Social Welfare and Social Development (SWLF) - Work

SWLF 3146  Work

Prerequisites:

Any 24 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine paid work and its role in both the well-being and the alienation of individuals and communities. Topics covered may include the division of labour, unemployment, underemployment, job training, job insecurity, low waged work, scientific management, the restructuring of labour processes, trade unions, collective bargaining, and workers' control of production.