University of California, Riverside: Labor Studies

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Minor
- A Labor Studies Minor provides an emphasis in the study of labor in a student’s curriculum. It can be combined with any major in order to provide an understanding of the social and economic world that surround us from the point of view of the worker and organized labor.
Requirements
1. Five courses (at least 20 units) from the approved list of courses
2. An introductory labor studies course: LABR 001
3. A labor internship (one course [at least 4 units] or the equivalent) approved by the Labor Studies chair and completed through one of the following courses: ANTH 198I, BUS 198-I, ECON 198-I, ETST 198-I, ETST 198G, HISA 198-I, POSC 198G, POSC 198-I, SOC 198-I, WMST 198-I.
4. One course (at least 4 units) that deals with race or gender inequality: ECON 155/WMST 155, ETST 102, ETST 131, ETST 177, SOC 140, WMST 101, WMST 109/ANTH 109, WMST 140/ANTH 147, WMST 149/ANTH 149
5. Two courses from the following: ANTH 122, ANTH 138, ANTH 139, BUS 144, BUS 155, BUS 157, BUS 160/ECON 160, ECON 146/URST 146, ECON 152/BUS 152, ECON 153/BUS 153, ECON 155/WMST 155, ETST 102, ETST 131, ETST 177, HISA 113, HISA 123/ECON 123, PHIL 116, PHIL 153, POSC 116, POSC 160A, POSC 182, POSC 186, SOC 125, SOC 133, SOC 134, SOC 135, SOC 140, SOC 150, SOC 161, SOC 171, SOC 176/BSAD 176, SOC 181, SOC 182/URST 182, WMST 101
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 the UCR catalog for additional information on minors.