Honours Work and Labour Studies (B.A.)

Admission

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 . 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 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 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
• 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 2P03 - Working in Healthcare
• WORKLABR 2W03 - Human Rights and Social Justice
• WORKLABR 3A03 - Economics of Labour Market Issues
• WORKLABR 3B03 - Economics of Trade Unionism and Labour
• WORKLABR 3E03 - Gender, Sexuality and Work
• WORKLABR 3K03 - On the Move: Workers in a Global World
• WORKLABR 3L03 - Labour Policy and Advocacy
• WORKLABR 3M03 - Big Ideas in Work and Labour Studies
• WORKLABR 3Q03 - Connecting Knowledge, Policy, and Advocacy for Worker Justice
• 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
• HISTORY 3WW3 - Women and Gender in the United States and Canada Since 1920
• POLSCI 3EE3 - International Relations: North-South
• SOCIOL 2FF3 - The Sociology of ‘Race’ and Ethnicity
• SOCIOL 2HH3 - Sociology of Gender
• SOCIOL 2I03
• SOCIOL 2R03 - Perspectives on Social Inequality
• SOCIOL 2RR3 - Case Studies of Social Inequality
• SOCIOL 2SS3 - Sociology of Work and Occupations

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 - Community Perspectives on Income Inequality and Housing Insecurity  
• 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