Online Credit Courses
The Cornell ILR Online Labor Studies Program provides busy union activists with an opportunity to take college credit courses without regard to their location or work schedules. While there is no physical classroom there is considerable student-to-student and student-to-instructor interaction, making for lively discussions and group learning.
Courses advance students’ knowledge about the issues that matter most to their day-to-day roles and include Collective Bargaining, Labor History, and Labor/Employment Law, Contemporary Labor Issues, and Contract Administration.
Each course carries 3 undergraduate college credits.
Our on-line credit classes are structured so that you will not be expected to log-on at any particular time or day. We simply ask that you keep up with the discussion boards and assignments. The system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
PRICE: Each online credit course is $595.00
To register on-line, click on the course name below or you can contact Alice Torres at amb27@cornell.edu or call her at 585-262-4440. You can also download the registration form and fax it to 212-340-2890.
Please view our flyer for the course descriptions. (PDF)
Spring 2012 Courses (week of April 2, 2012 - week of June 11, 2012)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, APRIL 9TH. IF YOU ARE REGISTERING AFTER APRIL 2ND, PLEASE CONTACT ALICE TORRES AT 585-262-4440 or email her at amb27@cornell.edu.
What People are Saying about On-Line Labor Studies:
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Alphonso Cyrus, Shop Steward
Teamsters Local 804, Brooklyn, NY "As we move toward exiting from this current economic crisis, it is necessary that union representatives be educated in the ever-changing labor field. Taking classes online with Cornell ILR has given me the flexibility needed to further my education with my unpredictable work schedule. The instructors are well-educated in the field of labor studies and offer a broad non-biased view of past, present and future events." |
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Ed Starr, Esq., Business Manager
IBEW Local 2321, North Andover, MA "Cornell University's ILR On-Line Labor Studies Program has enhanced my skills and understanding of the labor movement and provided me with the skills necessary to be proactive in helping not only my union membership but organized labor as a whole." |
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Edward A. Ceccato, Executive Vice President
Niagara Falls Teachers, Niagara Falls, NY "The major advantage of the on-line courses is that the work can be done at your convenience. So even though my job as a teacher, my family, and my positions as an officer in my local union and activist in my state union require a great deal of time and commitment, the on-line courses allow me the flexibilty to participate in the class whenever I had time to do so." |
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Philip M. Knoerzer, Empire State Carpenters
Buffalo/Niagara, Local 289, Cheektowaga, NY "My experience so far with ILR's On-Line Labor Studies Program has been incredibly rewarding and enlightening. I'll have plenty to read for a long time." |
