Undergraduate Programs
Labour Studies Major
     
Regulations effective September 1, 2003

Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
     

Requirements within the 120 credits required for the BA.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Labour Studies is designed for students who want to know more about the position of labour and working people in society. The program will be of interest to trade unionists at both the leadership and general membership levels.

     
     
1.  
39 credits in Labour Studies major courses outlined below including a minimum of 30 senior (300 or 400) level credits (a minimum of 12, 400-level credits).  
     
2.  
12 credits in required core courses (SOCI 321 and HIST 336 are included in the 30 senior-level credits noted above).
 
     
3.  
Students may transfer in a maximum of 30 credits of courses applicable to the requirements of the major. The maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits for the Labour Studies major is 39.
 
     
   
 

Recommendations

Students are advised to begin their studies with LBST 200 or LBST 202.

 
     
     
  Required Core Courses (12 credits)  
     
HIST 336 History of Canadian Labour (6)
LBST 200 Introduction to Labour Studies
or
 
LBST 202 Labour College of Canada: Introduction to
Labour Studies
(3)
SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry (3)

 

   

 

   
 

Electives (select 27 credits from the following)

     

 

All courses labelled LBST and IDRL*
     
EDUC 310 Educational Issues and Social Change I (3)
ENGL 306 The Literature of Work (3)
HIST 329 The Social History of Canada (6)
HIST 470 Pre-Industrial Origins of
Labour and Socialist Thought
(3)
HIST 471 Labour and Socialist Thought in the Early Industrial Revolution, 1800-1850 (3)
HIST 472 Labour and Socialist Thought in the Later Industrial Revolution, 1850-1917 (3)
HIST 486 The Industrial Revolution (3)
LGST 310 The Impact of the Canadian Charter
on Labour Relations
(3)
POEC 393 Canada and the Global Political Economy (3)
POEC 483 International Political Economy:
Power, Production, and Global Order
(3)
POLI 383 Introduction to Canadian Political Economy (3)
PSYC 205 Prior Learning Assessment and Portfolio Development (3)
SOCI 345 Women and Work in Canada (3)
SOCI 381 The Sociology of Power and Inequality (3)

 

   

*

All courses labelled IDRL can be taken as either Applied Studies or Social Science courses, but not both. To use these courses to satisfy the Social Science area of study requirement, students must contact Admissions and Evaluations Services and request the change upon completion of the course.

 

 

   
 

Transfer Credits for Union Education and Prior Learning

Athabasca University grants advanced credit in the Labour studies program for some union education programs. Students with a Labour College of Canada certificate, for example, may be eligible to receive 9 credits. Students who have completed the Canadian Auto Workers Paid Educational Leave course may be eligible to receive 3 credits. And students who have completed the Canadian Postal Workers' Union Education Program may be eligible to receive 6 credits. Credit is also granted for other union education programs and for other forms of prior learning. Contact Athabasca University for details.

Many unions, and some employers, will reimburse students for the cost of university tuition fees. Discuss this with your union representative or employer.

 


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