Inexpensive Graduate Certificate in Labor or Employment Law?

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  1. bpreachers

    bpreachers New Member

    Hello all. Long time since I have posted. Suddenly have the "wanna go to school again" itch. I want to further my studies in Labor/Employment Law. I chose labor law based courses as my 2 electives during my Masters and truly enjoyed them. I no longer have the GI Bill to fund school as I gave what was left of it to my wife so she could pursue a Masters in Instructional Technology so the certificate program would need to be on the fairly affordable end and preferably from an RA school online. This would be for self fulfillment as well as for utility in my professional field. Any info/points in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
     
  2. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    I just took HRMT602 Employment Law and Labor Relations at APUS and learned quite a bit because each assignment requires students to focus on unique HR issues. You can see all their graduate-level HR classes here:
    Graduate Course Descriptions
    (scroll down until you see the HRMT prefixes)

    However, APUS only has an undergraduate certificate in HR management:
    APU Degree Program: Undergraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

    Here is APUS SHRM information:
    Society for Human Resource Management: SHRM
     
  3. bpreachers

    bpreachers New Member

    I took labor law classes at AMU (Part of APUS) with my BA. However I am specifically looking for a Grad cert inLabor or employment law (titled as such as well as covering the topic. Thanks though.
     
  4. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    I just noticed that you already have a Bachelors and a Masters in Human Resources. Instead of pursuing collegiate-level human resources, you should consider obtaining professional HR certifications from this point forward, in conjunction with on-the-job training.

    Here is SHRM information:
    Training By Topic
     
  5. bpreachers

    bpreachers New Member

    I already have the PHR. My knowledge is general HR but I may be directly supporting a legal department soon and wanted to broaden my knowledge in Labor law with something kn paper to back it up (make it more official) so to speak.
     
  6. FJD

    FJD Member

    How about Cornell's online Certificate of Labor Studies? It looks like it's six courses (3 credits each), at $595/course, so it's about $3600. It's an undergrad cert though, if that matters. Still sounds pretty good to me. Note it's not one of those eCornell certs (not that there's anything wrong with that), but from Cornell's School or Labor and Industrial Relations: Online Credit Courses
     
  7. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Have you looked at National Labor College in Maryland?
     

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