LBR STD 191Labor Studies: Research Principles, Methods, and Practices
Labor Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Labor Studies capstone senior research project with a focus on the fundamentals of social science research methods. Through lectures, key readings, and in-class exercises, students develop an understanding of critical debates regarding the role of research within socioeconomic and political contexts that impact workers, organizations, and communities at large. Overview of various research methods and techniques, literature review, data collection, analysis, and culminating in an original research proposal.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.