Labor and Employment Relations:
LER 100 “Introduction to Labor Studies”
LER 100 looks at economic, political, and workplace issues facing working people. The course looks at who is “working class” versus “middle class” in America, and images of work and workers. It analyzes employment relations at the country’s largest employer, Wal-Mart. The class studies unions and theories of labor relations. The course includes an overview of U.S. working class and labor history, an analysis of U.S. employment laws and contemporary workers’ issues, issues of racial and sexual harassment in the workplace, and a discussion of a recent labor conflict involving Chicago public school teachers.
LER 110 “Labor and Social Movements”
LER 110 explores the role of workers’ rights social movements in America. The class looks especially at low-wage workers in America. Case studies include the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, a recent hotel workers’ and a recent janitors’ organizing campaign, immigrant workers’ protests, the Fight for Fifteen fast food workers organizing drive, and the 2011 Wisconsin public sector workers’ protests against an anti-labor bill.
LER 120 “Contemporary Labor Problems”
LER 120 focuses on major problems facing working people in the United States today, including: The “gig” economy and disposable workers, young workers, older workers, health care, and the state of U.S. workers today.
Career Development for Military-Connected Students:
This course is designed to introduce all military-connected students and supporters of veteran issues to the subject of career development and to provide strategies that enable them to land a career and succeed in the workplace. This course provides an overview of the civilian and federal search process, resources for creating effective resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, job negotiations, professional networking and knowledge of various industries and organizations. This class meets from Tu-Th 11:00 am to 12:20 pm in room 1020 at the Center for Wounded Veterans, 908 W. Nevada St., Urbana. See UIUC course catalog for more information.
University undergraduates (open to all colleges/majors)
AHS-199 VT2: Career Development for Military-Connected Students
2nd 8 weeks (3/11/2019 – 5/1/2019)
CRN 53918
ACES Leadership Courses:
ACES 199: Leading Student Organizations
2nd 8 weeks (3/11/2019 – 5/1/2019)
CRN 69129
2 credit hours
Online Course (asynchronous)
Who Should Take This Class: Students interested in developing their organizational leadership skills to be effective team members and leaders in student, university, or community organizations. Students will develop their capacity for leadership in university and volunteer organizations. In this course, students will learn about organizational structures, elements of effective organizations, strategies for leading other people, and applications beyond formal student organizations.
Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior Standing (open to all colleges/majors)
ACES 499: Leading Professional Organizations and Communities
2nd 8 weeks (3/11/2019 – 5/1/2019)
CRN 69130 (Seniors) and CRN 69131 (Graduate Students)
2 credit hours
Weekly Seminar Meets Tuesdays 3:30 – 6:20pm Students will develop their capacity for leadership in their current and future professional positions in business and academic research teams, as well as within their broader community. This course's activities are designed to help students understand organizational structures, effective organizations, leading other people, and application of systems thinking beyond formal organizations to communities and society. Senior Standing and Graduate Students (open to all colleges/majors)
NRES 105 Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems:
Examines the response of ecological systems to climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence from the past and present. Topics include species range shifts, timing of biological events, ecosystem function, and feedbacks. The implications for conservation, as well as approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change, are also explored. Computer-based exercises are used to enhance quantitative reasoning skills and build climate and ecological literacy.
Math 225 Introductory Matrix Theory:
Math just opened 28 undergraduate seats in a second 8-week section of Math 225, Introductory Matrix Theory, meeting Tues/Thurs 1-2:50pm in 313 Davenport Hall. (Your international students who need on-campus credits can use this class!) This course starts with some high school level matrix algebra but then uses those basic examples to transition into a more abstract but still introductory study of linear algebra. Please note that students cannot receive graduation credit for both Math 225 and any of Math 415, Math 125, or Math 410/ASRM 406. Students interested in the mathematics major occasionally use this class as a warm-up for Math 416. It fills the linear algebra requirement for Econometrics, Geology, many of the CS + X majors and some Engineering majors, as well as the Applied Statistics minor.