Program Leader: Dr. Dawn Addy
E-mail: addyd@fiu.edu
Phone: 305-348-2615
Brief Description of the Program:
The Certificate in Labor Studies is designed to offer degree-seeking students from a wide range of backgrounds an understanding of the major issues in the field. Courses must be taken from at least two disciplines other than Labor Studies. The Certificate is also appropriate for students who already have a degree and would like to acquire additional knowledge about various facets of the field of Labor Studies. Labor Studies as a discipline acknowledges insights that have emerged from decades of university-union cooperation in labor education and fulfills an academic need to study labor affairs apart from the traditional framework of industrial relations. According to this concept, Labor Studies is the academic examination of issues that confront people in the pursuit of their need for rewarding employment. The focus of inquiry is on workers as individuals, as members and/or leaders of their unions or associations, and as citizens of their communities.
Admission Requirements:
Currently a degree-seeking student or already in possession of an undergraduate degree from an accredited instiution.
Program Requirements:
Total credits: 18
Program of Study:
Course:
Credit Hours:
LBS 3001
Introduction to Labor Studies
3
Minimum of three courses (nine hours) to be chosen from the following (additional courses from this list may be used to fulfill electives):
LBS 4101
Theories of the Labor Movement
3
LBS 4210
Women and Work in the United States
3
LBS 4501
Labor Law
3
LBS 4900
Directed Study in Labor Studies
3
SYO 4360
Work and Society
3
Electives – select two courses (six credits) from the following:
AMH 3270
Contemporary U.S. History
3
AMH 4500
United States Labor History
3
ECO 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics
3
ECO 2023
Principles of Microeconomics
3
ECO 3101
Intermediate Microeconomics
3
ECO 4622
Economic Development of U.S.
3
ECO 4701
World Economy
3
ECP 3123
Economics of Poverty
3
ECP 4203
Introduction to Labor Economics
3
ECP 4204
Theory of Labor Economics
3
INP 2002
Introductory Industrial/Organizational Psychology
3
INR 3004
Patterns of International Relations
3
LBS 4401
Labor Contract Negotiations
3
LBS 4150
Contemporary Labor Issues
3
LBS 4260
Union Leadership and Administration
3
LBS 4461
Labor Dispute Resolution
3
LBS 4654
Comparative and International Labor Studies
3
LBS 4905
Topics in Labor Studies
3
LBS 4930
Topics in Labor Studies
3
POS 3044
Government and Politics of the U.S.
3
POT 3204
American Political Thought
3
PUP 4004
Public Policy: U.S.
3
Notes: All Certificate and Concentration students must select their courses in consultation with a Labor Studies advisor.
