What concentration in ILR?

RenTheSecond
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:19:23 +0000

A large number of courses satisfy the Inequality elective requirement. My personal story-- I took a course that satisfied the core requirement (ILROB 626 Inequality in Organizations, which no longer exists) and got an e-mail inviting me to become an inequality concentrator. It turned out that I had already taken many more courses that counted as “inequality” electives than are required for the concentration, many of them through ILR.
However, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend going out of your way to get a formal concentration; I would be motivated by the subject matter instead, and use the concentration requirements as guidelines for what you should know.
Also, to echo intl_echo, you essentially don’t concentrate within ILR. You simply take electives from the various departments, and people tend to focus on departments that suit their interests.
Concentrating in Economics is actually relatively demanding. When I graduated, the econ concentration required intermediate micro theory, intermediate macro theory, econometrics, and two advanced electives (in addition to the stats and labor in ILR’s core curriculum). This turns out to be similar to econ’s major requirements (the same three core econ courses, plus five electives).
I’m not sure about AEM either.