Labour Studies (B.A.)

Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 3.5 including a grade of at least C- in one of LABRST 1A03  or 1C03  (See Note 1 below).

Notes

1. Students who have who have completed only 3 units of Level I Labour Studies will be required to complete 3 more units of Level I Labour Studies during their Level II year.
2. Students may not transfer to another Labour Studies program except by the normal application process.
3. Students are encouraged to consult the Labour Studies web site at: http://www.labourstudies.mcmaster.ca.

Course List

• COMMERCE 1BA3 - Organizational Behaviour (or 2BA3)
• COMMERCE 4BD3 - Settlement of Industrial Disputes
• LABRST 2H03 - Sports, Work And Labour
• LABRST 2J03 - Work and Racism
• LABRST 2K03 - Will Robots Take All Our Jobs
• LABRST 2M03 - Pop Culture, Media and Work
• LABRST 3A03 - Economics of Labour Market Issues
• LABRST 3B03 - Economics of Trade Unionism and Labour
• LABRST 3C03 - Labour and Employment Law
• LABRST 3D03 - Work: Dangerous to your Health?
• LABRST 3E03 - Gender, Sexuality and Work
• LABRST 3J03 - Independent Study
• LABRST 3K03 - Mobility in the Organization of Work
• LABRST 3L03 - Labour Policy and Advocacy
• GEOG 4LE3 - Geographies of the North American Political Economy
• SOCWORK 2BB3 - Social Work and Social Welfare: Anti-Oppressive Perspectives

• or

  any Level III or IV Social & Political Context of Social Work courses offered by the School of Social Work. Eligible to count for Level II or above.

• SOCWORK 2CC3 - Introduction to Community Practice (While student can use this course to fulfill Labour Studies requirements, and while the content is salient to Labour Studies students, this course has a social work focus)
• WOMENST 2A03

Social and Political Context of Social Work Course List

• SOCWORK 3B03 - Transnational Lives in a Globalizing World  
• SOCWORK 3C03 - Social Aspects of Health and Illness  
• SOCWORK 3H03 - Justice and Social Welfare  
• SOCWORK 3O03 - Social Work and Sexualities  
• SOCWORK 3Q03 - Indigenizing Social Work Practice Approaches  
• SOCWORK 3S03 - Social Work, Disability and Dis/Ableism  
• SOCWORK 3T03 - Poverty and Homelessness  
• SOCWORK 4B03 - Violence in Intimate Relationships  
• SOCWORK 4C03 - Critical Perspectives on Race, Racialization, Racism and Colonialism in Canadian Society  
• SOCWORK 4G03 - Selected Topics  
• SOCWORK 4I03 - Social Work and Indigenous Peoples  
• SOCWORK 4L03 - Social Work with an Aging Population  
• SOCWORK 4R03 - Feminist Approaches to Social Work and Social Justice  
• SOCWORK 4SA3 - Critical Child Welfare: From Theory to Practice Part I *
• SOCWORK 4SB3 - Critical Child Welfare: From Theory to Practice Part II *
• SOCWORK 4U03 - Immigration, Settlement and Social Work  
• SOCWORK 4W03 - Child Welfare  
• SOCWORK 4Y03 - Critical Issues in Mental Health & Addiction: Mad & Critical Disability Studies Perspectives for SW  

*only open to those students in a Social Work program

Requirements

90 units total (Levels I to III), of which 42 units may be Level I