New Minor

Minor in Labor Studies and Employment Relations
A minor consists of 18 credits in labor studies and must include Introduction to Labor Studies and Employment Relations (either 37:575:100 or 37:575:101).
We also offer the following specialized minors:
Law and the Workplace
 

In addition to 37:575:100 or 101, for a total of six courses:     
37:575:315  Employment Law or 37:575:340  American Labor Law

And, at least three of the following:
            37:575:302      Comparative Social and Labor Legislation
            37:575:312      Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
            37:575:314      Collective Bargaining
            37:575:315      Employment Law
            37:575:320      Immigrant Workers and Their Rights
            37:575:330      Working Women and the Law
            37:575:338      Occupational Safety and Health
            37:575:340      American Labor Law

Diversity in the Workplace
 

In addition to 37:575:100 or 101, for a total of six courses:
37:575:315      Employment Law

And, at least three of the following:
            37:575:303      Black Workers in American Society
            37:575:307      Latino Workers in the U.S.
            37:575:309      Working Women in American Society
            37:575:320      Immigrant Workers and Their Rights
            37:575:335      Women and the Labor Movement in the U.S. and Globally
            37:575:364      Diversity in the Workplace
            37:575:367      Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
            37:575:368      Professional Development Strategies            

 

Work Organization and Management
 

In addition to37:575:100 or 101, for a total of six courses:
37:575:308      Dynamics of Work and Work Organization

And, at least three of the following:
            37:575:230      Human Resource Issues in the Workplace
            37:575:313      Technological Change and the World of Work
            37:575:317      Contingent and Nonstandard Work
            37:575:325      Economics of the Employment Relationship
            37:575:338      Occupational Safety and Health
            37:575:345      Organizational Behavior and Work
            37:575:361      Labor and Corporate Restructuring
            37:575:362      The Work Education Connection
            37:575:367      Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
            37:575:368      Professional Development Strategies
            37:575:375      Benefits and Social Insurance

Labor Unions and Social Movements
 

In addition to 37:575:100 or 101, at least four of the following, for a total of six courses:
           37:575:201       Development of the Labor Movement I
            37:575:202      Development of the Labor Movement II
            37:575:310      Labor Relations in Professional Sports
            37:575:314      Collective Bargaining
            37:575:319      Leadership and Governance of Labor Unions
            37:575:322      American Labor Unions in Politics
            37:575:335      Women and the Labor Movement in the U.S. and Globally
            37:575:350      Public Sector Collective Bargaining
            37:575:357      Social Movements, Social Change and Work
            37:575:359      Organizing for Social Change
            37:575:360      Union Organizing
            37:575:407      Workers Movement in New Jersey

Work, Globalization, and Migration
 

In addition to 37:575:100 or 101, at least four of the following, for a total of six courses:
            37:575:301      Comparative Labor Movements
            37:575:302      Comparative Social and Labor Legislation
            37:575:320      Immigrant Workers and Their Rights
            37:575:335      Women and the Labor Movement in the U.S. and Globally
            37:575:355      Current Labor Problems
            37:575:361      Labor and Corporate Restructuring
            37:575:363      Labor and the Global Economy

 

 


 
  For more information:

Labor Studies and Employment Relations
50 Labor Center Way | New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732) 932-8559 | Fax: (732) 932-8677 | mler@smlr.rutgers.edu

updated:5/2008