Honours BA Labour Studies and Career Development - Admissions Suspended 2019-20

The Honours BA and Combined BA Labour Studies and Career Development has suspended admissions in 2019/20

The Honours Bachelor of Arts Labour Studies and Career Development degree provides interdisciplinary inquiry into the historical and contemporary dimensions of the experience of work and the developing terrain of employment in Canada and the global world.

The Honours BA Labour Studies and Career Development degree consists of 20.0 credits, with no more than 7.0 credits at the 100 level. The program consists of a minimum of 9.5 credits in Labour Studies and Career Development, including a minimum of 9.0 senior credits.

Labour Studies and Career Development Curriculum:

Required (4.5 credits) including: 2.5 credits of WORK:
WORK100 - The Future of Work
WORK210 - Workers, Unions and Social Justice
WORK231/YC231 - Millennial Workers: Children, Youth and Labour
WORK320 - Global Labour Issues
WORK400 - Strengthening Work in the 21st Century (Capstone)

An additional 2.0 credits:
HI338 - Canadian Labour History
LY250/SOJE250 - Understanding Global Capitalism
LY335 - Labour Law and Labour Rights
SOJE310 - Economics, Class and Public Policy

Additional Senior Credits:

Category I: Diversity and Identity (2.5 credits chosen from):
HR251/OL251 - Workplace Diversity in the 21st Century
HR355/SOJE355 - Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equality
HS219/HR219 - Critical Disabilities Studies
HS227/SOJE227 - Aging: Realities and Myths
HS301 - Occupational Health and Safety
ID375 - Indigenous Community Organizing
SOJE370 - Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
WORK340 - Work-Life Balance
WS204 - Women, Gender and Work

Category II: Varieties and Contexts (2.5 credits chosen from):
DMJN208 - Data in the Media
HI337 - Canadian Business History
OL233 - Introduction to Social Science Research Methods
SOJE204 - Social and Environmental Justice in Practice
SOJE255 - The Democratic Imagination
SOJE324 - Culture Industries in the Global Era
SOJE425 - Social and Environmental Capstone: Another World is Possible
WORK240 - Migrant Labour, Global and Local
WORK310 - Class and Work: Legal and Economic Perspectives
WORK330 - Innovative Work Arrangements

Degree Program Electives: An additional 10.5 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits. All students in the program must complete successfully the Foundations curriculum: BF190, BF199, BF290, BF299.

Additional Information
 
Program Notes

  1. Students in the Labour Studies and Career Development program may choose to complete a post-graduate certificate in Human Resource Management offered through an agreement with Conestoga College on the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. Students who have successfully completed a minimum of 10.0 credits including WORK210 and SOJE250, with a minimum GPA of 5.00 in Honours WORK and 5.00 GPA overall are eligible to enroll, normally during Year 3 of full-time study. Completion of the certificate with a minimum of 70% will allow students to receive 5.0 senior credits including: 1.0 200 level credit of OL, 1.0 200 level credit of WORK, 1.5 200 level credit HRHD, 1.0 300 level credit HRHD, 0.5 credit – HR300
  2. Students in the Labour Studies and Career Development program may choose to complete the Career Development Professional post-graduate certificate through an agreement with Conestoga College on the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. Students who have successfully completed a minimum of 10.0 credits including WORK210 and SOJE250, with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in Honours WORK and 5.00 GPA overall are eligible to enroll, normally during Year 3 of full-time study. Completion of the certificate with a minimum of 70% will allow students to receive 5.0 senior credits including: 1.0 senior WORK credit and 4.0 miscellaneous senior credits. 
  3. Contact Academic Advising regarding program requirements and application procedures.
  4. Completion of the following courses prior to attending Conestoga College is recommended in order to meet prerequisites and graduation requirements for senior level courses in Year 4: BF190, BF199, BF290, BF299, LY250/SOJE250, WORK100, WORK210, WORK231/YC231, 1.5 credits from Category I, 1.5 credits from Category II. Students may want to consider completing LY335.
  5. This program will follow the Academic Regulations for all Honours BA programs in the Faculty of Liberal Arts. The major GPA includes all interdisciplinary required and elective courses.