Combined Honours in Labour Studies and Another Subject (B.A.)

Admission

Enrolment in this program is limited. Selection is based on academic achievement but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including a grade of at least C in one of LABRST 1D03 , 1E03 , 1A03 or 1C03 (see Notes 3 and 8 below), and satisfaction of admission requirements for the Honours program in the other B.A. subject. For continuation in the program, see the section on Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I  in the Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Regulations.

Notes

1. Subject to meeting admission requirements, students may combine two subjects and be graduated with a combined honours B.A. degree. These combinations are available within the Faculty, with programs in the Faculty of Humanities and with the Arts and Science Program.
2. See Admission to Level II Programs  in the Academic Regulations section of the Calendar.
3. 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.
4. Students may not transfer to another Labour Studies program except by the normal application process.
5. Students who complete a six-unit Research Methods/Statistics course will reduce their elective component by three units.
6. Students combining Labour Studies with a Humanities subject or with Religious Studies must complete LABRST 4A06 A/B  and SOCSCI 2J03 . Students in other Combined Honours Programs may complete the Honours Seminar requirement as specified by the other Department and replace LABRST 4A06 A/B  with six units Level III Labour Studies courses.
7. Students who have completed LABRST 4D03 need not complete LABRST 4C03  or 4E03.
8. Students who have completed LABRST 1C03 and 1A03 need not complete LABRST 1E03  or 1D03 .
9. 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 4BC3 - Collective Bargaining
• LABRST 2H03 - Sports, Work And Labour
• 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 3K03 - On the Move: Workers in a Global World
• LABRST 3L03 - Labour Policy and Advocacy
• LABRST 3P03 - Workers’ Resistance - Past and Present
• LABRST 3T03 - Poverty and Homelessness
• LABRST 4J03 - Independent Study
• SOCWORK 2BB3 - Anti-Oppressive Social Work 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 
• SOCWORK 3I03 - Social Work and Indigenous Peoples  
• SOCWORK 3O03 - Social Work and Sexualities  
• SOCWORK 3Q03
• SOCWORK 3S03 - Social Work, Disability and Dis/Ableism  
• SOCWORK 3T03 - Poverty and Homelessness 
• SOCWORK 4B03 
• SOCWORK 4C03 - Critical Perspectives on Race, Racialization, Racism and Colonialism in Canadian Society  
• SOCWORK 4G03 - Selected Topics  
• SOCWORK 4I03
• SOCWORK 4L03 
• SOCWORK 4QQ3 - Indigenizing Social Work Practice Approaches  
• 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

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I