Labour Studies - Graduate Study

Qualifications Available

Graduate Certificate (GradCert(LabSt))
Graduate Diploma (GradDip(LabSt))
Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours (BSocSc(Hons))
Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert(LabSt))
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip(LabSt))

The graduate programme in Labour Studies is flexible and involves a wide range of papers related to work and employment. Graduate students may focus on Labour, Work and Society, or Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (IR&HRM).

BSocSc(Hons) in Labour Studies, PGCert(LabSt) and PGDip(LabSt)

To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in graduate Labour Studies papers, a student should normally have a minimum B average in their best three 300 level papers, or a B average over their undergraduate major in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (IR&HRM) or Labour Studies or another subject considered appropriate by the Convenor. A student should also have included LBST201 and either LBST301 or PCSS331 in their undergraduate degree.

Graduate students may focus on Labour, Work and Society or IR&HRM.

Those focusing on Labour, Work and Society must include in their degree:
     at least one theory paper from:
     LBST521 Labour and the Third Way: Theory and Policy
     LBST522 Labour and the Future: A Political Sociological Perspective
     and one employment relations paper from:
     LBST531 Advanced Employment Relations 1: The Employment Relations Framework
     LBST532 Advanced Employment Relations 2: Current Policies and Practices
     and at least two additional taught papers from:
     LBST521 Labour and the Third Way: Theory and Policy
     LBST522 Labour and the Future: A Political Sociological Perspective
     LBST531 Advanced Employment Relations 1: The Employment Relations Framework
     LBST532 Advanced Employment Relations 2: Current Policies and Practices
     LBST541 Labour Education and Training 1: Issues and Policies
     LBST542 Labour Education and Training 2: Applied Research Project
     LBST543 Learning, Fashion, Women and Work
     SOCY576 Sociology of Consumption
     SOCY577 Sociology of Production

Those focusing on IR&HRM must include in their degree:
     at least one theory paper from:
     LBST521 Labour and the Third Way: Theory and Policy
     LBST522 Labour and the Future: A Political Sociological Perspective
     and both employment relations papers:
     LBST531 Advanced Employment Relations 1: The Employment Relations Framework
     LBST532 Advanced Employment Relations 2: Current Policies and Practices
     and both education and training papers:
     LBST541 Labour Education and Training 1: Issues and Policies
     LBST542 Labour Education and Training 2: Applied Research Project

Other papers must be selected from appropriate papers in Education Studies (Adult Education), Human Resource Management, Labour Studies and Psychology.

MSocSc in Labour Studies

Regulations

Students for the MSocSc in Labour Studies must take either a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points from approved 500 level papers.

Entry to the MSocSc is open to suitably qualified candidates who have completed the core papers for the BSocSc(Hons) in Labour Studies.

GradCert(LabSt) and GradDip(LabSt)

These qualifications are available for graduates who have not included Labour Studies at an advanced level in their first degree. Each programme of study for the Graduate Diploma must include:

     LBST201 Employment Relations in New Zealand
     LBST202 Labour Market Structures and Policies
     LBST301Comparative Labour Studies
     and at least two of:
     LBST101 The Nature of Work
     SOCY101 Introduction to Sociology
     LBST303 Sociology of Work
     LBST331 Workers' Education and Training

Papers

Graduate Labour Studies Papers (Catalogue of Papers)

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