Global Labor & Work (ILRGL)Industrial and Labor Relations
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Classes
ILRGL 1100
Course Description
Introductory survey covering the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in industrial relations from the late 19th century to the present. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Chen, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: first-year and sophomore Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will open to all undergraduates during the add period. Block-enrolled ILR juniors and seniors may not edit or drop this requirement. ILR students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Chen, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Chen, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nagaraja, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: first-year and sophomore Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will open to all undergraduates during the add period. Block-enrolled ILR juniors and seniors may not edit or drop this requirement. ILR students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nagaraja, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nagaraja, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Beswick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will open to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Beswick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ILRGL 2010
Course Description
Survey and analysis of the law governing labor relations and employee rights in the workplace. Half of the course examines the legal framework in which collective bargaining takes place, including union ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Racabi, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must get permission to drop from an advisor in the Office of Student Services.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Racabi, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must get permission to drop from an advisor in the Office of Student Services.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Zhang, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must get permission to drop from an advisor in the Office of Student Services.
ILRGL 2050
Course Description
A comprehensive introduction to the labor relations systems of the United States and other countries. Covers the determinants of bargaining power, the process of labor agreement negotiation and administration, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Litwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must meet with an advisor in Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McCarthy, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must meet with an advisor in Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Yang, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will be opened to all undergraduates during the add period.
ILR students must meet with an advisor in Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
ILRGL 2060
Course Description
Topics change depending on semester and instructor. Possible topics include: Topic: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Disability, Sexual Harassment Law & Policy, Law & Society. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Disability
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Heinemann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This is an Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Sophomore Writing Requirement class. Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores, others by permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Low Wage Workers and the Law
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Griffith, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This is an Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Sophomore Writing Requirement class. Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores, others by permission of instructor.
ILRGL 2080
Course Description
Topics change depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Labor and Democracy in Latin America
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Anria, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This is an Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Sophomore Writing Requirement class. Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores, others by permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Labor and Democracy in Latin America
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Anria, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This is an Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Sophomore Writing Requirement class. Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores, others by permission of instructor.
ILRGL 2300
Course Description
Even through different countries may adopt similar economic strategies, their industrial relations system are generally quite unique, based on the particular institutional histories in each nation. This ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Bishara, D
Doellgast, V
Garay, C
Kuruvilla, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: Fall 2022 and Beyond curriculum Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students during pre-enrollment. Remaining seats will open to all undergraduates during the add period. ILR students must meet with an advisor in Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ILRGL 2350
Course Description
Provides an introduction to how globalization is changing the nature of work, labor, and capital. It examines both contemporary and historical debates about globalization, but also covers a number ... view course details
ILRGL 3020
Course Description
Explores immigrant workers' experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries from different perspectives. Students examine what it meant to the immigrants themselves to arrive as strangers in the United States ... view course details
ILRGL 3035
Course Description
Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6080
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
Seven Week - First.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 3050
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 3052
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the appropriate academic framework to excel in a supervised fieldwork experience working for a social sector organization in Buffalo, NY, through ... view course details
Seven Week - Second.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- S
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Creighton, C
- S
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
- W Online Meeting
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
- T
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
- R
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
- S
- Mar 12 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ILRGL 3055
Course Description
This course equips students to use different modes of rhetorical analysis to examine historical and contemporary artifacts in critical ways. Grading is based on class participation, tests and a final ... view course details
ILRGL 3300
Course Description
Students learn the principles of argumentation and debate. Topics emphasize Internet database research, synthesis of collected data, policy analysis, evidentiary quality, refutation of counter claims, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ILRGL 6300
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ILRGL 3820
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: FGSS 3820
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
ILRGL 3885
Course Description
Across twentieth-century history, race and war have been dynamic forces in shaping economic organization and everyday livelihoods. This course will approach labor and working-class history, through a focus ... view course details
ILRGL 4000
Course Description
Examines the theory, practice, and strategy of organizing in a global economy. Addresses current challenges facing unions organizing in both the public and private sector, in certification elections, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4012
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6012, LAW 6024
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4023
Course Description
This course provides an overview of state and federal governmental policy and administration that facilitates the inclusion of people with disabilities in the competitive labor market. Topics for the course ... view course details
ILRGL 4027
Course Description
This course is offered to students interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate campus disputes. Â In the first segment of the course, students will be introduced to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one practicum. Combined with: ILRGL 6027, LAW 6027
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Davis-Frost, L
Nobles, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Priority given to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) seniors.
