Combined Honours in Work and Labour Studies and Another Subject (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 , 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 and with programs in the Faculty of Humanities.
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 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.
4. Students may not transfer to another Work and Labour Studies program except by the normal application process.
5. 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.

• GENDRST 2AA3 - Feminist Thought
• WORKLABR 2A03 - Unions in Action
• WORKLABR 2G03 - Labour and Globalization
• WORKLABR 2H03 - Sports, Work and Labour
• WORKLABR 2J03 - Work and Racism
• WORKLABR 2K03 - Technology and The Future of Work
• 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 3C03 - Labour and Employment Law
• WORKLABR 3D03 - Workers’ Health and Well-Being in a Changing World
• 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 3P03
• WORKLABR 3Q03 - Connecting Knowledge, Policy, and Advocacy for Worker Justice
• 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 - 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