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Employee Relations and Workplace Studies Minor Shippensburg University's ERWS minor is extremely flexible and allows students to learn about the management and regulation of the workplace while exploring the world of work from various viewpoints and perspectives, including those of their chosen major.

Employee Relations and Workplace Studies Minor Shippensburg University's ERWS minor is extremely flexible and allows students to learn about the management and regulation of the workplace while exploring the world of work from various viewpoints and perspectives, including those of their chosen major. 

Employment Relations and Workplace Studies Minor

This minor will provide students with course work that will prepare them for entry level work in a number of high growth HR related fields including human resource management, human resource development, diversity, equity, and inclusion, organizational development, training, health and safety, depending on the elective courses that students select. For complete course descriptions, visit the catalog.

  • MGMT 305 - Organizational Behavior 
  • MGMT 340 - Human Resource Management 
  • MGMT 342 - Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining OR MGMT 346 - Employment Law

  • DISA 100 - Introduction to Disability Studies 
  • DISA 400 - Capstone in Disability Studies 
  • ECON 303 - Labor Economics: Theory and Policy 
  • ECON 360 - Industrial Organization 
  • ECON 490 - Selected Topics in Economics 
  • ENGL 250 - Literature and Society 
  • ENGL 358 - Studies in U.S. Latinx Literature 
  • ENGL 359 - Studies in Indigenous Literature 
  • ENGL 345 - Women’s Literature 
  • ENGL 362 - Studies in Disability & Literature 
  • ENGL 370 - Studies in Queer Literature 
  • ENGL 375 - Studies in African American Literature 
  • EXER 207 - Stress Management 
  • ETHS 100 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies 
  • ETHS 101 - Introduction to African-American Studies 
  • ETHS 102 - Introduction to Latino Studies 
  • COST 200 - Human Communication Theory 
  • COST 265 - Interviewing 
  • COST 270 - Intergroup/Intercultural Communication 
  • COST 310 - African-American Communication 
  • COST 315 - Asian-American Communication 
  • COST 325 - Voices of Black Anti-Racism and Resistance 
  • COST 340 - Gender and Communication 
  • COST 372 - Communication for Training and Instruction 
  • COST 385 - Resolving Conflict through Communication 
  • HIST 342 - U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity 
  • MGMT 349 - International Human Resource Management 
  • MGMT 370 - International Business 
  • MGMT 394 - Leadership for Business 
  • MGMT 448 - Compensation Administration 
  • MGMT 450 - Negotiation 
  • MGMT 470 - International Management 
  • MGMT 490 - Selected Topics in Management 
  • MGMT 491 - Selected Topics in Management 
  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 
  • PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking 
  • PHIL 105 - Ethical Theories and Problems
  • POLI 271 - Introduction to Public Administration 
  • POLI 302 - Public Policy Analysis 
  • POLI 356 - Politics of Developing Regions 
  • POLI 371 - Public Management 
  • POLI 372 - Public Personnel Administration 
  • POLI 373 - Public Financial Administration 
  • PSYC 101 - General Psychology 
  • PSYC 240 - Psychology of Personality 
  • PSYC 270 - Social Psychology 
  • PSYC 315 - Psychology of Prejudice and the Minority Experience 
  • PSYC 325 - Psychology of Human Cognition 
  • PSYC 335 - Psychology of Social Influence 
  • PSYC 350 - Psychology of Sustainability
  • PSYC 352 - Adulthood and Aging 
  • PSYC 361 - Psychology of Group Interaction 
  • SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology: Society and Diversity 
  • SOCI 220 - Social Inequality 
  • SOCI 243 - Race in America 
  • SOCI 258 - Gender, Culture, and Power 
  • SOCI 265 - Global Society 
  • SOCI 310 - Leading in Society
  • SOCI 320 - Sociology of Disability 
  • SOCI 354 - Social Movements and Social Change 
  • SOCI 435 - Gender, Organizations, and Leadership 
  • SOCI 440 - Global Leadership for Global Society 
  • SOWK 102 - Social Work in Social Welfare 
  • SOWK 250 - Assessing Individuals in the Social Environment 
  • SOWK 265 - Understanding Human Diversity for Social Justice 
  • SOWK 356 - Social Work Elective: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 
  • WMST 100 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies 
  • WMST 300 - Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies
  • Other courses as approved by Management Department and Advisor

AACSB accredited

The John L. Grove College of Business is internationally accredited by the most prestigious business-accrediting agency, AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Shippensburg University offers small class sizes and plenty of opportunities for one-on-one contact with faculty members. Classes are taught by professionals with both a strong theoretical understanding of business administration and a working knowledge of modern accounting practices. Our faculty has a diverse range of professional backgrounds, including government financial management, personal finance, portfolio analysis and more.