The following list of courses will fulfill the International and Comparative Labor (ILRIC) Elective Requirement. The requirement must be fulfilled with a 3-credit, 4-credit, or two 1.5-credit courses, and must be taken for a letter grade.
* Indicates that the class is being offered in Spring 2025
AEM 3388/ASIAN 3380/ASIAN 6680/CAPS 3387/GOVT 3384/GOV 6384/ILRGL 3380/ILRGL 5380 The Asian Century? The Rise of China and India
AEM 3557/GOVT 3557/ILRGL 3557/NBA 5300 U.S. Exceptionalism Questioned: Comparative Political Economy
* AMST 2152/GOVT 2152/LSP 2152 (Im)migration and (Im)migrants: Then and Now
AMST 3549/GOVT 3549/ILRGL 3349/SOC 3540 Capitalism, Competition, and Conflict in the Global Economy
ASIAN 4443/CAPS 4355/ILRGL 4355 Work and Labor in China
DSOC 3547/GOVT 3547/ILRGL 3547/NBA 5050 America, Business & International Political Economy
ECON 3330/ILRLE 4480 Topics in Twentieth-Century Economic History: The Economics of Depression and the Rise of the Managed Economy
ECON 3340/ILRLE 4440 Evolution of Social Policy in Britain and America
ECON 3450/ILRLE 4426/ILRLE 6420 Economic Analysis of the Welfare State
FGSS 4360/FGSS 6360/ILRGL 4362/ILRGL 6360 Comparative History of Women and Work
GOVT 3303/ILRGL 4330 Politics of the Global North
GOVT 6303/ILRGL 6330 Comparative Political Economy and Global Debates
GOVT 6413/ILRGL 6320 Comparative Labor Movements: Europe and the United States
ILRGL 2080 Writing Seminar in Labor Relations: Immigrant Worker Organization (only this topic)
* ILRGL 2300 Introduction to International and Comparative Labor (only for students following the pre-2022 ILR curriculum)
ILRGL 2301 Migrants and Migration
ILRGL 2310 Sociology of Work: Micro Meets Macro
ILRGL 2350 Work, Labor, and Capital in the Global Economy (only for students following the pre-2022 ILR curriculum)
ILRGL 2360 Revitalizing the Labor Movement: A Comparative Perspective
ILRGL 2370 Employee Involvement and Workplace Democracy in the Global Economy
ILRGL 2385 Money, Work, and Power
* ILRGL 2390 People Power: Resistance, Protest and Revolution
ILRGL 2650 Globalization and Financialization at Work
ILRGL 3068/LSP 3068 Organizing for Immigrant Worker Rights
ILRGL 3325 Food & Work
ILRGL 3342 Workplace Health and Safety as a Human Right
* ILRGL 3365 Labor and Social Movements in Latin America
* ILRGL 3375 Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives
ILRGL 3385 US-China Relationship: A Labor Perspective
ILRGL 3830 Workers’ Rights as Human Rights
ILRGL 4011 Comparative Education and Development: Europe and the Americas
ILRGL 4031 Comparative Education and Development: Africa and Asia
ILRGL 4311/ILRGL 6310/LATA 6310 Comparative Labor Movements in Latin America
ILRGL 4313 Work, Labor, and the Climate Crisis
ILRGL 4314 Special Topics in Comparative Israeli and American Labor Law and Labor Relations
ILRGL 4325/6325 The European Social Model
ILRGL 4332 Technology and the Labor Market: Past, Present, Future
ILRGL 4333 Comparative Labor and Employment Law
ILRGL 4335/LATA 4335/LSP 4335 Mexico: Politics, Economy & Society
* ILRGL 4337/6337/ NES 4337/6337 Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa
ILRGL 4340/6340 Special Topics in International and Comparative Labor (no eligible sections being offered in FA24)
ILRGL 4343 Labor and Politics in the European Union: The European Social Model in the Current Crisis
ILRGL 4344/6344 International Labor Law
ILRGL 4347/6347 Race, Inequality, and Labor: A Global Perspective
ILRGL 4357/6357 Labor, Professions, and Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa
ILRGL 4360 Global Comparative Disability Policy
ILRGL 4367/6367 Migration and Mobility: Theories & Lived Realities
ILRGL 4372 Workers in the City: A Global Perspective
ILRGL 4375/ILRGL 6375 Comparative Employment Relations in China and India
* ILRGL 4377 Issues in South Asian Studies (1.5 credits)
ILRGL 4395 Empire of the Migrants
ILRGL 5300 Human Resource and Outsourcing in the Networked Firm
ILRGL 5310 Labor Solidarity and Union Campaigns
* ILRGL 5375 Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives
ILRGL 6000 Special Topics
ILRGL 6010/LATA 6210/LSP 6010 Crossing Borders: Migrations in Comparative Perspective
ILRGL 6011 Comparative Education and Development: Europe and the Americas
ILRGL 6013 Work, Labor, and the Climate Crisis
ILRGL 6014 Special Topics in Comparative Israeli and American Labor Law and Labor Relations
ILRGL 6020 Corporate Social Responsibility: Human Rights, Labor, and the Environment
ILRGL 6311/LSP 6110 Advanced Research in Migrations Studies
ILRGL 6332 Technology and the Labor Market: Past, Present, Future
ILRGL 6333/LAW 6333 Comparative Labor and Employment Law
ILRGL 6343 Employment Relations in the European Union
ILRGL 6350 Labor Markets and Income Distribution in Developing Economies
ILRGL 6370 Labor Relations in Asia
ILRGL 6372 Workers in the City: A Global Perspective
ILRHR 2690 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Work
ILRHR 4650 Globalization at Work
ILRHR 6616 Globalization and Human Resource Strategies
ILRHR 6900 International Comparative Human Resource Management
ILRLE 6420 Economic Analysis of the Welfare State