DIRECTORY OF LABOR STUDIES PROGRAMS  
compiled by Ed Czarnecki czarlabs@comcast.net

Includes Labor Study Certificate Programs. Denoted by : LSC. (Also includes a few other “:Leadership” programs)

Includes Labor Studies/Industrial Relations degree programs, but excludes Human Resources or IR/HR programs. Many programs also offer the opportunity to take individual courses.

 

                Arkansas – Univ. of  -  at Little Rock  http://www.aiea.ualr.edu/lep  LSC

                California – City College of San Francisco                http://www.ccsf.edu/Catalog/Civic/labrcurr.html

                                LSC & Associate of Arts (AA) -2 yr degree

                California – Laney College  (web page being updated – contact Karin Hart

                labstkarin@yahoo.com  LSC and Associate of Arts (AA) – 2 yr. degree

                California – San Francisco St. Univ.  http://bss.sfsu.edu/labor 

                                 Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies, Minor in Labor Studies

                California – UCLA – http://www.labor.ucla.edu/programs/minor.html

                                Minor in Labor & Workplace Studies

                Connecticut – Univ. of  http://continuingstudies.uconn.edu/centers/labor/mcp.html

                                Mediation Certificate Program

                Florida – Florida International University  http://www.fiu.edu/~clrs/

                                LSC & BA in Labor Studies

                Illinois – DePaul Univ.  http://snl.depaul.edu/about/labor_education/html/program.asp

                                LSC

                Indiana – University of  http://labor.iu.edu

                                LSC & BS Labor Studies, Assoc. Arts in Labor Studies

                Indiana -  Univ.- South Bend  http://www.iusb.edu/~sblabor

                                LSC & assoc of Science in Labor Studies, BS in Labor Studies, Minor in Labor Studies

                Iowa  - Iowa State Univ. http://www.econ.iastate.edu/industrialrelations/areas.htm

               MS Industrial Relations

Kentucky – University of  http://www.clearuk.org/LeadershipDev/leadershipdev.html 

                LSC

Maryland - Dundalk Community College LSC & Assoc. of Applied Science in Labor Studies

                http://www.ccbcmd.edu/laborstudies/dundalk.html

Maryland - George Meany Center National Labor College

http://www.georgemeany.org/html/prospective_students.html

                Certificate in Labor/Employment Policy. Bachelor Degrees in Labor Studies and other

              areas; & 3 Master Degree Programs

Massachusetts – Harvard Univ. Trade Union Executive Program

                http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp/HTUP%20Page.htm

Massachusetts – Univ. of Mass. – Amherst                  http://www.umass.edu/lrrc

                Masters Degree in Labor Studies & Masters in Union

                Leadership & Admin. Program (limited residency)

Massachusetts – Univ. of Mass. – Boston   http://www.lrc.umb.edu/

                LSC & Major in Labor Studies

Massachusetts – Univ. of Mass. – Dartmouth   http://www.umassd.edu/labored/welcome.cfm

                 LSC & Minor in Labor Studies

Michigan – Wayne State Univ.  http://www.laborstudies.wayne.edu/

                LSC & Bachelors Degree in Labor Studies

                Also MA in Ind. Rel. & MA in Dispute Resolution  http://www.culma.wayne.edu

Missouri – Univ. of – Kansas City  http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/about.html

                LSC

New Jersey – Rutgers Univ. LSC http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rulabor  

                BA and MLER in Labor Studies & Employment Relations; Certificates in Labor & Employment Relations and Public Sector Labor-Management Relations

                http://www.smlr.rutgers.edu/misc/index.html

New York – CCNY, Center for Worker Educ http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/bulletin02/cwe.htm

                Concentration in Labor Studies

New York – Cornell Univ LSC. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/laborAndUnions/default.html

BS in Ind. & Labor Relations, MS in ILR, Masters in ILR, Masters in Prof. Studies IN IR (one-   year degree for professionals, Ph.D in IR  http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/degrees.html

New York – Dowling College  http://www.dowling.edu/labor-center/underg.shtm  LSC

New York – Empire State, Harry Van Arsdale Jr., Center for Labor Studies       http://www.esc.edu/labor                  AA, AS, BA, BS, BPS, MA

New York – Hofstra Univ. http://www.hofstr a.edu/Academics/HC   LAS/Labor_Studies/index_Labor_Studies.cfm 

                LSC, Minor & Major in Labor Studies

New York – Queens College  http://qcpages.qc.edu/LBST

                BA in Labor Studies & Minor in Labor Studies

New Y ork - SUNY Old Westbury  http://www.oldwestbury.edu/business_ilr.cfm 

                LSC & BA in Industrial and Labor Relations

New York – SUNY – Potsdam http://www.potsdam.edu/ECON/econ.html#Employment_relations.major

                Employment Relations Major and Minor    

Ohio – Youngstown St. Univ. – Center for Working-class Studies  http://www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs/certificate.html

                Working-class Studies Certificate

Oregon – Univ. of Oregon LSC  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~lerc/ulead/ulead.html

Pennsylvania – Clarion Univ. http://www.clarion.edu/registrar/academic_programs.shtml

                BS in Industrial Relations

Pennsylvania – Indiana Univ. of PA.  http://www.hhs.iup.edu/ilr

                MA in Industrial & Labor Relations

Pennsylvania – Penn State Univ. LSC  http://lsir.la.psu.edu

                BA, BS in Labor/Industrial Relations

Rhode Island Institute for Labor Studies & Research http://www.rilaborinstitute.org/leadship.html  

                LSC (Leadership for a Future)

West Virginia – Marshall Univ  http://www.marshall.edu/www/grad.asp

                MS in Industrial & Employee Relations

West Virginia University http://www.be.wvu.edu/grad/msir/index.htm

                MS in Industrial Relations

Canada – Athabasca Univ. LSC  http://www.athabascau.ca/html/programs/u_cert/lbrst.htm

Canada – Brock University – St. Catherines, Ontario http://www.brocku.ca/labourstudies

                Joint major in Labor Studies & either Economics or Sociology

Canada -  Capilano College – British Columbia  LSC

http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/continuinged/labourstudies/courses.html

Canada – McMaster Universtiy, Ontario LSC, BA in Labor Studies, MA in Work & Society

                http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/labourstudies/index.html

                Canada - Queens University Kingston Ontario  http://www.qsilver.queensu.ca/irl/MIR.html     

 Masters in Ind. Relations  

Canada – Simon Fraser, British Columbia  LSC & Minor in Labor Sudies  http://www.sfu.ca/labour/edandprogs.html

Canada - University of Laval, Quebec http://www.ulaval.ca

                BS, MA, Ph.D. in Industrial Relations

Canada – University of Manitoba, Manitoba  LSC Minor, 3 yr.& 4 yr. Majors in Labour Workplace Studies

                http://www.umanitoba.ca/academic/faculties/arts/labour_studies/courses.shtml

Canada - University of Montreal, Quebec http://www.umontreal.ca

                BS in Labor Relations, MS and Ph.D. in Industrial Relations

Canada - Univ. of Toronto Ontario  Masters in Ind. Relations http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/aboutcic/index.htm

                http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/aboutcir/index.html

Canada – University of Windsor, Ontario LSC, 3 yr. & 4 yr. BA in Labour Studies

               http://athena.uwindsor.ca/units/socsci/Labour.nsf

Canada – York University, Ontario BA in Labor Studies

                http://www.arts.yorku.ca/sosc/labour