SOC 302 - Work, Employment, and Society


3 hours.

Description
This course is designed primarily to meet the General Education Capstone Course requirement. This course will do that by examining the “employment relationship.” In a society of employees the employment relationship emerges as among the most significant in a person’s life. Topics will include basic labor law, forms of the employment relationship, employment discrimination, regulation of the employment relationship, promotions, workplace politics, and workplace health and safety issues.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
Prerequisite: at least 78 credit hours, seven of nine required Liberal Studies courses, and sufficient progress in the major to validate work as a capstone experience.

Note
See the General Education section of the Catalog for a complete description of the capstone requirement.

Cross-listed
General Education Credits [GE2000: Capstone Course]


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