Work and 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 WORKLABR 1A03 , 1D03 , 1E03  (or LABRST 1D03, 1E03, 1A03 or 1C03; see Note 1 below.)

Notes

1. 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.
2. Students may not transfer to another Work and Labour Studies program except by the normal application process.
3. Students are encouraged to consult the School of Labour Studies website at: http://www.labourstudies.mcmaster.ca.

Course List

• COMMERCE 1BA3 - Organizational Behaviour (or 2BA3)
• COMMERCE 4BC3 - Collective Bargaining
• 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

• 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 3T03 - Poverty and Homelessness
• WORKLABR 4J03 - Independent Study

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

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