Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University
THE FUTURE OF WORK
AS/SOSC 1510 9.0 – 2013-14
Lectures: Wednesday 4:30- 6:30 Location: Vari Hall A Course Instructor: David Langille langille@yorku.ca 647 280 7747
Office: Ross North 743 Office Hours: Thursday 3:00-4:00 pm
Calendar Description: This course studies the emerging patterns of work in Canadian society. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the post-war work world, the causes of its breakdown, changing values and identities, and competing scenarios for work, leisure and unemployment.
Course credit exclusion: AK/SOSC 1740 6.00.
Required Course Texts:
Krahn, Harvey, Graham S. Lowe and Karen Hughes.
Work, Industry, and Canadian Society, 6th Edition, Toronto: Nelson, 2011. New - $90.95 – lots of second-hand copies available
O'Brien Moran, Michael and Karen Soiferman. A Student's Guide to Academic Writing, Toronto: Pearson, 2014. New - $66.95
* These will be supplemented by various articles posted on the Moodle site.
Tutorials
T1 –W 19:00 – McLaughlin College 113 - Janet Boekhorst janetb@yorku.ca
T2 – W 19:00 – Stong College 223 - Amélie Delage adelage@yorku.ca
T3 – R 8:30 - Bethune College 322 – Travis Hay thay@yorku.ca
T4 – F 14:30 - Vari Hall 3000 - Guio Jacinto jacintgc@yorku.ca
T5 – R 12:30 - ACW 106 – David Langille langille@yorku.ca
T6 – cancelled
T7 – R 16:30 - ACW 205 – Rachel Manning rmanning@yorku.ca
T8 – F8:30 - Vari Hall 1005 - Nathan Prier nathan.prier@gmail.com
T9 – F10:30 - Health NE 030 – David Langille langille@yorku.ca
T10 – cancelled
T11 – F10:30 - McLaughlin C101 - Peter Brogan pbrogan1@gmail.com
T12 - F12:30 - Stong C205 - David Langille langille@yorku.ca
OVERVIEW
This is an exciting time to be studying the future of work. Much of the world is struggling to recover from an economic