ILRGL 4028
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6028
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ILRGL 4029
Course Description
This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one practicum. Combined with: ILRGL 6029, LAW 6029
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Davis-Frost, L
Nobles, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Priority given to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) seniors.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ILRGL 4033
Course Description
This course reviews U.S. law related to people with disabilities. Students in this course will learn about the nuances of disability law, including civil rights efforts to increase access to employment, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6033
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4035
Course Description
A recognition of the importance of intersectionality has become increasingly key to not only understand the complexity of social identity and lived experience, but to combat discrimination and oppression. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4035
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4337
Course Description
This course introduces students to the history, evolution and trajectory of state-labor relations, labor activism, and the politics of unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6337, NES 4337, NES 6337
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4340
Course Description
Devoted to new topics in the field. The specific content and emphasis vary depending upon the interests of the faculty member teaching the course. view course details
Seven Week - First.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4352
Course Description
Financialization is a process in which financial actors increasingly dominate the US economy. While it is occurring across most industries, it has penetrated the US healthcare sector at an alarming rate. ... view course details
ILRGL 4377
Course Description
This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 6377
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4825
Course Description
In this course, we will study negotiation techniques and develop strategies to be effectively executed in business, sports, and everyday endeavors. We will break down some of the most controversial issues ... view course details
Seven Week - First. Combined with: ILRGL 6825
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 4880
Course Description
The moral and intellectual origins of the American constitution. view course details
ILRGL 4940
Course Description
This capstone course is open to ILR Global Scholars (GS) during their last semester of their senior year. The course is designed for GS to incorporate their education and experience abroad with the concepts ... view course details
ILRGL 5010
Course Description
Survey and analysis of the law governing labor relations and employee rights in the workplace. The first half of the course is devoted to labor law and labor-management relations. It examines the legal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 5030
Course Description
This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the concepts, tools, methodologies, and resources pivotal to the strategic and effective utilization of qualitative and quantitative data. ... view course details
ILRGL 5310
Course Description
In this class, we will compare case studies of labor union and other worker-led campaigns based on old and new forms of solidarity, both within countries and transnationally. Each week, we will discuss ... view course details
ILRGL 6010
Course Description
Examines the theory, practice, and strategy of organizing in a global economy. Addresses current challenges facing unions organizing in both the public and private sector, in certification elections, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4000
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6012
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4012, LAW 6024
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6027
Course Description
This course is offered to students interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate campus disputes. Â In the first segment of the course, students will be introduced to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one practicum. Combined with: ILRGL 4027, LAW 6027
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Davis-Frost, L
Nobles, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ILRGL 6028
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4028
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ILRGL 6029
Course Description
This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one practicum. Combined with: ILRGL 4029, LAW 6029
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Davis-Frost, L
Nobles, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ILRGL 6033
Course Description
This course reviews U.S. law related to people with disabilities. Students in this course will learn about the nuances of disability law, including civil rights efforts to increase access to employment, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4033
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6080
Course Description
Topics change depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 3035
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6189
Course Description
This advanced level mini-course examines several key issues in today's collective bargaining between US private sector employers and unions. Through extensive pre-class readings and podcasts, and during ... view course details
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: LAW 7189
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ILRGL 6300
Course Description
Students learn the principles of argumentation and debate. Topics emphasize Internet database research, synthesis of collected data, policy analysis, evidentiary quality, refutation of counter claims, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ILRGL 3300
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ILRGL 6337
Course Description
This course introduces students to the history, evolution and trajectory of state-labor relations, labor activism, and the politics of unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4337, NES 4337, NES 6337
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6377
Course Description
This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRGL 4377
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 6825
Course Description
In this course, we will study negotiation techniques and develop strategies to be effectively executed in business, sports, and everyday endeavors. We will break down some of the most controversial issues ... view course details
Seven Week - First. Combined with: ILRGL 4825
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ILRGL 7350
Course Description
No description available. view course details
