POSC 383 - Labor Policy and Law

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
Examination of historical and current policies that impact workers including professional, low wage, immigrant, LGBTQ, and women. Role of Corporate power, labor unions, and worker centers. U.S. Government’s labor laws and judicial interpretation for private and public sector workers.

Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Gain a historical perspective on the working class and the development of government labor policy and the influence of corporations and labor unions in creating legislation.
Learn the fundamentals of U.S. labor policy and employment law.
Analyze contemporary labor organizing strategies by unions and workers centers and the legal, political, and practical challenges involved with organizing a diverse workforce and unionization.
Formulate and communicate arguments (written and oral) using historical evidence/examples and communicate their analyses effectively both orally and in writing.
Work effectively with others in a group activity to achieve a shared goal (oral history project) and also work with students in group assignments in class.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.