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2004-2005 Undergraduate Bulletin

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B.A. Specialization in Labor Studies

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Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 33

33 semester hours, with no more than 15 semester hours from a single major academic area, distributed as follows:

1) Required Courses

ECO 141C - (BH) Labor Economics Credits: 3 s.h.
HIST 157 - History of Labor in the United States Credits: 3 s.h.
LABR 1 - (BH, IS) Introduction to Labor Studies Credits: 3 s.h.
LABR 141C - (BH) Labor Economics Credits: 3 s.h.
LABR 180 - Senior Seminar in Labor Studies Credits: 3 s.h.
LEGL 114 - Labor and Employment Law Credits: 3 s.h.
MGT 172 - Collective Bargaining Credits: 3 s.h.

2) Elective Courses - Semester Hours: 15

Total of 15 semester hours, with one chosen from each of the following categories (a-e):

a) Historical Context

HIST 114 - Europe, 1848-1914 Credits: 3 s.h.
see footnote *
HIST 115 - The Afro-American in American History, 1619-1865 Credits: 3 s.h.
HIST 116 - The Afro-American in American History, 1865 to the Present Credits: 3 s.h.
HIST 140 - Economic History of the United States Credits: 3 s.h.
(credit given for this course or ECO 140, not both)
see footnote *
HIST 149 - Women in America Credits: 3 s.h.
see footnote *
HIST 169 - Immigrants and American Society Credits: 3 s.h.

b) Unions, Management, and Dispute Resolution

LABR 170 - Internship in Labor Studies Credits: 3/6 s.h.
LEGL 118 - Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution Credits: 3 s.h.
MGT 121 - Human Resources Management Credits: 3 s.h.
MGT 122 - Advanced Topics of Organizational Recruitment and Selection Credits: 3 s.h.

c) Work Force Diversity

ECO 121 - (BH) Economics of Discrimination Credits: 3 s.h.
SOC 134 - (BH) Race Relations in the United States Credits: 3 s.h.
SOC 140 - (BH) Social Inequality Credits: 3 s.h.

d) Psychology and Sociology of Work

ANTH 115 - Culture and Class: Transcultural Studies in Poverty Credits: 3 s.h.
PSY 33 - Industrial Psychology Credits: 3 s.h.
PSY 34 - Organizational Psychology Credits: 3 s.h.
SOC 106 - (BH) Work, Alienation, and Power in Social Life Credits: 3 s.h.

e) The Globol Labor Force

ANTH 112 - (BH) Anthropology of the Global Economy Credits: 3 s.h.
ECO 142 - International Economics Credits: 3 s.h.
see footnote *
ECO 145 - Comparative Economic Systems Credits: 3 s.h.
GEOG 103 - (BH) Urban Geography Credits: 3 s.h.
GEOG 135 - (BH) Economic Geography Credits: 3 s.h.
LABR 120 - African Labor Economics Credits: 3 s.h.
(same as AFST 120, ECO 120)
SOC 32 - (CC) Women and Development Credits: 3 s.h.
(credit given for the course or ANTH 32, not both)

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