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Labor Studies Minor

Catalog pages 447-448

Subject abbreviation: LABR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Ellen Reese, Ph.D., Director Office, 1217 Watkins Hall

  • (951) 827-2930; ellen.reese@ucr.edu

laborstudies.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge Ellen Reese, Director (Society, Environment, and Health Equity) Michael Bates (Economics) Marissa Brookes (Political Science) Alessandro Fornazzari (Hispanic Studies) Alfonso Gonzales Toribio (Ethnic Studies) John N. Medearis (Political Science) Keith Miyake (Ethnic Studies) Dylan Rodriguez (Black Study, Media & Cultural Studies) Richard Rodriguez (English) Kevin Shih (Economics) Miriam Venturini (Economics) Daryle Williams, Dean, ex officio

Labor studies is an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on the conditions, activities, and struggles of workers and other members of the working class from an international, contemporary, comparative and historical perspective. Although trade unions are the primary focus, students will also examine other forms of working class organizing, including community organizing, and organizing by women and people of color. Courses focus on work in formal workplaces, including service, industrial, clerical, professional, and managerial work, and may also address other forms of work, such as unpaid housework, prison labor, or work in the informal economy. The minor addresses issues affecting workers, including governmental policies, technological change, globalization, neoliberalism, and alternative models for organizing for social justice. In addition to taking academic courses, students gain hands-on experience through a one-quarter internship with a union or related organization. This minor helps to prepare students for careers in labor and community organizing, labor law, or labor regulatory agencies.

Requirements for labor studies minor are as follows:

  • 1. Five courses (at least 20 units) from the

approved list of courses

LABR 138/POSC 138, LABR 138S/POSC 138S

  • 3. A labor internship course (at least 4 units

or the equivalent) completed through the following course: LABR 198-I or LABR 198- G/SEHE 198-G

  • 4. One course (at least 4 units) that address

inequality based on gender, race, and/ or sexual orientation: ANTH 122, ANTH 139, ANTH 144G/GSST 140, ANTH 149/GSST 149, DNCE 135, ECON 155/GSST 155/PBPL 155, ETST 100, ETST 101A, ETST 101B, ETST 102, ETST 105A, ETST 105B, ETST 106, ETST 108 (E-Z), ETST 109F, ETST 109G, ETST 109I, ETST 110 (E-Z), ETST 112/HISA 135, ETST 113/ HISA 134, ETST 115 (E-Z)/HISA 144 (E-Z), ETST 116/HISA 147, ETST 117 (E-Z)/HISA 137 (E-Z), ETST 118, ETST 119, ETST 121, ETST 123, ETST 124, ETST 126, ETST 127, ETST 128/SOC 128, ETST 131, ETST 132, ETST 133, ETST 136, ETST 137, ETST 139, ETST 140, ETST 143/SEAS 143, ETST 144, ETST 145/SOC 145, ETST 146/ EDUC 146, ETST 147, ETST 148/ANTH 142G/ LNST 168, ETST 149, ETST 153, ETST 155, ETST 157, ETST 158, ETST 159, ETST 161, ETST 163 (E-Z), ETST 167/PSYC 167, ETST 168/PSYC 168, ETST 174, ETST 175/GSST 175, ETST 177, ETST 178, ETST 179, ETST 180/HISA 140, ETST 181/HISA 141, ETST 182/HISA 142, ETST 184, ETST 185, ETST 186, ETST 187, ETST 188, ETST 189, GBST 110, GSST 100, GSST 101, GSST 103/ANTH 145, GSST 107, GSST 108/PHIL 108, GSST 109, GSST 133/HISA 133, GSST 136, GSST 150/ANTH 148, GSST 150, GSST 151, GSST 161, GSST 162/RLST 162, GSST 166/MCS 127, GSST 168, GSST 185/ANTH 144F, GSST 186, GSST 185/ANTH 144F, GSST 186, GSST 189, HISA 115, HISA 132/GSST 132, HISA 146/GSST 146, HISE 148B, LGBS 128/ GSST 128, LGBS 134/GSST 134, LGBS 135/ GSST 135, LGBS 137/GSST 137, LGBS 139/ GSST 139, POSC 108, SEHE 176, SOC 129, SOC 130, SOC 131 (E-Z), SOC 132, SOC 140, SOC 141, SOC 155 (E-Z), SOC 162

  • 5. Two courses from the following that

address political economy, class and/or labor: ANTH 104, ANTH 105/BUS 158, GSST 109, ANTH 122, ANTH 139, ANTH 144G/GSST 140, ANTH 149/GSST 149, ANTH 144M, BUS 152/ECON 152, BUS 153/ECON 153, BUS 160/ECON 160, BUS 176/SOC 176, ECON 116, ECON 123/HISA 123, ECON 146/URST 146, ECON 155/GSST 155, ECON 182, ETST 102, ETST 108 (E-Z), ETST 109F, ETST 131, ETST 145/SOC 145, ETST 177, GBST 100, GSST 101, GSST 109, HISA 110C, HISA 113, HISA 117A, HISA 119, HISA 124, HISA 160/LNST 170, HISA 161/LNST 171, HISA 162/LNST 172, HISA 165, HISE 140, HISE 142, HIST 108/ENGR 108, HIST 109/ENGR 109, HIST 182, LABR 138/POSC 138, LABR 138S/POSC 138S, LABR 175/SEHE 175, PHIL 116, PHIL 153, POSC 116, POSC 116S, POSC 126, POSC 130, POSC 147, POSC 160A, POSC 164, POSC 164S, POSC 182, POSC 186, PSYC 142, SEHE 106, SEHE 106S, SOC 112, SOC 120, SOC 122, SOC 123, SOC 125, SOC 133, SOC 134, SOC 135, SOC 140, SOC 143/URST 143, SOC 150, SOC 151, SOC 156, SOC 161, SOC 181, SOC 183 (E-Z), SOC 184

  • 6. Students can also petition to the chair of

the program to count towards the minor an independent study or regular course not listed above that is relevant to labor studies.

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.

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