Honours BA Labour Studies and Career Development in Combination with another Honours BA Program - Admissions Suspended 2019-20
The Honours BA and Combined BA Labour Studies and Career Development has suspended admissions in 2019/20
The Combined Honours BA Labour Studies and Career Development program consists of 20 credits, including no more than 7.0 at the 100 level. The program includes a minimum of 6.5 credits in Labour Studies and Career Development approved courses, including at least 6.0 senior credits.
Required Courses (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
LY335/HR335 - Labour Law and Labour Rights
SOJE250 - Understanding Global Capitalism
SOJE310 - Economics, Class and Public Policy
Additional Senior Credits:
Category I: Diversity and Identity : 1.0 credit (2 x 0.5 credit courses) chosen from:
HR251/OL251 - Workplace Diversity in the 21st Century
HR355/SOJE355 - Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equality
HR370/SOJE370 - Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
HS219/HR219 - Critical Disabilities Studies
HS227/SOJE227 - Aging: Realities and Myths
HS301 - Occupational Health and Safety
ID375 - Indigenous Community Organizing
WORK340 - Work-Life Balance
WS204 - Women, Gender and Work
Category II: Varieties and Contexts: 1.0 credit (2 x 0.5 credit courses) chosen from:
DMJN208 - Data in the Media
HI337 - Canadian Business History
OL233/HS233/CC233 - 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 13.5 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits. All students in the program must complete successfully the Foundations curriculum: BF190, BF199, BF290, BF299.
- 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 WE 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.
- 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 WE 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.
- Contact Academic Advising regarding program requirements and application procedures.
- 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, 0.5 credits from Category I, 0.5 credits from Category II. Students may want to consider completing LY335.
- 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.
