Undergraduate Program Calendar 2007|08

BA Labour Studies Concentration


Regulations effective September 1, 2007 Athabasca University's Labour Studies program is designed for students who want to know more about the position of labour and working people in society. It will be of particular interest to trade unionists at both the leadership and general membership levels. Offerings include courses in labour history, work organization, women and unions, and the theory and practice of trade unions. Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment. Bachelor of Arts (3-year) General regulations.

Requirements in addition to the general program requirements for the 3-year BA with Concentration. The maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits for the Labour Studies concentration is 30.


1.	A minimum of 33 credits in concentration courses including a minimum of 24 senior (300 or 400) level credits.

2.	12 credits in the following designated Labour Studies concentration core courses: and


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)


3.	A minimum of 21 credits selected from the following designated Labour Studies concentration elective courses: All courses labelled LBST and IDRL. * 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.


EDUC 310	The Canada Training System	(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/GLST 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)




	Union Education Transfer Credit and Prior Learning

	Athabasca University grants advanced credit in the Labour Studies program for some union education programs. A student with a Labour College of Canada certificate, for example, may be eligible to receive nine credits. Students who have completed the Canadian Auto Workers Paid Educational Leave course may be eligible to receive three credits. And students who have completed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' Union Education Program may be eligible to receive six 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 you for the cost of university tuition fees. Discuss this with your union representative or employer.


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