Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies

Shorelight Group - University of Massachusetts Boston

USA,Massachusetts

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 36,758/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Aug 2025

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USA, Massachusetts

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1852

Total Students: 15,989 +

Int. Students: 1,710 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

100 William T Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, United States

Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies

Program Overview

Labor Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines work, the workplace, workers, and their organizations. Drawing on the fields of economics, history, political science, sociology, and other disciplines, courses in Labor Studies deal with such questions as:

  • What roles do unions play in affecting the well-being of workers and of society more generally? How and why have those roles changed over the course of economic development in the United States and elsewhere?
  • How do changes in the global economy affect work and workers?
  • In the history of the United States and other countries, how have workers’ rights changed over time? How have broad political and economic developments affected those rights?
  • What opportunities and challenges do workers face as racial, gender, and ethnic diversity changes in the labor force?
  • What are effective methods of worker organizing and of collective bargaining by unions? How are organizing and the practices of unions affected by changes in the larger society?

By focusing on these sorts of questions, the UMass Boston Labor Studies Program prepares students to provide critical analysis of historical controversies and to think strategically about social, political, and economic change. The program provides students with a strong foundations for a variety of occupations, and also prepares students to be active participants in their own labor and community organizations.