Overview
HIST 336: History of Canadian Labour offers extensive and detailed insights into Canadian labour and working-class history from pre-colonial times until the present.
In this course, you will read a graphic novel and a number of textbooks and journal articles. You will be guided by a Study Guide that includes Study Questions and Commentary on all course readings. You will also complete a series of written assignments, finishing with a Research Essay.
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 336 you must complete seven written assignments. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average on these assignments. To receive credit for this course, you must achieve an overall grade of D (50 percent)or better for the entire course. The weighting for each activity is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1 | 10% |
| Assignment 2 | 20% |
| Assignment 3 | 10% |
| Assignment 4 | 10% |
| Assignment 5 | 10% |
| Assignment 6 | 10% |
| Assignment 7 | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Frank, David. 2013. Provincial Solidarities: A History of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Patrias, Carmela, and Larry Savage. 2012. Union Power: Solidarity and Struggle in Niagara. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Finkel, Alvin, ed. 2012. Working People in Alberta: A History. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Graphic History Collective. 2016. Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle. Between the Lines: Toronto.
Heron, Craig. 2012. The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History, 3rd ed. Toronto: James Lorimer & Co.
Other Materials
All other materials will be available to students online.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 336 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent)on the challenge assignment.
Challenge for credit course registration form