Labor & Workplace Studies Minor

Interdepartmental Approved Courses

In addition to the courses listed below, students may petition prior to enrollment to apply other topical courses with substantial labor and workplace studies content. Students should be prepared to submit a copy of their final papers or projects to the department as part of the petition process. Contact the minor coordinator to petition for a course substitution.

Afro-American Studies
M165. Sociology of Race and Labor
M167. Worker Center Movements: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Workers
M173. Nonviolence and Social Movements

Asian American Studies
113. Asian Americans and the Law
M116. Asian American Social Movements
M119. Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues
M166A/B. Immigrant Rights, Labor, and Higher Education
M166C. Worker Center Movements: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Workers

Chicana and Chicano Studies
M121. Issues in Latina/Latino Poverty
M122. Planning Issues in Latina/Latino Communities
M119. Chicano/Latino Community Formation: Critical Perspectives and Oral Histories
M125. U.S./Mexico Relations
M127. Farmworker Movements
M128. Race, Gender, and U.S. Labor
129. Field Research Methods in Labor and Workplace Studies
M130. Worker Center Movements: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Workers
M144. Women's Movement in Latina America
M156A/B. Immigrant Rights, Labor, and Higher Education
M173. Nonviolence and Social Movements

Communication Studies
M117. Negotiation
M149. Media: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality
M165. Agitational Communication
M172. Free Speech in Workplace
M176. Visual Communication and Social Advocacy

Community Health Sciences
CM170. Improving Worker Health: Social Movements, Policy Debates, and Public Health

Economics
150. Labor Economics
151. Topics in Labor Economics
152. Trade Unions and Professional Associations

General Education Clusters
M24A-M24B-M24CW. Work, Labor, and Social Justice

History
141B. American Economic History, 1910 to Present
146A-146B. American Working-Class Movements

Political Science
116A. Marxism
142C. Political Parties and Interest Groups

Psychology
M137E. Work Behavior of Women and Men

Public Policy
141. Employment and Labor Policy: Survey
C142. Labor Markets and Public Policy
C144. Comparative Industrial Relations
145. Labor Policies in the U.S.: Historical Perspective

Sociology
157. Social Stratification
M163. Gender and Work
M165. Sociology of Race and Labor
171. Occupations and Professions
173. Economy and Society

Urban Planning
CM137. Southern California Regional Economy
M140. Issues in Latina/Latino Poverty
M171. Planning Issues in Latina/Latino Communities

Women's Studies
M137E. Work Behavior of Women and Men
M144. Women's Movement in Latina America
M149. Media: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality
M163. Gender and Work