Major in Labor Studies

Thirty (30) units are required for the major. Required classes are rotated, giving students the opportunity to finish their upper-division classes within two years. Required classes are offered evenings, weekends, or online. Each class is worth 3 units.

A total of 120 units are needed for the BA.

A Bachelor’s in Labor Studies requires 30 units in one of a number of approved courses.

One course is a required “capstone” course: LBR 490, which may be substituted with LBR 496.

Selected courses that have been pre-approved to be combined for a Labor Studies Degree include:

• LBR 101: Introduction to Labor Studies
• LBR 200: Labor and the Environment
• LBR 201: Work/Life
• LBR 202: Class Struggles in Film and Popular Culture
• LBR 310: Success and Values
• LBR 312: Decade of the 60s
• LBR 313: The Future of Work
• LBR 314: The American Dream
• LBR 350: Research Methods for Social Change
• LBR 411: Contracts and Negotiations
• LBR 412: Labor Law
• LBR 495: Special Topics
• LBR 496: Practicum in Labor Studies

Related courses in other disciplines can be also be applied toward a Labor Studies Bachelor’s degree, such as:

• ACC 230: Financial Accounting
• ANT 346: Anthropology of Work
• ECO 330: Labor Economics
• HIS 348: Labor In American Society
• HRM 316: Labor & Industrial Relations
• MGT 312: Organizational Behavior
• PSY 372: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PUB 315: Labor-Management Relations in Government
• SOC 315: Sociology of Work