Fall 2016 - LBST 330 D200
Selected Topics in Labour Studies (3)
Class Number: 3525
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 6 – Dec 5, 2016: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Matthew Greaves
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Prerequisites:
Strongly recommended: LBST 101 and/or 301.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The study of issues related to work and/or trade unions not offered in regular courses. Students who have completed special temporary topics course LBST 389 cannot complete this course for further credit when it is offered as "Studying Labour Through Film."
COURSE DETAILS:
This course will examine depictions of the working class, its context, struggles, and political economy in film. Moving beyond representation, readings will also familiarize students with the working class in wider society. Students enrolled in the course will, therefore, be expected to analyze both film and society through the lens of social class. We will screen films that concern the working class as the agent of historical change, the culture and politics of workers, radical social movements, workers’ consciousness of their class, technological change, women’s liberation, and militarism.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Students are expected to analyze film through the lens of social class and class conflicts.
Grading
- Participation and Attendance: 20%
- Reaction Journals: 10%
- Essay Proposal: 10%
- Final Essay: 60%
NOTES:
Students who do not hand in their essays on time will receive a 5% per day to a maximum of 5 days. After this time no essays will be accepted. For essay proposals, the penalty is 10% per day to a maximum of 5 days.
REQUIREMENTS:
Attendance and participation are compulsory. Five times during the semester students will prepare a question based on the readings. The question will be emailed to the instructor before the beginning of class. Students are expected to attend class having completed the readings for the week.
Registrar Notes:
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