November 5, 2024

7 thoughts on “How To: ILR

  1. When did they change the ‘no minors’ policy? I thought all minors were recognized across the entire breadth of the university. I graduated with minors/concentrations in economics and inequality studies that are officially designated on my transcript.

  2. It must be a recent occurrence then. They’re pretty clear now that an ILR student cannot obtain any official designation outside of the ILR major.

  3. Either that or your information is wrong:

    http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/studentservices/options/minors.html

    Students may pursue minors in any department in any college that offers them, subject to limitations placed by the department offering the minor or by the student’s major. Completed minors will appear on the student’s transcript. Not all departments offer minors. Consult the appropriate section in Courses of Study or contact the appropriate department for information on minors offered and how to pursue a minor.

    http://www.cornell.edu/academics/minors.cfm

    ILR doesn’t ‘control’ students abillity to minor. That’s not how the academic set-up of the University works. Individual departments from across the University decide how/when to award minors and report said minors to the Registrar.

  4. This is all very interesting. I have been told that formal minors are not allowed. Additionally, I have had several friends explicitly ask if they could minor in a particular subject at another college, and were told ‘no.’

    Of course, I would like to point out the note on the bottom of the ILR webpage linked to above. It reads: “Note: ILR students do not pursue formal minors in ILR. Individuals may decide to focus their elective courses in a particular field, however, this does not constitute a minor.” Of course, this means that students cannot obtain minors in other ILR disciplines such as Labor Econ. So perhaps that’s my mix up.

    But unless I have extremely poor memory, there is disharmony between what students are told by academic services and what the website says. I will have to ask.

  5. There are no formal minors within the school of Industrial and Labor Relations, but ILR students can pursue minors in other colleges. Some of the more common ones include Law and Society, Women’s Studies, languages, etc. The only stipulation is that some minors are only available to students of that particular college… for example, you must be a CALS student to minor in AEM.

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