Labor Studies Track
Available 100% Online
Labor Studies classes are for students, workers, elected union leaders and staff, educators, public policymakers, and other members of the Maine community with an interest in labor relations and the labor movement. Anyone interested in taking a Labor Studies course should check with the Bureau regarding when they will be offered and how to register.
For more information, visit the Bureau of Labor Education website or email the Labor Studies track coordinator at marc.cryer@maine.edu.
Required Courses
The following courses are required (6 credits):
- LST 101: Introduction to Labor Studies (online)
- LST 201: Work and Labor in a Global Economy (online)
Core Electives
Choose at least one of the following (3 credits):
- BUA 331: Labor-Management Relations
- HTY 477: The American Worker
- PAX 360: Conflict Resolution: A Relational Approach To Working Through Conflict (online)
- PAX 451: Mediation: Its Premises, Practices, and Policies (online)
- SOC 201: Social Inequality
- WGS 201: Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (online)
Electives
Select five courses out of the following (15 credits):
- CMJ 257: Business and Professional Communications
- CMJ 367: Public Relations (online)
- ECO 120: Principles of Microeconomics (online)
- ECO 121: Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECO 471: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
- ENG 212: Persuasive & Analytical Writing (online)
- HTY 104: United States History II
- HTY 241: History of Globalization, 1900-Present
- HTY 330: Robber Barons, Reformers and Radicals 1877-1914
- HTY 467: Early 20th Century America, 1914-1945
- HTY 468: America Since 1945
- HTY 492: Technology and Society Since 1800
- HTY 494: Women, History and American Society: selected topics (Women and Work)
- PHI 233: Business Ethics
- PHI 240: Social and Political Philosophy
- PHI 342: Marxist Philosophy I: The Philosophy of Karl Marx
- PHI 344: Theories of Justice
- PHI 345: Global Justice
- POS 120: Introduction to World Politics (online)
- POS 203: American State and Local Government (online)
- POS 357: Film and Politics
- POS 362: Maine Government
- POS 363: Urban Government and Politics
- POS 380: Interest Groups and American Politics
- POS 381: Political Parties and Elections
- POS 385: Women and Politics
- POS 453: Political Behavior and Participation
- SOC 302: Macrosociology: The Structure of Societies
- SWK 330: Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Pluralism
- WGS 101: Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 340: Transnational Feminisms