavior.

Survey of theory and research with respect to attitudes, morale, and motivation of employees and management.

Focuses on historical patterns and current status of racial, ethnic and cultural groups and issues locally, nationally, and internationally.

Work and occupational life in modern society; work in the past, present, and future.