Labour Studies (LBST) 471

Overview

LBST 471 is an advanced level course designed for students who have already completed HIST 470, and who wish to continue to study in depth the goals and fortunes of the European labour movement before the twentieth century. The course examines both the ideas of leading socialist intellectuals and the attitudes and values of rank-and-file members of the labour movement. It thereby attempts to combine a traditional approach to the history of ideas with the newer study of working-class popular culture.

Among the topics treated in the course are Ricardian Socialism, Owenism, Saint-Simonism, Fourierism, Icarianism, Chartism, French Social Republicanism, German Utopian Socialism, Proudhonism, and the origins of Marxism.

Outline

Unit 1: The Labouring Classes in the Early Industrial Revolution

Unit 2: The Founding Fathers of French Socialism

Unit 3: French Socialism in the 1830s and 1840s

Unit 4: The Making of British Socialism

Unit 5: British Socialism and Chartism in the 1830s and 1840s

Unit 6: The Beginnings of German Socialism

Unit 7: The Genesis of Marxism, 1842-1844

Unit 8: Early Marxism, 1845-1850

Evaluation

To receive credit for LBST 471, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

Essay 1	Essay 2	Final Exam	Total
25%	35%	40%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, and a book of readings.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they 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 for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the LBST 471 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the entire challenge examination.

Part I: Exam	Part II: Exam	Total
50%	50%	100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form