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Labor Studies
Labor Studies | Faculty


Director:
Associate Professor Tom Juravich. Assistant Professors Borgers, Luce, Weinbaum.

The Labor Relations and Research Center does not offer an undergraduate degree but does sponsor people in the Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration and University Without Walls programs. It offers an undergraduate course in the residential colleges and an introductory course each year. It also admits advanced students to its graduate-level classes. In addition, the Labor Center presents guest lecturers and a variety of other programs. Preferred background for admission to the Mas-ter's Program includes a broad-based social science and humanities background, along with basic statistics and computer skills.

The Courses

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

201 Women and Work

The role of women at a variety of workplaces from historical, economic, sociological, and political points of view. Among areas considered: discrimination, health care, women in the labor movement and in management, and civil rights legislation.

280 Labor and Work in the U.S. (ID)

The evolution and current status of labor and work in the U.S. Examines multiple perspectives on workers, unions, workplace systems, and worker rights.

Labor Studies | Faculty

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