We offer three degree options: a minor, a 3-year major and a 4-year advanced major.  We also offer a Diploma, or you can take courses on an occasional basis.

We also offer a Co-op Program that is a unique opportunity for students to get hands-on experience.

Our courses include:

• introduction to the Canadian labour movement
• working for a living
• political economy of labour
• workers, employers and the state
• labour history: Canada and beyond 
• labour law
• labour and the bargaining process 
• workplace health and safety
• pensions and benefits
• issues in occupational health and safety and workers' compensation 
• globalization and labour
• labour and community organizing
• racism and work
• working people in hard times
• human rights at work
• global sweatshops, global struggles
• working-class and labour history
• field placement: Senior students have an opportunity to combine theory with practice and conduct applied research in a practical workplace experience in a company, union, government office, non-government organization (NGO), or  social agency.

Our courses address the field of work from an interdisciplinary perspective: economics, management, history, political science, sociology, psychology, Native studies, women’s and gender studies and others. Many courses are optional: you can select from a range of options, tailoring your program to suit your own interests.