{"id":3546,"date":"2019-11-21T11:23:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?page_id=3546"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:44:23","slug":"graduate-diploma-in-work-and-labour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/graduate-diploma-in-work-and-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Diploma in Work and Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                          Diploma Work and Labour (TYPE 2)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner.jpg\" alt=\"A photo collage representing Work and Labour\" class=\"wp-image-3658\" style=\"width:1024px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/LabourBanner-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"diploma-in-work-and-labour-type-2\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">DIPLOMA in WORK AND LABOUR<br> (TYPE 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Diploma in Work and Labour is intended to provide an additional qualification to the student&#8217;s main degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"program-goals\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies in the areas of work and labour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn how to analyze the complex ways in which work and labour intersect with issues of gender, race, colonialism, globalization, environment and technological change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain a strong understanding of issues and debates in the labour movement and trade unions\u2019 role in addressing social and economic inequality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"potential-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Graduate Diploma in Work and Labour is intended to provide an additional qualification to the student&#8217;s main degree. Students enrolled in a gradute degree program at Carleton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour.jpg\" alt=\"Labour Movement Banner \" class=\"wp-image-3660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-240x105.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-400x175.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-160x70.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-1536x672.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/labour-360x158.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"program-requirements\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Diploma program is a 2.5 credit program (5 courses).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All Diploma students enrolled in the Institute are required to take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=PECO%205002\">PECO 5002<\/a>\u00a0[0.5 credit]\u00a0 Political Economy of Work and Labour (offered in the Fall).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selected Issues in Work and Labour (0.5) credit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflective Practice on Work and Labour or Placement in Political Economy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1.0 credit in<\/strong>\u00a0approved cognate discipline courses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/work-and-labour-approved-electives\/\">elective courses<\/a>\u00a0must be approved by IPE in order to count towards the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"admission-requirements\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Admission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Carleton MA or PhD students<\/strong><br>Consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.carleton.ca\/cu-programs\/work-and-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">program webpage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entry Term<\/strong><br>Fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong><br>Fall: August 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information<br><\/strong>Please Contact the Institute Administrator: <a href=\"mailto:political.economy@carleton.ca\">political.economy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Photo credits in clockwise order starting at the left top:<\/em><br>\n<em>Josh Berson, Ontario Federation of Labour, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, CUPE, Josh Berson.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIPLOMA in WORK AND LABOUR (TYPE 2) The Diploma in Work and Labour is intended to provide an additional qualification to the student&#8217;s main degree. &nbsp; Photo credits in clockwise order starting at the left top: Josh Berson, Ontario Federation of Labour, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, CUPE, Josh Berson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[117],"class_list":["post-3546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10450,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3546\/revisions\/10450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}