Labor Studies Academic Offerings At Umass Campuses

UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst offers a unique multi-disciplinary program leading toward an MS degree in labor studies. We offer a two-year residential master’s program as well as a limited-residency format for trade union officers, staff, and activists. Scholarships are available. To learn more about our program, please visit our website at: www.umass.edu/lrrc.

UMass Boston

The Labor Resource Center at UMass-Boston is home to two undergraduate academic programs: the major (BA) and minor in Labor Studies, and the Labor Studies Certificate. These interdisciplinary programs examine the diversity of work and working-class experience, the changing nature of the workplace, and the past, present, and future of labor organizations, movements, and conflicts. The major and the minor require students to take a set of labor studies courses, but they also allow students to fill out their requirements with related courses in various College of Liberal Arts departments. The Professional Certificate in Labor Leadership is a valuable credential for emerging leaders in the labor movement. Students may enroll in the certificate program as either a pre-baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate option. For more details about our classes or our programs, visit our website: umb.edu/lrc.

UMass Dartmouth

At UMass Dartmouth, we are reaching deeper to work with students through creating credit internships and offering career opportunities for students in the labor movement. We are also continuing to participate in classes as guest speakers and we are now working to create service learning projects connecting students to organized labor and low-income workers. For more information, visit www.umassd.edu/labored/workwithstudents. To participate, call Camilo Viveiros, at 508-910-7108.

UMass Lowell

UMass Lowell offers an interdisciplinary minor in Labor Studies. The core course of the Labor Studies Minor, Introduction to Labor Studies, is offered each spring semester. It features a service learning model in which students partner with local labor and community organizations. In 2019, we will launch the Labor Education internships, with students placed with the Labor Education Program for paid or for-credit internships. Learn more at www.uml.edu/fahss/labor-studies.