Honours Work and Labour Studies (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 WORKLABR 1A03 , 1D03 , 1E03  (or LABRST 1D03, 1E03, 1A03 or 1C03; see Note 2 below). For continuation in the program, see Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I  in the Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Regulations.

Notes

1. See Admission to Level II Programs in Academic Regulations  in this section of the Calendar.
2. Students who have who have completed only 3 units of Level I Work and Labour Studies (or Labour Studies) will be required to complete 3 more units of Level I Work and Labour Studies during their Level II year.
3. Students may not transfer to another Work and Labour Studies program except by the normal application process.
4. Students who complete a six-unit Research Methods/Statistics course will reduce their elective component by three units.
5. Students who have completed LABRST 4D03 need not complete WORKLABR 4C03  or LABRST 4E03.
6. Students are encouraged to consult the School of Labour Studies website at: http://www.labourstudies.mcmaster.ca.

Course List 1

• COMMERCE 1BA3 - Organizational Behaviour (or 2BA3)
• COMMERCE 4BC3 - Collective Bargaining
• LABRST 2H03
• LABRST 2M03
• LABRST 3A03
• LABRST 3B03
• LABRST 3C03
• LABRST 3D03
• LABRST 3E03
• LABRST 3K03
• LABRST 3L03
• LABRST 3P03
• LABRST 3T03
• LABRST 4J03
• SOCWORK 2BB3 - Anti-Oppressive Social Work or

• any 3rd or 4th level 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

• Note: While student can use this course to fulfill Work and Labour Studies requirements, and while the content is salient to Work and Labour Studies students, this course has a social work focus.

• WOMENST 2A03
• WORKLABR 2A03 - Unions in Action
• WORKLABR 2G03 - Labour and Globalization
• WORKLABR 2H03 - Sports, Work and Labour
• WORKLABR 2J03 - Work and Racism
• WORKLABR 2M03 - Pop Culture, Media and Work
• WORKLABR 2W03 - Human Rights and Social Justice
• WORKLABR 3A03 - Economics of Labour Market Issues
• WORKLABR 3B03 - Economics of Trade Unionism and Labour
• WORKLABR 3C03 - Labour and Employment Law
• WORKLABR 3D03 - Work: Dangerous to your Health?
• WORKLABR 3E03 - Gender, Sexuality and Work
• WORKLABR 3K03 - On the Move: Workers in a Global World
• WORKLABR 3L03 - Labour Policy and Advocacy
• WORKLABR 3M03 - Theoretical Approaches to Work and Labour Studies
• WORKLABR 3P03 - Workers’ Resistance - Past and Present
• WORKLABR 3Q03 - Community Engaged Research
• WORKLABR 4J03 - Independent Study

Course List 2

• COMMERCE 2BC3 - Human Resource Management and Labour Relations
• ECON 2F03
• ECON 2K03 - Economic History of Canada
• ECON 2N03 - Public Policy Toward Business
• HLTH AGE 3J03
• HISTORY 3W03 - Women in Canada and the U.S. to 1920
• HISTORY 3WW3 - Women in Canada and the U.S. from 1920
• POLSCI 3D03
• POLSCI 3E03
• POLSCI 3EE3 - International Relations: North-South
• POLSCI 3F03
• SOCIOL 2E06 A/B
• SOCIOL 2I03
• SOCIOL 2Q06 A/B
• SOCIOL 2R03 - Perspectives on Social Inequality
• SOCIOL 2RR3 - Case Studies of Social Inequality
• SOCIOL 2V06 A/B

Social and Political Context of Social Work Course List

• SOCWORK 3B03
• 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 * 
• SOCWORK 4SB3* 
• 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